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The Office
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Maul
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Hoss
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I believe in second chances. People have to prove their faggotry to me in each and every thread.
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What is something you love and is also almost universally loved by your friend's and peers?
Imagine if that thing was remade or adapted by Britain for Britain, with enough changes to be the same but different, in the process losing everything that you love about it
You've just imagined the US OFFICE
But yeah, I'm a faggot for preferring the original
I mean, I've already referenced the new Ghostbusters, same thing. The style of humour went from subtle, deadpan delivery of Bill Murray to ott wackiness
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Hateyou
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Pretty sure the majority of sane people would not watch this theoretical subjectively bad remake of something they loved and just not give a flying fuck.
You sound like a whiny fucking teenager. “I liked this before it was cool” mentality. Grow up dickweed.
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Alex
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WTF does this even mean? I agree. You're coming across as a whiny hipster who liked it before it was cool.
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As already mentioned, I turned off the pilot of the US Office when they lazily re-used the by now outdated Budweiser reference.
Hateyou
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Understood but you seem to be missing on the not giving a fuck part, bitching on the internet about it and all.
You also missed the mark on them lazily reusing the wazzup shit. The character was still trying to use it, years after it was relevant. They were making fun of the character/people who hang on to unfunny shit just because it was viral at one time.
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Chris
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Now imagine that every British sitcom has a shitty US version. Oh wait, that actually happened!
If one of the few successful exampkes offends you, don't look up the American Red Dwarf pilot, you'll kill yourself.
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Hoss
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People were still doing it at that time. It's 2020 now and I think 2019 was the first time since it started that I didn't hear it in the office. And as was said, the whole point of it was that the character was holding on to a lame joke way too long.
Has there ever been an american TV show that was remade for Britain? I was trying to think of one to follow along with your point and I came up dry.
Maybe American Idol? I think that started in the US. Who wants to be a millionaire? But I can't think of any non gameshows.
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jesus, that was UK first rofl - which is why the main judge, Simon Cowell, is a Brit
Hoss
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Allright well then the US version was much better.
I had to google it and most of the US to UK remakes were game or talent shows of some kind. But yall fucked up married with children, That 70's show, and golden girls, so don't act all high and mighty.
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chaos
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Yeah, that episode is pretty damn funny. The scene where she puts on the music and starts trying to dance with Jim, fuckin rofl
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Who is the one getting called "faggot" for expressing a preference?
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brekk
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I actually thought about this.
There are examples of UK series that aren't remakes, but almost semi equivalents to US series. e.g Peaky Blinders seemed to be the UK equivalent of Boardwalk Empire, Spooks seemed to be the equivalent of 24 - different stories and characters, but similar settings.
I think the UK doesn't need to remake US stuff for a UK audience in the way that The Office had to be remade (as per video someone linked above - Michael Scott wasn't likeable enough, the first season was too downbeat and they had to make it more optimistic etc). Because Hollywood exports so much stuff that we are used to the American "style". Also, one other reason to remake UK stuff would be that US networks can generally afford bigger budgets, you don't have that issue with US stuff.
joz123
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We get it. You think everything in the UK is better than the US. Now go back to watching your shitty female Doctor Who.
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