"I don't want to go."

[loobee]

Yep day later and I’m still sad and all woe at David Tennant no longer being the Doctor, though he’ll always be my Doctor ;) It was a fun send off even if some plot holes still have me scratching my head. And:-

Master: I don't know what I'd be without that noise
Doctor: Wonder what I'd be without you.

God I love the slash Bromance XD The Master at the end realizing the Time Lords returning meant nothing good for him was a great bit. Especially after the Doctor explained all the evils that were to come along with the Time Lords coming. So well we have Matt Smith as the Dr now so lets see how he does ;)

Plus! Why do the US TV stations always feel the need to remake British TV? Just heard that their doing a US remake of Being Human and I’m wondering ‘why?’ Yes it’s fabulous and great but it’s not like the UK is that far away from the US in cultural understanding and language that it would be a problem to just use the original instead. I can never see the point really, okay the Office remake was good but then they went on to remake Life on Mars, Coupling, One Foot in the Grave ect Which erm least said about them the better.

You never see us going ‘You know Supernatural would be so much better set in Huddersfield’ It’s not like US audiences won’t watch a UK show, the popularity of Harry Potter has proved that accents don’t get in the way. It seems such a waste to me when they're are so many original scripts waiting to be picked up on both sides of the pond.

Comments

[conjure-lass.livejournal.com]

I would guess one of the main reasons they tend to remake shows (it's not just British shows, trust me) is that I think they'd have to pay more to get the rights to show the actul show on US television than to simply buy the rights to remake it whatever way they want. And then they have all the rights to sell the show, and market the show, and make all the freakin' money they can, from said show.

Also...i've never heard of Coupling, One Foot in the Grave, or Life on Mars. Granted this could be because I do not watch television, but i've never even HEARD of them. They must have been baaaad.

[loobeeinthesky.livejournal.com]

That does make a lot of sense, it also shows what a sorry state the industry is in that it would cost more to buy the show than make it from scratch. The problem with Being Human is like Jess pointed out below it's already being shown in the US, so I do wonder why they would want to have to go through the fuss of remaking it when someone has already bought the rights?

They were bad, well truthfully Life on Mars wasn't THAT bad it just pales in the face of the original, but that's probably me being bias as I love the original. The others do avoid X_X