Spitting Image to be relaunched!

SkeeterUK · 6 Aug 2020 at 14:27

Its either gona have to be very anti pc to be like it was or semi pc and not be as good. I dont think they can do it, times have changed too much. They probs need voice actors like chris barry etc to come back for the nostalgia.

Malevolence · 6 Aug 2020 at 18:05

Acme said:
Been living under a rock?

No, not at all. If he's on about Andrew then I'm just wondering why the OP is accusing someone who had sex with a legally aged girl of being a paedophile. Pretty sure that's considered libellous and could land them, and this forum, in a lot of trouble if it was seen by the right people.

Akagi · 6 Aug 2020 at 18:40

Malevolence said:
No, not at all. If he's on about Andrew then I'm just wondering why the OP is accusing someone who had sex with a legally aged girl of being a paedophile. Pretty sure that's considered libellous and could land them, and this forum, in a lot of trouble if it was seen by the right people.

Lol.

m@rty · 6 Aug 2020 at 19:10

Malevolence said:
No, not at all. If he's on about Andrew then I'm just wondering why the OP is accusing someone who had sex with a legally aged girl of being a paedophile. Pretty sure that's considered libellous and could land them, and this forum, in a lot of trouble if it was seen by the right people.

Haha get a grip :rolleyes:

McGray · 6 Aug 2020 at 19:27

Malevolence said:
No, not at all. If he's on about Andrew then I'm just wondering why the OP is accusing someone who had sex with a legally aged girl of being a paedophile. Pretty sure that's considered libellous and could land them, and this forum, in a lot of trouble if it was seen by the right people.

Ahahaha! Awesome.

MookJong · 10 Aug 2020 at 12:34

Unlike back in the day, the establishment is now Neo Liberal, so unless you are going to at least take some pops at it rather than being “right on” it won’t work.

Also twitter memes move so fast now, how will it stay relevant as the jokes will have been done online days before you see them regurgitated here.

DrToffnar · 10 Aug 2020 at 15:41

Unlike above I don't think it's got anything to do with the 'politics of today' or whatever perceived minefield there is to tread politically. All this existed back then, just for different things. I think it's more that it took a genius like Morris or Iannucci to do something half original to begin with. They've tread so much of that ground already (Iannucci still is) and this generation have the tools to satirise almost instantly through social media and 'meme' culture.
Can't see that a new Spitting Image will be anything other then mildly embarrassing to be quite honest. Would love to be proved wrong though.

danlightbulb · 15 Aug 2020 at 09:28

I also think that this wont work in this modern era, for three main reasons:

1. the lack of original, edgy, off the wall, creative talent when it comes to satire.

2. the blandness of the current crop of politicians, celebraties and sportspeople.

3. fear of being politically incorrect. Cant make fun of people's looks or personalities so much any more. The only show I know of that gets away with it is Have I Got News For You, and thats only because of Merton and Hislop.

Cummings as an evil genius is just too obvious, and in some ways flattering to him instead of making fun of him. Same with Boris as a bumbling buffoon. That's already his character so nothing original there.

95% chance of this being crap i think.

Reality|Bites · 15 Aug 2020 at 19:43

but is it going to be honest satire or woke agenda satire?

Reality|Bites · 15 Aug 2020 at 19:45

Antifa minion puppets

Reality|Bites · 23 Aug 2020 at 15:53

I was still in primary school when it was on...going home with granny on a sunday after church bingo to give must a break from me grrrr….I watched it as a cartoon not a political agenda show

jpaul · 26 Aug 2020 at 14:17

As yet there is no air date for spitting image ?. just Autumn

seemed a good excuse to sign up for britbox free trial, once the entire series is available, and, hopefully the app will work OK on my Roku

joey1211 · 26 Aug 2020 at 14:23

Used to watch it, as well as The South Bank Show, as an excuse for not going to bed. The Maggie puppet scared me half to death.

jpaul · 26 Aug 2020 at 17:44

Another comedy, blast from the past, was back , on form, last night,

Character-based sketch comedy from Lenny Henry, featuring old favourites like Deakus (musing about Covid from his care home) and Brixton-based DJ Delbert Wilkins, who's with his mate Winston talking about homeschooling.

There's also new characters such as Mr Stone, the former Special Forces operative-turned-teacher, and paranoid Aaron, who sees crime everywhere. And there's an outtake from the Repair Shop, an appeal by parents who have been cancelled by their kids, and a debut from Northern grime artist The Yorkshire Moor, rapping about lockdown

our Richard Pryor ?

Feek · 27 Aug 2020 at 19:53

jpaul said:
Another comedy, blast from the past, was back , on form, last night,

I really enjoyed that.

GAC · 11 Sep 2020 at 13:21

and they are now showing more puppets off on twitter

https://twitter.com/SpittingImage/status/1304336618027978754/photo/1

Gerard · 26 Sep 2020 at 17:22

potatolord · 26 Sep 2020 at 17:58

Malevolence said:
No, not at all. If he's on about Andrew then I'm just wondering why the OP is accusing someone who had sex with a legally aged girl of being a paedophile. Pretty sure that's considered libellous and could land them, and this forum, in a lot of trouble if it was seen by the right people.

Especially as Prince Andrew is already annoyed because of his queue position for his 3080.

FoxEye · 26 Sep 2020 at 23:15

Gerard said:

Looks a bit crap.

I was too young for the original series but I hope that trailer is not the best they can do.

Then again, when were remakes associated with originality and creative talent?

Akagi · 27 Sep 2020 at 06:20

I was quite disappointed by the fact that they didn't make trump and bojo's dangus' incredibly small. Missed opportunity.