Author Topic: The Frasier Thread (Read 15657 times)

Baby Huey · « **Reply #160 on:** August 23, 2023, 07:32:43 pm »

Quote from: Dench57 on August 23, 2023, 03:45:41 pm

I wonder if they'll make Rodders do a shite American accent. Or if he'll be doing a bizarre, unrecognisable British stereotype in the tradition of American sitcoms in general and Frasier in particular.

Hoping this good so we can get a Del Boy and Niles spin-off

It would be cool if the writers threw in a line in which Lyndhurst is called Dave.

jillcwhomever · « **Reply #161 on:** August 24, 2023, 10:49:41 am »

Quote from: tubby on August 23, 2023, 03:59:59 pm

Think it'll be really difficult to recreate the magic of that dynamic the original cast had. Might need to be a different show, in the same way Frasier was a massive departure from Cheers.

I loved the old Frasier and so much of the show was about his rivalry with his brother, for that reason I am really considering giving it a miss and just remembering it for what it was instead.

UntouchableLuis · « **Reply #162 on:** August 24, 2023, 11:32:02 am »

Do shows still film in front of a studio audience? Seems very outdated that.

Tobelius · « **Reply #163 on:** August 25, 2023, 04:16:34 pm »

Quote from: UntouchableLuis on August 24, 2023, 11:32:02 am

Do shows still film in front of a studio audience? Seems very outdated that.

I kind of like it as a throwback but i'm feeling outdated myself

Boston always unofficial · « **Reply #164 on:** September 15, 2023, 06:57:03 pm »

Dunno if this is geoblocked.https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/15/entertainment/frasier-first-full-trailer-intl-scli/index.html.His son has already pissed me off just from the clip!

TepidT2O · « **Reply #165 on:** September 15, 2023, 08:25:06 pm »

I couldn’t help watch it and think “what’s Rodney doing in frasier?”

Barefoot Doctor · « **Reply #166 on:** September 15, 2023, 08:28:05 pm »

Looks pretty rubbish but to be fair sitcoms of that type don't really work being cut into trailer form. Obviously looks a blend of Cheers and Frasier... some of it in a bar, then the new workplace (uni versus the radio station) and the family drama of father and son, with the roles reversed.

Hedley Lamarr · « **Reply #167 on:** October 13, 2023, 08:21:22 am »

Oh dear. Best bit about it is the title card.

Lee1-6Liv · « **Reply #168 on:** October 13, 2023, 11:51:57 am »

Quote from: Hedley Lamarr on October 13, 2023, 08:21:22 am

Oh dear. Best bit about it is the title card.

Thought it was ok, first episode is always going to be a set up for the rest of the series, hopefully it gets better but if it carries on in the same vein as the first episode I can't see it lasting long.

KillieRed · « **Reply #169 on:** October 13, 2023, 12:32:02 pm »

The review in The Guardian said it took 3 or 4 episodes to find its feet before becoming excellent.

JJ Red · « **Reply #170 on:** October 14, 2023, 01:15:55 pm »

Thought Nicholas Lyndhurst was decent. Not sure about the actor playing Frederick...maybe he needs a few episodes to relax. I think they might have to reduce the role of Niles and Daphne's kid (David i think?). He looks like he's trying to do a bad impression of Sheldon from BBT. His voice is wrong for Niles and they should have picked an actor who is slighter IMO.

I'll keep my fingers crossed that it gets better.

Good tribute to my favourite character from Frasier...Martin. RIP John Mahoney.

Boston always unofficial · « **Reply #171 on:** October 14, 2023, 03:17:17 pm »

Watched the first episode,Blah,i know scene setter but still could of been at bit more funny,no characters likeable even Rodney was a bit boring and enough of fucking Harvard.

Black Bull Nova · « **Reply #172 on:** October 16, 2023, 04:12:39 pm »

Quote from: JJ Red on October 14, 2023, 01:15:55 pm

Thought Nicholas Lyndhurst was decent. Not sure about the actor playing Frederick...maybe he needs a few episodes to relax. I think they might have to reduce the role of Niles and Daphne's kid (David i think?). He looks like he's trying to do a bad impression of Sheldon from BBT. His voice is wrong for Niles and they should have picked an actor who is slighter IMO.

I'll keep my fingers crossed that it gets better.

Good tribute to my favourite character from Frasier...Martin. RIP John Mahoney.

Blackpool's finest

Fitzy. · « **Reply #173 on:** October 21, 2023, 08:09:51 am »

Thought first episode felt a bit stale and old fashioned in its style. I’ll try a few more before final judgement.

UntouchableLuis · « **Reply #174 on:** October 22, 2023, 07:28:35 pm »

Episode 3 was terrible.

Going to stick with it as Kelsey Grammar is just about making it watchable but the supporting case are terrible. It feels very lazy, like a zany modern sitcom with occasional throwback references to the original series.

Nines and Daphne's child is insufferable.

I wonder if Grammar banked on getting Niles committed to it when he thought of bringing it back. Totally different show if he was in it.

The G in Gerrard · « **Reply #175 on:** November 26, 2023, 08:24:44 pm »

Is this worth sticking with (the new series)? On episode 3 and it's been bad.

Barefoot Doctor · « **Reply #176 on:** November 26, 2023, 10:14:23 pm »

Quote from: The G in Gerrard on November 26, 2023, 08:24:44 pm

Is this worth sticking with (the new series)? On episode 3 and it's been bad.

Probably not if you’ve not found anything you like in those three.

I did enjoy the episode with a returning Lilith. Inspired me to go watch Lilith’s first episode in Frasier and it was, unsurprisingly, head and shoulders above. The original at its peak really was incredible.

The G in Gerrard · « **Reply #177 on:** November 26, 2023, 10:19:44 pm »

Quote from: Barefoot Doctor on November 26, 2023, 10:14:23 pm

Probably not if you’ve not found anything you like in those three.

I did enjoy the episode with a returning Lilith. Inspired me to go watch Lilith’s first episode in Frasier and it was, unsurprisingly, head and shoulders above. The original at its peak really was incredible.

Frasier's and Niles' son aren't great. Neither was the lady with the baby. Nicholas Lyndhurst is better than that as well. Frasier is struggling without an equal (in Niles especially).

Original was great.

gerrardisgod · « **Reply #178 on:** November 27, 2023, 08:16:25 am »

The two “kids” both feel like they’re in a totally different sitcom and not even the same one.

The G in Gerrard · « **Reply #179 on:** December 2, 2023, 04:12:00 pm »

I just couldn't stick with it. Really is average at best.

B0151? · « **Reply #180 on:** December 8, 2023, 10:06:02 am »

It was never going to be on the originals level but just as standard sitcom fare I have been liking it and getting a good few laughs from it personally. Definitely makes you appreciate how brilliant the original is though!

Andy @ Allerton! · « **Reply #181 on:** December 8, 2023, 03:50:38 pm »

Me and the missus been enjoying the new series.

Barefoot Doctor · « **Reply #182 on:** December 8, 2023, 05:45:43 pm »

Yep. It's completely fine. Lightyears away from Frasier or Cheers, but fine.

The G in Gerrard · « **Reply #183 on:** December 8, 2023, 06:30:40 pm »

Was it just a one off series or will it be back with more?

Wabaloolah · « **Reply #184 on:** December 12, 2023, 11:10:03 pm »

Quote from: Gerrard flogged the gifts in Saudi on December 8, 2023, 06:30:40 pm

Was it just a one off series or will it be back with more?

KG is confident it will be renewed

Wabaloolah · « **Reply #185 on:** December 12, 2023, 11:15:27 pm »

It wasn't as funny as the original but it's OK, it's actually made me rewatch the original series which has loads of laugh out loud moments and I'm still laughing out loud. Currently midway through series 3, the one where Niles left Maris after she went missing!

I liked the cameo from Ros and there were some funny moments of course in the new one, hope they do renew it though as it has potential

stewil007 · « **Reply #186 on:** December 13, 2023, 09:24:27 am »

The one thing i loved about Cheers and Frasier is that although they were sitcoms, the locations and sets felt real. You could smell the beer in the bar in Cheers or the homeliness of the flat in Seattle.

This series feels like a stage set up of Harvard or their flat and it loses some of that original appeal

Stubbins · « **Reply #187 on:** December 13, 2023, 02:06:41 pm »

Quote from: Roy Wabaloolah Wood on December 12, 2023, 11:15:27 pm

It wasn't as funny as the original but it's OK, it's actually made me rewatch the original series which has loads of laugh out loud moments and I'm still laughing out loud. Currently midway through series 3, the one where Niles left Maris after she went missing!

My wife and I have rewatched all 11 seasons of the original during the course of the year. There's 20+ episodes in each season but they're only 25 minutes long and perfect 'bite-sized' viewing.

After 20 years or so since first watching them, the original Frasier still hit's the laughter spot every time. Whether it's the razor sharp dialogue or the occasions it became absolute farce, belly laughs are guaranteed. And surprisingly sentimental in a warm cosy way at times.

I'm trying desperately to warm to the new series but the characters, settings and overall writing just isn't to the same level. I'm guessing the bar was impossibly high. Hoping they discover the formula in the second season. Getting Ros back in a regular role would be a start.