Mark Gatiss "First men in the Moon"

[cw67q]

Hello everyone,

I'm rather surprised that I haven't seen this mentioned on any of the newsgroups I frequent, but Mark Gatiss' adaptation of the HG wells story aired last night on BBC4. It was wonderful fun, a witty script and wonderfully endearing characterisation on an eccentric English professor from MG made it a joy to watch. I don't watch much tv, but this is worth a visit, can be viewed here (at least in the UK, not sure about overseas):

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vfgcw

- Chris
(apologies to anyone who recieved this message on more than one forum)

[David A. Riley]

I enjoyed this, but I still love the sixties film with Lionel Jeffries and Edward Judd better, even though the ending to this was slightly different but excellent. Some neat touches, and Mark Gatiss was brilliant, almost up to Jeffries' standard. Certainly well worth watching.

Weirdly, I kept hearing Lionel Jeffries' voice in the background. He really did make the part of Cavor his own.

[mattofthespurs]

I too thoroughly enjoyed this version of H.G Wells classic story.
Gatiss was superb, as was Kinnear.

On a seperate, but related note, I'm thoroughly enjoying Gatiss' History Of Horror on BBC 4 on Monday nights too. Despite owning both "The Bride Of Frankenstein" and "Brides Of Dracula" on DVD I was persuaded to stay up and watch them again thanks to the enthusiasm of Gatiss' documentary.

Spiffing stuff.

[David A. Riley]

"On a seperate, but related note, I'm thoroughly enjoying Gatiss' History Of Horror on BBC 4 on Monday nights too. Despite owning both "The Bride Of Frankenstein" and "Brides Of Dracula" on DVD I was persuaded to stay up and watch them again thanks to the enthusiasm of Gatiss' documentary."

Did the same. Bonkers, ain't it?

David

[lemming13]

Gatiss related again - anyone else catch The League of Gentlemen's Ghost Chase? Bit desultory and brief, but rather interesting, I thought. I caught it way, way after the original broadcast, on iplayer; I was on there to listen to The Teeth of Abbot Thomas, which was fun but a bit less funny than it could have been, and the Ghost Chase made a nice postscript.

[valdemar]

I really enjoyed Mark Gatiss' 'First Men In The Moon', and I was struck by something: Isn't Rory Kinnear the absolute spitting likeness of Edward Judd, from the classic 1964 movie version? I first saw the film as a kid, and it blew my mind. [And then your mum explains stop-motion, glass paintings, and forced perspective]. But they're both superb. I think that Mark Gatiss is on his way to being the new Nigel Kneale. [Who wrote the screenplay for the movie].

[Michael Connolly]

I'm surprised that no one has yet mentioned Mark Gatiss's history of European Horror films on BBC4 at 9.00 tonight. His three-part History of British and American Horror films two years ago was excellent.

[David A. Riley]

I keep forgetting about it! Thanks for the reminder. That's definitely something I don't want to miss. As you say, his previous documentary on the history of horror was excellent. One of the best I've watched.

[mattofthespurs]

I have it to be recorded on my SKY box.
I still have the 3 parter history of horror still on there. Must have watched it at least 5 times.
A great series and looking forward to watching it at the weekend.

[oatcakeredux]

I had to laugh when Gatiss's Cavor quoted several lines of the old "Sir Isaac Newton told us why" PIF about wearing safety gear in the workplace. I was lucky enough to speak with Mark when I met him at the Hammerfest in Leicester this year, and he smiled and confirmed that that was where he remembered it from, as well!