Let’s say they remade the entire series but with the cast consisting of Westerners and they’re speaking English (the original one takes place in South Korea with a Korean cast with subtitles), but the thing is that the actual “Squid Game” is a Korean children’s game which is not something that resonates with US culture, so would an actual American remake really succeed or fail?

  • Tomtits@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    6 days ago

    When has the American remake been better than the original?

    Don’t say The Office because the first two seasons of that are almost identical to the UK version, then it goes downhill.

    Peep Show was attempted and failed.

    The Inbetweeners was also shite.

    Absolutely Fabulous was attempted and wasn’t commissioned.

    As if was cancelled after two episodes.

    Broadchurch was cancelled after one season.

    Coupling was cancelled after 4 episodes.

    The IT Crown was cancelled after the pilot.

    Red Dwarf had two US pilots but was never picked up.

    Spaced was only a pilot.

    I’ll add The Thick of It even though the OG pilot wasn’t picked up. However Veep is pretty successful.

    • Kelly@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 days ago

      When has the American remake been better than the original?

      I think “better” might be the wrong question.

      *When has the American not been redundant when compared with the original?" Might be more appropriate.

      As a Aussie I appreciated the original productions of Wilfred and Review as the surrealist masterpieces they are. That said the US remakes told their own stories. Saying one is better than the other ignores the fact they both have value and are doing their own thing.