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ABC is making a US version of Being Erica? WHAT? WHY? I mean, I know Canadians are like a totally different species and all, with the funny way they pronounce "sorry" and "about," and the whole Mounties thing, but is it really necessary to make a new version for Americans?

I am rolling my eyes at the "the original has been too widely seen to just reair it" excuse, because um, what? Widely seen by the twelve people who get SoapNet and the dedicated few who download it? I DON'T THINK SO. With the exception of The Office, American TV has ruined just about every foreign show they've gotten their hands on, and the original is already so good that it might actually, I don't know, ATTRACT AN AUDIENCE if it were on a channel normal people actually watch. Yes, even though they're Canadian!

Don't be dumb, ABC.

Date: Dec. 17th, 2010 04:04 am (UTC)
goldenusagi: (Default)
From: [personal profile] goldenusagi
With the exception of The Office, American TV has ruined just about every foreign show they've gotten their hands on

I KNOW. I don't know why they keep remaking things that are already in English. Because Canada and England are so foreign that surely Americans wouldn't be able to understand.

Shows that have been remade end up being crappy, or quickly forgotten. Let's see... Coupling, Life on Mars, Kath and Kim...

Date: Dec. 17th, 2010 03:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mikeda.livejournal.com
Maybe the idea is that they'll own the new version while someone else owns the original?

Date: Dec. 18th, 2010 03:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mikeda.livejournal.com
I also suspect that a large part of the issue is that execs at the major U.S. broadcast networks just have a general reluctance to simply buy a show that originated elsewhere. Especially when the "elsewhere" isn't one of the other major U.S. broadcast networks.

Date: Dec. 17th, 2010 07:31 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] rogin
I have no idea why they keep doing this. I'm already dreading the Being Human remake. As if it would hurt viewers to watch non-US people for a bit.

I think it has a lot to do with the standards of bodyalteration not being on such an insane level in other countries.

Date: Dec. 17th, 2010 07:53 am (UTC)
From: [personal profile] urania_calliope
We pronounce sorry funny?
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