Forgotten silver
Funny how going out and buying a set of dvds gets you thinking.
I bought the series children of fire mountain a while back and finally managed to sit down and watch the whole thing.
have to say it was a powerful blast of memories and did take me a while to calm down again after watching it, but it did remind me of something.
It seems somehow nz tv has lost that naive innocence that made it what it was, compared to contemporary series all i see now is clones of overseas drama's or shock value. I also note that much of the content (not all i grant) is more aimed at the overseas audience rather than homegrown.
I understand the natir of the business beast, after all we all have to eat etc, but it is something of a shame that we often ignore the rich background we have in our amazing country from which we could draw many great drama's.
also it seems that due to the lack of knowledge in years past about the means we take for granted these days in storage mediums many classics of our tv past will never see the light of day again, unless agreements with those that worked on them about the royalties from dvd sales can be ironed out.
but hey maybe one day we can all enjoy such classics as
children of fire mountain
under the mountain
hunters gold
gather your dreams
and of course close to home.
i think they would give a lot of youngsters a valuable glimpse of what life was like back in the late 70's-1990 here in good old Godzone.
till next time
chin chin
I bought the series children of fire mountain a while back and finally managed to sit down and watch the whole thing.
have to say it was a powerful blast of memories and did take me a while to calm down again after watching it, but it did remind me of something.
It seems somehow nz tv has lost that naive innocence that made it what it was, compared to contemporary series all i see now is clones of overseas drama's or shock value. I also note that much of the content (not all i grant) is more aimed at the overseas audience rather than homegrown.
I understand the natir of the business beast, after all we all have to eat etc, but it is something of a shame that we often ignore the rich background we have in our amazing country from which we could draw many great drama's.
also it seems that due to the lack of knowledge in years past about the means we take for granted these days in storage mediums many classics of our tv past will never see the light of day again, unless agreements with those that worked on them about the royalties from dvd sales can be ironed out.
but hey maybe one day we can all enjoy such classics as
children of fire mountain
under the mountain
hunters gold
gather your dreams
and of course close to home.
i think they would give a lot of youngsters a valuable glimpse of what life was like back in the late 70's-1990 here in good old Godzone.
till next time
chin chin