I’m with Dez here; I watched the original series religiously, dissected it down the pub, quoted chunks of dialogue, etc.
Started to watch the re-runs with a fair degree of excitement, and I just couldn’t engage with it at all.
The dialogue and characters all seemed rather stiff and clunky now, sadly.
I guess I’ve been spoiled by more recent series like True Detective, and Dead Like Me, Buffy, Pushing Daisies, etc, which have much better scripts, it seems, and rather better acting.
That’s my feeling, anyway.
I’m still looking forward to this new version, it’ll be interesting to see how the freedom allowed by the cable networks opens it up to darker storylines.