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Spaced Americanized (poll)

  • Oct. 30th, 2007 at 8:46 PM
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According to [info]michelf, Fox is working on a pilot for an Americanized version of Spaced.

Shhhh. My neighbors work too. Try a pillow, it really muffles the noise.

Anyway, there's only one thing to do at a time like this. Yep.

Write a poll.




Poll #1080183 Fox is going to Americanize Spaced
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All

So, how badly will it suck?

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Like the drunk girl in Superbad who promised to give Michael Cera a "blowjay."
2 (7.7%)

Dogs and cats living together, Bears in the Superbowl, mass hysteria!
5 (19.2%)

Warp core breach
2 (7.7%)

Extinction Level Event
5 (19.2%)

The Phantom Menace, baby
12 (46.2%)

Anyone going to light a spliff?

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No way!
3 (11.5%)

Not in this lifetime.
3 (11.5%)

You're kidding, right?
5 (19.2%)

Like the Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda would allow that.
7 (26.9%)

Which of you cunts ate the last twiglet?
8 (30.8%)

Oi! Oi! Then what about a sandwich of fun on ecstasy bread rave wrapped up in a big bag like disco fudge, you lucky people? I just wish sometimes I could control these FUCKING MOOD SWINGS!

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Pffffft!
10 (41.7%)

Eh?
6 (25.0%)

No time for this. I'm due for a shower, a shit and a shave.
8 (33.3%)

And Mike Watt will be?

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A zany radio host.
0 (0.0%)

Chummy barkeep.
2 (8.3%)

Snarky TV news booth technician.
1 (4.2%)

Loathed by anyone who's ever seen Nick Frost.
12 (50.0%)

Not fat, or darkly funny, and no blue-blockers, either.
9 (37.5%)

Okay, you've convinced me. What's going to make it suck, specifically?

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Dumbed down, because Americans are stupid.
7 (28.0%)

Dumbed down, because Fox thinks Americans are stupid.
22 (88.0%)

Dumbed down, because that's pretty much a mathmatical certainty when someone who calls himself "McG" is involved.
10 (40.0%)

Bland market-tested pop tune that plays over opening titles.
16 (64.0%)

Laugh track.
15 (60.0%)

Glurgy reconciliations between Marsha and Amber every third episode.
8 (32.0%)

They'll have knowingly hip art and twinkle lights in the flat instead of an Evil Dead poster.
12 (48.0%)

Daisy will be a size zero with great hair.
18 (72.0%)

Comic shop will be turned into a bookstore/cafe/playlist creation station.
15 (60.0%)

No fandom or video game references. Thanks, lawyers!
17 (68.0%)

Brian will be an attourney who pretends to be a painter to impress girls. Wacky apparel change situations ensue.
8 (32.0%)

They'll keep meeting washed-up celebrities from genre legends like "War of the Worlds", "Seaquest DSV" and "Tracker"
9 (36.0%)

Addition of cliche gay character.
12 (48.0%)

Sexual tension between Tim and Daisy will manifest in violence or insult humor. But Daisy will always walk away the winner with a good penis size joke.
13 (52.0%)

Pegg and Jazzy Jess aren't writing it. Duh.
19 (76.0%)

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[info]foresthouse wrote:
Oct. 31st, 2007 02:42 am (UTC)
I am both appalled and slightly excited. Like, done right...maybe? it could be fresh and fun. But I just KNOW, in the deep dark corners of my soul, that it won't be done right. Primarily because PEGG AND JAZZY JESS AREN'T WRITING IT.

So, I hope, but I also prepare for suckage. *sigh*
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[info]eeknight wrote:
Oct. 31st, 2007 02:22 pm (UTC)
Singing dolphins, here we come.
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[info]foresthouse wrote:
Nov. 1st, 2007 03:22 pm (UTC)
You know, I don't care how good it might be, it will still never have that wonderful scene between Brian and Tim where Tim says, "It made me want to drown things." That whole scene is just awesome.
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[info]vonnegut_5 wrote:
Oct. 31st, 2007 02:43 am (UTC)
**groans**

I escaped that damn country three years ago and now it has to go and invade my personal TV favourites.

Bastards.
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[info]eeknight wrote:
Oct. 31st, 2007 02:29 pm (UTC)
I keep telling myself that this in no way taints the original.
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[info]michelf wrote:
Oct. 31st, 2007 03:03 am (UTC)
If it does turn out to be good, this is Fox we're talking about. They'll put it in a bad time slot or promote it to the wrong demographic and it won't last the first season much less the two it got in the UK.

I will be happy if they prove me wrong. But I'm not expecting it.
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[info]eeknight wrote:
Oct. 31st, 2007 02:10 pm (UTC)
*Sendin' out some icon love*
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[info]michelf wrote:
Oct. 31st, 2007 05:06 pm (UTC)
Now with better lj tags!
I do love me some icons.

That one up there is by [info]squishcreations.
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[info]rarelylynne wrote:
Oct. 31st, 2007 03:33 am (UTC)
I am just so damned tired of watching US television execs eviscerate British properties that I adore. So that when I want to talk about the original, I get to hear the whole, "hey, wasn't that on NBC? That sucked!," "No, I'm talking about the ORIGINAL version, which was actually good." (Coupling being the example here).

STOP MESSING WITH MY SHOWS!!! I like them BECAUSE they are BRITISH! If you take away the BRITISH, it's NOT THE SAME SHOW!

Sheesh.

Now on to Vicar of Dibley starring Kirstie Alley. POST-Jennie Craig, of course. UGH.

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[info]eeknight wrote:
Oct. 31st, 2007 02:26 pm (UTC)
Nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
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[info]nick_kaufmann wrote:
Oct. 31st, 2007 05:30 am (UTC)
Oh. My. God.
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[info]eeknight wrote:
Oct. 31st, 2007 02:24 pm (UTC)
From the team that brought you the OC . . .
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[info]gillyp wrote:
Oct. 31st, 2007 10:49 am (UTC)
::sigh::

Just show the Pegg version. Why'd you have to remake everything? It's not big, or grown-up or clever, you know.
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[info]eeknight wrote:
Oct. 31st, 2007 02:21 pm (UTC)
Exactly.
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[info]paleologa wrote:
Oct. 31st, 2007 11:21 am (UTC)
Well, crap.
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[info]eeknight wrote:
Oct. 31st, 2007 02:24 pm (UTC)
Well put.
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[info]chats_noirs wrote:
Oct. 31st, 2007 12:30 pm (UTC)
American Spaced will be a big pile of shit.
Edgar Wright has confirmed on his blog that neither he nor Simon were consulted. BUT he also noted that the britcom will be released on DVD in the States finally (good news for those who didn't find a way around the Region problem).
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[info]eeknight wrote:
Oct. 31st, 2007 02:23 pm (UTC)
Re: American Spaced will be a big pile of shit.
About frikkin' time. Anyone with their head anywere other than their sigmoid colon would have released it when Shaun was a hit.
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[info]nick_kaufmann wrote:
Oct. 31st, 2007 02:35 pm (UTC)
Re: American Spaced will be a big pile of shit.
Did they happen to mention when it would be released in the States? I've been waiting for it for ages!
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[info]eeknight wrote:
Oct. 31st, 2007 02:52 pm (UTC)
Re: American Spaced will be a big pile of shit.
According to Wright, they're still trying to get clearance for some of the music.
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[info]chats_noirs wrote:
Oct. 31st, 2007 04:09 pm (UTC)
Re: American Spaced will be a big pile of shit.
It's always something.
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[info]gregusa wrote:
Oct. 31st, 2007 03:25 pm (UTC)
And to think I was dreading the US version of IT Crowd (thanks NBC). This wins a mountain of dread. Fox. Sheesh.
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[info]fossilrecords wrote:
Oct. 31st, 2007 08:40 pm (UTC)
Welcome to the Apocalypse. Take a seat and shutup...

This will be the biggest @#$%&* mess since the US fell victim to the most classic blunder of all time.
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[info]mjolnir1964 wrote:
Nov. 1st, 2007 09:41 pm (UTC)
Luckily for me, I've never seen nor heard of this show...so therefore, I won't be dissapointed. :)
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[info]technicalstrike wrote:
Nov. 2nd, 2007 01:36 pm (UTC)
where will it stop

red dwarf.
Dr Who.
The IT Crowd.

Look what they did to cracker and the office.


If they ever try father ted i'll need to be locked up.
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