I liked the remake, not as great as the original obviously but still with all the crappy shit today the movie was ok. I think the producer wanted to remake it for a reason, scums running industries and retards running the government trying to cause wars all over again I felt there was a strong message from the movie, and its great the young generation gets to see a movie with political issues that isn't anti muslim or stupid boobs n shit like that.. so I don't think it was pointless at all.
is it "man win over nature" or "few scientists" destroy all life- why blame "human" when MOST of us wd be happy to boycott religious pimps & go live in matriarchy farms/forests- & MOST want to boycott teachers-so we could go grow our own food/clothes -instead of turning living forests into mountains of dead, lying books- which is making less rain & so more deserts in south countries
iis it "man win over nature" or "few scientists" destroy all life- why blame "human" when MOST of us wd be happy to boycott teachers-so we could go grow our own food/clothes -instead of turning living forests into mountains of dead, lying books
Just seen the Gibson version...whose idea was it to cast the shortarse, catholic, Nazi misogynist as Craven?....Hollywood can not stand something as dark as everyday politics so they created a giant missile complex on a dramatic hillside....utter utter bollocks....I loved this first time around and love it more now...why can I not get it on DVD
Fair enough, I've now seen the film - it is absolutely terrible. By contemporary thriller standards it's soggy, routine and terribly cliched; compared to the original miniseries it is indescribably bad. And that's not even taking into account all the laughable Plastic Paddy references...William Monaghan is so wrapped up in his affected cultural pose he'd re-site a Ghenghis Khan biopic to the housing schemes in south Boston.
After reading the comments below I have to ask?. Instead of talking bullshit about a film you haven't even seen, why not keep quiet until it is released and see for yourselves?.
Trailers are there to sell the films and most of the time it is the studios that create them not the film-makers. Commenting on a movie when you haven't even seen it makes you sound like a moron.
Mel Gibson will over cook his remake, all explosions, swearing, sex and bad acting - don't think he will be able to grasp the subtlety of this story. Even Joe Don Baker's performance as the larger than life rootin' tootin' yankee doodle dandy had great depth.
Outside of the Walking Tall films, I didn't think much of Joe Don Baker. Boy was I wrong. His Darius Jedburgh is one of the most complex and unique heroes to ever grace the small screen. You're a bit repulsed by him at first, but then you fall in love with his character. His wit, cleverness and intelligence is remarkable and all from Baker doing what he needs to do. He is one of the good guys. "Man will always win against nature."
What begins as a father trying to find justice and closure for his murdered daughter segues into a surprising and haunting look at the soul of humanity and its future place on this planet. Harlan Ellison would call this a dangerous vision and it is indeed that. One of the most remarkable television series I have ever seen and even with Martin Campbell directing the remake, I just don't see the film having the same gravitas as the original.
I had seen the original Edge of Darkness back in the middle eighties (around '86 or '87) when I was about 13 or 14. I didn't remember a lot about but I knew that it was pretty special. I saw the trailer for the Mel Gibson version a few months back and decided to revisit the original for the first time in like 20 years. I just got finished watching. My God. I'm speechless. One of the greatest pieces of television ever.
I agree...why make a remake of something that great???....the original series can NEVER be surpassed....No Gibson or Bobby De Niro can cut this 6 hour classic down to a 2 hour movie....Bob Peck rules and NO ONE can take his place in this movie
Just watched the whole series again, great stuff. Check out "Threads", another bleak 80's British dramas, made around that same period of the cold war.
I was 12 when it first aired on the bbc back in the eighties, scared me shitless back then, the hairs still go up on the back of my neck when I hear the first notes of claptons guitar.
Helloooooooooooooooo? I can't believe anyone is even CONSIDERING a remake! How could it possibly compare to the original? Fuckwits! If you want to sit and have a few brandy sours and watch the original, come to my gaff!
Agree! I'll take the brandy and watch these scenes. Serious, beautifully played, scary like hell or plutonium... Though I respect radioactivity, and have had a few encounters with it I don't want to relive, only Biological warfare is as scary. I will avoid the remake of this drama, and continue watching the original, with my .460 magnum close... Cheers!
One of the greatest TV programes ever made. Really wish there was a full soundtrack album. There's an isolated music score on one of the DVD releases, but its in mono.
Yep - Mel is Craven and De Niro is Darius! De Niro, great as he is, is not the first name that would come to mind for a big Texas CIA agent!!! James Gandolfini would have been better suited (not Texan, but has the right body shape).
And Mel Gibson????? Craven's role is a big acting role, not a big action role. He can be good, but doubt he can live with the memory of Bob Peck. Plus, isn't he too old for this role?
Personally, I would have preferred Clooney, or even Brad Pitt in the role.
Yeah, but when did Hollywood ever listen to the fans?
At least when they remade Traffik it had Steven Soderbergh directing it. A good director (on his day). This time they've got Martin Campbell - of James Bond movies!!!! This isn't that type of story so why an action director?
Never mind - at least I've got the otiginal on DVD.
Martin Campbell directed the original series. Now that he's a respectable director of silly movies, he can attempt to relive the days when he did interesting work.
The weekend sees one of us swimming outside a nuclear power station while the world's press takes snaps from a safe distance on shore. It makes me sick!
This was the best political, philosophical, technological drama I have ever seen. It's a great pity it's not better-known. Has it ever been shown in the US? (On a station people actually watch, that is.)
amen to that. I almost wet myself when I read BBC Prime's listings for 20 March 2008. Ep.1 of the series is on. OMG, OMG!!! I haven't seen this in 15 years. I pity those who have yet to see this series
Got the DVD myself. It's a good reminder that the sleaze and dirt in Government today is nothing new. The very idea that the 80's mine closures were linked for the need to store radioactive material is not that far fetched.
I liked the remake, not as great as the original obviously but still with all the crappy shit today the movie was ok. I think the producer wanted to remake it for a reason, scums running industries and retards running the government trying to cause wars all over again I felt there was a strong message from the movie, and its great the young generation gets to see a movie with political issues that isn't anti muslim or stupid boobs n shit like that.. so I don't think it was pointless at all.
spacetraveller2521 1 month ago
The remake is a bad joke
JELH 3 months ago
@JELH yip
michaelroosendaal1 1 month ago in playlist heaven hell is like where i,m living at t, m,ment, u,treg!
dont feed the scientists
lmollot 11 months ago
is it "man win over nature" or "few scientists" destroy all life- why blame "human" when MOST of us wd be happy to boycott religious pimps & go live in matriarchy farms/forests- & MOST want to boycott teachers-so we could go grow our own food/clothes -instead of turning living forests into mountains of dead, lying books- which is making less rain & so more deserts in south countries
lmollot 11 months ago
iis it "man win over nature" or "few scientists" destroy all life- why blame "human" when MOST of us wd be happy to boycott teachers-so we could go grow our own food/clothes -instead of turning living forests into mountains of dead, lying books
lmollot 11 months ago
wish someone would post this in its entirety!
thepinktent 1 year ago
@thepinktent Why watch it on youtube when you can buy it for a bargain?
Scoonertuna 7 months ago
@Scoonertuna Four quid for the whole series at BBC. Why have the BBC never repeated it?
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@icat26 No idea.
Scoonertuna 1 day ago
Just seen the Gibson version...whose idea was it to cast the shortarse, catholic, Nazi misogynist as Craven?....Hollywood can not stand something as dark as everyday politics so they created a giant missile complex on a dramatic hillside....utter utter bollocks....I loved this first time around and love it more now...why can I not get it on DVD
helstontvx 1 year ago
I wish the BBC would repeat the original series. Great theme tune also. I was eleven years old but I loved this series.
icat26 1 year ago
#OMG Go Movie World . com #FTW has this
DolorsLasma 1 year ago
Fair enough, I've now seen the film - it is absolutely terrible. By contemporary thriller standards it's soggy, routine and terribly cliched; compared to the original miniseries it is indescribably bad. And that's not even taking into account all the laughable Plastic Paddy references...William Monaghan is so wrapped up in his affected cultural pose he'd re-site a Ghenghis Khan biopic to the housing schemes in south Boston.
beastatlay 1 year ago
"I AM NOT ON YOUR SIDE!" Awesome acting; even while denying it, he knows it is true.
textthing 1 year ago
Joe Don Baker was awesome all this time and we never knew.
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eddygordenze 2 years ago
amazing series, and music. doubt if the film will be nearly as good
isabella6864 2 years ago
After reading the comments below I have to ask?. Instead of talking bullshit about a film you haven't even seen, why not keep quiet until it is released and see for yourselves?.
Trailers are there to sell the films and most of the time it is the studios that create them not the film-makers. Commenting on a movie when you haven't even seen it makes you sound like a moron.
WithBadIntent 2 years ago
@WithBadIntent
So, just for an update: the film was just as bad as expected; nay, even worse.
textthing 1 year ago
Mel Gibson will over cook his remake, all explosions, swearing, sex and bad acting - don't think he will be able to grasp the subtlety of this story. Even Joe Don Baker's performance as the larger than life rootin' tootin' yankee doodle dandy had great depth.
BuzbyWuzby 2 years ago
The only thing going for the movie is that it might make more people watch the tv show.
rudieruddock 2 years ago 2
there turning this into a goddamn movie with mel gibson
battie07 2 years ago 2
Outside of the Walking Tall films, I didn't think much of Joe Don Baker. Boy was I wrong. His Darius Jedburgh is one of the most complex and unique heroes to ever grace the small screen. You're a bit repulsed by him at first, but then you fall in love with his character. His wit, cleverness and intelligence is remarkable and all from Baker doing what he needs to do. He is one of the good guys. "Man will always win against nature."
jrice73 2 years ago 2
What begins as a father trying to find justice and closure for his murdered daughter segues into a surprising and haunting look at the soul of humanity and its future place on this planet. Harlan Ellison would call this a dangerous vision and it is indeed that. One of the most remarkable television series I have ever seen and even with Martin Campbell directing the remake, I just don't see the film having the same gravitas as the original.
jrice73 2 years ago
I had seen the original Edge of Darkness back in the middle eighties (around '86 or '87) when I was about 13 or 14. I didn't remember a lot about but I knew that it was pretty special. I saw the trailer for the Mel Gibson version a few months back and decided to revisit the original for the first time in like 20 years. I just got finished watching. My God. I'm speechless. One of the greatest pieces of television ever.
jrice73 2 years ago
holy shit, joe don baker!
mwells219 2 years ago 2
"Man will always win against Nature." Wow, so telling, and so true.
El135o 2 years ago
I cannot believe they are even trying to remake this brilliant 1985 series. They simply cannot match it. It would be pointless.
amygurl63 2 years ago 10
Pointlessness is seen as a virtue by many current writers and directors. That's why we have so much garbage art out there.
El135o 2 years ago 3
I've seen the trailer, and it looks like a dumb revenge thriller. Shameful to think that the director would screw up his own series for money.
textthing 2 years ago 2
@amygurl63 They cannot re-make this for a movie, but maybe for television. Remake it for television.
Scoonertuna 7 months ago
Jon Don Baker is pretty cool as well
cantonadenmark 2 years ago
I agree...why make a remake of something that great???....the original series can NEVER be surpassed....No Gibson or Bobby De Niro can cut this 6 hour classic down to a 2 hour movie....Bob Peck rules and NO ONE can take his place in this movie
cantonadenmark 2 years ago 10
Agree wholeheartedly.
RodneyHampton 2 years ago
Do NOT remake what is already perfect; you will only fail!
Bass5el 2 years ago 5
Eric Clapton did the music.
"You're daughter was a terrorist, Craven. You'd better get used to that."
pix042 3 years ago
Just watched the whole series again, great stuff. Check out "Threads", another bleak 80's British dramas, made around that same period of the cold war.
zbarsky 3 years ago
I was 12 when it first aired on the bbc back in the eighties, scared me shitless back then, the hairs still go up on the back of my neck when I hear the first notes of claptons guitar.
konig196 3 years ago 5
Helloooooooooooooooo? I can't believe anyone is even CONSIDERING a remake! How could it possibly compare to the original? Fuckwits! If you want to sit and have a few brandy sours and watch the original, come to my gaff!
phantomwatcher2006 3 years ago 6
phantomwatcher2006-
Agree! I'll take the brandy and watch these scenes. Serious, beautifully played, scary like hell or plutonium... Though I respect radioactivity, and have had a few encounters with it I don't want to relive, only Biological warfare is as scary. I will avoid the remake of this drama, and continue watching the original, with my .460 magnum close... Cheers!
henrygem 3 years ago
One of the greatest TV programes ever made. Really wish there was a full soundtrack album. There's an isolated music score on one of the DVD releases, but its in mono.
TheUTubeTeamSucks 3 years ago 2
Simple advice - don't remake. There's nothing wrong with the original, so what's the point?
textthing 3 years ago 5
I thought John Goodman would make a good Jedburgh remeber his turn in Barton Fink
filmburner 3 years ago
i would have used costner for the craven role. no way would i use de niro for jedburgh......
XLynnXFernoX 3 years ago
they're meant to be remaking this with mel gibson you know :(
if they do it's gonna make me mad!
XLynnXFernoX 3 years ago 2
who can remake the SUN, impossible
silkenpy 3 years ago
i know it's gonna upset me if they go ahead with it - same with predator gah!
XLynnXFernoX 3 years ago
Every thing bud that!!
You can't remake a classic masterpeace like this - especially not with the like of Mel Gibson.
Also, if it not broke - why remake it?
BASElms 3 years ago
my thoughts exactly
XLynnXFernoX 3 years ago
Yep - Mel is Craven and De Niro is Darius! De Niro, great as he is, is not the first name that would come to mind for a big Texas CIA agent!!! James Gandolfini would have been better suited (not Texan, but has the right body shape).
And Mel Gibson????? Craven's role is a big acting role, not a big action role. He can be good, but doubt he can live with the memory of Bob Peck. Plus, isn't he too old for this role?
Personally, I would have preferred Clooney, or even Brad Pitt in the role.
deeli38 3 years ago
and you are right no one will replace bob peci RIP....
XLynnXFernoX 3 years ago 3
Yeah, but when did Hollywood ever listen to the fans?
At least when they remade Traffik it had Steven Soderbergh directing it. A good director (on his day). This time they've got Martin Campbell - of James Bond movies!!!! This isn't that type of story so why an action director?
Never mind - at least I've got the otiginal on DVD.
deeli38 3 years ago 2
me too hehe i love havin it on dvd just bought it a week ago for £8, it was the only copy and was hidden, i found it it was meant to be lol
but yeah martin campbell is awful....
XLynnXFernoX 3 years ago
Martin Campbell directed the original series. Now that he's a respectable director of silly movies, he can attempt to relive the days when he did interesting work.
textthing 3 years ago
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gkormrod 3 years ago
Martin Campbell also directed the original TV show. Careful....
Bass5el 2 years ago
Clapton's best track, but I cant find the version from the series on any album, anyone?
fatrick28 3 years ago
just watched edge of darkness dvd.... again,great,,the music score, out of this world.fab...
brianwood53 3 years ago
This is and always will be the best drama
ever
fozyks 3 years ago 2
Minister
The weekend sees one of us swimming outside a nuclear power station while the world's press takes snaps from a safe distance on shore. It makes me sick!
Pendleton
How sick?
rodmunday 3 years ago
Now that's intelligent drama. And timely.
chrisnz 3 years ago 2
This was the best political, philosophical, technological drama I have ever seen. It's a great pity it's not better-known. Has it ever been shown in the US? (On a station people actually watch, that is.)
2206411411 4 years ago 2
amen to that. I almost wet myself when I read BBC Prime's listings for 20 March 2008. Ep.1 of the series is on. OMG, OMG!!! I haven't seen this in 15 years. I pity those who have yet to see this series
Drwhofan1971 3 years ago 3
No - don't pity - ENVY them if they get to watch it!
phantomwatcher2006 3 years ago
Two great actors from two different cultures!!! They work very well together!!!
Great Series
ohenn1 4 years ago
Got the DVD myself. It's a good reminder that the sleaze and dirt in Government today is nothing new. The very idea that the 80's mine closures were linked for the need to store radioactive material is not that far fetched.
Stubcrouch 4 years ago
man i forgot about this series it rocks
Shitstirrer2000 4 years ago
Bob rocks! Its a shame that he has passed on! What a man! :)
AT0061 4 years ago
Was ever a better TV thriller made? Anywhere?
croc996 4 years ago 3
I have not seen yet
silkenpy 4 years ago
Never. I loved it then, I love it now. If needs be, I'll live it when need arises.
Phylcymraeg25 4 years ago
This and the Sweeney. Best T.V. ever written. Both written by Troy Kennedy-Martin! Not to mention Z-cars written by his brother.
coling57 4 years ago
NOt yet
silkenpy 3 years ago
@croc996 Nope!
Xaffax 1 year ago