日本と韓国の議論の広場

残りの65％の和訳はまだだったよな。

I watched the Remo Williams films recently as part of reminding myself of some of the films from the 80's and I saw some potential in it even if it was neither good or bad as a total. I came to the TV pilot wondering what the TV would have made of it and, if I'm honest I found the same thing – a solid but far from perfect TV show that had potential in terms of its rugged light entertainment value. The pilot picks up from the end of the movie more or less and it reproduces the same sense of humour and adventure as well. Many reviewers lay into this pilot as being the worst thing ever but I assure you that it is only very basic and in need of love. I say this because many shows are not what they become at the pilot stage, they get the interest in the pilot and work out the kinks over the next few episodes (Burn Notice's pilot had one character do an awful Irish accent, which was gone by the next episode – one recent example I can think of). The plot offers itself for weekly "missions" and training events and I'm not sure why that alone didn't appeal to anyone.

The problem may have been how cheap it was because, although time has dated it to make it look worse, it does appear to have been made on the cheap – but again, devil's advocate, it was a pilot, not a full show. Personally I liked it and I was surprised that I did. I could see potential in the comedy that it does so well, in particular with Master Chiun having things like his love of Barbara Streisand for example. I even thought that the comedy inherent in the rather silly action sequences worked because, like the movie, it didn't take itself too seriously. This would have made for a great bit of weekly entertainment for a male audience. OK so the robot in the chemical factory was daft but again, it sort of worked for me. Likewise, the breaking of the 4th wall at times worked quite well – particularly at the start but it was a bit overdone and some of the "to camera" looks didn't work.