Mmm - not a patch on the original - they cut down the original plot lines to half their length and made it (I found) far more two dimensional - good vs evil rather than tough and unpleasant choices for a person struggling through the unfamiliar situation of there being "no rules"
Fair enough, it's a each to there own I guess but I am only 26 (for another 4 days at least) so I have grown up in a era where the TV quality has gone down and the number of channels has gone up. Although when I was a kid I had fond memory's of The Last train watching that with my Mum when I waas about 6/7, I really need to see that again as it happens.
I think much old drama really was better in the old days - not the sit coms or soaps for sure, but proper drama series whic concentrated on character development and script writing rather than special effects and short attention spans. They still make some - but its rarer now.
To be honest I think it was about the same, talent for acting is talent for acting and while I think we have more choice we have less good choice. I am not a fan of period drama at all and that has exploded in the last few years although it seems to be dieying off now. Comedy is a whole different kettle of fish though, I like some of the older stuff Dad's army and The Navy Lark, Men from the Ministry. But I also like lots of the new or newer stand up but can't stand the older stuff or the stand up stuff from before the 90's (With a few exceptions) but Sketch shows like the Two Ronnies make me want to puke.
Having said that the new stand up has some people who I flat out refuse to watch, Danny Boyle and one semi emo prat who I can't recall at the moment but is on Mock the Week quite a bit both are just poor comedians confusing comedy with being offensive (nothing wrong with offensive comedy but both are just crass with it).
