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EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE FINE
The Inbetweeners - Best TV comedy since Spaced? • Page 17
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neilka 12,556 posts
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Triggerhappytel 2,525 posts
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Registered 8 years agoSo it's basically a straight remake, even with characters who look a bit like their British counterparts. Which begs the question; why bother?! -
ZuluHero 2,621 posts
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GuiltySpark 5,987 posts
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Registered 8 years agoLooks like it.
I don't mind stuff like RJ Berger, but this just actually looks shit.Get bent.
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Brave_Dave 109 posts
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Registered 1 year agoTriggerhappytel wrote:
It translates pefectly to a US teen demographic to be fair. It's not like US teens would be watching the UK show is it? I'll probably watch it, with a sense of self loathing as a 30+ year old man should....same as I feel watching the original!
So it's basically a straight remake, even with characters who look a bit like their British counterparts. Which begs the question; why bother?! -
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Jesus, they've managed to strip it of everything. Saying that, I'll at least give a watch, you never know, eh?
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Stickman 28,564 posts
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Registered 9 years agoI don't see why everyone's so up in arms about it. It's virtually an exact remake but set in an American school instead of an English comp. Where the fuck else is it going to be set?Quoted
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JuanKerr 35,501 posts
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Stickman 28,564 posts
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Registered 9 years agoJust looks like Inbetweeners USA. I wonder what people were expecting it to look like.Quoted
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something funny?
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ZizouFC 5,310 posts
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Registered 4 years agoI think its existence is the problem. -
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Goodfella 2,221 posts
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Registered 8 years agoThe people playing the characters in the US version are shit though, that's the big problem. It doesn't appear to be remotely funny or coarse.
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WeakOrbit 972 posts
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Registered 2 years agoLook at how far the American Spaced Remake went......
No doubt america will drag it out needlessly as well.PSN bigjob85
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Whizzo 41,254 posts
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Registered 11 years agoI always thought it was called The Inbetweeners because they were in between being kids and adults rather than the US version's assertion of being in between being cool and nerds.This space left intentionally blank.
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Goodfella 2,221 posts
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Indeed. In the UK version they aren't nerds at all, except for Will. In the US version they've gone with the typical 'Jock's vs nerds approach, all four of the lads appear to be the latter, as well as socially inept (and poorly cast). -
tombo 2,059 posts
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Registered 9 years agoOh dear. Yeah, it's not funny to me. Might be for US people I guess, and that's fair enough. -
meme 15,810 posts
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Registered 5 years agoIt launched last night.
Will - not actually a nerd or a social reject, just a very bland person who serves as virtually nothing but an empty shell the viewer is supposed to inject themselves into. He's like an unsilent silent protagonist.
Simon - not actually believable as a social reject, and the actor is (without wanting to sound gay) too good looking for the part.
Jay - probably comes off the best out of the four, as he's different enough to stand alone.
Neil - utterly pointless. He's now just a weird stoner, but the actor playing him is fucking awful.
The main problem with it is much the same as the US Office when it first launched - it's almost a carbon copy of the UK one, script and plot wise. It's amalgamated several different episodes into one, taking lines and scenes wholesale.
The sad truth is that it might actually be okay if it goes off and does its own thing, again, just like the US Office, but chances are it's just going to be overwhelmed by the UK version. Isn't going to help that the original series is supposed to be shown alongside the US one, with the film launched shortly after.
It's also censored in the form of bleeping. Don't think there are uncensored versions out. Maybe when (if) it hits DVD.
EDIT: Actually, the main issue is that the group dynamic feels wrong. They don't seem like four people who'd actually be hanging out together, but seem happy to do so. Whereas the original were four people who were perfectly matched but couldn't accept it.
Edited by meme at 00:32:14 22-08-2012GHOSTBUSTERS
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graysonavich 4,484 posts
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Registered 3 years agoWatched it last night. They've just tried to make it American Pie lite, blissfully unaware of the ingredients that made the original so popular.
They'll wake up on a spaceship to Mars before Christmas.
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spindle9988 2,346 posts
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Registered 6 years agoWhizzo wrote:
The UK guys said in an interview that it;s because they are inbetween being nerd and cool
I always thought it was called The Inbetweeners because they were in between being kids and adults rather than the US version's assertion of being in between being cool and nerds. -
elstoof 4,505 posts
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Registered 8 years agoI wonder if Americans got so upset when we ruined Who's the Boss? -
andytheadequate 7,149 posts
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Registered 3 years agospindle9988 wrote:
I assumed this was the case as the whole programme is based on them being between nerd and cool...Whizzo wrote:
The UK guys said in an interview that it;s because they are inbetween being nerd and cool
I always thought it was called The Inbetweeners because they were in between being kids and adults rather than the US version's assertion of being in between being cool and nerds.
I can't see the American version working simply because their high school culture appears so different to that in Britain*.
*I'm obviously an expert because I've seen American Pie
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Lukus 18,757 posts
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Registered 8 years agoJust noticed the American version is on E4 tonight in ten minutes (10pm). Could be interesting...Paintings & Photographs
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graysonavich 4,484 posts
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Registered 3 years agoIt's predictably awful. Obviously. -
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cubbymoore 35,646 posts
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Registered 9 years agoYeah but the originals aren't funny any more. Maybe that's it. -
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Registered 8 years agoAmerican version was cancelled, what a surprise. -
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