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Post by Perpetual Nirvana on Jan 2, 2011 20:29:26 GMT -5
With the upcoming US version of Being Human (that's the show in my sig btw) looking completely terrible and the US remake f Skins looking just as bad, are there any US remakes of British shows that have actually worked? Because aside from The Office I can't think of one. Life On Mars, Coupling, three, yes three, versions of Fawlty Towers all of which have failed. And the less said about the proposed version of Doctor Who starring David Hasselhoff the better.
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Post by i.Sarita.com on Jan 2, 2011 20:32:18 GMT -5
Dr. HasselWhoff?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2011 20:35:21 GMT -5
To be fair they're all terrible shows in Britain too.
Except the US Office is actually good.
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Jan 2, 2011 20:35:48 GMT -5
All in the Family
Three's Company
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Post by Red Impact on Jan 2, 2011 20:36:43 GMT -5
I can only think of The Office and the talent shows that Simon Cowell pumps out here on a monthly basis. I would say Big Brother, but that was the Netherlands first. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire was British first, I believe.
But yeah, most would probably be non-sitcoms.
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Jan 2, 2011 20:36:48 GMT -5
To be fair they're all terrible shows in Britain too. Except the US Office is actually good. Life on Mars is a masterpiece. Fawlty Towers is possibly the greatest Sitcom ever. |
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Post by Citizen Snips on Jan 2, 2011 20:38:13 GMT -5
Sanford and Son
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Post by G✇JI☈A on Jan 2, 2011 20:43:56 GMT -5
Did you know they were going to make a US version of: The IT Crowd.
Richard Ayoade was going to reprise his role of Moss. And in the Roy role...... Joel McHale. Now I like Joel McHale but I don't think he could play a nerd.
Anyway, never made it past the pilot.
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Post by Vizier on Jan 2, 2011 20:49:59 GMT -5
Isn't US Top Gear not terrible?
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Post by Vampiro138 on Jan 2, 2011 20:52:55 GMT -5
i recall an interview with Nigel where he said the most shameful thing hes ever done was a pilot for an american version of the young ones. and how happy he was it never got picked up. they only had him back playing Neil Pye and everybody else were new american characters. i kinda hope to one day see the pilot for the american young ones just to see if it was the train wreck Nigel said it was.
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Post by Young Game on Jan 2, 2011 20:55:36 GMT -5
So...apparently there was only one episode of "The Young Ones" produced and filmed for U.S. audiences. "Oh No! Not THEM!".
I would like to see more.
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Post by FinalGwen on Jan 2, 2011 21:01:06 GMT -5
There's a clip of the U.S. version of Spaced on Youtube. It is dreadful. They take some of the lines from the original, but drain them of all their humour via dreary delivery, and characters are altered, with Mike being reduced to a generic 'sidekick' guy who likes to eat and play Gears of War, rather than being a T.A. nut who once stole a tank and tried to invade Paris.
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Post by jagilki on Jan 2, 2011 21:03:19 GMT -5
Isn't US Top Gear not terrible? Top Gear without the Real Top Gear guys is NOT Top Gear. The SHOW NEEDS THE ACCENT! |
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Post by FUNK_US/BRODUS on Jan 2, 2011 21:11:49 GMT -5
To be fair they're all terrible shows in Britain too. Except the US Office is actually good. Life on Mars is a masterpiece. Fawlty Towers is possibly the greatest Sitcom ever. Ugh, no. The greatest sitcom ever cannot be 12 episodes long. It was good, but its typical of us Brits to overrate the hell out of something, the same way people call The Office a minimalist and realist miracle of TV genius, despite half of it being swearing and gay jokes. |
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Jan 2, 2011 21:19:30 GMT -5
Life on Mars is a masterpiece. Fawlty Towers is possibly the greatest Sitcom ever. Ugh, no. The greatest sitcom ever cannot be 12 episodes long. Nothing wrong with quality over quantity. Part of the reason it's so good is that it didn't sour its reputation by making episodes well past the sell-by date (Only Fools and Horses for one). |
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Post by i.Sarita.com on Jan 2, 2011 21:19:32 GMT -5
Life on Mars is a masterpiece. Fawlty Towers is possibly the greatest Sitcom ever. Ugh, no. The greatest sitcom ever cannot be 12 episodes long. It was good, but its typical of us Brits to overrate the hell out of something, the same way people call The Office a minimalist and realist miracle of TV genius, despite half of it being swearing and gay jokes. That sounds like people here who say Firefly is the greatest show ever. It's a great show, sure. But I don't saying it's the best ever when it barely lasted a season. |
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Post by strykerdarksilence on Jan 2, 2011 21:25:32 GMT -5
The American Version of Men Behaving Badly starred Rob Schneider and just didn't work at all.
The UK Law and Order series is a steaming pile of garbage.
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Post by B'Cup x on Jan 2, 2011 21:56:02 GMT -5
I regret just watching the Pilot for US Spaced
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Post by ICBM on Jan 2, 2011 22:07:21 GMT -5
They just couldn't get Coupling done right in the US. I laughed so hard watching the first season of the BBC version and thought for sure it would be gold in the states. Wrong wrong wrong
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Post by CMWaters on Jan 2, 2011 22:17:26 GMT -5
I'm just glad no one has tried to make a US adaptation of Blackadder.
...yet.
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