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post #16 of 27
1/19/11 at 2:26pm
I like the US Office. A very different show to the British version, but enjoyable. Otherwise, ya, the remakes blow.
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post #17 of 27
1/19/11 at 3:39pm
The lack of Maxxie on the remake of Skins sucks....
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post #18 of 27
1/19/11 at 4:40pm
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The lack of Maxxie on the remake of Skins sucks....

It will be interesting to see where the show goes...but I don't really want to watch it so I will probably just read reviews (unless they convince me otherwise).

Maxxie is missing and his lesbian replacement looks like she will be off-the wall unrealistic...I mean to start with she is some head cheerleader (talking on a bluetooth headset while practicing) who appears to be reasonably openly gay (going to lesbian events...lots of people seem to know) yet the high school rumor mill that is a cheerleading squad has no idea?

New tony sucks...New cassie appears to have been transformed into a generic "crazy girl"

Being familiar with how the original episode was done...the MTV version felt like they crammed in a ton of really awkward transitions so that they could jump between the original scenes.

Finally...wtf was up with the weather? It was snowing when new Effy came home...yet later that day we have people wearing shorts and driving cars into the water without getting hypothermia
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post #19 of 27
1/19/11 at 4:56pm
It was very obvious to me that the show was filmed in Toronto.
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post #20 of 27
1/19/11 at 6:50pm
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It was very obvious to me that the show was filmed in Toronto.

I noticed that...I have never been to Baltimore (where I read that it was set...maybe they moved it to a made up town) but I could damn well tell that that was not it.
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post #21 of 27
2/2/11 at 2:43pm
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lol, i had the misfortune of tuning into this for a few minutes over dinner the other night. the acting was so atrocious i had to turn it off. it's like they adapted twilight to a tv show.
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post #22 of 27
2/2/11 at 8:29pm
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I like the US Office. A very different show to the British version, but enjoyable.

Otherwise, ya, the remakes blow.

Agreed. The two shows have different types of comedy. But honestly, I believe that David Brent > Michael Scott.
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post #23 of 27
2/3/11 at 4:38pm
US remake of Shameless on showtime is pretty good. I've only watched a few episodes of the UK version but so far the chicks are hotter in the US version.
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post #24 of 27
2/3/11 at 4:41pm
The US version of the Office was once very similar in comedic tone to the British version. Then they ran out of material to copy and it became really stupid. If you watch a season 1 or 2 episode and then a season 6 episode, they are nothing alike.
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post #25 of 27
2/3/11 at 4:43pm
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Sanford and Son was a remake of the British Steptoe and Son, iirc

I know. How did that suck?
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post #26 of 27
2/3/11 at 7:41pm
I'm interested in how Veep on HBO turns out. It's the second remake of the Thick of It. I don't think the first one even aired, it was that horrendous, but Armando Iannucci is behind this one. No way that Julia Louis Dreyfus can hold a candle to Chris Langham, but at least the writing will be good.
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post #27 of 27
2/3/11 at 8:29pm
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Suck. And the people who greenlight this shit should be taken out deep into the woods and disemboweled with wooden cooking spoons.

That is all.

Could not agree more.

Also - Americans remaking cool French films SUCK ASS!!
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