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Original Taking of Pelham 123 on TV

#81 Post by yogi » Fri Aug 14, 2009 8:29 pm

Just to let people know original Taking of Pelham 123 on 5 tomorrow.

Far superior to the shouty remake, and has one the all time best endings.
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Re: Original Taking of Pelham 123 on TV

#82 Post by steve9872 » Fri Aug 14, 2009 8:36 pm

Its on at 1.05pm which is early afternoon when most people will be out shopping so set your video/freeview recorder/sky+ ;)
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#83 Post by michellev15 » Fri Aug 14, 2009 8:39 pm

Thanks to you both for the heads up, it has good reviews, video recorder now set !!!!
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Re: Original Taking of Pelham 123 on TV

#84 Post by Beate » Fri Aug 14, 2009 8:42 pm

Oh wow, I am definitely going to watch that! o/
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#85 Post by nintendo » Fri Aug 14, 2009 8:58 pm

yeah it will have to be one seriously bad movie if its any worse than the remake lol!
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#86 Post by andrews » Fri Aug 14, 2009 11:33 pm

yogi wrote:Just to let people know original Taking of Pelham 123 on 5 tomorrow.

Far superior to the shouty remake, and has one the all time best endings.

Thanks so much, yogi, for letting us know about this. o/
I am definitely going to record that. We all want to see the original in our house!
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Re: The Taking of Pelham 123

#87 Post by Beate » Sat Aug 15, 2009 3:02 pm

Now I have seen the original and the new version and I can say that the original isn't better - it is just different and plays in a different time. More sexist comments, less violence and a different ending. I must say I thought John Travolta and Denzel Washington were terrific in their roles and brought a new dimension to the old story. The psychological interaction was better, and Washington wasn't quite the squeaky clean officer they made him out to be in the original. The side story with the video chat over the laptop was however annoying in the new version but all in all I preferred it for being more exciting. So shoot me.
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#88 Post by Spanner » Sun Aug 16, 2009 8:32 am

I preferred the remake rather than the original too, i know the original was of it's time, but it didn't have anywhere near as much suspense. then again I liked the ramake of assualt on precinct 13 much more than the original one too. hmmmmmm so what's better ????? original or remake ????? there's only one way to find out.......
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Re: The Taking of Pelham 123

#89 Post by andrews » Sun Aug 16, 2009 11:20 am

I watched this yesterday afternoon, while doing more ironing - will it ever end? - and thought it was great. My son watched it with me, and we were nattering away about the similarities and differences between the original and the re-make. We both prefer the re-make - far more tension in it, and far more exciting. There was more character development in the original, particularly the minor characters. There was more humour in the original too. The re-make was darker altogether.
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