'What have I told you about playing football in the road?'

[la_marquise]

Some observations from here.
Survivors is still as chilling as I found the original series, but I find New Abby a little uneven -- she's obsessive! she's inspirational! -- and I rather miss the brittle selfishness of the original character. She was admirable but she wasn't likeable and that is a category we seldom get to see in women on tv these days. New Abby is a little too touchy-feely for me.
Anya=Jenny was always my favourite character and she's as I recall her, even re-named.
The marquis and I love Al and Tafik -- the Hiro and Ando of the show. May they flourish.
Not convinced by re-tread Tom. So far, so Sawyer-lite, and I don't see the point, really. The original Tom was about social commentary and about the limitations of some people's imaginations.
We want to see more of Callum.
Patterson Joseph, however, rocks as Greg.

Meanwhile, I have four chapters left to proof-read, the cats are circling and I have a sore throat.

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[ci5rod.livejournal.com]

I missed it, as per usual these days; must watch it via the Intarweb instead.

The original series was filmed not far from where I grew up, and the cast used to drink in my Dad's local. (We were a small village, we didn't even have our own pub.) According to Dad, Abby's general unlikeableness did not involve any acting.

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Yes. My grandmother lived just down the road from the manor house that became the base for the group in the later episodes, and we would see the film crews when we drove past.