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⌈ Secret Post #1005 ⌋

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[Albert Ellis/Carl Rogers]

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[Soul Eater]

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[Loony Toons]

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[Glee]

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[Dreamcatcher]

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[Dollhouse]

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[Air Force One]

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[Folklore]

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[Final Fantasy 9/Phoenix Wright/Mega Man/Gurren Lagann]

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[Patrick Stewart/Jeremy Northam/Hugh Laurie/Cary Grant]

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112. [too big]

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[07-Ghost]

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[Supernatural]

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[Charm School]

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[Avatar]

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[Bosom Buddies]

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[Fame]

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[X-Factor]

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[Kev and Alice]

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[Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle]

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[Scott Gairdner]

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[Zero Punctuation, Guitar Hero World Tour, Neon Genesis Evangelion]

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[Questionable Content]

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[Homeward Bound]

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[Supernatural/Pita-Ten]

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[Lena Headey]

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[Veronica Mars]

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[Last Days, deleted scene]

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[Supernatural, The Amazing Race]

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[The Dresden Files]

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[Song of Ice and Fire]

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[The Vampire Diaries]

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[Supernatural]

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[Juno]

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[Elijah Wood]

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[Life on Mars]

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[Days of Our Lives]

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[Good Omens]

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[The Mentalist]

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[Supernatural]

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[Lie to Me]

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[Supernatural]

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[Burn Notice]

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[Fullmetal Alchemist]

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[3rd Rock from the Sun]

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[Supernatural]

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[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog]

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[Song of Ice and Fire]

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[Gyro Gearloose/Uncle Scrooge]

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[porn... I think?, A Mate]

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Hey, I wasn't saying those things. Perhaps I wasn't clear. I was saying that's what I've heard/the general impression I get when people are complaining about US remakes. I think sometimes people feel something is lost. The show is their precious and anything that changes the original format just isn't the same/is being dumbed down/whatever excuse they use.

Anyway, in addition to your list off the top of my head I know several attempts were made to remake Fawlty Towers - and they all bombed, which does suggest to me that for that show in particular there were issues with changing the setting.

Also good point on Doctor Who but remember the TVM was made to attract American audiences and I see plenty of bitching about that (and it's not even a remake), not that I'm among that number because I think that in general the plot would've sucked no matter where you set it!

I get the sentiment that the original is precious and they aren't interested in giving the remake a chance, it's just that a vocal minority is a lot nastier than that for no reason. (And also there are apparently several recent remakes I never knew existed, some of which are more ridiculous than others.)

Anyway, remaking Fawlty Towers is abominably stupid. It's so quintessentially British I don't know who could have thought that anything that even vaguely resembled the original would have the same effect set in America. The original is charming and has an audience in the states (iirc it aired on Comedy Central; it was on when I was a kid). Most Americans I know who like those types of UK shows like them *because* they have a palpable flavor that's different from the norm in the US. Fawlty Towers US makes much less sense to me than adapting something like Queer as Folk where the characters and premise translate fairly readily. Comedy is more national-border-bound than drama. Though--perhaps because I live in a country of cultural imperialism--I can't really think of any American shows which are so quintessentially American that they couldn't be transposed and remade in the UK.

I don't follow Dr. Who so I didn't know they have changed the style to try to attract a US audience, but that's a stupid decision as well. (Do you mean the past 3 (?) seasons with the 9th and 10th Doctors or just more recent Tennant seasons?) It will never be totally mainstream here because it doesn't have decades of history and nostalgia, it's sci-fi, it airs on cable, and the effects would be considered low-budget by network standards. It already had a good niche US following and wasn't likely to get dramatically more on a sci-fi cable station. So it's just poor a decision to try to tailored it for the US given that it has such a strong following in the UK and was already modestly successful as-is in the states.

The "TVM" refers to the TV Movie, which features the 8th Doctor (Paul McGann). It was made as a joint venture to gauge interest in the US for Doctor Who. It bombed. The Ninth and Tenth (and soon Eleventh) are back to being under total BBC control and made for British audiences.

Oh no I didn't mean the new post 2005 Doctor Who, which is awesome and retains much of the spirit of the original show while updating it. I meant the TV movie that was made in 1996. Some fans like to pretend it never happened and "Americanised" is one of the accusations levelled at it.

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