TV/Movies Megathread

[Josquius]

Also the rebuke to Tyr is the American Office

True, if they hadn't remade the Office we'd have never got that.
But still, the remakes of stuff that is already in English... Just on principle its weird.

Anyway, the originally didn't seem very good so...

Peep Show is up there with the IT Crowd and Black Books as one of the best comedies of the century

[Razgovory]

Do the British ever remake American shows and films?  I can't think of any off the top of my head.

[The Larch]

But still, the remakes of stuff that is already in English... Just on principle its weird.

Not really, it's not only about the language, but also about adapting the show to a different cultural environment, and British shows can tend to be very "British".

[Josquius]

Not really, it's not only about the language, but also about adapting the show to a different cultural environment, and British shows can tend to be very "British".

American shows are very American.

Do the British ever remake American shows and films?  I can't think of any off the top of my head.

I recall there were one or two attempts in the distant past that never got anywhere.

Plus gameshow formats of course, but that's a bit of a different thing.

[The Larch]

Not really, it's not only about the language, but also about adapting the show to a different cultural environment, and British shows can tend to be very "British".

American shows are very American.

Yet they "travel" better and are already made with a broader audience in mind. Also, like it or not, the American cultural hegemony makes them easily understandable/relatable/acceptable/whatever than British ones. Yet British shows still have their niches, like fancy period pieces, of which Downton Abbey is the flagship, or Sherlock, which is quintaessentially British. As for comedies, humour is a rather peculiar quality and sometimes it's not very relatable when it goes to another country. For instance I remember lots of British TV comedies in Spanish television (mostly in the regional channels) in the 80s, such as The Young Ones, Blackadder, Allo Allo etc, but hardly any nowadays.

Do the British ever remake American shows and films?  I can't think of any off the top of my head.

I recall there were one or two attempts in the distant past that never got anywhere.

Plus gameshow formats of course, but that's a bit of a different thing.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_television_series_based_on_American_television_series

And the other way around:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_television_series_based_on_British_television_series

[Admiral Yi]

Do the British ever remake American shows and films?  I can't think of any off the top of my head.

I saw an episode or two of Law and Order: Pomegranates in Wigs.

[Ed Anger]

Bring back Taggart.

[CountDeMoney]

see also Bunny Hill which I've literally never seen because it happened in the 70s.

I've also never seen Benny Hill.

You didn't miss much.  Old guy does titty sight gags. Chases bikinis around in fast forward to the same music for 20 years.  Tell people who swear to the superiority of British humor to go fuck themselves on the left side of the road.  Rinse, repeat.

[viper37]

I am in agreement with CdM on this.  Never found this show funny.

[Admiral Yi]

The weakest part of Geronimo is Wes Studey.

The strongest part is the phenomenal horse riding and horse stunts.

[garbon]

Do the British ever remake American shows and films?  I can't think of any off the top of my head.

I saw an episode or two of Law and Order: Pomegranates in Wigs.

It all got 8 series.

Oh and of course, northerner Jos won't come to it but Geordie Shore took an American concept...

[crazy canuck]

Star Trek, poorly written but good action flick

[Admiral Yi]

Just saw some of Gor for the first time in my life.

[dps]

Not really, it's not only about the language, but also about adapting the show to a different cultural environment, and British shows can tend to be very "British".

American shows are very American.

Yet they "travel" better and are already made with a broader audience in mind. Also, like it or not, the American cultural hegemony makes them easily understandable/relatable/acceptable/whatever than British ones. Yet British shows still have their niches, like fancy period pieces, of which Downton Abbey is the flagship, or Sherlock, which is quintaessentially British. As for comedies, humour is a rather peculiar quality and sometimes it's not very relatable when it goes to another country. For instance I remember lots of British TV comedies in Spanish television (mostly in the regional channels) in the 80s, such as The Young Ones, Blackadder, Allo Allo etc, but hardly any nowadays.

Do the British ever remake American shows and films?  I can't think of any off the top of my head.

I recall there were one or two attempts in the distant past that never got anywhere.

Plus gameshow formats of course, but that's a bit of a different thing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_television_series_based_on_American_television_series

Interesting that most of those are game shows. 

I've never seen any of them except the UK version of Law and Order.  Which was a weird remake anyway. because apparently they just re-used the American scripts, just changing the names and locations, and not making any plot changes except those necessary to account for differences in US and British laws (not that the original always got NY state law right, anyway--there were lots of references to the death penalty, which NY doesn't have).

[garbon]

To be fair it made sense for them to start with the best of episodes of law and order (original) as gave it strong footing. I thought it interesting to see how they adapted for another legal system/culture.

And they did end up having plots not from the original.