On Coupling, for instance...
You'll be able to make a proper comparison in the very near future, since the pilot of the Amercian version of Coupling was shot last October according to IMDb.
Lorne: Snakes? Uh-huh. And they came out of your what? Okay. Okay, well, did they get up there themselves or is this part of a, you know, a thing? No, I'm not judging...Do we fight snakes? Angel: Only if they're giant. Or demons. Or giant demons. Are they giant demon snakes? Lorne: Well, unless this guy's 30 feet tall, I'm thinking they're of the garden variety.
'Lineage'
All Ogle, No Cash -- It's Not Just Annoying, It's Un-American
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evil jimi - Feb 10, 2003 8:43:49 pm PST #1856 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
billytea - Feb 10, 2003 8:45:56 pm PST #1857 of 9843
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
You'll be able to make a proper comparison in the very near future, since the pilot of the Amercian version of Coupling was shot last October according to IMDb.
One of the reasons why I chose it. (Another is that it's extremely funny, of course.) Is it showing in Australia?
evil jimi - Feb 10, 2003 8:52:47 pm PST #1858 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
8 hours until new Buffy! *bounce bounce bounce*
evil jimi - Feb 10, 2003 8:58:27 pm PST #1859 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
billytea ... The ABC is showing the original version on Thursday nights but I've only seen a couple of episodes. I never got really into it b/c it reminded me of Cold Feet -- which I did not like at all -- and so I've never given it a proper chance. No doubt some commercial station will get the US version but it remains to be seen if it gets a primetime slot or not, since those morons at 7 screened Titus at 5AM and now have Normal, Ohio on at that time.
billytea - Feb 10, 2003 9:02:00 pm PST #1860 of 9843
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
billytea ... The ABC is showing the original version on Thursday nights but I've only seen a couple of episodes. I never got really into it b/c it reminded me of Cold Feet -- which I did not like at all -- and so I've never given it a proper chance.
Excellent. It is a bit like Cold Feet, though not as schmoopy. (But then, I liked Cold Feet.) Anyway, I can now back up my "You must see this" with an actual date and time. Thanks.
evil jimi - Feb 10, 2003 9:13:07 pm PST #1861 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
I'll give Coupling another chance. It was up against Scrubs but now 7 have moved that show to Sunday night and replaced it with Joe Millionairheads.
billytea - Feb 10, 2003 9:16:11 pm PST #1862 of 9843
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I'll give Coupling another chance. It was up against Scrubs but now 7 have moved that show to Sunday night and replaced it with Joe Millionairheads.
I swear, that show's like Drano to the matted hairballs of quality television.
Yes, I know it should be the other way around. All analogies break down sooner or later, and I'm on a schedule here.
billytea - Feb 10, 2003 9:17:55 pm PST #1863 of 9843
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
(PS: re Coupling, I recommend especially "The Cupboard of Patrick's Love" - the final in S1 - and "Naked" - penultimate in S2. Not that there's anything wrong with the others.)
amyparker - Feb 10, 2003 9:19:44 pm PST #1864 of 9843
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
"You taped over me - with The Wicker Man?!?"
Hee. I love that show.
§ ita § - Feb 10, 2003 9:21:36 pm PST #1865 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
A problem I was told, with the principle of the American remake of Coupling is that so much is so much more precise in British humour. There's a very specific knowledge (whether one chooses to live it or not) of what is done in specific situations, which makes a comedy of manners so much less watch-from-the-hall, but more precise and delightful.
No, I have no idea how they're getting around it, but I hope it rocks, because Patrick is being played by a dear friend.
Last I heard, there was a pilot reshoot in the works.