________________________________ From: turquoiseb <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 2:21:14 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Utopia
--- In [email protected], Bhairitu wrote: > > On 01/30/2013 12:52 PM, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > "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... > > The American general public unless it's PBS or BBC America > can't tolerate accents much at all. So the remakes. Yup, > dumbing down for the stupid. They don't like subtitles > either so "The Killing" got a remake. People are going to think I'm being cynical when I say this, but I really don't think I am. I believe that the primary reason that subtitled movies have lost their market in the US is that many Americans, as many as 50-60%, simply can't read well enough or fast enough to enjoy a subtitled movie. ***BP: As a committed member of the great unwashed, is it me or did one the above informants, who appears to watch television a lot, call Danish an accent; and another informant, who also appears to watch a lot of TV, not only agreed, but also informed us that the reason viewers in America won't watch programming with Danish accents is that they can't read well enough? As a side bar, I consulted my thesaurus and for the life of me I couldn't find "cynical" as a synonym for *clueless*. Now, Share Long, if I've been ironic inadvertently, behaved like an attention vampire, or, much worse---violated the bounds of Whimsical Wednesday, please don't come after me, as I would hate to be forced to use Emily as a human shield; she may not be as clueless as I am, but I'm sure she's a lot more cynical (smiley face). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRR5YrpbBe4
