Jeez...what was he thinking?
The Sweeney? 
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Agreed JT, made the role his, and it was an iconic role..No actor shouldn't even dare try..
100% Senora 
I take it you have seen the new film Velvet.
The Guardian review gives it one star and that looks like a begrudging one star.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film...7/the-sweeney-review
Some things just don't need a remake.
John Thaw was brilliant in anything 
I even loved the show about the Priest in France during the war, the name escapes me...
He truly was Dame
Remember that
The wee one where he took the boy in.
And The Bofors Gun when he was cutting his cloth.
Fantastic actor he was and I miss him off my screen
Originally Posted by velvet donkey:
He truly was Dame
Remember that
The wee one where he took the boy in.
And The Bofors Gun when he was cutting his cloth.
Fantastic actor he was and I miss him off my screen
I remember those Velvet, I miss him and still watch re-runs of Morse and ITV2... I'm off to find out the name of the bloody series now 
Monsignor Renard 
oops, copied and pasted 
Lovely sounds to at the end 
London as it was.
I loved John Thaw in Morse and Kavanagh QC and Goodnight Mr Tom.
Originally Posted by Yogi19:
I loved John Thaw in Morse and Kavanagh QC and Goodnight Mr Tom.
Goodnight Mr Tom's the one Yogi
Originally Posted by velvet donkey:
Originally Posted by Yogi19:
I loved John Thaw in Morse and Kavanagh QC and Goodnight Mr Tom.
Goodnight Mr Tom's the one Yogi
Brilliant film, I've got it on DVD.
Originally Posted by Yogi19:
I loved John Thaw in Morse and Kavanagh QC and Goodnight Mr Tom.
The thing about updating the new Sweeney film is that it misses the point. The Sweeney series was just a violent cop show and there have been many since but not called "The Sweeney".
Because the Sweeney only ran for four or five years, it's kind of stuck in a time period that, say, "The Bill" isn't.
The Sweeney is a 70s show like "The Avengers" is a 60s show or "Cold Feet" is a 90s show. Brown flared slacks, mutton chop side burns, Ford Cortinas and the slang of London during the late 70s. Even two relatively unattractive blokes being successful womanisers is a bit of a feature of 70s TV shows.
The Sweeney without the 70s is pointless to me and it could be any of the many violent Brit films of the last 15 years, with Ray Winstone (who's been in most of them, after all) doing his usual hack job.
I dunno whether to agree or disagree
Originally Posted by velvet donkey:
I dunno whether to agree or disagree
me neither
