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| ACTORS: | Rowan Atkinson, Brian Blessed |
| CATEGORY: | Video |
| DIRECTOR: | Martin Shardlow, Geoff Posner |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 01 January, 1999 |
| MANUFACTURER: | BBC Video |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Television |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 794051155832 |
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Customer Reviews of Black Adder V - Back and Forth
You have to be a real idiot if you don't like this Edmumd Black Adder becomes a "Timelord". This would be twice for Black Adder star Rowan Atkinson after appearing as the Doctor in the Doctor Who Comedy Relief "The Curse of Fatal Death". I found this new installment of the Black Adder series to be very amusing with finds Edmund Black Adder and Balderick traveling through time in a make shift time machine. And making a mess of everything. Regulars to the series Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie and Miranda Richardson all return and are wonderful in multiple roles. Stephen Fry's best scene in the movie is as the Duke of Wellington during his famous victory against Napoleon. You'll also notice the lack of a laugh track in this episode. I found that to be very refreshing in a televison comedy. But I recommend this video highly for those who have only seen Rowan as "Mr. Bean". "Black Adder" is both very intelligent and sophmoric at the same time.
A dud, I'm sad to say
PLEASE don't let this be your introduction to the Black Adder series. It should only be purchased by completists, as it is the weakest of the bunch. But even as the weakest it rates more than one star, because the series is so excellent. Indeed, at its peak (years 2, 3, and 4), Black Adder is about as funny as TV gets. Alas, this one just doesn't cut it. Atkinson is not at his best, and the usually delightful Baldrick is WAY off his usual form (he actually looks and sounds ill). You'll get this with the complete DVD collection (which I highly recommend), though I'm pretty sure this would be your least-watched of the discs.
Sad parody of themselves
Watching this, I was embarrassed for the actors. It was like watching an aging rock band reunion when all the members had forgotten how to play. I've been a Black Adder fan since first seeing the show in the early nineties, and I'd hoped for some of the old Adder magic. After all, Corporal Punishment, from the Black Adder IV series, was one of the funniest half-hours ever produced for television.
Sadly, this waste of tape had very little of that, instead mostly relying on puerile toilet humor and superficial unfunny one-liners.
If they get the urge to do another reunion, I hope they have a lie down until the urge passes.