raven
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Post by raven on Jul 3, 2008 16:29:07 GMT
First picture. Adverts have started showing in the US. Hopefully they will popup on Youtube  |
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Post by zaffra on Jul 3, 2008 16:39:26 GMT
That picture already tells me they've got it wrong.
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Post by theyreonyourhead on Jul 3, 2008 16:54:08 GMT
Is that Katie Holmes?
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Post by Rad on Jul 3, 2008 17:02:58 GMT
I can't quite get how this will work: isn't the whole point that the series is *very* Australian?
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Post by LoveMusic on Jul 3, 2008 17:04:14 GMT
Why remake it?
Bewildering
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Post by SweatShop on Jul 3, 2008 17:17:42 GMT
What is teh point, honestly?
I don't get how it can work without it being Australian.
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Chris
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Post by Chris on Jul 3, 2008 17:28:52 GMT
Oh Molly Shannon, you're capable of so much better... Selma Blair, not so much.
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Post by al on Jul 3, 2008 18:48:37 GMT
I cannot fathom how this will work on any level. Aside from the Australianness (or lack of) pointed out by Rad, they've automatically deprived themselves of any 'fat' references or storylines by casting Selma Blair as Kim. Or is she supposed to be fat, like, in Hollywood terms?
I'm very intrigued to see it though. Who knows, it might take on a whole new personality of its own, sorta like the US Office.
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JoanSmith
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Post by JoanSmith on Jul 3, 2008 19:09:50 GMT
I really can't see this working. As everyone has already noted, its just so totally Australian and not just because its set there. The type of humour in K&K is very distinctly Australian. I'm not sure I can put it in to words too well, but I guess I mean the OTT, camp, colourful characters who remain just the right side of caricature (very much in the Dame Edna tradition).
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Post by SweatShop on Jul 3, 2008 19:54:19 GMT
I want to know who is playing Sharon...
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Post by LoveMusic on Jul 3, 2008 20:20:49 GMT
She isn't even called Sharon!
She's going to be called Heather, and is as yet uncast
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Anna
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Post by Anna on Jul 3, 2008 22:19:37 GMT
BAN THIS FILTH
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Dennis
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Post by Dennis on Jul 7, 2008 12:25:59 GMT
From Wikipedia: "Riley and Turner will act as the executive producers for the series (...)"
Who knows, this might just work. I have a lot of time for Molly Shannon, anyway.
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raven
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Post by raven on Jul 10, 2008 21:55:29 GMT
Oh God
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Post by jetsetwilly on Jul 10, 2008 22:24:09 GMT
O-V-U-R?
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Post by mcqueen on Jul 10, 2008 22:42:20 GMT
The american version looks less funny than the aussie one (ie really really shit)
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Post by Robbing the Dead on Jul 10, 2008 22:56:16 GMT
It looks a load of shite.
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Post by al on Jul 11, 2008 8:30:08 GMT
Christ, that was painful. It reminded me of that Matt Lucas/David Walliams sketch, where they did a US version of Only Fools & Horses, named Only Jerks & Horses.
Do NBC really think Americans are so dumb that they won't 'get' something Australian? Why they couldn't just air the original version is beyond me.
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raven
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Post by raven on Jul 11, 2008 9:46:13 GMT
I'm worried they might remake Summer Heights High.
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Post by Nurse Dunkley on Jul 11, 2008 9:52:29 GMT
There's nowt wrong with that. Yes it'll be a little weird and it won't be as good as the original (especially if you've watched it religiously), but it still looks better than most new american sitcoms.
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Mike
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Post by Mike on Jul 15, 2008 17:32:49 GMT
I think the Scale Of Wrong just broke. My prediction: this show will be O-V-A-H before it even gets to a full season. |
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Post by SweatShop on Jul 15, 2008 18:17:40 GMT
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Post by Maureen on Jul 21, 2008 22:09:32 GMT
Is this a joke? Kim is supposed to be a fat cow. Selma Blair is not a fat cow. It looks terminally unfunny. It won't make it past the second show.
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Post by David Hunter on Jan 24, 2013 23:43:31 GMT
How HUGE was this!
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Post by Ugly Netty on Jan 25, 2013 0:16:54 GMT
So huge Australia only showed 2 episodes! John Michael Higgins was his usual ace self, though.
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