I LOVED this show, from the very first episode of season 1, had to get over Diver Dan leaving at the end of season 1, through the hilarious madness through seasons 2 & 3 & the SHOCK of the show ending.
My point here, is should we have gone back to Pearl Bay for season 4, RISKING all of those wondrous memories?
The overdone makeup of Sigrid Thorton in episode 1 of season 4 was very worrying, it made her look SO angular & reminded me of the Aussie saying "Mutton dressed as lamb". It's TWENTY years later, we DON'T expect Laura to look unchanged, we can DEAL with that, but it felt as though we were being treated as idiots, who wanted Laura to look as she did in season 1!
But, after about episode 3, I either got used to it, or the makeup department worked out how to make her look human again. This, probably affected my enjoyment, but the first 3 episodes, I struggled to care or follow the story arc.
I'm writing this after episode 5, & I see the NEW actors settling in, & the old cast finding their footing again. It's NOT the show of my memory, but perhaps it never could have been, that's the problem with trying to resurrect fan favourites?
I have kept my original '9' as my rating, but were this the start of a NEW program, I worry I might not have kept watching past the first 2 episodes, & would have given it a 6 or so.
This is the problem with human memory, it's ALWAYS better in the remembering than in it's reality!
My point here, is should we have gone back to Pearl Bay for season 4, RISKING all of those wondrous memories?
The overdone makeup of Sigrid Thorton in episode 1 of season 4 was very worrying, it made her look SO angular & reminded me of the Aussie saying "Mutton dressed as lamb". It's TWENTY years later, we DON'T expect Laura to look unchanged, we can DEAL with that, but it felt as though we were being treated as idiots, who wanted Laura to look as she did in season 1!
But, after about episode 3, I either got used to it, or the makeup department worked out how to make her look human again. This, probably affected my enjoyment, but the first 3 episodes, I struggled to care or follow the story arc.
I'm writing this after episode 5, & I see the NEW actors settling in, & the old cast finding their footing again. It's NOT the show of my memory, but perhaps it never could have been, that's the problem with trying to resurrect fan favourites?
I have kept my original '9' as my rating, but were this the start of a NEW program, I worry I might not have kept watching past the first 2 episodes, & would have given it a 6 or so.
This is the problem with human memory, it's ALWAYS better in the remembering than in it's reality!