I missed the entire series when it was first shown in 1979 - in fact, it might not have been shown at all in my region, if it clashed with some televised football matches.
Having just watched all of it in a week, I was fairly happy with the ending, and not having seen it before, didn't know if it was going to leave Ash alive or dead. This way, it did leave the way open for a second series.
I always wondered if it was any good, and now I know. It stands the test of time and apart from some 70's cheesy music is well worth watching again. What made it very watchable was the attention to detail; the German bombs and fuzes, the vehicles, the equipment, the buildings, etc, were all very well researched and presented.
If this had been made today, there would be a load of cgi, some crummy acting, and plenty of bangs with massive flashes and no (or very little) technical information, for that would be beyond the ken of the media grads and luvvies who produce such shows nowadays and besides, the audience don't want to know about the nitty-gritty, do they?
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Ashley Pomeroy
13 years ago
"If this had been made today, there would be a load of cgi, some crummy acting, and plenty of bangs with massive flashes and no (or very little) technical information"
The bombs would have little clockwork countdown displays; there would be a sequence where the hero shouts "she's gonna blow!" - and they they would run and dive away from the explosion, which would be an expanding fireball chasing them!
And the bombs would have a mixture of red and blue wires inside them. That's what it would be like nowadays.
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dhenderson-2
11 years ago
You always cut the blue wire.
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wcallen1369
10 years ago
Except in "Juggernaut" "Cut the red, Lads! R-E-D! Red!"
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Jefbecco-1
9 years ago
Except in "Juggernaut" "Cut the red, Lads! R-E-D! Red!"
Yes! I liked that movie and it was made approximately four years
before "Danger:UXB".
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