• Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
  • The Politics forum has been nuked. Please do not bring political discussion to the rest of the site, or you will be removed. Thanks.

America dumbs down another show for its audiences

Status
Not open for further replies.
H

HolyCheck

I want a tag give me a tag
Oct 30, 2006
16,739
0
1,195
P

Pein

Banned
Dec 2, 2007
8,254
0
0
NYC
Robert Sheehan made that show for me, with out him its bound to blow. Not to mention its gonna be severely watered down, in terms of sex, violence and language.


Steelrain said:
How are they dumbing it down?
Click to expand...
some of the best stuff in the show wil never fly on US television.
 
I

iamblades

Member
Mar 5, 2007
9,300
404
1,410
I watched the first few episodes of the british version on hulu and was bored to death and hated all of the characters on the show, so I'm not looking forward to this version.
 
M

masud

Banned
Jan 26, 2005
10,675
0
0
38
I don't think most Americans would like this show to be honest. I don't know how to put it but the show has a very British feel. I like it, but then again I watch allot of British shows.
 
E

Eyeh4wk

Member
Apr 12, 2011
1,680
0
0
masud said:
I don't think most Americans would like this show to be honest. I don't know how to put it but the show has a very British feel. I like it, but then again I watch allot of British shows.
Click to expand...
Are you an expert?
 
B

Barrett2

Member
Dec 7, 2007
18,265
1
0
After what MTV did to Skins, an incredibly good British show, and turned it into complete and utter garbage, I have little hope in competently bringing over any shows.
 
B

Broder Salsa

Banned
May 8, 2011
55,299
4
0
110
Antiterra
lawblob said:
After what MTV did to Skins, an incredibly good British show, and turned it into complete and utter garbage, I have little hope in competently bringing over any shows.
Click to expand...

Wait they did a remake of skins? I somehow never heard of that. Skins managed to turn shit in the UK version too though after the first two seasons.
 
N

NBtoaster

Member
Aug 3, 2010
8,654
2
800
Struggling to remember who was gay in misfits. Don't think any of the main characters were...?

or op is referencing what an American remake did to another show?
 
B

Barrett2

Member
Dec 7, 2007
18,265
1
0
WoodenLung said:
Wait they did a remake of skins? I somehow never heard of that. Skins managed to turn shit in the UK version too though after the first two seasons.
Click to expand...

Yeah, MTV brought it over. It was awful. Unrealistic characters, all of them looked like models, ridiculous plot lines.
 
S

shanshan310

Member
Nov 16, 2008
13,123
0
750
Brisbane, Australia
After seeing what they did to other British shows (see: Red Dwarf and the insane life on mars ending where
he was in stasis while going to mars on a "gene hunt". lol.
) I have very very low expectations. One of the things that works about Misfits is its britishness. I don't see it working well with a US setting.
 
K

Keyser Soze

Member
Jun 8, 2004
51,966
4
1,450
37
Ireland
I am not automatically against remakes, but I am getting a bit tired of this.

The US versions of Shameless, Skins, Life on Mars, Being Human, Cold Feet, Coupling, Free Agents, The IT Crowd, Men Behaving Badly, and The Killing - I will throw it in even though it's a Danish show - were all shit (based on watching at least a few episodes, up to a full season of each). The attempted remake of Spaced was also savaged by Wright, Pegg, and Stevenson before it even got going

The Office and Who's Line is It Anyway are the only success I can think of - if you don't include stuff like Pop Idol (American Idol), Undercover Boss, X Factor, and Strictly Come Dancing (Dancing with the Stars)

I have not checked out the new Prime Suspect (US), I might later, but... please STOP IT!!! No good comes from these remakes. For the most part they seem like finical disasters.

Just make more stuff like Justified, Breaking Bad, Mad Men, Fringe, Homeland, It's Always Sunny, Boardwalk Empire, Terriers, The Walking Dead, and more. They are awesome.
 
C

celebi23

Member
Mar 18, 2007
4,465
0
1,230
CT
celebi-gaf.tumblr.com
hamchan said:
Imagine an American Doctor Who.

Now throw up.
Click to expand...
 
Blackace

Blackace

if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
Jun 7, 2004
51,823
5
1,690
43
Tokyo, Japan
While they don't have the best records for remakes the title is hyperbolic without a shred of truth to it besides Hollywood is making a remake..
 
H

HolyCheck

I want a tag give me a tag
Oct 30, 2006
16,739
0
1,195
BoobPhysics101 said:
What gay kid? None of the main characters are gay, although one of the girls is bi.

Also, Misfits sucks now that the actor that plays Nathan quit.
Click to expand...

Skins reference :p
 
LQX

LQX

Member
Dec 18, 2008
19,104
142
1,270
Misfits first season was good but nothing else has been good about that show. Terrible all around. And its so fucking annoying you Brits think your shows are all masterworks. You can't even watch these remakes unless you go out of your way and even then its not like the original shows become obsolete.
 
C

Clevinger

Member
Mar 8, 2006
15,093
0
0
I don't really give a shit. I just won't watch it, meanwhile the creators of the original get a nice fat check. Everybody wins. Well, everyone not getting pissy over dumb shit.
 
C

C.Dark.DN

Banned
Sep 22, 2006
28,316
0
0
hamchan said:
Imagine an American Doctor Who.

Now throw up.
Click to expand...
Imagine a UK version of Breaking Bad, Lost, Mad Men, The Wire, Friday Night Lights.

Now throw up.

Keyser Soze said:
The Office and Who's Line is It Anyway are the only success I can think of - if you don't include stuff like Pop Idol (American Idol), Undercover Boss, X Factor, and Strictly Come Dancing (Dancing with the Stars)
Click to expand...


Fun Fact: Sanford and Son, Three's Company, All in the Family are all based on british shows.

Don't know how good Queer as Folk is.
 
I

iapetus

Scary Euro Man
May 31, 2004
17,770
1
0
46
Room B
www.veryshortpier.com
Guerrillas in the Mist said:
Never forget...

Unaired pilot of the US version of Spaced
Click to expand...

See also: Red Dwarf USA

DeathNote said:
Imagine a UK version of Breaking Bad, Lost, Mad Men, The Wire, Friday Night Lights.

Now throw up.
Click to expand...

Well duh. Thankfully, this isn't a disease that UK TV companies seem to suffer from that much. They'll just air the US versions of things rather than thinking that their audience can't cope with the originals and need to have them Britishised.

LQX said:
And its so fucking annoying you Brits think your shows are all masterworks.
Click to expand...

What an utterly cretinous comment. Nobody's claiming British shows are all masterworks. Just that there's no reason to replace the ones that are with insipid, incompetent remakes for an audience that's perfectly capable of appreciating the real thing.
 
B

Broder Salsa

Banned
May 8, 2011
55,299
4
0
110
Antiterra
Keyser Soze said:
The US versions of Shameless, Skins, Life on Mars, Being Human, Cold Feet, Coupling, Free Agents, The IT Crowd, Men Behaving Badly, and The Killing - I will throw it in even though it's a Danish show - were all shit (based on watching at least a few episodes, up to a full season of each)
Click to expand...

The killing was shit in danish too though, I warned people but they wouldn't listen. Now Riget/Kingdom Hospital... What did you do? That was some pure unadulterated shit. :(
 
S

Sneds

Member
Feb 4, 2009
3,097
0
0
DeathNote said:
Imagine a UK version of Breaking Bad, Lost, Mad Men, The Wire, Friday Night Lights.

Now throw up.
Click to expand...

Hmm. I dunno, I think Breaking Bad and The Wire could have decent UK versions. They would probably be more subdued.

Although, the problem with UK TV is really the smaller budgets which can often show in production values.
 
Blackace

Blackace

if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
Jun 7, 2004
51,823
5
1,690
43
Tokyo, Japan
DeathNote said:
Fun Fact: Sanford and Son, Three's Company, All in the Family are all based on british shows.

Don't know how good Queer as Folk is.
Click to expand...

Sanford and Son?? Wow.. Couldn't see it...


Also Breaking Bad would work in the UK... Jessie as a Chav.. Sign me up
 
W

Wiseblade

Member
Jul 21, 2009
16,824
0
840
London
DeathNote said:
Imagine a UK version of Breaking Bad, Lost, Mad Men, The Wire, Friday Night Lights.

Now throw up.
Click to expand...
All of these shows could work well in the UK. As long as you change FNL to be about actual football.
 
K

Keyser Soze

Member
Jun 8, 2004
51,966
4
1,450
37
Ireland
iapetus said:
WLIIA US is a feeble shadow of its UK counterpart. Whoever came up with it has no idea how to pick a host for a show like that.
Click to expand...

I can overlook Carey.

The different combo of Stiles, Mochrie, Brady, Sherwood, Proops were fun enough. There was some really good US episodes.
 
H

HolyCheck

I want a tag give me a tag
Oct 30, 2006
16,739
0
1,195
LQX said:
Misfits first season was good but nothing else has been good about that show. Terrible all around. And its so fucking annoying you Brits think your shows are all masterworks. You can't even watch these remakes unless you go out of your way and even then its not like the original shows become obsolete.
Click to expand...

Errr I'd double check things mate, I can see atleast a handful of Aussies in here too.
 
S

Salazar

Member
Jan 28, 2007
52,494
0
0
S. Hemisphere
Wiseblade said:
All of these shows could work well in the UK. As long as you change FNL to be about actual football.
Click to expand...

Replicating for Britain the demented social insularity of Texas in that show would leave us with something close to League of Gentlemen.

Suffolk forever, bro.
 
P

Petrichor

Member
May 17, 2011
2,013
0
0
Don't forget Being Human :'(

Mind; the third series of the british version was atrocious as well, but the first series is still one of the best pieces of television ever produced... just genius.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Similar threads

HBO orders alternate universe Civil War drama [update: interview w/ producers]
Replies
707
Views
53K
started Cornballer
ModBot
11 12 13 14 15
GAF Votes The Best TV shows from anywhere, ever. VOTES CLOSED - RESULTS IN OP
Replies
303
Views
12K
started Bernbaum
Meliorism
3 4 5 6 7
Good News for TV fans
Replies
30
Views
2K
started Stoney Mason
SpeedingUptoStop
Billy Truong (Not 50 cent) Is Destroying Flickr... Or Maybe Not
Replies
2
Views
5K
started FortNinety
SSGMUN10000
How we got to Superman Returns
Replies
86
Views
3K
started shantyman
jett
2
Top Bottom