--- In [email protected], Bhairitu wrote:
>
> On 01/30/2013 11:14 AM, salyavin808 wrote:
> >
> > No, it's nothing pleasant but it is a UK TV show well worth
> > checking out.
> >
> > Suppose your favourite comic book turned out to be true? OK if it
> > was a Disney production but Utopia is a dark tale of conspiracy,
> > madness, sinister genetic experiments and finally, forced
> > incarceration in a mental hospital. Suppose you acquired the next
> > installment and someone didn't want you to read it. Someone who
> > would stop at nothing?
> >
> > http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/utopia/23988/first-full-trailer-for-channel-4-comic-book-drama-utopia
> >
> > Rather uncompromisingly violent but lots of fun if you've a
> > strong stomach for that sort of thing.
> >
> > Buck rating: Don't even think about it.
>
> Wonder when it will make it across the pond? Too British
> in style often means it may be available on Netflix and other
> streaming services. OR ... the bad... remade as a US series
> and the Channel 4 version kept out of the US as part of the
> deal. Something like this happened with "The Killing" which
> the original is still not available for streaming or even
> purchase in the US, but a third season has been green lit
> by AMC after a fan uproar. Or it might wind up on Syfy as
> a summer series. Would rather have it streaming and uncut.
It really is sad how the Brits audiences are so much
smarter than the American ones. I think that may be
the limitation that keeps UK and Danish producers
from holding out for a direct release or a subtitled
release in the U.S.
"The Killing" was SO much better in its Danish original
that it makes the American remake pale by comparison,
and I actually *liked* the remake...for what it was.
The best TV series I saw last year, "The Bridge," or
"Bron/Broen," also from Denmark, looks as if it will
never get an American release. Instead they are going
to remake it. I shudder to imagine the result. Both
of these series were *enormous* hits in the UK,
although subtitled.
The thing is, the American networks somehow believe
that Americans are too stupid to follow even the Brit
accents in English-language UK series (and they might
be right), so they remake *them*, too. This one ("Utopia")
is quite interesting, at least judging by the first
episode that I just watched. You'd really enjoy it. A
pity that it will probably be remade for the US market
as well...
