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Lucy on December 8th, 2008
i cant beleive jenny died! by the way is survivors for children?
Martijn Janssen on November 30th, 2008
The '70s Survivors wasn't based on Terry Nation's novel. Rather the novel was a novelization of Terry nation's screenplay of the first series which he penned. He only was responsible for that first series, the latter two series differed a bit from his vision (but still had some great episodes and characters).
Annabelle, Peckham on November 29th, 2008
I understand BBC needs to be PC, but why is there one lapsed Muslim and one practicing Muslim? I was hoping to see a montage of people in different places of worship. SURVIVORS religious POV is very tunnel visioned. There was not even a Bible bashing 'end of the world is nigh' sermon. No nuns, priests, Buddist monks etc. Very unbalanced, hence irritating.... I do not know, if I can be bothered to continue watching.
Drew, Redhill on November 29th, 2008
i feel let down, as a freema fan i was looking froward to seeing her progress in a new role
Craig, Wigan on November 28th, 2008
It's great... Hell of a lot better than a lot of the tripe dramas on BBC and ITV in recent years; interesting premise and believable characters. Yes it's maybe a little overly diverse in getting a black guy, a muslim boy, a mixed race man and a lesbian in the same group, but so what? It provides the whole audience someone to relate to, and it does reflect how diverse our society is today. Assume it would be a muslim attack and the muslims would be less popular? Right, so a group of ordinary people who aren't totally ignorant would reject a young boy left on his own and a middle class guy you could barely tell is half Asian? Jesus, just relax and look at the characters not their ethnicity. Actually kind of glad they got rid of Agyeman's character too. She's not a very good actress, was terrible on Doctor Who and barely has any range.
Mark, Morecambe on November 25th, 2008
up to episode 2 so far.. and its ok. but its not great, even (so far) the character of 'Tom Price' even showed signs of having some er, loyalty and care for Abby at one point. The Actors are good, but its just not atmospheric enough for me, personally, and it all feels rather claustrophobic, as opposed to the desolate, wide open lonely spaces on offer in the original. I find myself not really caring about the characters,at least not yet, and i cant think why not. Thought provoking ? well, ask someone who is'nt a fan, or has'nt seen the original yet, i am not convinced that a Manchester car-park really seems that empty and desolate. we're talking about scale here, and the original had epic performances.. if you can excuse yellow flares.. go make a weekend of all 3 DVDs.. after this new series. i DO like the conspiracy twists at the end of the last 2 episodes so far.. its keeping us guessing, which is the secret to a good BBC drama.. not too obvious or 2d.. Good effort so far. i understand of course that the general public's attention span is lessened nowadays apparently and so i excuse the shortcomings in the character devekopment. thats life :)
Mr Angry (Part 2) on November 25th, 2008
BTW I'm not bothered about Freema Agreyman dying, in fact I'm glad she's gone. She can't act for peanuts. In fact I've seen blocks of wood acting better and with more feeling (and also acting in Neighbours :-)) And also the Jenny character was the major character in the second and third series of original Survivors, and she just doesn't have the talent to cope. (In fact acting as a cyberised drone in the last episode of Doctor Who was probably her best performance since she was acting to type)
Mr Angry on November 25th, 2008
This series is complete bull****. It has been wrecked completely by the BBC's type of PC crap - Blacks and Asians Good, Whites - Bad (or at the very best misguided). Where are all the good whites. Why did the main bad guy in series 2 have to be white, he could have just have easily been black or asian or even chinese, but no, the BBC took the easy way out - bad = white. Second -Adrian Hodges - Who the hell is he, and B. He's NEVER watched the original series. Jenny didn't have the dynanism. Bull!!! She was the major character in the second and third series (since Abby left). So sorry!! I'm not watching this messed up crap unless the BBC apologises for it's cack handed approach to equality. If the BBC want to be equal then let them show bad blacks and asians as well as good whites.
Jon, Manchester on November 25th, 2008
Oh BooHoo so a couple of main characters got killed off on the first episode! I think that's great. How boring is it, watching a programme knowing that no lead characters can be killed off. Let hope some more main characters get killed off. It'll make the series more interesting. On another note I agree on what John Stokes said, It's a joke that the small group of people that found each other are completely different from each other e.g race, age, sexuality. But what else can we expect from the BBC then to be totally PC! Other then that. I found it quite compelling viewing. Although i can only see it going down hill from now on.
Sam, Manchester on November 25th, 2008
Freema's death was handled so poorly it was barely worth her being in it. What's the point of lintroducing her as a main character, gving her the exact same symptoms as Julie Graham's character (who came back to life) and then not bringing her back. The whole story suggested she'd be coming back like Julie did. If she's just plain dead then what was the point in setting that up?
Ged, Manchester on November 25th, 2008
Really enjoyed it, as well as the original series in the 70`s, but the main reason why i was going to tune in was because the brillient Freema was in it and when her character died, my interest in the series waned a bit, we want more Freema !!!
Clo, Stourbridge on November 25th, 2008
In July, there were photos of freema on digitalspy filming survivors, they were not pictures from the pilot and strongly suggest that her character hasn't been killed off. Will be very surprised if she doesn't make a surprise "return" later in the series.
Markham, Huddersfield on November 24th, 2008
Have just watched it. What a load of "pants". Badly written, badly acted, cheap sets. Didn't even improve on the original. Why anyone would employ Wallace as a lead actor is beyond comprehension. Shall not be watching any further episodes.
Eduardo, Wales on November 24th, 2008
The man in the wheelchair came late in series 1 in the original. He was able-bodied but broke his legs in an accident, and, without proper medical care, was crippled as a consequence. From the first episode I'd say that this version is a pale imitation of the original. Unsophisticated 2-dimensional characterisation - such as Tom Price - SEEN to be a murderer in ep1. (Compare with original where he was quite unpleasant, but we don't realise how dangerous until much later on). So we know more about him than the characters, which builds tension BUT at the expense of thought-provoking ideas & parallels with the world today. The inclusion of the bio-lab scene is another indication that the modernisation is a dumb-down - we're on the edge of our seats waiting to be spoon-fed with conspiracy & action, not thinking about how much we take for granted every day and how easily everything can change. The plummy accented middle-class cast of the original was characteristic of 1970s BBC drama. It is a flaw that can be overlooked in exchange for originality and a strong storyline. After all, it was written, not adapted.
John Campbell Rees, Treherbert, Rhondda on November 24th, 2008
In reply to John Stoke's comment, there was a man in a wheelchair in original series, back in 1975, so why shouldn't there be paraplegic individual in the remake? This version is a definite improvement on the original, where if a character was not middle class and did not have a cut glass RDA accent, he or she was either lazy, stupid, a criminal or all three.
John Stokes, Staffordshire on November 24th, 2008
This is political correctness gone mad. Are we going to see someone in a wheelchair in the next episode? The BBC certainly seems to have covered every other group. The makers claim to be reflecting modern society, but in reality most survivors would assume the virus was and Islamist attack and Moslems would be even less popular than they are now.
Nick, Plymouth on November 24th, 2008
Despite all the special CGI effects this re-invention failed to deliver the suspense and horror of the original series. It is a pity that Adrian Hodges could not have remained more faithful to Terry Nation's book. For Hodges to claim that the character of Jenny Collins lacked any dynamism in the group of survivors is almost disrespectful to Lucy Fleming who portrayed the character so well in the 1970s original!
Sam, Manchester on November 24th, 2008
Shame, Freema was one of the main reasons I tuned in. Disappointing for her to be killed off so quickly.
Matthew, Sittingbourne, Kent on November 24th, 2008
I was expecting it to be rubbish after remembering being really creeped out by the 70's series as a kid, but I was surprised at how it managed to get under my skin to the point where I wanted to go and check that there were still people around outside when I went to bed after the show. I watched a bit of the news in bed and thought "Recession? So what!"
Joe, Newport on November 24th, 2008
It was incredible! I cannot wait till the next episode!
Andrew, Wales on November 24th, 2008
Since I knew that the doctor was going to be a regular I guess Jenny's death wasn't a total surprise. (I though it odd that they would both survive.) While I'm sorry to see that Freema is not a survivor I think that having a Doctor in the initial group is a big, big mistake dramatically! This is way to convenient for the survivors!
Craig, Boston on November 23rd, 2008
Not a surprise at all, as all the promo photos in Deathray, Sci Fi Now, etc, didn't have Shaun or Freema in, just the ones standing at the end of the episode....bit of a giveaway, really. What was more of a surprise was that it was so slow and, well, a bit boring, to be honest.
Gerri, Darwen on November 23rd, 2008
never mind who died! what about the creepy science lab men! A deliberate release of the virus and some form of plan in place. I really wasn't expecting that. Loved the CGI on the petrol station explosion too.
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