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[Forsythia]

The show was great. Why the hell does this need to be a movie now?

 

[pauljeremiah]

Here's Rob Brydon singing the Dad's Army theme to the melody of The Carpenders "Yesterday Once More"

https://youtu.be/9i3yj0eqkVQ

 

[frey]

The 1944 thing is bothering me. Surely better off setting it in 1940?

 

[Nodnol]

I was curiously excited when the casting was announced.

Is it wrong that I'm actually looking forward to this?

 

[WadiumArcadium]

I was curiously excited when the casting was announced.

Is it wrong that I'm actually looking forward to this?

I don't think so. The cast is good, hopefully it'll turn out OK.

 

[GavinUK86]

I'm not sure who they're making this film for. People who grew up on Dad's Army aren't going to be bothered by a film remake of a beloved show and young people aren't going to flock to see a film like this. It's an odd one. Trailer looks fine, nothing special though.

 

[Betta Lines]

The trailer didn't even generate a slightly increased exhale out of my nose, let alone a laugh. This doesn't seem right at all.

 

[TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared]

I'd rather watch that kinda meh movie they did in 1972 than this. Least they still had the original cast.

 

[Jill Sandwich]

Oh dear, what's next? A dark gritty Porridge remake?

 

[FortuneFaded]

Oh dear, what's next? A dark gritty Porridge remake?

They could do a zombie version of Last of the Summerwine. They could have a scene where they ride a bathtub down a hill to escape the horde of zombies chasing them.

 

[GavinUK86]

Oh dear, what's next? A dark gritty Porridge remake?

They could do a zombie version of Last of the Summerwine. They could have a scene where they ride a bathtub down a hill to escape the horde of zombies chasing them.

One Foot in the Grave... it already sounds like a zombie movie.

 

[L1NETT]

Oh dear, what's next? A dark gritty Porridge remake?

shared cinematic universe of keeping up appearances, the good life and to the manor born

 

[FortuneFaded]

On a strange coincidence, the actor Stephen Lewis from On The Buses and Last Of The Summerwine has died:

He was going to be at the back of the bathtub in my scenario.

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

I watched this the other day.

Wasn't very good. Story was average, Gambon as Godfrey was the only great performance from the core cast. Julia Foster & Annette Crosbie as Dolly & Cissy were pretty good too.

Otherwise, I was lukewarm to all the other performances, except Bill Nighy as Sergeant Wilson who I thought was outright terrible. Didn't capture how Le Mesurier portrayed Wilson at all.

Also, no Verger, and Mrs Mainwaring has a pretty large part in the film, which kind of feels like sacrilege given it was a running joke she was never seen.

 

[DCharlie]

it really isn't Dad's Army without a parent sitting going "he's dead....he's dead.... he's dead.... Clive Dunn? not dead (now dead).... he's dead... he's dead.... dead.... dead...."

 

[Nicktendo86]

I watched this the other day.

Wasn't very good. Story was average, Gambon as Godfrey was the only great performance from the core cast. Julia Foster & Annette Crosbie as Dolly & Cissy were pretty good too.

Otherwise, I was lukewarm to all the other performances, except Bill Nighy as Sergeant Wilson who I thought was outright terrible. Didn't capture how Le Mesurier portrayed Wilson at all.

Also, no Verger, and Mrs Mainwaring has a pretty large part in the film, which kind of feels like sacrilege given it was a running joke she was never seen.

Sounds like my fears have come true, I have no idea why they made this at all.

it really isn't Dad's Army without a parent sitting going "he's dead....he's dead.... he's dead.... Clive Dunn? not dead (now dead).... he's dead... he's dead.... dead.... dead...."

haha my nan (who is now also dead) would do this EVERY time Dad's Army was on. Would always say one died young and was tragic as well, every single time.

 

[CelticKnight]

haha my nan (who is now also dead) would do this EVERY time Dad's Army was on. Would always say one died young and was tragic as well, every single time.

I guess that would've been James Beck who played Walker, died when he was 44.

My dad used to love Dad's Army and would say the same thing...

 

[daviyoung]

I guess that would've been James Beck who played Walker, died when he was 44.

My dad used to love Dad's Army and would say the same thing...

Same. Must have been big news at that time.