Ally McBeal was bad, and got worse and worse, even my then girlfriend couldn't stand it eventually, and she was the girlie TV stereotype! Sean, when you say "most people" prefer the older versions of the characters, do you mean "you" prefer them? ;-) I absolutely loved Sunrise when I saw it on telly as a 19(ish) year old, and for yonks after that I was saying to people "what's that film with the guy and the girl on the train in Europe, and they spend the night walking around and chatting" only for people to look at me blankly. When I did eventually find out the title and watch it again I have to admit that the young characters annoyed me a bit, but as I said, I was no longer so young... However, the older versions are far too cliche, and the film as a whole is too predictable... It's a sequel that everyone wanted to see (did they meet at the station the following year or not!?!?!?!?), but that really I think would have been best left to the imagination. I sound like I hate it, I don't, but you know what I mean :-S