Quote: NickTheDon @ May 14 2008, 8:37 PM BSTThat's not a euphemism by the way.
I used to play one of those in a brass band but got thrown out because my fingering was too quick!
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MatthewScott, I read what you wrote and concur.
My comment was aimed at Zoo and NicktheDong; the fan-boy obsessive protectiveness, inward-looking, 'we fear change' attitudes are almost tangible. They don't want anything that they slave over remade out of some kind of entirely misplaced loyalty to the original. That is bananas.
Being abusive on an internet forum - as pointless as a blunt pencil.
Why can't you debate without retorting to childish name calling? What's wrong with not wanting remakes of comedies we like?
Name calling? What? Where?
I have explained quite clearly what is wrong with screaming and bitching about remakes...if this was a spoken conversation I guess I would repeat it. but as it is written word, you can just look back at my previoous post.
But either way, if you're happy being a fan-boy then really, I don't mind - eeach to their own.
Quote: NickTheDon @ May 14 2008, 7:20 PM BSTFather Ted would be impossible without Dermot Morgan!
But as the original question was to bring back the cast as they were, the exact age and everything - so we're not talking of reviving a series, but of there actually being more episodes - that point is pretty irrelevant!
Quote: zooo @ May 14 2008, 7:48 PM BSTI don't like the idea of an American Spaced. (not that it's apparently happening anymore.)
But the transfers that make me angry and baffled are ones like the Mighty Boosh remake.You can technically make a US version of Spaced, it has a simple plot line mentioned above. (It would be pointless in my opinion, but it can be done.)
But the Mighty Boosh isn't about the plots. It's two very specific comedians being themselves and creating their own universe.
You can't translate that!It's f**king ridiculous.
I agree in part, but does the average audience member see it like that? They just enjoy the show. It doesn't occur to them that it's the worryingly insane minds of the stars, rather than something they've created to be a show. If that makes sense. So the world which comes across on screen, and the style of humour, could be easily copied!
Quote: NickTheDon @ May 14 2008, 7:53 PM BSTWhy are they bothering with remaking loads of British shows? Why not just show them more over in the States?
Because the American general TV-watching public are notoriously brain-dead and unwilling to accept anything even slightly different from what they already know. If they did watch, they'd complain that they couldn't understand the accents of the Australians, and that the season was too short to bother with!
Oh shit, I've just re-read my post - that was a genuine typo error. Albeit an hilarious one.
Yeah that's right Aaron, that's why The Larry Sanders Show was such an unprecedented hit - because American TV audiences aren't smart.
An interesting comparison you might want to make is between Friends and Coupling. Friends was infintely smarter than Coupling and is one of the all time most successful sitcoms in America. Coupling on the other hand, is base by comparison.
Quote: Aaron @ May 14 2008, 9:44 PM BSTBecause the American general TV-watching public are notoriously brain-dead and unwilling to accept anything even slightly different from what they already know. If they did watch, they'd complain that they couldn't understand the accents of the Australians, and that the season was too short to bother with!
You'll be accused of having a provincial attitude with a post like that!
Regarding MTC's name calling, I wasn't even referring to NickTheDong (very inventive I must say), more the "fan boy obsessive" bits. It's quite hilarious how liking a comedy in its original state and not wanting it remade constitutes being an obsessive fan-boy.
The Gnomes of Dulwich would be my choice of sitcom to bring back. I'd cast Ronnie Corbett as Big and Johnny Vegas as Small and I'd change the Empire Gnomes to Euro Gnomes and cast Arsene Wenger, Rafa Benitez and Avram Grant in their place.
Quote: manchester's trendy chorlton @ May 14 2008, 9:53 PM BSTYeah that's right Aaron, that's why The Larry Sanders Show was such an unprecedented hit - because American TV audiences aren't smart.
That's not what I said. Please stop interpreting your own meanings in other posts in order to back up your own argument (or more to the point, belittle theirs). 
Where exactly was I fanboy obsessive, Manchester's-long-name-that-I-can't-remember?
Not that I'm necessarily denying it, just interested to know.
Quote: NickTheDon @ May 14 2008, 9:56 PM BSTYou'll be accused of having a provincial attitude with a post like that!
Regarding MTC's name calling, I wasn't even referring to NickTheDong (very inventive I must say),
I think Charley caled you that first - hopefully!
I don't agree with the Americans remaking any of our sitcoms ....
Because they've basically got no idea.
It works both ways.
Our remake of That Seventies Show was crap.
We had the original! We were watching the original!
It's such a colossal waste of money and time.
Quote: Aaron @ May 14 2008, 10:43 PM BSTThat's not what I said. Please stop interpreting your own meanings in other posts in order to back up your own argument (or more to the point, belittle theirs).
No, that is exactly what you said. You saw an opportunity to have a dig at American people and implied rather crassly that they were stupid, especially in terms of their television viewing habits. I brought up the fact that The Larry Sanders Show, which is unquestionably a very sophisticated an nuanced show, was a massive success in America; thereby suggesting that Americans are actually very smart when it comes to their viewing.
And even after I have made my point, you still get someone (dave chapman) saying that 'they don't have a clue' or words to that effect. Dear lord, do the research, learn about the industry a bit before making such bananas remarks.
But, Trendy accepts that everyone has a right to an opinion and he can only point people in a certain direction - whether they take heed is up to them.
And again...
But, hey, nevermind.