Separated by a Common Language?

[DanaC]

Talking of being separated by a common language, and going back to the perennial topic of US remakes of Uk shows:

I just caught a little of the US Life On Mars: specifically the ending....wtf? They had them actually go to mars??? And then having given it this ridiculously literal ending, they played out with an Elton John track...rather than Bowie's LIFE ON MARS!

Having depressed myself thoroughly seeing this I fell upon a clip of the pilot for the USA Red Dwarf...I didnt know there'd been such a beast. It is truly awful. And pointless.

Will you guys (not here on the cellar, i mean more generally) please learn to cope with non-American versions of the English language and then demand that your tv networks stop destroying great shows? In return I promise we won't remake Frasier, Friends and M*A*S*H....and whilst were at it, if you endeavour not to rewrite all out books, I solemnly swear we'll read Catcher in the Rye in it's original American.

*grins*

sorry. That was unfair. I know the whys and the wherefores and the d'ye mind if I don'ts. I do understand. But it is terribly frustrating at times.

[glatt]

Originally Posted by DanaC

I do understand. But it is terribly frustrating at times.

I don't understand why it would be frustrating. You don't have to watch the American version of your favorite British whatever. Just watch the British one.

Sure, I can understand rolling your eyes or mocking, and we Americans probably even deserve it, but being frustrated is what I don't get.

[DanaC]

Originally Posted by glatt

I don't understand why it would be frustrating. You don't have to watch the American version of your favorite British whatever. Just watch the British one.

Sure, I can understand rolling your eyes or mocking, and we Americans probably even deserve it, but being frustrated is what I don't get.

Two reasons:

1: silly and illogical as it is, I feel mildly insulted that we're not seen as good enough in our own right. We love your shows and that's not quite reciprocated. ....yes I know, chip on shoulder :P

2: Some of the best things we've made won't get seen by most Americans and I think that's a shame. Like when I come on here talking about Doctor Who, or even US shows like Dexter, I want the world to see the shows I love :P


[eta] Forgive me, I'm a tv fanatic :P