it was more than a movie

Post #45,800 by SpiceWare 7/16/02 3:42:20 PM Reply	it was more than a movie it was the failed pilot for an American Dr. Who series. Kinda like how [link\|http://members.attcanada.ca/~dtpltd/rdusa.html\|Red Dwarf, "American Style"] didn't work out very well. Darrell Spice, Jr. [link\|http://home.houston.rr.com/spiceware/\|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
Post #45,807 by orion 7/16/02 4:37:23 PM Reply	Because the American scriptwriters and producers and etc must be all on drugs or something. They think that they can mess with the original and make it better, and then it doesn't work. Sort of like when "New Coke" came out, they thought by changing it that it would be better. It failed and actually was awful. Of course some conversions work like "Weakest Link" and "Fear Factor" and other shows that got Americanized. To do a good "Doctor Who" or "Red Dwarf" spin-off you must stay true to their roots and keep the same type of characters without going off on a tangent too much. *I am free now, to choose my own destiny.*
Post #45,863 by Ashton 7/17/02 4:57:33 AM Reply	Second on the sux My now vague recollection was of the transparent sexual innuendo, and like so Much Murican stuff.. it was at a 12 yo level - so it wasn't even good innuendo. (Muricans, like the Puritans - haven't the foggiest about eroticism.. just porno IMhO) Getting the audience to fantasize about the (Dr. + assistants) on off-hours, is to miss the Dr. Who milieu and just make it another US sitcom. Maybe the Brit version works simply because they (and most any other country w/ possible exception of Japanese) aren't obsessed with evading Puritanism by flaunting it. Usually inanely. Nope.. I can't imagine a US Dr. Who ... only a {yawn} US Dr. Horny with toilet jokes a la SNL. {Ugh} Ashton

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