Another US Remake of Something Foreign or British

I'm not sure it's so much a lack of original ideas - I'm sure writers are coming up with fresh and innovative stuff all the time... I think it's got more to do with companies only wanting to commit to making stuff that's fairly certain to be successful and making the mistake of assuming that a remake of something that's done well elsewhere in the world will automatically do well in America... Add to that the insularity of many Americans - their resistance to listening to people speaking English with non-American accents, let alone reading subtitles! - and you end up with a television industry that's very inward-looking and unimaginative... Obviously, some good television is still made in America. But, the last straw came for me when I heard about the remake of "Being Human" - how dare they insult one of the finest British television shows ever made by assuming they can just do a remake set in America?!

I have nothing to do with the film. I am not from America.

Having said that, I think that you two are being a bit harsh. British TV enjoys many U.S. programs. The U.S. enjoys several (originally) British shows.

Film/TV is an interesting artistic medium in that interpretations are often met with militant-fundamentalist disdain. I try to be more open-minded. Try to think of TV/film as like theatre. Re-hashes are welcome in that realm of art.

Furthermore, isn't imitation a form of flattery?

I guess some people just like complaining, no?

This project appears to be dead, thank god! Making the Daníel character a hunky playa? Sounds dumb as hell. Dániel being a stressed out, neurotic college dropout becomes one of the most important parts of the series by the movie!