Comments on: Comparison Between BBC and American Versions of STATE OF PLAY

By: ShelleyP

ShelleyP — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:48:31 +0000

Hee hee. 😉

By: popculturenerd

popculturenerd — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:27:57 +0000

Thanks, ShelleyP. I’m grateful for smart, good-looking readers like you who have impeccable taste!

By: ShelleyP

ShelleyP — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:33:13 +0000

Wonderful, thanks PCN! I agree about the paper, and even more so for books & magazines. It’s nice to get away from electricity and a keyboard for a while! {But I’m very grateful you’re a blogger!}

By: popculturenerd

popculturenerd — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:38:04 +0000

I think good material exists but the people who hold the purse strings don't necessarily want to throw money at it. They'd rather go with a sure investment, which means we'll probably be subjected to Hannah Montana: The Sequel.

By: BizMan5

BizMan5 — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:51:07 +0000

LOL!

Seriously though, why is Hollywood so devoid of good material these days? Seems like the only good films have to be hunted down in the wilds of arthouse fair.

By: EireGo

EireGo — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:46:12 +0000

Thanks for the review, PCN. I am a huge fan of most everything the BBC puts out and I just happened to have caught the miniseries on dvd and loved it! No offense, but the Americans usually screw things up when they try to re-do a British story. Really sad state of affairs. Might have something to do with payback from the tea party incident.

By: popculturenerd

popculturenerd — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:38:24 +0000

Hi ShelleyP,

I went in and put an END SPOILERS so the article is safe to read after that (if you still want to).

Like my friend Eric said, the relationship between Affleck’s and Crowe’s characters is the core of the story so if I can’t even buy the simple setup of how they met, it’s kind of a problem. In the BBC version, the reporter befriended the MP when he worked on his campaign.

By: ShelleyP

ShelleyP — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:45:40 +0000

Thank you for the spoiler alert, PCN – I stopped reading there. Even without having seen the movie, I agree about the age difference between Russell Crowe and Ben Affleck. There’s no way I’d buy them being at college together.