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You know, I'm currently trying terribly, terribly hard not to be one of those people who hate adaptations just because they are different. Really, I am.
But, well, then I saw the trailer for the US version of 'Life on Mars".
And well, you know how all those people on the Forum Formerly Known as The OG would go on about the show making them cringe... I finally know what they mean.
Because watching that trailer just fills me with a mild horror of the just plain wrong-ness of it all. It is pure, distilled DO NOT WANT.
And to continue on the theme of really bad things, this wank has currently causing me some deep philosophical pondering: Should I continue to remain blissfully ignorant of Twilight and it's sparkly vampires, or should I make like I did with Eragon and read the first book so I can mock with authority?
...Admittedly, Twilight seems to be less of the soul-hurty form of bad, and more along the lines of hilariously awful.
Ah, questions.
But, well, then I saw the trailer for the US version of 'Life on Mars".
And well, you know how all those people on the Forum Formerly Known as The OG would go on about the show making them cringe... I finally know what they mean.
Because watching that trailer just fills me with a mild horror of the just plain wrong-ness of it all. It is pure, distilled DO NOT WANT.
And to continue on the theme of really bad things, this wank has currently causing me some deep philosophical pondering: Should I continue to remain blissfully ignorant of Twilight and it's sparkly vampires, or should I make like I did with Eragon and read the first book so I can mock with authority?
...Admittedly, Twilight seems to be less of the soul-hurty form of bad, and more along the lines of hilariously awful.
Ah, questions.
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"Next Harry Potter book"? No chance.
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The vampires are so unique in, the special powers they have (e.g. Alice seeing the future, Edward reading minds), the fact that they glow in the sun, the fact that a few vampires are “vegetarian” and don’t eat people for moral reasons, its all very original and creative.
LOLOLOLOLOL Oh, sweetie.
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And that remark makes me wonder who exactly I should be laughing at: The author, or the commenter.
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Not that this helps with the rest of the awfulness, mind. I thought that maybe Colm Meaney might make a semi-decent Gene Hunt, but that was before I noticed they'd cast a Sam that could beat Meaney up without breaking a sweat.
I also found a link on
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XWA
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I wonder if it'll go the way of the American Blackpool (ie. Get two episodes in, and then everyone will swear to never speak of it again)
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*shudder*
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because I'm a DS9 fan.Always liked his acting , but I honestly can't see him cast as Gene Hunt. Apart from the pleasant surprise of seeing him on the screen again, that was complete trash so I don't hold high hopes of it lasting. :(From:
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How do American remakes so constantly manage to get it so wrong? How? It's like a talent!
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As for Twilight, I have no idea about what the wank is about, but I can just about imagine, as the fandom seems very silly. But the books are pure crack, and I always compare it to silly and cracky fan fic. You know it's not good literature, but you can't stop reading anyway.
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How...horrible?
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Honestly? I think Bowie saw the stupendous awfulness and just wouldn't let them use his song. ABC probably doesn't think Murkans know who Bowie is anyway... sad thing is, they're probably more right about that then I care to think about.
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I think the real shame is that the TV people don't have enough faith in their public's acceptance of new and unusual things (that is, if Bowie is new to them). And they could at least of had a well-known American 80s song - it sounded to me like a sort of generic action jingle, which is wrong on so many levels.
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I suspect your first guess is more on the money.
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YES!!
But my inner tweener says NOOOOES!!!11 Come join the darkside, we have cookies. Cookies that make glitter rainbows when the sun hits them.The series is like the "Dirty Dancing" or "The Cutting Edge" of this decade. Ludicrously soppy, puerile and you're just sitting there wondering why why WHY you're experiencing it as you're so very not 14 anymore .... but you own the Special Edition Director's Cuts of the DVDs anyway and have seen them more than once but will NEVER admit this amongst any adult within hearing distance. "Twilight" is just like that, except in the case of that series it's somehow skirting towards the early inception of HP moneys/fame. Which makes it almost frightening to a degree. People have actually been forecasting the "Twilight" movie series with LOTR levels of lucrativeness. So. Very. Frightening.
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I do feel a bit sorry for that LoM remake though, as they seem to have neglected to realize John Simm can act. Very, very well at that. They apparently felt that was a null issue when casting their own Sam Tyler. It's one thing to try to step in John Simm's shoes, but I don't think that guy could come off more as cardboard.
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I agree with you on Sam Tyler: His entire character hinges on the acting, rather than the writing. Gene's the one with the witty lines, Sam's the one who's all about feeling.
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