Oh Skiffy...

[webbgirl]

Syfy has requested a rework of "Being Human" for the US. They really need to change their slogan from "Imagine Greater" to "We'll take anyone else's idea that worked and then run it into the ground. Unless it's actually popular. Then we'll cancel it."

I'm extremely leery of how an Americanized version will do. For me the cast is a HUGE part of why I love "Being Human". I'm not sure they could duplicate that. I also wonder how watered down it would be.

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[nialla]

I know they won't be able to duplicate the casting, and will change all the plot elements to make it "new".

It will be so Americanized it won't even be recognizable. I guess that's how they plan to get away with calling it an "original" show.

[webbgirl.livejournal.com]

There's a whole level of edge that I just can't see them taking on. At it's purist, the show is about an addict, an agoraphobic and a guy with an STD. I don't see anybody Skiffy brings on board being able to grasp that.

[nialla]

I've always viewed the trio as an addict with an STD (vampire), agoraphobic (ghost), and someone with OCD (George also happens to be a werewolf *g*). So we weren't too far off in our view.

Skiffy will just see vampire, werewolf and ghost, then probably cast them as teenagers in high school.

[spikedluv]

then probably cast them as teenagers in high school.

Ha, yes, of course! And beautiful, to boot. *rolls eyes*

[szeretni.livejournal.com]

Love your icon btw. ;)

[castalie.livejournal.com]

It's just very odd how the whole wide world doesn't seem to have a problem with adapting to a show coming from another country, but the US can't seem to do it?

I know that I hate it when they decide to adapt a French film because I know the American version is going to ignore all the points that made the film special.

[webbgirl.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I think writers for American networks and films believe that 'Americanize' is the equivalent of 'dumb it down' and they miss what it is that folks actually liked about it in the first place.

I know there are exceptions to this, but I have HUGE doubts as to Syfy being able to pull it off.

[castalie.livejournal.com]

Yes, exactly! They'll cut off the subtlety, they'll add clichées and big explosions etc. and I'm always wondering why they do that? I mean, can't they trust their American audience to get the film without the American touch?

I know there are exceptions to this, but I have HUGE doubts as to Syfy being able to pull it off.

Let's hope the US version will be one of those exceptions.

[spikedluv]

the US can't seem to do it?

Thing is, we've got BBCA now. I can't imagine seeing the original, and then wanting to watch the US remake. I never even had a single bit of curiosity, for example, about the US version of Life on Mars.

[szeretni.livejournal.com]

Yeah, and the weird thing is that the show already has the language spoken in the US... That always confuzzled me.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

"We'll take anyone else's idea that worked and then run it into the ground. Unless it's actually popular. Then we'll cancel it."

*giggles* You just might have hit the nail on the head here

[webbgirl.livejournal.com]

I don't think the quite grasp the concept of 'original'.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

other than in the "in a syfy original movie" sense where it translates to piece of crap

[spikedluv]

Ugh! I can't figure out why US remaking of Brit TV is still so popular, when it's already being shown here on BBCA.

And it annoys me a bit that US execs always want to remake instead of air as is, because it seems like they're saying, you know, we could do such a better job at storytelling than you did . . .

[ximeria.livejournal.com]

Yes, because doing an American version of Life on Mars worked so well... especially the ending... *groans*