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Yeah but they feel like it................
Still, it seems as if Pegg and Hynes are equally infuriated by Warner's lack of professionalism.
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It's that they're doing in without even asking Wright and Pegg and planning on doing their own thing using only the title.
The US office had the backing of Gervais and Merchant, but this is unprofessionalism at its highest............that's what the problem is.
o you're pissed of by the unprofessionalism? It's a matter of principle? Doesn't matter that it's Spaced?
I think the level of outrage here is a little high!
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| RE: Spaced Remake Back On - Apocalypse To Follow............. |
It's that they're doing in without even asking Wright and Pegg and planning on doing their own thing using only the title.
The US office had the backing of Gervais and Merchant, but this is unprofessionalism at its highest............that's what the problem is.
nately Fox has basically refused to credit them and yet is cashing in on both the show and their reputations by mentioning them front and center in the press release announcing the green lighting. Pegg had this to say a More
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What is the problem?
The original Spaced is a classic but they're not making any more. It's been a long time since it finished too.
People said the US Office would be shit but it's really, really good. Almost as good as the original but quite different.
If this turns out to be great, then that's cool.
If it turns out to be shit, you just wasted half an hour and you don't have to watch it ever again.
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What is the problem?
The original Spaced is a classic but they're not making any more. It's been a long time since it finished too.
People said the US Office would be shit but it's really, really good. Almost as good as the original but quite different.
If this turns out to be great, then that's cool.
If it turns out to be shit, you just wasted half an hour and you don't have to watch it ever again.
The way people are going on, you'd think the BBC were trying to remake Seinfeld! More
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www.darkhorizons.com/news08/080302d.phpp;
Could power of the people stop it?
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| Burn in hell McG |
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The Office was a fairly unique piece of television. When the US said they would remake it, most people reacted in horror, but in the end it turned out to be quite good, apparently. I say apparently because I haven't seen US Office - I don't need to because I've got the original. I can see the point of remaking The Office for a US audience, as the US simply wouldn't understand a lot of the humour (gross generalisation I know, but you get what I mean). And the setting was easily transferable More
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Excellent response from Edgar Wright - you'd think anyone who calls themselves a fan would already have realised this goes against the grain and has nothing to do with him. And the way the networks pull the plug these days, at least we can rest assured that it won't get as far as episode 3... More
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| YOU WHAT? |
In the old days, the British Empire would have declared war for less. Now allw e need is for them to get their hands on Doctor Who .. oh wait, that happened already .. right, where's my pitchfork? More
Posted by papalazarou at 11:14 on 06 November 2007 | Report This Post |
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poor edgar :( stupid americans can't find their own tv shows/films (Queer as folk, the office, ugly betty, the ring, the grudge etc etc.) More
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Americans, go get your own FUCKING ideas. You fuck all ours up when you eat them and shit em out as some lame fucking version. I hope its totally wank. More
Posted by kinge247 at 01:06 on 05 November 2007 | Report This Post |
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| This is horrible news. |
But Edgars response is perfect :) More
Posted by RevolloveR at 16:05 on 04 November 2007 | Report This Post |
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I am so upset about this that sorry ed, simon, jess etc I hope this never happens as spaced is something beautiful and sacred that should be left alone!!! If its done well I will eat my shoes and apologise but the US wont get it right :S sorry More
Posted by ben454 at 12:56 on 04 November 2007 | Report This Post |
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Go'ead Edgar lad! More
Posted by His Dudeness at 08:08 on 04 November 2007 | Report This Post |
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even a US remake can't be worse than Everybody Loves Raymond, so what's the big deal? More
Posted by UTB at 22:08 on 03 November 2007 | Report This Post |
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Just when I thought I couldn't love Edgar any more than I already do, he goes and proves me wrong.
I'd also like to add that my American friends were just as horrified about this announcement as we were. More
Posted by orca at 13:37 on 03 November 2007 | Report This Post |
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Ah, this'll end up like Red Dwarf USA. More
Posted by John Firth at 01:58 on 03 November 2007 | Report This Post |
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Whats wrong with just showing our version over there? We have to put up with their crap....they can bloody put up with ours! Not that Spaced is crap of course... More
Posted by Pipkin3 at 20:49 on 02 November 2007 | Report This Post |
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Realy, is there nothing those fat fucks don't want to fuck in the arse?
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Posted by manufan at 20:46 on 02 November 2007 | Report This Post |
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Posted by manufan at 20:45 on 02 November 2007 | Report This Post |
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| Come-on...it could be alright!!!! |
Now lets not be bitchy about this. It could be alright? Give them a chance!
Oh hang on...my feet are cold...is that Hell freezing over? More
Posted by Boorerville at 19:05 on 02 November 2007 | Report This Post |
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but why oh why are they making it with McCunt? More
Posted by Hughezy at 18:00 on 02 November 2007 | Report This Post |
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Can't those edited leave anything alone? First Iraq, now Spaced...what next huh?....The Office????
Huh? What do you mean they have already
EDITED - moderate the language m'kay?
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Posted by tallaght24 at 17:31 on 02 November 2007 | Report This Post |
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Bastards leave things alone More
Posted by monodogg at 17:13 on 02 November 2007 | Report This Post |
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theres always the chance that it will be another scrubs (i like scrubs) with lots of wacky farout references to american pop culture (here's hoping they'll do a lost rip take as i hate the show and it will be funny to watch it seriouseness get taken away) More
Posted by Tyler Durban92 at 16:44 on 31 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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Its... Its just... oh why...
There doing I.T crowd...
Done Office....
Now Spaced,
What's next, Shameless, Skins... It feels like... oh why
I foresee this being like the American version of Red Dwarf... which was so terrible... Any one but Craig Charles as Lister was a crime.../ramble More
Posted by BigDaveP at 13:48 on 31 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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Posted by Sazperella at 13:37 on 31 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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This is quite possibly the most horrifying piece of news empire has ever reported. I hereby vow, nay promise that if it ever happens I shall travel across the atlantic, personally hunt MCG down and beat him to death with his own shoes, the man makes Uwe Boll look like Kubrick....... More
Posted by Monkey Tennis at 13:15 on 31 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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#6699cc]ng idea, especially without Pegg or Wright involved - and they apparently haven't even been asked. How rude!]t="trebuchet ms"]]The Yanks do have form when it comes to cocking up cracking UK shows. See: Cracker, Coupling certain naive charm), and I personally have my doubts about the upcoming Life on Mars remake.
trebuchet ms"]casting...you've got to think a Bilbo natural would be Kevin Smith. He has at least recently shown a penchant for TV with Battlestar Galactica, Reaper and Heroes More
Posted by Tequila Mockingbird at 13:11 on 31 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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Posted by caine at 12:18 on 31 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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Stupid Americans. What's wrong with just watching the friggin british version? Are they REALLY that stupid that they wouldn't get any of the jokes. It's gonna end up like a posh version version of spaced with them living in a penthouse or something cos the americans can't do grimy tv.
Morph More
Posted by morpheusman at 11:55 on 31 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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| No. No no no no no no. No. Noooooooo. No no. No. |
I gets the impression Mr. Wright aint so chuffed about it, either... Poor bloke. More
Posted by andyswright at 11:13 on 31 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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L: Martin Blank
L: dh_19
This could turn out to be a pretty good show provided they actually develop engaging storylines and don't rely too heavily on film references like Spaced did!
!! You kinda missed the point of the show didn't yer.....
Good idea though - remove the references, change the character names & name of the show.... wouldn't be a problem then
McG... for fuck sake, go remake that Pamela Anderson shit-com shite that had Christopher Lloyd in it & More
Posted by dh_19 at 09:29 on 31 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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I bet my right nad they get Adam Brody playing Simon Peggs character. This is a dark day. Why do people keep employing McG? Who has the rights to Spaced? Can't anyone do anything? More
Posted by callumcostello at 07:51 on 31 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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"Derek, American Spaced is a big pile of shit!"
"Get out!"
"H'rrraaaaayy!"
Ok then, say this does actually happen... casting choices please?
(This woulda worked better if the photos were showing.)
Tim Bisley... T.J.Thyne?
Daisy Steiner... Thora Birch ?
Mike... Jonah Hall ?
Marsha... Meryl Streep?
(Remembering, of course, it took a bit of work turning Julia Deakin into Marsha!) am fairly stumped a More
Posted by Cabal aka Boone at 00:04 on 31 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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I don't know, McG was involved in new series Chuck, and that really gets geeks.
Also, this would have to be American based geekery, not British, which is quite different really, so I can understand why they'd buy the concept but have to rework it for an American market.
Also, I don't get why you care, its not like it effects the original Spaced (apart from probably making Wright and Pegg a load of cash). More
Posted by Masked Dave at 00:00 on 31 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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Ok, all blasphemy aside, this is still a major mistake. It completely confirms America's inability to deal with anything new or original. And anything that is in the category of programming is thrown about the time slots and played on the completely wrong channels (Arrested Development, Knights of Prosperity etc.). Hopefully Gramsci will attack McG while he is walking home one night and it will put a stop to this nonsense. More
Posted by Lightsaberskickass at 23:51 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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This is the worst thing I have ever heard. More
Posted by orca at 23:37 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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I think this just about warrants ending the British/American " relationship here. First Iraq, now this! More
Posted by BobaJango at 22:46 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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L: giddig
...............Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oo!
Concur, I shall also join you....
All together!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!
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Posted by thelimey at 20:05 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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I hate to say it but i can't see how it would work. Spaced is such a British sitcom, with subtle humour and low budget film parodies. Americans like it smooth, polished and well, with obvious humour. Its just wrong. More
Posted by heathermcfeather at 19:24 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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Posted by FlangeBags at 19:09 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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"You've gotta be fucking kidding!" :'(]
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Posted by DazDaMan at 18:48 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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...............Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oo! More
Posted by giddig at 18:01 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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L: dh_19
This could turn out to be a pretty good show provided they actually develop engaging storylines and don't rely too heavily on film references like Spaced did!
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!! You kinda missed the point of the show didn't yer.....
Good idea though - remove the references, change the character names & name of the show.... wouldn't be a problem then
McG... for fuck sake, go remake that Pamela Anderson shit-com shite that had Christopher Lloyd in it & lea More
Posted by Martin Blank at 17:49 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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Why remake it for american audience? Why not just show the original british one on american tv? More
Posted by shongage at 17:42 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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Fucking hell this is bad, especially as its McG Fiver says it stars Adam brody (playing Seth from the OC) and some blonde bimbo as Tim and Daisy (which no doubt will also be changed)
As for the Grimy thing? I think empire meant that Spaced isnt about cool, unfeaseabley attractive people in big appartments that no one in the real world could afford. While Spaced was about average looking, poor people who all lived in what was basically one step up from a bedsit. More
Posted by clarkkent at 17:33 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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.....does it?
Let the yanks do what they want, I couldn't give a flying fuck. It won't alter my love for the one and only, proper version of spaced one miniscule iota.
So go ahead- worst case: sinks without trace, best case: gets some more people into the original. Win-win in my book.... More
Posted by drawmyfoot at 17:20 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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i swear to god empire, will you just stop being the harbinger of bad news? everytime i log in you tell me about the karate kid remake, or how brett ratner may/may not be remaking escape from new york! of course, thats when you're not making schoolboy spelling and grammar errors! and now this! what did i do to you? pack it in! from now on i only want to hear about lucas apologising about star wars re-do's, or how ridley scott has been given lots of cash to make a new film and other such cheery st More
Posted by chola1 at 16:55 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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"You UN-lucky people!" Nah that was crap. More
Posted by Ben Myers at 16:41 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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To put it politely, McG, please fuck off and die. I normally don't have a problem with US remakes of our TV, American Office had Steve Carrell after all. But this is one show that should never be touched. Ever. Now just gimme a minute to come up with a good Spaced quote that would go well with this... More
Posted by Ben Myers at 16:39 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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Why do the Americans need to remake everything. Have they not realised that we speak the same language as them?
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Posted by giospurs at 15:50 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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How is Spaced "positively grimy"? It's a really slick show. It's always looked really polished to me, definitely not grimy. More
Posted by giospurs at 15:48 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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This could turn out to be a pretty good show provided they actually develop engaging storylines and don't rely too heavily on film references like Spaced did! More
Posted by dh_19 at 15:46 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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| Donate Now! |
I'll look down the back of the couch but i'm sure i'll be able to russle up a few quid or head to the Social Services I'm sure they'll lend me a few quid "please just a tenner!" More
Posted by Tim_Bisley at 15:10 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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McG? Uwe Boll would have been better...well, maybe not...but you get the idea. If Pegg, Hynes and Wright give their permission and, at some point in the future, they say something like 'well, it's going pretty well,' then i might MIGHT be happy about it...but it just seems unfair somehow
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Posted by TufnellStHubbins at 15:02 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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Leave it alone. After reading about the Akira remake plans I was pissed - but this has left me absolutely seething! Just re-broadcast the original! Is that too hard to do?!!?!! And if anyone has any questions about the ability of the Septics to mess up a perfectly good show I give you Men Behaving Badly - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115265/ More
Posted by reece at 14:50 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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No it can't work.
Two words.
Well one word and two letters.
US Coupling. More
Posted by deathbat6661 at 14:43 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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| Fuck off McG!! |
You heard me, fuck off!! Go by a farm and live in the country with your family and stop doing stuff like this. You are NOT good at it and I hate you! More
Posted by Jack'sSmirkinRevenge at 14:35 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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| I'VE GOT A PLAN... |
... please leave it alone! The funny thing about this is that i love everyone involved with OUR Spaced ( Hot Fuzz is brill!), yet i had never managed to watch the show itself.... until last night when i watched both dvds back to back 'til 1 this morn. I wet myself (nearly) and I gotta say to the Yanks in the style of Tim and Daiz "FUCK OFF!" More
Posted by boostergold at 14:31 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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Part of Spaced's charm was that it was intercut with very british, nostalgic references that would have only been relevant to a certain age group at the time (grange hill, rhubarb and custard etc). The whole point is that Simon and Jessica's characters thought they were still "with it" but were actually being left behind. None of that is going to translate across the pond. And no one is going to beat Jessica Stevenson copying Bruce Willis' smirk in the Pulp Fiction scene from S2E1. More
Posted by Mikepark at 14:22 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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lets just hope it turns out like the american versions of red dwarf, coupling and men behaving badly. a pilot gets made, sucks something awful and dissapears into the ether only to return to be laughed at by people who realise just what a fucking stupid idea it was. More
Posted by cherrycoke at 14:11 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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Posted by cherrycoke at 14:09 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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I think I speak for most of the fans of Spaced, Shaun, Hot Fuzz when I say:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
I've caught McG's latest TV show Chuck and while its not utter dirge like Charlies Angels 2 was it isn't a patch on anything Simon, Jessica and Edgar put into their fantastic show.
Further proof - if any were needed that US TV is seriously lacking original ideas - with the exception of Pushing Daises. More
Posted by Allan at 14:04 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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| This spell FUCKING DISASTER |
I can't believe Mcshit, I mean Mcg is doing an American version. Its going to be lame and probably consist of fart jokes and have to very attractive leads knowing how American networks operate. Probably after every episode there will be a life affirming ending. McG = Tosser! More
Posted by a_bananuka at 13:59 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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The american remake of the office was pointless. I turned it off (not because of the quality) but purely because I'd already seen it.. it's just boring. As for spaced being remade, I can imagine it will turn out the same. Why bother? More
Posted by chris wootton at 13:40 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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Remember Red Dwarf? They tried and failed badly. Let it go. More
Posted by tamsyn at 13:37 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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The thing is, certain things should NEVER be remade. Ever.
It's not a question of just remaking a show, it's the magic of it, the characters and the way everything gelled. You can't capture that. You can try and copy it, but what made SPACED so good was that they were all friends having a laugh and it showed.
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Posted by pablohoolio at 13:33 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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Posted by geffery at 13:29 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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*Vomits*
WHY??? More
Posted by Sammo at 13:20 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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L: Timon
Oh and Edgar Wright has chimed in via his MySpace page and I don't think it bodes very well:
eresting part of that is, no-one has been in touch with me at all. Haven't deigned to get in contact. So my involvement is indeed very unclear.t least The Office had the support of Gervais and Merchant.Surely they'd need their permission, even if it's just a common courtesy, since they were the initial creators of Spaced? It'd never get the seal of approval no matter how good it could More
Posted by Jessica_ca_ca_ca at 13:12 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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Here's an idea - just don't watch it. Any remake of a film or TV show doesn't make the original somehow worse y'know.
I'm confused as to what the two 'extremely funny films' are. Shaun is one...and the other......? More
Posted by coljohnmatrix at 13:11 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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Well Supernatural is great fun but..... I smell disaster all over this. More
Posted by Zaphod121 at 13:09 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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Heres the deal right Dont watch it! Simple as that. Spaced was (and is) an absolute classic piece of British comedy genius. Buy the DVD's and watch em over and over again. Okay so there is no point remaking it for US TV but so what if they do. If it works (not likely) good. But if, as is most likely, they completely screw it up, so what. Watch the DVD's again with a smug grin on your face and thank God for Pegg, Wright, Frost, Stevenson et al. More
Posted by DODGYBRIAN666 at 12:54 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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That headline is the single worst sentence I have ever read in my entire life. More
Posted by dunkah at 12:50 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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That is just so many levels of wrong. Noooooooooooo. More
Posted by dahlia79 at 12:43 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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which will allow me to tell people "NetFlix thhe original! It's far better" just like I did with "The Office"... More
Posted by shantastic at 12:31 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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Cant we have a whip round and get this McG fucker killed? I've got £4.19 in change so, that's a start...who's with me? More
Posted by Bushman at 12:30 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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Spaced is one of the greatest British TV shows ever and nothing can change that now. I saw a little bit of the US version of The Office, thought to myself 'OK this is shit', and never watched another second.
If that twat McG wants to waste his time and someone elses dollars converting Spaced for the Yanks, let him. I'm not going to sully my eyeballs with the inevitable 'joke' of a result and as the majority of the US audience are sure to miss the point, it will no doubt be cancelled as soon as More
Posted by carmbler at 12:24 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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GET SOME FUCKING IMAGINATION!
Spaced has been done to perfection, there is no need to ruin something pitch perfect by shitting on it with a gang of good looking folks one who is stupid, one who is kooky, two neurotic and a couple there who are kind of funny.
And if there be a three camera style and audience watching it to teach people where to laugh thou shalt be severely destroyed soon! More
Posted by Ethanial at 12:17 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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Yes US version of The Office wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to turn out and there's been a lot of top quality homegrown comedy from the states recently but, for the love of Jeebus, LEAVE SPACED ALONE! The fucking tv execs will take out everything that made it funny (grotty flat, drug taking, drinking wierd looking central characters) and replace them with the same old sanitised shit you see in all their other sitcoms. Its time we in Blighty struck back! Lets remake Friends except in our More
Posted by Bushman at 12:16 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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| Mc G Must Die ! |
Some things got to be done ! More
Posted by Tim_Bisley at 12:03 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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| NNNNNNNNNooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!! |
It wont work.......
Mick / Brian and Tim just wont work as yanks More
Posted by Tim_Bisley at 12:02 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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Whils there's no reason why this SHOULDN'T work, in THEORY, I think it's a bad idea. Spaced is very British - it's not just about two flatmates and their weird mates; that's basically Will & Grace. The closest US equivelant to Spaced has already been made: it's the likes of Clerks and Mallrats, early Kevin Smith (Star Wars, comics, sex, foul language, buddy humour, homoeroticism... it's all there!). So whilst I'm willing to accept that it might be good I just don't see the point; take the More
Posted by britesparc at 11:38 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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...to make him vanish without a trace. No questions asked. More
Posted by jpt1976 at 11:36 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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And the constant pop references which would be very hit and miss with an Americanised version (like many of Family Guy's jokes).....to us anyway.
Oh and Edgar Wright has chimed in via his MySpace page and I don't think it bodes very well:
eresting part of that is, no-one has been in touch with me at all. Haven't deigned to get in contact. So my involvement is indeed very unclear.t least The Office had the support of Gervais and Merchant. More
Posted by Timon at 11:30 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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L: Daniel Kelly
It's all in the cast, if it's good then this can easily be good to. Forget McG he's just pumping in the cash if theres a good cast it'll be fine. Plus Will and Grace may not be a masterworking of TV but the people who script it are certainly not the worst writers out there! It at the moment seems like a weird idea above all else, need to know more about it before I could class it as bad.The fact is the initial impression is a bad one.
Sure, there was witty dialogue in More
Posted by Jessica_ca_ca_ca at 11:23 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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WHAT THE FUCK?! can't Pegg or Wright put a stop to this? More
Posted by Hughezy at 11:23 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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oh. and also, America's idea of comedy is to put canned laughter after every other line of dialogue. sometimes even more often. Seriously... aprt from occasionally Friends and The Simpsons, when has American TV ever been intentionally amusing? and as you say... it'll have a huge vat of polish and wax poured over it. though you forgot that they will then marinade it for several hours in the worst kind of cheese known to mankind.
Plus, I hardly think America is ready for Spaced... they largely More
Posted by Adrian at 11:15 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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as an old Harry Enfield character would've said... er.. .shouted... "OI! McG! NOOOO!"
and i was against a Americanised The Office because I hated our one, largely due to the annoyingness of Brent (due larely to the annoyingness and smug-gitness of Gervais). And if any nation can be even more irritating, it's the Americans. More
Posted by Adrian at 11:09 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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...fetch me my rifle.
Really though, I hate this. Bet ya that it's in a rather nice apartment, and not the grotty flat we're used to. Plus Mike n Brian will be just based on stereotype. If anything like those characters are in this! More
Posted by MovieMogul at 11:05 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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| ...interesting... |
...will Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson be involved, and in what capacity?...
...I agree that they should get whoever directs Flight of the Conchords on board. (Just got the DVD yesterday - extremely funny and original quirky comedy!) Its got a look as close as an american show is going to get to Spaced!...
Plus american geeks are waaay weirder than ours (probably stereotyping here) so it might turn out to be some guy in an apartment dressed as a hobbit the whole time. Mind you I just saw More
Posted by IMac at 10:55 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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Supernatural rocks! More
Posted by hughjass at 10:44 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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It's all in the cast, if it's good then this can easily be good to. Forget McG he's just pumping in the cash if theres a good cast it'll be fine. Plus Will and Grace may not be a masterworking of TV but the people who script it are certainly not the worst writers out there! It at the moment seems like a weird idea above all else, need to know more about it before I could class it as bad. More
Posted by Daniel Kelly at 10:32 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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| Remember the Conchords... |
The States have proven that they can do twisted weird and wacky any number of times (most recently with Flight of the Conchords which they've kept incredibly close to the tone of the original stage and radio shows). As long as they're given a decent team and not forced to make it into a mainstream popcorn fest then there's no reason why it can't have its own charm - it just won't be as charming or geek-referential or all-out mad as ten balloons as the original, obvs.
*bursts into tears and r More
Posted by phaeton at 10:31 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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(Wobbly top lip indeed!) I can think of no other way to express my dismay but stand here dumbstruck with my top lip a-wobblin' - OI! America! Leave our Spaced alone! More
Posted by thebeerlizard at 10:19 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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Will Pegg and Wright have any involvement in it? like Gervais with the US Office? that will make a big difference in my books! More
Posted by seangreenhorn at 10:05 on 30 October 2007 | Report This Post |
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