From: traRvEskyMOVE@hotmail.com   
      
   Your Name wrote:   
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   > In article <51872034.974647CD@hotmail.com>, RT    
   > wrote:   
   > > Your Name wrote:   
   > > > In article <5212-5181F058-322@storefull-3112.bay.webtv.net>,   
   > > > BillV2320@webtv.net (J.R.R. Bob Dobbs EPV) wrote:   
   > > > > From: YourName@YourISP.com (Your Name)   
   > > > > > Richard Hatch's problem is that he's simply not very talented, as an   
   > > > > > actor, nor as a writer, nor as a director / producer. He's a one-bit   
   > > > > > wonder who was lucky enough to be given the role of Apollo in the   
   real   
   > > > > > "Battlestar Galactica".   
   > > > > >   
   > > > > > There are other simliar one-bit wonders who also keep trying to   
   > > > > > ressurect their old shows - the actor who played Avon in the original   
   > > > > > "Blake's 7" (no also undergoing a silly reboot, as well as an   
   > > > > > Americanisation, so that'll be utter rubbish) and of course David   
   > > > > > Hasselhoff with Knight Rider.   
   > > > >   
   > > > > I remember seeing the amerization of Red Dwarf on one of the DVD's.   
   > > > > absolutely horrific.   
   > > >   
   > > > Most Americanisation of British shows are awful - "Red Dwarf", "Doctor   
   > > > Who", and "Torchwood" are just recent examples. Even the American version   
   > > > of Sherlock is pitiful compared to the British one.   
   > >   
   > > How are they Americanized? Two versions filmed? What?   
   >   
   > Usually the same problem they have when making silly reboots of anything:   
   > lots of idiotic, ill-fitting changes and lots of flash, but no real   
   > substance ... and absolutely no real understaning of the original.   
      
    Most Americanisation of British shows are awful - "Red Dwarf", "Doctor   
    Who", and "Torchwood" are just recent examples.   
      
   I repeat - how were these Americanized? Were two versions filmed?   
      
   > > > The Americanised version of "Fawlty Towers" isn't even recognisable, but   
   > > > at least they did change the name to "Cheers".   
   > >   
   > > Are you insane? One is set at a HOTEL, the other a BAR.   
   >   
   > Don't blame me. I simply telling you what John Cleese said in a TV   
   > interview. They apparently sold the rights for an American version of   
   > Fawlty Towers, and the end result was Cheers.   
      
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