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  Gulliver's Travels

   • s******j@**.com
     06/02/1996 00:00:000 UTC

     Amazing! The adaption of Swift's Gulliver's Travels that ran the

     last couple of nights on NBC was surprisingly good and true to the

     book. The framing device (Gulliver returns home and is thrown in

     the booby hatch by wife's suitor) was a bit melodramatic, but worth

     wading through for the delightfully well-done fantastic bits.

     It probably took a lot of balls on the part of the producers to

     sell this one to network TV. I mean, social satire through fantasy

     with a 17th century flavor? On prime time? Opposite _Married

     with Children_?

     And -- I hesitate to say this -- I think Brian Henson has surpassed

     his late lamented dad as a filmmaker. I knew this kid was something

     special back when _The Storyteller_ was running. _Gulliver's

     Travels_ is a masterpiece.

     Jeez . . . if this kid ever tackles science fiction!

       • s******j@**.com
         10/02/1996 00:00:000 UTC

         In article <4falqe$***@n******.*****n.edu>,

         Kevin Sterner wrote:

         >I also enjoyed it, but there was one thing I couldn't get around:

         >Ted Danson! He was completely miscast. Aside from his limited

         >acting ability, what sort of accent is that for an Englishman? At

         >least he didn't attempt to don a fake one, but please! Were no true

         >Englishmen available? Pee-wee Herman would have been only slightly

         >less appropriate.

         Gee, I wish you didn't post that. Now I'm going to have this image
         of

         Pee-Wee, in a waterlogged grey suit, giggling as the Liliputians tie

         him down. AURGGGGHHH! MMY BBBRAIINNN!

         >I hope and pray that this was a big ratings winner. I don't think

         >that any amount of success would make quality TV the norm, but it

         >might go some way to quashing the belief that anything intelligent

         >and interesting is a guaranteed loser. I'm stunned that this was

         >put on the air.

         My thoughts exactly. They were rewarded with excellent reviews; this

         might mean SOMETHING to NBC. Enough to get them to try another
         project

         like this, I dunno.