There's so bad it's good, and then there's just plain bad

[drakyndra]

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.

Comments

[days-of-yore.livejournal.com]

That was so so much yuck that only one fact penetrated my brain - they didn't even use Bowie. What is the freaking point?

[eido.livejournal.com]

they didn't even use Bowie.

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.

[days-of-yore.livejournal.com]

Ah, touche! That speaks volumes I suppose...

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.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

No, Bowie is quite legendary enough for the general public to be familir with him.

I suspect your first guess is more on the money.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

It's rather sad, given the usage of the actual song Life on Mars was so utterly classic in the original show.