Changes made to Review for Tales Of The Gold Monkey

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Created on Monday, 19th September 2011, 16:20
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    • Change #27 - <newline> <newline>[heading]Conclusion[/heading] <newline>Tales of the Gold Monkey isn[apost]t the most fabulous television series in the whole universe, and quite frankly, I[apost]d be naïve in expecting it to be so. But it is good, damned good, [apost]sitting through 22 episodes of action adventure serial on the edge of my seat with a goofy grin on my face[apost] good. In fact I[apost]d categorise it as brilliant, utterly fulfilling, fun entertainment, the sort of television and cinema they just don[apost]t make anymore, because the execs have gotten too cynical, jaded and feel that the narrative world should reflect the complexity and darkness of the real world. <newline> <newline>There[apost]s something about buckling a swash, escaping by the skin of your teeth, dispatching bad guys with abandon, and without worrying about whether you[apost]re offending an ethnic minority or failing to tick the politically correct boxes. Besides, Tales of the Gold Monkey wasn[apost]t exactly backward in its treatment of foreign folks, and it[apost]s one of the rare shows, even now, that had a physically disabled actor as a cast regular, in a role where the wheelchair was incidental. <newline> <newline>It does suffer a little from the usual Season 1 jitters that afflict any show that is trying to find its voice. The pilot in particular suffers from pacing issues and an uncertainty in tone. That may be down to an insistence by the network that this was Raiders of the Lost Ark for TV, rather than the somewhat more romantic, character driven piece that Don Belisario pitched. In tone and style, it really does play like a pre-war Magnum, which is no bad thing, but you[apost]ll find that it[apost]s when it tries to ape (no pun intended) the Raiders format that it comes across the weakest. Also in the early episodes, the characters don[apost]t really settle down as quickly as they could, with Corky in particular playing the comedy sidekick a little thickly, Princess Koji[apost]s lethal woman a little too monotone. <newline> <newline>The dafter episodes are the treasure hunt, Indiana Jones clones, and despite the fact that Jake has an airplane that could conceivably take him anywhere in the world, we still get African tribes and Ancient Egyptians transplanted to the South Pacific. These episodes do still work though, mainly through fun performances and a tongue in cheek sense of humour. They are fun to watch, if not possible to take seriously. The worst of Tales of the Gold Monkey happens when the writers decide to remake popular films of the day, and somehow translate them to the South Pacific. There are two such episodes here, The Lady and The Tiger, which drags the Amish halfway across the world so that we could have an episode of The Witness, while Ape Boy is Greystoke by any other name, and allows for the reuse of the horrible monkey costumes from the pilot episode. Thankfully Roddy McDowell didn[apost]t don the ape suit at any point in this series. But these two episodes of Gold Monkey are the nadir of the show, and I[apost]d be reluctant to watch them too often. <newline>url="http://www.myreviewer.com/default.asp?a=0000144662"][imgmc=0000234113.jpg][/url] <newline>[heading]Conclusion[/heading] <newline>Tales of the Gold Monkey isn[apost]t the most fabulous television series in the whole universe, and quite frankly, I[apost]d be naïve in expecting it to be so. But it is good, damned good, [apost]sitting through 22 episodes of action adventure serial on the edge of my seat with a goofy grin on my face[apost] good. In fact I[apost]d categorise it as brilliant, utterly fulfilling, fun entertainment, the sort of television and cinema they just don[apost]t make anymore, because the execs have gotten too cynical, jaded and feel that the narrative world should reflect the complexity and darkness of the real world. <newline> <newline>[url="http://www.myreviewer.com/default.asp?a=0000144664"][imgmc=0000234115.jpg][/url] <newline>There[apost]s something about buckling a swash, escaping by the skin of your teeth, dispatching bad guys with abandon, and without worrying about whether you[apost]re offending an ethnic minority or failing to tick the politically correct boxes. Besides, Tales of the Gold Monkey wasn[apost]t exactly backward in its treatment of foreign folks, and it[apost]s one of the rare shows, even now, that had a physically disabled actor as a cast regular, in a role where the wheelchair was incidental. <newline> <newline>[url="http://www.myreviewer.com/default.asp?a=0000144668"][imgmc=0000234119.jpg][/url] <newline>It does suffer a little from the usual Season 1 jitters that afflict any show that is trying to find its voice. The pilot in particular suffers from pacing issues and an uncertainty in tone. That may be down to an insistence by the network that this was Raiders of the Lost Ark for TV, rather than the somewhat more romantic, character driven piece that Don Belisario pitched. In tone and style, it really does play like a pre-war Magnum, which is no bad thing, but you[apost]ll find that it[apost]s when it tries to ape (no pun intended) the Raiders format that it comes across the weakest. Also in the early episodes, the characters don[apost]t really settle down as quickly as they could, with Corky in particular playing the comedy sidekick a little thickly, Princess Koji[apost]s lethal woman a little too monotone. <newline> <newline>[url="http://www.myreviewer.com/default.asp?a=0000144656"][imgmc=0000234107.jpg][/url] <newline>The dafter episodes are the treasure hunt, Indiana Jones clones, and despite the fact that Jake has an airplane that could conceivably take him anywhere in the world, we still get African tribes and Ancient Egyptians transplanted to the South Pacific. These episodes do still work though, mainly through fun performances and a tongue in cheek sense of humour. They are fun to watch, if not possible to take seriously. The worst of Tales of the Gold Monkey happens when the writers decide to remake popular films of the day, and somehow translate them to the South Pacific. There are two such episodes here, The Lady and The Tiger, which drags the Amish halfway across the world so that we could have an episode of The Witness, while Ape Boy is Greystoke by any other name, and allows for the reuse of the horrible monkey costumes from the pilot episode. Thankfully Roddy McDowell didn[apost]t don the ape suit at any point in this series. But these two episodes of Gold Monkey are the nadir of the show, and I[apost]d be reluctant to watch them too often. <newline> <newline>[url="http://www.myreviewer.com/default.asp?a=0000144665"][imgmc=0000234116.jpg][/url] <newline>Mo
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Created on Monday, 19th September 2011, 16:08
First Submitted by Jitendar Canth