AAAAH Famous Five

[MonkeyFunk]

I'm guessing that Marathon's Famous Five cartoon hasn't reached Amerca yet. Well, I've just seen it for the first time courtesy of an online clip and.... AAAAHHH

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/video/2008/mar/25/famousfive

It's one of the most bizarre things I've seen in a while, and not in a good way. Middle class Enid Blyon jollyhockeysticksery filtered through an American tweencom = weirdness for all

[Rick Jones]

I was addicted to the really old show and the books when I was a kid. I used to think it would be cool if they made a cartoon based on it but this was far from what I had in mind.

[The Irishman]

I'm guessing that Marathon's Famous Five cartoon hasn't reached Amerca yet. Well, I've just seen it for the first time courtesy of an online clip and.... AAAAHHH

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/video/2008/mar/25/famousfive

It's one of the most bizarre things I've seen in a while, and not in a good way. Middle class Enid Blyon jollyhockeysticksery filtered through an American tweencom = weirdness for all

Right on MonkeyFunk. While it may be a sale in Europe, I honestly can't see people (or kids for that matter) on this side of the pond liking it. The humour is just too different, even for the Disney Channel demographics.

I wonder if Enid Blyton is spinning in her grave.

[MonkeyFunk]

A good Famous Five revival would be hard to pull off, but doable. The books appealed to kids for decades so they must be doing something right - trouble is, they've never been examples of good writing (and they also embody what have to be the most cringe-inducing aspects of English culture)

For a new adaptation to work, it'd have to keep the good stuff, but be liberal in jettisoning the bad stuff. This one doesn't - it keeps the old bad stuff, and combines it with new, trendier bad stuff. It's a mess.