Thread: It's the Sweeney Todd
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6th May 2007, 10:34 PM #1
It's the Sweeney Todd
Thanks to the Waynester I had a chance to check out Regan & Carter of the Flying Squad and after 30 years realised why it's called "The Sweeney"
This opening episode of S1 has shouter Brian Blessed actually suprisingly restrained as the head of a crime gang. Dot Cotton puts in an appearance too playing pretty much her East Enders character but 30 years younger.
So far DI Regan seems much nicer than DCI Hunt - no one's been given a good duffing up yet but he did declare the immortal line "we're the Sweeney and we haven't had our dinner". No "Shut it" yet. It's been quickly established that DI Regan has a colleague that coinsiders him undisciplined and a bad influence on DS Carter. Oh and Reuben from Horror of Fang Rock has appeared as Regan's boss who's already threatened him so things are shaping up nicely
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6th May 2007, 10:43 PM #2
I loved the Sweeney when I used to watch it, I haven't seen an episode in more than...10 years!
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6th May 2007, 10:43 PM #3Wayne Guest
That surprised me when i saw it, too. I think it's one of his better roles because of it. As a villian, he's more menacing when he's not shouting!
A bit like Kirk never actually said: 'Beam Me up Scotty', the 'Shut it' thing is also a bit of a myth. He does say it, but only once, as i recall.
Glad you see some promise in it, although better eps are to come. I love the 'dinner' line, though.
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6th May 2007, 10:54 PM #4
I did think it was a luke warm start Wayne - I'm pretty sure The Sweeney's reputation was built on stronger stuff than this first episode. Oh and I noticed Regan makes's his first appearance in his girlfriend's nighty
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6th May 2007, 10:59 PM #5Wayne Guest
There are some great eps throughout it's 4 seasons, but S4 is probably the most consistent.
Even the semi-comic 'Morcambe & Wise' ep is great!
My favourite Regan speech ever is in the very last ep, which is one of my favourites.
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6th May 2007, 11:11 PM #6Pip Madeley Guest
I watched a few episodes of the Sweeney the other week, including one where Alf Garnett dressed up as a woman... the one I enjoyed the most though was where their driver's wife was kidnapped. Great stuff.
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6th May 2007, 11:16 PM #7Wayne Guest
When i was at school, we all watched 'The Sweeney'. But it's the later eps i remember most because as i got older i was allowed to stay up late enough to watch it.
It was considered controvertial back in the day, for the use of the word 'Bastard' from time to time.
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6th May 2007, 11:17 PM #8
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6th May 2007, 11:19 PM #9
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6th May 2007, 11:22 PM #10Wayne Guest
So you had to make do with 'Dixon of Dock Green' then did you, Ralph?
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6th May 2007, 11:27 PM #11
It was only British cop shows he couldn't be arsed with...even Dixon of Dock Green
Kojak, Ironside, MacMillian & Wife, Columbo, Starsky and Hutch were OK because they weren't connected in the public's mind with real policing
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6th May 2007, 11:33 PM #12Wayne Guest
I remember all those, too. Not forgetting: 'Cannon'.
I never liked 'Ironside' much, & 'MacMillan & Wife' was a bit lame, but it was on a Sunday night, & it was any excuse to stay up a bit longer before Monday morning shcool.
I liked Kojak, Columbo & S & H, though.
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6th May 2007, 11:36 PM #13Pip Madeley Guest
My sister absolutely loves Columbo, she's probably spent weeks of her life watching it
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6th May 2007, 11:41 PM #14
Oh yeah Frank Cannon - he was about 20 stone and always seemed to be unrealistically running everwhere... and the streets always looked clean and tidy too - Kojak showed slums and the like and seemed more real therefore at the time. Oh and Hawaii Five-O in the early 70s was Ok too - book em Danno! Well the music was good!
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6th May 2007, 11:41 PM #15Wayne Guest
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6th May 2007, 11:43 PM #16Wayne Guest
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6th May 2007, 11:45 PM #17
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6th May 2007, 11:55 PM #18Pip Madeley Guest
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7th May 2007, 12:00 AM #19Wayne Guest
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7th May 2007, 12:03 AM #20
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7th May 2007, 12:06 AM #21Wayne Guest
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27th Jun 2007, 10:19 PM #22
Finished S1 yesterday. It was much tamer than I expected but had a few good episodes towards the end.
Watched the first couple of eps of S2 tonight. Now this more like it! The show's definitely moved up a gear from the sedated S1. More violence and sex yay!!! Regan looks the biz now, properly mean at last!!!
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27th Jun 2007, 10:36 PM #23
The one with Spock as the heart surgeon is one of my all time favourite Columbos, given that he only catches him out 5 seconds before the end credits
US cop shows in the 70s and 80s were always going to win out over British ones for me (except of course TJ Hooker ) - how long did we have to put up with crap like Juliet Bravo, and the Gentle Touch?
I'm loving getting reacquainted with Old Original Taggart thoughBazinga !
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27th Jun 2007, 10:43 PM #24
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29th Jun 2007, 1:22 PM #25One Day, I shall come back, Yes, I shall come back,
Until them, there must be no regrets, no tears, no anxieties, Just go forward in all your beliefs,
and prove to me that I am not mistaken in mine!
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