Saw this today and couldn't believe it - an adult version of Rainbow ?



Source: Digital Spy

never saw that cartoon...and I am pretty old...lol

My god, Rainbow.

How would they pull off an adult version? Zippy saying older-themed jokes? What if kids pick up on this? I dunno...

It does seem a strange idea, the characters in Rainbow will always be associated with kids TV, I don't think an adult sitcom version will work.

It'll be interesting to see what they do.

I don't doubt i'll be tuning in to see the show once it airs, i just don't know if it'll be such a good idea.
Then again hey, maybe it'll be really funny.
That is, if it gets out of the UK.

Rainbow was one of my fave shows when I was a kid... I have mixed feelings about this come back though...

On one hand to bring back such a cult and such a good show that was a product of the 80's to make it in todays world, I don't think would work very well. The writing might be alright but I think the general feel wouldn't be the same. And you know they'd try to jazz it up by having bands like McFly perform at the end or something crappy like that... Also kids shows today are no-where near as good as they were in the 80's to mid 90's... There's a few like Spongebob but that's cos it has good stories aimed at kids but humour that older kids and adults can get and laugh at.

But bringing it back and aiming it at the generation that grew up with it might work out ok. I think its probably a better idea than to bring it back and aim to todays kids. It might not even be a traditional 'kids' show in the sense it will be on saturday mornings. We may find it comes on in the evening some time... I mean what 20-30 yr old is gonna get up at 8 or 9 in a morning to watch a kids show? We may find it is brought back as a kids show but it just has humour for adults.

The fact that it says makes me beleive it will be on in the evening time and cos it says sitcome, that says to me it will be a story like thing rather than just random kids stuff. It might be something along the lines of Friends, where they are living in an apartment... maybe they get along by making appearances opening up supermarkets and so on and it might be about them trying to get back to the top.

Whatever the case I think the key to having this comeback be a success is to keep the same style and feel of the original show... more so than the writing but good writing will also be a key factor. Don't jazz it up with pop bands. Don't have Zippy, George and Bungle doing stupid song and dance join in routines...

Anyway, of course I'll tune in to check it out... They better not bastardise it though.

Viz ran a couple of takes on it, it had Zippy as the psycho (not too much of a stretch) it could work if its anything like that.

I think you have to take whatever The Sun says with a pinch of salt. I remember enjoying watching rainbow but can't remember why. I don't think there's enough demand from 'our' generation to get it back on the air, but I guess anythings possible!

This show must have never made it to the States. I've never heard of it. It's live action, right, not a cartoon?

Weyyyy Rainbow!!!!!

Paint the whole world with a rainbow!!!

Hee heee..... crazed maniacal laughter - my plans to take over the world are working, me and Zippy will rule you all!!!


Heehehehehe

Ames

Here Jenn, check out the Fan site

Just found THIS from the BBC website...



eck maybe they are on the comeback!

I hate to tell u but that story is over 2 years old...

Yep well spotted ames. Should have really seen that lol ahh well, sounds like more of a reoccuring rumour than anything else I guess.