What a badly written show. No wonder why it (rather than the original mini-series) is all but forgotten and generates such little interest.
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I bought both books on DVD not so long ago and since then it's been loaned out to a surprisingly large number of my friends and family!
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I think 'Book II' became more of a cult classic in the UK and Europe, and it's with this popularity that bolstered Universal-Playback UK's campaign to push for a DVD release in 2007. It was one of their most requested shows up to that date.
shareI just bought and watched the DVD of both books I and II (never even remembered the sequel). About 10 discs and had a weekend marathon to watch this entire series. I confess I was disappointed in Book II and it was definitely dated. Groovy LOL. The original Rich Man, Poor Man was fantastic and one of the best series ever. It should have ended there. Sometimes it's better to wonder in your own head what will happen. Sequels for some reason always disappoint. Way too much Falconetti. Hated the end with Rudy getting killed. And what was up with him toying with both Kate and Maggie? Basically asking both not to give up on him? So not what I expected from the Rudy I came to love However, I am really glad to have found it to buy. Would have liked if there were subtitles or closed captioning, but otherwise I could not stop watching it. So addicting.
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It's always a tentative ground they tread when creating a sequel of this magnitude. What I always keep in mind is that "Books 1 & 2" are completely different 'beasts'. The original epic mini-series depicted a 2-decade journey of the main characters. The weekly series sequel was transfixed to a specific era or time period, if you will, just like a snapshot of the family's life and events of that particular time, which just happened to be five years on in the story. Therefore, the making of the sequel was approached differently and required its own type of format. Naturally, 'Book 2' isn't as good as 'Book 1', but I feel that comparing the two together is somewhat unfair because of the difference in scale and approach. However, it's still a good and entertaining production in itself and has always maintained its popularity throughout the UK and Europe. When 'Book 2' received a worldwide re-run via Sky in 1990 - the Spanish presented Peter Strauss with their prestigious television award for "Best Foreign Actor". :-)
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