Who all expects the U.S. remake to fail?
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Marcelina3 — 14 years ago(August 17, 2011 11:17 AM)
I agree it will be awful and we shouldn't remake British comedies, but they are remade to make them more appealing to today's American audience. The originals are often aired in America and they don't get high ratings. Why? Maybe the accents? Maybe the cultural references? I'm not sure. I'm a fan of Peep Show, The Inbetweeners, Friday Night Dinner, The Whites, and Spaced to name a few, and hope they never get an American face lift.
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michaelmacmanus — 14 years ago(August 26, 2011 11:02 AM)
Louie is the most avant-garde, thought provoking, and all out humorous sitcom to exist in the last decade. The only thing that comes close is Peep Show.
It's clear you've never actually seen it, considering the crux of the show is all about self deprecation, something you claim Americans are incapable of. -
mdpomroy — 14 years ago(December 12, 2011 06:29 AM)
"American humor is not funny, they are unable to laugh at themselves or produce anything remotely as good as Britain"
What utter, utter garbage.
I'm British, and I'd happily admit that America does the best sitcoms.
30 Rock, Community, How I Met Your Mother, Arrested Development, My Name Is Earl, Frasier, Seinfeld, Modern Family, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Parks & Recreation, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Louie and so on.
And it's not "PC" at all. Look at stuff on Showtime and HBO like Californication, Entourage, Eastbound & Down, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Larry Sanders Show or Dream On - all very good sitcoms and none are PC. There's swearing, nudity and very un-PC themes throughout.
You clearly know nothing about TV.
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laurendorward-990-190608 — 14 years ago(August 21, 2011 12:27 PM)
they have tried to copy men behaving badly, only fools and horses, gavin and stacey, the vicar of dibley, absolutely fabulous etc etc and they have all bombed. They are even doing it with Aus comedies as well which have failed dismally
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zepplinrule — 14 years ago(August 22, 2011 04:50 AM)
So you are hoping it fails? Nice attitude. Ok, it might stink but just dont watch. You never know, it could be amazing like The Office turned out to be. And if it isnt, who cares.
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badfish274 — 14 years ago(August 23, 2011 11:02 PM)
I have to say, being from Canada and having no bias either way, that BOTH the UK and US put out some GREAT shows. Comedies AND dramas. And reality actually, (My fave show of all time is Top Gear, the Original UK version, the US one is OK, but pales in comparison)
However the US does produce MORE great shows, and thats simply because there are more outlets for them to do so. You should be proud of Brit TV, theres been and is now, a lot of good stuff. I think Extras and Spaced were two of the best comedies I've EVER seen, but man, the US has great shows too and more of them. Sunny, Modern Family, Community, Archer, just to name a few of them that are on right now. And if you can't laugh at at least one of those shows then there is something wrong with you.
As far as dramas go, yes Sherlock is an AMAZING show, but look to HBO and the like and you've got Mad Men, Breaking Bad, and more recently, Game Of Thrones which, in my opinion anyway, are some of the best shows ever, period.
Also I've always looked at UK to US crossovers as the same but yet different animals. Like, say, lions and tigers. Same but different. The first few series of Shameless were great TV, and the American version was definitely poorer, but still had something to offer and was enjoyable all the same. Same goes for Being Human. UK = GREAT, US = MEDIOCRE, but still enjoyable.
In the end, why can't people just enjoy both US and UK TV, as I do? Why do have to say one is better than the other?
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XxLu-LuXx — 14 years ago(August 29, 2011 07:43 AM)
MTV Skins remake was terrible but Shameless USA was good. I guess we have to wait and see, but I don't think it will be as good as the British one. I just have a feeling that it won't be as honest as the British one is.
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dave88-2 — 14 years ago(September 14, 2011 08:26 AM)
The thing with US comedy is that so much more of it is made, so it looks like there is loads of good stuff, and in England we get to cherry-pick the decent stuff.
Try watching American tv, especially a drama, and the sheer length and frequency of the advert breaks will render it unwatchable. You can pay an arm and a leg for special cable, but why should you, just to watch decent telly?
Anyway in terms of budgets and number of programmes made, our TV still comes out with a bigger ratio of decent stuff.
As for crap but popular stuff, 'American' Idol (Pop Idol), Dancing with the Stars (our programme re-badged), X Factor (ditto), etc, etc. So it's not just our good programmes they copy!
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laurendorward-990-190608 — 14 years ago(September 14, 2011 11:09 AM)
Anyway in terms of budgets and number of programmes made, our TV still comes out with a bigger ratio of decent stuff.
Exactly! Can you imagine how naff some of our dramas would be? Half of them would be censored and end up going from gritty to OTT.
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Maccfan — 14 years ago(September 15, 2011 08:32 AM)
America has a much higher budget than UK, so some of their shows are going to be bigger and more spectacular, the pilot episode of LOST probably cost more than the Inbetweeners movie.
This being said, UK put out some fantastic shows as do the US, i think a lot of people are quick to judge the US and brand them as not funny without actually watching them. I like Chuck, Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother, but in my opinion none of them are as good as Inbetweeners, IT Crowd and Miranda.
In terms of drama the US come out with big shows like LOST, Prison Break, Heroes, which i think are decent shows but in America they do 20+ episode 'seasons', we have 6-10 episode series'. It's easier to write 6 fantastic episodes than 20. So i think yeah UK shows might appear better but I think that is 1 reason why. Sherlock is my favourite show at the moment, that was a short 3 episode series. -
laurendorward-990-190608 — 14 years ago(September 15, 2011 09:17 AM)
just watched a couple of new pilots one with michele gellar in it and the other has Damian lewis, they were okay made totally crap by censoring of body parts and swearing, I mean come on lol, thats nanny state gone mad.
I wish they'd stop using canned laughter in miranda it truly irks me (if she does another series)