Comments on: Stop the Americanization http://marchofthezombies.net/2008/10/stop-the-americanization/ Written and Directed by Shawn Brockmeier Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:47:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Jamie http://marchofthezombies.net/2008/10/stop-the-americanization/comment-page-1/#comment-250 Jamie Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:32:42 +0000 http://marchofthezombies.net/?p=65#comment-250 It's true that series like firefly should have progressed past S1. However, the Office was fortunate to expand beyond just a remake and Americans made it their own. I remember watching the UK office when it originally aired over here in on BBC 2 and I'm glad that it stopped at a 2nd series as it was too polarising. Ricky Gervais as david Brent just had a way of making too many feel too uncomfortable, which couldn't be sustained. The US version started off as a like for like but managed to progress making it their own, and subsequently Michael (Carrell) is a more likeable character. Less cringeworthy and more comic. To remake something of the likes of spaced, you would have to understand that at it's very heart it was a labour of love. Wright, Pegg and Hynes (nee Stevenson) wrote this themselves, it wasn't cooked up by a team of writers. To "americanise" it would be reducing it to just another sitcom. The problem is that with these home-brewed shows, the people involved in creating them (Whedon, Wright etc). They need so little input from the networks, that the networks start to panic and they meddle (Family guy, Firefly, TV Nation) and the shows are shutdown/censored/shown in the wrong order. It’s true that series like firefly should have progressed past S1. However, the Office was fortunate to expand beyond just a remake and Americans made it their own.

I remember watching the UK office when it originally aired over here in on BBC 2 and I’m glad that it stopped at a 2nd series as it was too polarising. Ricky Gervais as david Brent just had a way of making too many feel too uncomfortable, which couldn’t be sustained.

The US version started off as a like for like but managed to progress making it their own, and subsequently Michael (Carrell) is a more likeable character. Less cringeworthy and more comic.

To remake something of the likes of spaced, you would have to understand that at it’s very heart it was a labour of love. Wright, Pegg and Hynes (nee Stevenson) wrote this themselves, it wasn’t cooked up by a team of writers. To “americanise” it would be reducing it to just another sitcom.

The problem is that with these home-brewed shows, the people involved in creating them (Whedon, Wright etc). They need so little input from the networks, that the networks start to panic and they meddle (Family guy, Firefly, TV Nation) and the shows are shutdown/censored/shown in the wrong order.

]]> By: fae http://marchofthezombies.net/2008/10/stop-the-americanization/comment-page-1/#comment-211 fae Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:32:08 +0000 http://marchofthezombies.net/?p=65#comment-211 That's horrible. Extremely frightening - if Doctor Who was ever americanized, I mean. That would be an utter disaster. Speaking of the Office, did you know that there was a French, Brazilian, German, and French Canadian version of the show? Pretty crazy... I guess that one everyone adored, but I have to say I don't find the American version too funny :( But I'm a comedy hater. That could be it. That’s horrible. Extremely frightening - if Doctor Who was ever americanized, I mean. That would be an utter disaster.
Speaking of the Office, did you know that there was a French, Brazilian, German, and French Canadian version of the show? Pretty crazy… I guess that one everyone adored, but I have to say I don’t find the American version too funny :( But I’m a comedy hater. That could be it.

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