Why Even Bother?

SpaceOctopus

I know we were successful with The Office remake, but I wish people here would realize that doesn't mean any other remake of a good British show here is ever going to be any good again. Not only does there NOT need to be a remake of many of the shows we decide we want to ruin because so many of us Americans are too stupid to enjoy the original, but there SHOULDN'T be any remakes.

Do yourself a favor and watch the original. It's very good. Do yourself another favor and don't watch THIS horrible crap.

We need to stop remaking shows that are perfectly good the way they are already, and if someone likes the idea, to just convince someone to air it here as well. I'm tired of this unbelievable lack of originality that is becoming an epidemic in the media profession when it comes to television and movies. Good writers and directors are cast aside and ignored, and instead, talentless hacks who write whatever the heads want them to write, are hired and they don't have a single fresh idea in their body. Then they hire what they think are a bunch of "pretty" faces (which believe me, they're not.) who can't act their way out of a paper bag, and it makes it even worse. At least in the UK, they still hire REAL people to act and a lot of shows still have integrity. HBO on the other hand is still maintaining a fairly creative and original aura. Follow their lead, people! Just because it seems like the populace wants crappy TV, does not mean they do! Give us something NEW to think about! If you can't come up with a new idea, DON'T STEAL IT FROM THE British!

Honestly, I think that should be somewhat illegal....it seems like it already would be, considering copyright and stuff like that. What really really irks me is that the people here even have the audacity to slap "U.K." on the original and just leave the title the way it is here, when it should be the other way around. It's not "Skins UK" it is "SKINS"! This is "Skins U.S."! And guess what? It SUCKS! Just like every other bad remake. I'm just glad they haven't completely destroyed some of the very best British shows I love yet, and I just hope against all hope that it never happens. In fact, I hope someday soon, they'll realize they aren't ever going to get another "The Office". They were just lucky!

score 1/10

SpaceOctopus 19 June 2013

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw2816041/