Were you unfortunate enough to watch the film The Avengers today on C5? Wasn't it a load of trite? Of course it was!
If anyone affiliated with film had even watched one episode of the Steed/Emma seasons they would know that this film captured absolutely none of the style and charm that made the TV series The Avengers such a delight to watch. They would know, however, that its basically the storyline from A Surfeit of H2O and the criminal mastermind from the Honor Blackman episode, Mr Teddy-Bear. Uma Thurman is trying to be aloof but just appears miserable. Ralph Fiennes looks more like Stan Laurel than John Steed. If you are a fan of the TV series, please please please do not watch this film. It sucks. Big time.
Wanna know the nitty-gritty details of why it failed on such a grandoise scale? Read this (from one of the fave websites): http://theavengers.tv/forever/movie.htm
PS You would think dear Patrick Macnee would have had the sense to avoid this, wouldn't you? But he didn't. He had a speaking part as Invisible Jones so you don't actually get to see him. Diana Rigg was the smart one. She avoided all connection with the film. Bet she's pretty chuffed with herself now.
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