> Don’t quite understand your point. The actors in the supporting roles are also a pleasure to watch.
They’re not nearly as good as the actors in the film, and they’re used to a much lesser extent. (Seems a little mean but you did force me to spell it out.)
The positive comments make me feel I do need to give the series another watch someday soon to understand where the fans are coming from. I think I had a much more positive view of Smiley’s People than some, which I’m curious about too...
> Lol I very strongly feel that the miniseries kicks the movies ass :).
I can clear a room by going on about how Soderbergh’s Solaris is superior to Tarkovsky’s, so I guess I’m not a stranger to your plight.
> Consider that Gary Oldman re-uses the glasses prop for George Smiley which Guinness originated.
He used Guinness’s voice. It’s astonishing, really.
> it’s the definitive performance, and thus the definitive filmic version :)
You’ve got me wishing it was filmic - unless I’m mistaken it’s 576i :(
There’s a series with Helen Mirren called Prime Suspect that was shown intermittently in England over twenty five years. One thing I took away from it was that the evolving aspect ratios of broadcast TV (the show used three different ones over time, inviting some comparison) really have expanded what’s possible on the screen.
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> Don’t quite understand your point. The actors in the supporting roles are also a pleasure to watch.
They’re not nearly as good as the actors in the film, and they’re used to a much lesser extent. (Seems a little mean but you did force me to spell it out.)
The positive comments make me feel I do need to give the series another watch someday soon to understand where the fans are coming from. I think I had a much more positive view of Smiley’s People than some, which I’m curious about too...
> Lol I very strongly feel that the miniseries kicks the movies ass :).
I can clear a room by going on about how Soderbergh’s Solaris is superior to Tarkovsky’s, so I guess I’m not a stranger to your plight.
> Consider that Gary Oldman re-uses the glasses prop for George Smiley which Guinness originated.
He used Guinness’s voice. It’s astonishing, really.
> it’s the definitive performance, and thus the definitive filmic version :)
You’ve got me wishing it was filmic - unless I’m mistaken it’s 576i :(
There’s a series with Helen Mirren called Prime Suspect that was shown intermittently in England over twenty five years. One thing I took away from it was that the evolving aspect ratios of broadcast TV (the show used three different ones over time, inviting some comparison) really have expanded what’s possible on the screen.