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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 389676" data-attributes="member: 23">That&#039;s spot on.It&#039;s a funny one, because the series in its purest form feels as though it doesn&#039;t lend itself to the big screen at all. Before this film was made, the series was characterised by long scenes taking place in one indoor setting - usually the living room or the pub - with Alf going into lengthy spiels. There was some location work, but overall the intimacy of the series&#039; premise feels closer to theatre than film.As you&#039;ve accurately said, though, the film gave the opportunity to tell a larger-scale story on a broader canvas and it&#039;s a different experience. The film is the perfect &quot;all-in-one&quot; experience of the characters and their world, and certainly the most accessible.In many ways this pre-empts a lot of what would come later in the series. Alf&#039;s bigotry is present, but not as vociferous and in-your-face as in the series and so is more palatable. Likewise, there&#039;s a bit more situation comedy that would find itself into the series during the Seventies (and certainly in the Eighties once it went to In Sickness...).It&#039;s pointless for me to compare the film and the sitcom as they&#039;re different animals, but I&#039;d say they complement one another. The continuity of the film has some differences from the series, but there are also many things that enhance the small screen version. But the film is great because it requires no prior knowledge or further commitment.The big surprise for me was how fascinating I found the series from a social history angle. Not just the period scenes of WWII, but also the contemporary scenes which are now a time capsule in themselves.When I watched some of the extras for the On The Buses films, Till Death Us Do Part was mentioned as a pivotal film that proved big-screen spinoffs from sitcoms could work well and do well at the box office. Reading between the lines, it seems that most of the films that came later happened mainly because the Till Death Us Do Part film proved there was a market for it. Not a bad legacy, really.Like you, I don&#039;t think I knew about this one but I remember many of the adaptions which followed having a reasonably high profile through repeated screenings and home media releases.I&#039;m grateful that Network released this one in a very nice HD transfer before they went under, and I hope you get the chance to watch it sometime as I&#039;d be interested to know your thoughts.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 389676, member: 23"] That's spot on. It's a funny one, because the series in its purest form feels as though it doesn't lend itself to the big screen at all. Before this film was made, the series was characterised by long scenes taking place in one indoor setting - usually the living room or the pub - with Alf going into lengthy spiels. There was some location work, but overall the intimacy of the series' premise feels closer to theatre than film. As you've accurately said, though, the film gave the opportunity to tell a larger-scale story on a broader canvas and it's a different experience. The film is the perfect "all-in-one" experience of the characters and their world, and certainly the most accessible. In many ways this pre-empts a lot of what would come later in the series. Alf's bigotry is present, but not as vociferous and in-your-face as in the series and so is more palatable. Likewise, there's a bit more situation comedy that would find itself into the series during the Seventies (and certainly in the Eighties once it went to [I]In Sickness...[/I]). It's pointless for me to compare the film and the sitcom as they're different animals, but I'd say they complement one another. The continuity of the film has some differences from the series, but there are also many things that enhance the small screen version. But the film is great because it requires no prior knowledge or further commitment. The big surprise for me was how fascinating I found the series from a social history angle. Not just the period scenes of WWII, but also the contemporary scenes which are now a time capsule in themselves. When I watched some of the extras for the [I]On The Buses [/I]films, [I]Till Death Us Do Part [/I]was mentioned as a pivotal film that proved big-screen spinoffs from sitcoms could work well and do well at the box office. Reading between the lines, it seems that most of the films that came later happened mainly because the [I]Till Death Us Do Part[/I] film proved there was a market for it. Not a bad legacy, really. Like you, I don't think I knew about this one but I remember many of the adaptions which followed having a reasonably high profile through repeated screenings and home media releases. I'm grateful that Network released this one in a very nice HD transfer before they went under, and I hope you get the chance to watch it sometime as I'd be interested to know your thoughts. [/QUOTE]

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