McG to remake Spaced
Nov 02
McG to remake Spaced
It’s like someone announcing a train will soon cross a busy crossway. It might be cool to see the train, but part of you also suspects it’s just asking for trouble.
Fox has announced that they will be bringing the Edgar Wright/Simon Pegg/Jessica Hynes series Spaced to American television. Not as was originally filmed, but as a remake, helmed by McG.
Yes, that’s when my heart stopped too.
Certainly The Office translated well to the US, but then they had the involvement of Ricky Gervais, one of the creators of the original show (plus a fantastic cast.) Let’s us not forget the questionable decision to bring over The IT Crowd, or the confirmed, wet, flatulent flop that was the US remake of Red Dwarf.
Perhaps if I were to stand directly on the train tracks…
I’m starting to be of the mind that bad remakes exist to remind us how good the originals are. This news only supports my claim.
Though I do enjoy the Charlie’s Angels films, God help me.
The main problem with this, I think, is that so much of the show is Simon and Jessica. The show seems like such a personal expression, it’s had to imagine it being replicated at all. The Brit Office had…I guess archetypes, for lack of a better word, that could kind of be spun off in different directions.
I’ll stand on the tracks with you.
Don’t forget the US version of Coupling, which also died a merciful death…but then, the British version was kinda just a Brit riff on Friends, so it’s sorta come full-circle.