And so to Bridlington, and what is all this then? The High Street was chosen to be the location for filming a rehash of Dad's Army, a late 60'-early 70's BBC sitcom about the Home Guard in WW2 (sounds dire but was actually very good, and still is, a bit of classic). The filming was in 2014 but the film itself has only just been released (some say it should be recaptured and never see the light of day). A review in the Times called the venture "cultural necrophilia", the Guardian said (more or less) it wasn't as bad as it could have been while others politely called it a "bad idea". As the original show is repeated constantly on TV I really can't understand why a second rate repro would get off the ground. Anyhow shops on the High Street are brazenly cashing in while they can with windows taped up against air raids, vintage posters and a general attempt to recreate 1940's Walmington on Sea; and who can blame them?
The Black Lion pub was renamed the Royal Oak in the film and no-body seems to have taken down the sign.
I haven't seen the show (the original or the remake), but oh, puhleeze. And in American TV and movies, remakes are so prevalent I wonder where all the original ideas went.
ReplyDeleteRemakes. No doubt a few studio marketing chimps came up with the idea. Interesting way to convert the buildings, though.
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