Comments on: Should the Famous Five stay in the 1940s? http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/03/20/should-the-famous-five-stay-in-the-1940s/ Our UK correspondents' insights Sun, 7 Sep 2008 10:13:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Monika http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/03/20/should-the-famous-five-stay-in-the-1940s/#comment-2227 Monika Sun, 27 Apr 2008 02:59:58 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/03/20/should-the-famous-five-stay-in-the-1940s/#comment-2227 i love the famous five and i thing that they should keep it the same and put it back on abc TV for the kids to watch it is a very cool show and i like it so Disney Channel should not do anthing with it fi they are going to do a new one me and my friends from school would like to be in it is Dlyan is he from the suie life of zac and cody i love that show so much so could you tell them to let me been on it i love the famous five and i thing that they should keep it the same and put it back on abc TV for the kids to watch it is a very cool show and i like it
so Disney Channel should not do anthing with it
fi they are going to do a new one me and my friends from school would like to be in it
is Dlyan is he from the suie life of zac and cody i love that show so much so could you tell them to let me been on it

]]> By: Cy Nical http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/03/20/should-the-famous-five-stay-in-the-1940s/#comment-1581 Cy Nical Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:11:16 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/03/20/should-the-famous-five-stay-in-the-1940s/#comment-1581 They should definately stay in the 1940's.The Famous Five books were all based around the innocence of youth that is no longer with us in this age.To bring it up to date would make it an even bigger parody than Comic Strips Presents-Five Go Mad In...... spoofs. They should definately stay in the 1940’s.The Famous Five books were all based around the innocence of youth that is no longer with us in this age.To bring it up to date would make it an even bigger parody than Comic Strips Presents-Five Go Mad In…… spoofs.

]]> By: Andy Armitage http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/03/20/should-the-famous-five-stay-in-the-1940s/#comment-1576 Andy Armitage Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:24:50 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/03/20/should-the-famous-five-stay-in-the-1940s/#comment-1576 Of <i>course</i> they should stay in the forties. Those books are still popular among kids anyway, so the only "need" to bring them "up to date" is the need for profits. Having and promoting the originals, which were then contemporary novels, means that kids can read what are now historical novels in a sense: they allow young people to read of how characters were back then, what their surroundings were like, the technology that surrounded them, the language they used, the types of food they ate - they're historical documents, social history. Of course they should stay in the forties. Those books are still popular among kids anyway, so the only “need” to bring them “up to date” is the need for profits. Having and promoting the originals, which were then contemporary novels, means that kids can read what are now historical novels in a sense: they allow young people to read of how characters were back then, what their surroundings were like, the technology that surrounded them, the language they used, the types of food they ate - they’re historical documents, social history.

]]> By: martin bates http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/03/20/should-the-famous-five-stay-in-the-1940s/#comment-1561 martin bates Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:25:58 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/03/20/should-the-famous-five-stay-in-the-1940s/#comment-1561 i think its a good idea to bring the famous five up to date i think its a good idea to bring the famous five up to date

]]> By: katie hardy http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/03/20/should-the-famous-five-stay-in-the-1940s/#comment-1559 katie hardy Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:52:43 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/03/20/should-the-famous-five-stay-in-the-1940s/#comment-1559 I loved Enid Blyton growing up and whilest I believe its got to be relevant to kids in 2008, I really hope its not americanised like Winnie the Pooh. I have absolutely nothing against America but these are British classics and they should stay that way!! I loved Enid Blyton growing up and whilest I believe its got to be relevant to kids in 2008, I really hope its not americanised like Winnie the Pooh. I have absolutely nothing against America but these are British classics and they should stay that way!!

]]> By: Lynne http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/03/20/should-the-famous-five-stay-in-the-1940s/#comment-1558 Lynne Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:39:58 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/03/20/should-the-famous-five-stay-in-the-1940s/#comment-1558 I think the famous five & all of Enid Blytons works should remain as they were written. Enid Blytons works have that timeless charm of a bygone age and should be preserved as a part of the history of childrens literature. If people want a modern team of 5 kids and a dog then write new stories and scripts. I think the famous five & all of Enid Blytons works should remain as they were written. Enid Blytons works have that timeless charm of a bygone age and should be preserved as a part of the history of childrens literature.

If people want a modern team of 5 kids and a dog then write new stories and scripts.

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