McSpaced...

[almostwitty]

As you may know, I'm a bit of a fan of Spaced, a British sitcom that could only have been made in the cusp of the Millennium with its two key protagonists utterly consumed by geek culture and pop culture references, so much so that the two main characters never even kissed one another.

Skip to today, and Variety announce vague plans by Fox to make a US version of it. Brought to you by McG - the man who directed Charlie's Angels and didn't make Superman Returns because he was too scared to fly on a plane to Australia - and some guy called Adam Barr. So far, the original creators of Spaced haven't been consulted. But even if they were involved, I can't see how a US version of it would work.

Half the fun was watching British people essentially re-enacting a wide variety of Hollywood pop culture moments. Having Americans re-enacting Hollywood moments with a twist wouldn't be funny - it'd just be Scary Movie 15. With extra mugging.

Comments

[evilfen.livejournal.com]

i think it would SUCK!!

[babyraven.livejournal.com]

Wow. That's a truly doomed concept.

[madmosh-uk.livejournal.com]

As I said on t'other blog (which one should I stick with anyway - it's a pain posting in two places!) why can't the Americans stick with watching the original versions like we do? Get Pegg to get the crew together and do Spaced3, ensuring they maintain creative rights. He doesn't strike me as someone who's excessively greedy and would likely want to make sure any other "versions" weren't shit - like a Fox remake is guaranteed to be.