AceOfFlames posted:Don't forget Life on Mars and The Prisoner. I really liked the US Prisoner, for what it is worth. It is not remotely in the same league as the UK show, but they did their own thing and told their own story, and I enjoyed it a lot. I particular loved the twist they did on the non-linear storytelling thing that is ubiquitous in tv shows nowadays: Throughout the show, scenes in The Village are intercut with what appears to be flashbacks to the protagonist's earlier life. It is eventually revealed that these events are actually occurring simultaneously. Because The Village is in the collective subconsciousness, you see, and people in the real world are being subconsciously affected by their village experiences. A lot of people found this to be a lame twist, but I loved it. Non-linear storytelling turning out to be secretly linear is something I haven't seen done before or after. I will probably catch some flack for defending the show, so I just want to point out that the original SA thread was very positive as well.
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Watermelon Daiquiri posted:the attempt at would i lie to you is rather decent imo at least! Wait, where is this?
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Dr.Who fans certainly have a right to be leery of a US attempt, after the adaptations of Red Dwarf, Coupling, The IT Crowd, Fawlty Towers (3x), Young Ones, and Taskmaster. As a Doctor Who fan I am happy about the news. The show has a huge international reach in terms of pop culture, yet the show is still being made with next to no budget, and there is a 1.5 year wait between each season. If the show can keep the tone, yet be managed by a company who knows how properly manage the IP, it will be a benefit to everyone.
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Maybe now they'll be able to afford something better than a smartphone to film on. Holy crap has the image quality of the past few seasons been bad. Being on Disney+ almost guarantees it will be 4k with Dolby Vision.
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AceOfFlames posted:Really the only successful US adaptation of a British show was The Office and even then it was less of an adaptation and more of a completely different show that happened to share the same name. Yeah, the first season is the only one that's a straight up adaptation, and it wasn't great. There are some other successful translations, but they're usually fairly different. e.g. Welcome to Flatch, All In The Family, etc. Ghosts is increasingly doing its own thing too.
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Oasx posted:As a Doctor Who fan I am happy about the news. Uh, just again: Disney isn't managing the show. They're distributing it.
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Open Source Idiom posted:Yeah, the first season is the only one that's a straight up adaptation, and it wasn't great. I’d throw in Shameless though I fell off it eventually and haven’t seen the UK original.
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bull3964 posted:Maybe now they'll be able to afford something better than a smartphone to film on. Holy crap has the image quality of the past few seasons been bad. I don’t think this is a camera/resolution problem, it’s just that whoever is in control of the visual style of the show is some sort of blind moron
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Escobarbarian posted:I don’t think this is a camera/resolution problem, it’s just that whoever is in control of the visual style of the show is some sort of blind moron There's visible aliasing, it's like it's finished at 720p.
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thrawn527 posted:Wait, where is this? US WILTY was on the CW. Too rushed, they made it an American half hour (so, 22 minutes or so) but apart from that not a bad one.
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AceOfFlames posted:EDIT: Really the only successful US adaptation of a British show was The Office and even then it was less of an adaptation and more of a completely different show that happened to share the same name. I thought Ghosts was doing pretty successful as well, no?
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Oct 29, 2022 19:36
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Shameless can be considered "successful" in that it ran a long time
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Mu Zeta posted:Shameless can be considered "successful" in that it ran a long time Shameless shambled along way longer then it should of, I still believe it wouldn't of been as popular as it was without the nudity esp Emmy Rossums.
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Sentinel Red posted:I thought Ghosts was doing pretty successful as well, no? Didn't know that was originally a British show.
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It took me way too long to drop Shameless, but I dropped it like a rock. The show just felt completely pointless.
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Every season would just reboot the character arcs with something new, and the show constantly betrayed its working class concerns for the most utterly stupid reasons -- does anyone remember the random subplot/ad about the characters getting a hoverboard? And a bunch of other stupid or teachable moments. It went from being a drama to a soap. By the fourth season it fell apart into an unconsequential morass of subplots and as far as I can tell never recovered.
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Open Source Idiom posted:Uh, just again: Disney isn't managing the show. They're distributing it. The news announcements say that Disney will be co-producing the show.
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The original Ghosts is so charming it’s really hard to work up any desire to attempt the CBS version Edit: preview I watched = Joel McHale IT Crowd flashbacks
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GreenNight posted:https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1586435205723607040?s=20&t=coErJyn-fku5VOcGLhLL4w Uh
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GreenNight posted:https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1586435205723607040?s=20&t=coErJyn-fku5VOcGLhLL4w I'm more surprised that anyone thinks this is a good idea. At the current trajectory s4 will be a trashfire even before changing out the main actor.
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^^^^what the hell? Henry Cavill is the best part about the entire show Good lord, the Severance season finale was some of the best TV I've seen in years. If anyone here is on the fence, go watch this drat show... I'm preaching to the choir most likely.
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My guess is that he had to step away for the next Superman movie.
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GreenNight posted:https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1586435205723607040?s=20&t=coErJyn-fku5VOcGLhLL4w Well that sucks
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GreenNight posted:https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1586435205723607040?s=20&t=coErJyn-fku5VOcGLhLL4w
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External Organs posted:^^^^what the hell? Henry Cavill is the best part about the entire show I agree. And it can only hurt the show to replace him. Does anyone remember if Witcher s2 was a huge hit for netflix like s1? They gotta be banking on it continuing to be extremely popular or something.
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Liam needs to livestream playing through all 3 games like Henry did. It's required for the part.
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Hahah what on earth??? Bizarre decision
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Either Henry Cavill is about to get cancelled or it's just another bargain bin contract dispute seeing as Netflix is kinda cash-dry at the moment, something that it wasn't when it initially signed Cavill.
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Henry Cavill literally told his agent "don't talk to me until you get an audition for The Witcher" before the show was even confirmed and he is 100% all in on the character and role. There's gonna be some loving fireworks over this. Both actors made positive statements on the whole swap, so seems like it's a time/money/conflict issue of some kind and another A-list actor is ready to take over. Fans won't be happy for sure though. pentyne fucked around with this message at 20:59 on Oct 29, 2022 |
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Oasx posted:The news announcements say that Disney will be co-producing the show. It's bullshit, there's been no word from anyone official.
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pentyne posted:Henry Cavill literally told his agent "don't talk to me until you get an audition for The Witcher" before the show was even confirmed and he is 100% all in on the character and role. Liam Hemsworth is not A-list lol Chris is, but not his doofy younger brother
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How long does it take to film a big movie like Superman? If it’s something like 6 months then surely it would be better to wait for Cavil.
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The issue is that all those costs of delaying the season compound. You need everyone else involved to be available too, and if they're throwing out their original shooting schedule they have to eat that cost as well.
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Anyway, Liam's the Hunger Games Hemsworth, right? I assumed it was Luke, the Westworld Hemsworth, initially, but neither of them have been doing much recently to my knowledge.
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Also, If they were going for a discount Hemsworth then they should have picked Larry. He may only be 6’4 and dull as a rock, but he still deserves a chance.
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I really enjoyed The Witcher series but it's like 95% because of Cavill so.... yeah 
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This far out (seeing as s3 hasn't even aired yet) definitely sounds like a scheduling issue where Cavill will be too busy and Netflix doesn't want to wait for him to be available.
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Especially considering that it seems like DC is making plans right now with Gunn now in charge and Cavill set to appear in more stuff as Superman, it's gotta be scheduling
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