Lilaena De'Ville
Mar 3rd, 2008, 03:55:31 PM
I just read this (http://www.iwatchstuff.com/2008/03/pegg_confirms_no_involvement_i.php), and it won't be good I'm sure of it. :uhoh
How to destroy any faint chance that an American remake of British sitcom Spaced would be any good:
1. Don't involve Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright, or Jessica Stevenson--the show's creators--in any way at all. Though they're the ones who made the original desirable enough that you want to remake it, they would clearly have nothing further to contribute to an adaptation.
2. Do bring Charlie's Angels director McG on board. The problem with Spaced was that it wasn't enough like a blindingly over-satured music video, and its credits sorely lacked an self-important pseudonym.
3. Cast Mike O'Malley and Debra Messing in the lead roles.
With Pegg officially confirming his lack of involvement, two of these statements are now fact, and the third can't be far behind. To visualize the state of this project, think of that scene in Alien Resurrection where Ripley stumbles upon her grotesque, failed genetic clones, begging with all their strength to be killed.
Offical news linky here, with Simon Pegg's comments on the American version of Spaced which does not involve him in any fashion. (http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/03/02/simon-pegg-on-the-american-remake-of-spaced/)
How to destroy any faint chance that an American remake of British sitcom Spaced would be any good:
1. Don't involve Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright, or Jessica Stevenson--the show's creators--in any way at all. Though they're the ones who made the original desirable enough that you want to remake it, they would clearly have nothing further to contribute to an adaptation.
2. Do bring Charlie's Angels director McG on board. The problem with Spaced was that it wasn't enough like a blindingly over-satured music video, and its credits sorely lacked an self-important pseudonym.
3. Cast Mike O'Malley and Debra Messing in the lead roles.
With Pegg officially confirming his lack of involvement, two of these statements are now fact, and the third can't be far behind. To visualize the state of this project, think of that scene in Alien Resurrection where Ripley stumbles upon her grotesque, failed genetic clones, begging with all their strength to be killed.
Offical news linky here, with Simon Pegg's comments on the American version of Spaced which does not involve him in any fashion. (http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/03/02/simon-pegg-on-the-american-remake-of-spaced/)