I was trying to access the store, as I'm very interested in
purchasing merchandise, but I get the link not found. Is there some
other way to access the store? I watched the show in America under My
Partner the Ghost, and loved it.



--- In randallandhopkirkdeceased@yahoogroups.com, "ricarcat"
<RCALLA6725@...> wrote:
>
> --- In randallandhopkirkdeceased@yahoogroups.com, "Caroline"
> <caroline@> wrote:
> >
> > > I was just doing a tidy up of my Randall and Hopkirk site, when
I
> > > noticed how many episodes are rated as average or below.
> >
> > > The 60s series is a programme I enjoy very much, but I'd never
> > argue
> > > it's especially great television. Of them all, I had eleven
> > episodes
> > > marked as average, and three below-par... that's over half the
> > series.
> >
> > > Are others like me, that you can regard the series as fluff,
but
> > > enjoyable fluff?
> >
> > I do not disagree at all with what you are saying...I am not at
all
> > afraid to admit that a significant part of the R&H(D) franchise's
> > charm is the cheese factor. It is more prevalent in the original
> > series, thanks to not only the writing in parts, but also the
> effects
> > at times. I say 'at times', because apart from the usual strings
> > attached to items and all, I find the effects to not be nearly as
> bad
> > as some general reviews I read claimed they were. Considering how
> > primitive special efx were back then, I think they did a dynamite
> job
> > with what Marty's ghost can do...and I'd go as far as saying that
I
> > like the take on Marty's abilities, and really, the concept of
the
> > character better in the original than the remake. But, that's a
> > whole 'nother post.
> >
> > But going back to the writing...the more I've watched of the
> original
> > series AND ESPECIALLY the more interviews and articles I have
read,
> > the more convinced I've become that the series would not be
nearly
> as
> > good as it turned out if it were not for the cast who portrayed
the
> > main characters. If it was someone other than Mike Pratt or
Kenneth
> > Cope or even Annette Andre in their respective roles, the series
> just
> > would not have worked as well as it somehow did, and still be
> fondly
> > remembered and enjoyed by people like us. Truly a case of the
> actors
> > taking diamonds in the rough and smoothing them out, at least
most
> of
> > the time (there were still plenty of flaws...*cough*the Foster
> > Brothers (and really a great chunk of that episode), among
> > others*cough*). That said, both Pratt and Cope are easily among
the
> > most underrated British cult actors ever, in my not-so humble
> > opinion, for it takes a bit of talent to make the very best of at-
> > times highly iffy writing like what the series got for a good
chunk
> > of its episodes, particularly the overall plots.
> >
> > Caroline
> >
> > Epitaph: A Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) Network -
> > http://www.vivadieci.net/other/randh/
> >
>
>
> Thanks for the thoughts, Caroline (and welcome to the list!). What
> really started me thinking on this is that I saw the episode with
Ray
> Brooks pretending to be Marty the other day and I was shocked at
how
> sloppy it all was. There were some HUGE continuity mistakes (not
just
> stuff for Anoraks, but things like Brooks getting up from the couch
> not once but twice!!) and the direction seemed to be very much a
case
> of "just place the camera anywhere and shoot".
>
> It was actually a worse programme than I remembered, technically,
but
> it still got by on pure charm.
>