Post by the guy in Control on Jul 15, 2008 18:30:38 GMT -5
what i like about Get Smart, Again! is that it's a reunion movie done right... not only do we have Max, 99, Larrabee, Hymie, Agent 13, Siegfried, and Shtarker all returning, played by the original actors, but we have other, lesser-known actors returning who were on the old show, too (Harold Gould, Kenneth Mars, and Roger Price had appeared in an episode apiece of the 60s series, and here have bigger roles), and even two of Don Adams' daughters - Stacey and Cecily - get minor roles...
besides the casting, the whole thing is very much written and played as if it really belongs with the old series (which is so refreshing after The Nude Bomb)... Hottentot really sounds like a character you would have expected to see on the old show (i could swear that we did, but i can't find an episode with him anywhere), and the homages to the show were sometimes very subtle and didn't detract from your enjoyment at all...
it's hard to imagine them making a truly lovable reunion movie without Ed Platt, but i think they've done it perfectly... my one and only complaint about this movie is that (being made-for-TV) the production value was so poor... if they'd put enough money into it to make it look and sound as clean as the episodes of the original series, that's about the only way i can see that they could have improved upon it!
besides the casting, the whole thing is very much written and played as if it really belongs with the old series (which is so refreshing after The Nude Bomb)... Hottentot really sounds like a character you would have expected to see on the old show (i could swear that we did, but i can't find an episode with him anywhere), and the homages to the show were sometimes very subtle and didn't detract from your enjoyment at all...
it's hard to imagine them making a truly lovable reunion movie without Ed Platt, but i think they've done it perfectly... my one and only complaint about this movie is that (being made-for-TV) the production value was so poor... if they'd put enough money into it to make it look and sound as clean as the episodes of the original series, that's about the only way i can see that they could have improved upon it!
