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Scrooge...

ewgfewgf
edited October 2007 in Chit chat
In the topic http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=18028 , NickH and others moan about how Christmas comes earlier every year (and rightly so, it's become basically just a commercial trade fair that lasts for the final three months of the year).

One of the things I don't like about Christmas is how every year, every single year, either the BBC or ITV make another film or play version of A Christmas Carol, or Scrooge, or Scrooge's Christmas Carol, or whatever they name their effort. Why?

I mean, (a) we all know the story off by heart anyway, and (b) the definitive version is still the Alistar Simms film, nothing else even comes close. Yes, it's a classic, timeless story, but why not just show the (to my mind unbeaten and probably unbeatable, especially since black and white makes it seem more poiniant) Simms' version every Christmas, and spend the money that would have been spent on the 345,876th version of A Christmas Carol on a different film or program?
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  • dekhdekh
    edited October 2007
    A Christmas Carol with Patrick Stewart
    Muppets Christmas Carol

    Both worthy contenders.

    IMHO
  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited October 2007
    I didn't complain.

    Just for the record, I fuckin' hate Christmas...
    I wanna tell you a story 'bout a woman I know...
  • andrew_rollingsandrew_rollings
    edited October 2007
    karingal wrote: »
    I didn't complain.

    Just for the record, I fuckin' hate Christmas...


    Bah, Humbug, indeed.

    Andrew
  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited October 2007
    andrew_rollings wrote: »
    Bah, Humbug, indeed.

    Andrew
    hehe, oh yes!!
    I wanna tell you a story 'bout a woman I know...
  • natxcrossnatxcross
    edited October 2007
    The best 'A Christmas Carol' I've ever experienced was the script for 'John Woo's A Christmas Carol'. It was both action-packed and Christmas-spirit-packed, and earns a deserved two thumbs up.

    I swear I didn't just dream it.
  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited October 2007
    natxcross wrote: »
    The best 'A Christmas Carol' I've ever experienced was the script for 'John Woo's A Christmas Carol'. It was both action-packed and Christmas-spirit-packed, and earns a deserved two thumbs up.

    I swear I didn't just dream it.

    What next? Quentin Tarantino Presents: 3 Little Pigs :lol:
    Every night is curry night!
  • Old_SpeccerOld_Speccer
    edited October 2007
    I thought the Bill Murray one - "Scrooged" was the definitive version ;)
  • natxcrossnatxcross
    edited October 2007
    dm_boozefreek wrote: »
    What next? Quentin Tarantino Presents: 3 Little Pigs :lol:

    Luckily it's exceedingly rare for me to delete any files, so while its existence seems to have been scoured from the web, I've got it right here.

    I'll keep my eyes peeled for the Three Little Pigs adaptation!
  • Ian HamiltonIan Hamilton
    edited October 2007
    Now I love Christmas. The food, the drink, the presents ... it's all good. :)

    When I was a child I used to think Urbi et Orbi was a sick tale of cannibalism. For the record, I never actually bothered watching it. :p :lol:

    Necros.
  • beanzbeanz
    edited October 2007
    3rd Christmas themed thread today...ermmm what happened over there yesterday, did it snow or something??
  • NickHNickH
    edited October 2007
    Someone should repeat "Bernard And The Genie"...
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