TIME AFTER TIME (series) - Would you believe I have yet to see the original film? Definitely want to. I wonder if I should delay the DVD acquisition in favour of a new remastered HD release (?).
This sounds like a decent stab at an interesting tale, but I echo a randomly sampled internet opinion in doubting whether an ongoing series is really an apt format for it. I doubt its capacity to engage me for seasons rather than hours. I also definitely prefer primary actors in those roles who have a few more years to them.
Time After Time (1979) ... Malcolm McDowell, Mary Steenburgen, David Warner ... is a truly superb film ... perhaps not 100% original but it holds your interest from start to finish and is so good that I've spent years tracking down a decent DVD release (finally, in Spain, in Feb 15) ...
... hence I shouldn't be surprised that it's been remade (given other remakes to date) but watching that clip makes me so happy ... that I managed to buy the DVD of the Nicholas Meyer film (with one of legendary Miklós Rózsa's final scores*) ... the remake looks absolute rubbish (US: trash)!
Mitch
* one of my earliest CD purchases
Time After Time had excellent actors, interesting personalities and chemistry. This remake has none of that. It looks bland. I'm sure they will up the gore factor, but what other reason is there for a remake? None.
