TP:TNP

Do you remember the Tomorrow People? That guy walking his turtle? The cereal maker trying to control the world? Danny John-Jules overacting?

What? No, not John and Mike and Stephen, but Adam and Megabyte and Ami. Yep, I'm talking about the Tomorrow People: The New Generation, which ran in the 1990s.

Oh, dear, gods, but it was bad. I'm surprised it managed to last three seasons (five stories of five episodes each)! It lost a lot of the maturity of the previous series, and became more "kids solve mysteries by convenient plot twists", with the main power used being teleportation (which was used a lot). The stories were weak (a couple of mad scientist stories and a Pod People rip off), and the main stars weren't much.

This was covered up to some degree by the guest stars: Jean Marsh, Connie Booth, Christopher Benjamin, Christopher Lee and Danny John-Jules to name some big names that turned up in this series for no reason that can be a boost for their career.

I like the 1970s series, and so wanted to like this when I first saw it 10ish years ago. Never quite lived up to it, and the quality of the series doesn't really improve with rewatching.

If you feel like you must watch it, it is available on DVD, and quite cheaply too.

[END]