You didn't dislike the reworked "Randall and Hopkirk (deceased)", you recommended it (and thanks for that recommendation, my only disappointment was that it only lasted two short seasons).
I suspect that the difference is indicated by your comment that it doesn't pretend to have any connection to the original apart from the name. NuWho has always claimed to be a continuation of the original, and thus sets up expectations and comparisons (and fails most of them). Recreating a series as something new but using the original idea, however, distances itself from te original and although there will be some comparison if it then goes in a different direction it's easier to see it as good in itself. (When it is, of course...)
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Date: 2010-04-18 08:56 am (UTC)I suspect that the difference is indicated by your comment that it doesn't pretend to have any connection to the original apart from the name. NuWho has always claimed to be a continuation of the original, and thus sets up expectations and comparisons (and fails most of them). Recreating a series as something new but using the original idea, however, distances itself from te original and although there will be some comparison if it then goes in a different direction it's easier to see it as good in itself. (When it is, of course...)