Not so Famous

Think I’ve lost the enthusiasm for The (new) Famous Five now I’ve found out they’re going to be a fucking Disney fucking animated fucking series. Fuck.

The Famous Five is one of those things I hold very dear. My childhood was spent trying to invent adventures and intrigue in a not-very-exciting suburban neighbourhood. I wanted mysteries to uncover — the closest I got was discovering a fully-operational brothel across the street, and it wasn’t detective work that revealed this decidedly scandalous information, our housekeeper told us about it (the brothel owners told her to keep quiet about it and there wouldn’t be any trouble).

So I’m pretty annoyed that this classic series is being dumbed-down (given the series is for children, I’m even more concerned) for the current generation. Surely there’s some irony in a television series trying to encourage kids to go outside.

I’ve put a couple of Famous Five collections on my wishlist. I gave the kids (other kids) a Secret Seven collection not so long ago, maybe I’ll be able to find these Famous Five ones at Asda, too.