knobbykins

I've just realised how these rubbish remakes get the green light and it's our fault! The studios know their classics and know these films all have a very loyal following so when they remake one all true fans say to themselves "Blimey......(PLEASE INSERT AS MANY EXPLETIVES AS YOU SEE FIT)" Their second thought is to immediately lay into it but they can't as they know they can't slag it off without having seen it first,so.....
Therefore,the answer is simple;the original is obviously the best and anybody who says otherwise should be suitably humiliated as a complete berk! (I realise there may be a little hole in this theory as,eg.THE THING,DAWN OF THE DEAD,and all those other fantastic re-imaginings are actually quite good)But apart from this mere triviality my argument is completely sound!

Merton Park

Just think.......The Producers

fred kite

as if the lady killers remake wasnt bad enough ......now school for scoundrels..arhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.......leave these masterpieces alone........they cannot be made any better ......you rip off merchants....youre a complete shower

dadsarmy

My missis thinks i'm mad after almost driveing her mad playing this on the dvd player,but you cannot beat this film for charm and laughter,i have always wondered if the squipt was based on fact that a school of oneupmansship had really existed back then lol.

Merton Park

Funny you mentioning School for Scoundrels, Jeremy Lloyd, one of the students in the film, was having lunch at the same Restaurant as I was last Sunday. Looked great for 75!! Amazing, hasn't changed much at all. Can't help thinking of him as the quintessential upper class twit in his younger days.

Steve Crook

Seeing him in those early films, who'd have thought he'd have gone on to be such a powerful writer/producer

Steve

ChristineCB

If there's any joy in Mudslinging-ville, you might be interested that the American remake of SCHOOL FOR SCOUNDRELS is following up its theatrical flop with an even worse showing in DVD rentals, according to Blockbuster-USA.

Pity. I'm sure we all shed an appropriate-sized tear.

ChristineCB

smiffy

You've hit the nail on the head there Christine . I think as film lovers we crave originality and quality because in this age that we live in we have technology that earlier film makers , directors , producers , could only dream of and yet we are left longing for the next film that we could still watch in fifty years time and not only enjoy it , but discuss it for the next fifty years , and if anybody is around in the next fifty years to discuss a worthwhile film made circa 2000 , you are all invited to my place , FREE CHAMPAGNE , CAVIAR , THE WORKS I'LL EVEN THROW IN A FREE ZIMMER FRAME IF YOU CAN DO 100 METRES IN UNDER 10 MINUTES .

I May be getting older ,but I refuse to grow up

grandmaster

Was there a "school of oneupmansship" type comedy series with the brilliant
Richard Briers many years ago or was it a one off?

Nick Dando

You're not thinking of The Other One with Michael Gambon and Richard Briers from 1977, are you?

"The Other One" (1977) - Full cast and crew

Nick

grandmaster

no Nick, that was (I believe) about travelling salesmen.
this prog had R/B as an expert in oneupmanship.

it was not a sit com it was a spoof docu. I only remember one part from it.
R/B (giving advice to someone whose friend had just bought a new car) tells him not to go out and buy a bigger car but instead to buy a pony and trap in order to stay "one up".

knobbykins

Been watching this BRILLIANT film yet again and only just noticed that Palfrey gets one-up on everybody except Alistair Sim's Potter and.....



...John Le Mesurier's Skinner.Is this intentional because Skinner's played so well he'd be top of my list,the GIT!!!

When the king's off his arse nobody sleeps!

Steve Crook

Surely Palfrey does get one up on Potter because he goes against Potter's teaching and is genuinely sincere.

I loved the whole film but especially Alastair's breaking of the fourth wall when he told the orchestra to stop

Steve

thirdlady

Great movie!!


Anyone seen notes on a scandal?

it has a british cast with Bill nighy and Judy dench and cate blanchete this movie has a contraversal storyline but it's well worth watching.

A.S.Carroll
"Happiness isn't sold in bottles you have to achieve it in your own lifetime!"