• Re: [NEWS] Hulu's "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" no longer in devel

    From Alan Smithee@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, July 12, 2026 22:40:06
    Subject: Re: [NEWS] Hulu's "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" no longer in development

    On 2026-07-10 08:15 PM, Your Name wrote:
    On 2026-07-10 18:23:24 +0000, Alan Smithee said:

    Glad to learn of this news. The BBC series and the radio drama are
    good enough.

    An American-made version of British stuff never works. :-)


    Three's Company --> Man About the House

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  • From Alan Smithee@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, July 12, 2026 22:43:51
    Subject: Re: [NEWS] Hulu's "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" no longer in development

    On 2026-07-12 08:54 AM, s|b wrote:
    On Sun, 12 Jul 2026 10:54:41 +1200, Your Name wrote:

    On 2026-07-11 15:26:00 +0000, s|b said:

    8< Shameless >8
    ... I haven't seen the original 'Shameless'. How does it compare to the
    American version?

    Both are also inane drivel. We watched about two minutes (at most) of
    the UK version and didn't even bother with the American remake. :-)

    I only saw the US version and was entertained, but 11 seasons was too
    much. (I just checked IMDB and the original series got 11 seasons as
    well.)

    Compare "Being Human" UK vs. US.

    After ONE ep of the UK version I literally could not watch 5 minutes of
    the US version.

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  • From Alan Smithee@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, July 12, 2026 22:46:31
    Subject: Re: [NEWS] Hulu's "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" no longer in development

    On 2026-07-11 03:41 AM, Jerry Brown wrote:
    On Sat, 11 Jul 2026 11:15:10 +1200, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
    wrote:

    On 2026-07-10 18:23:24 +0000, Alan Smithee said:

    Glad to learn of this news. The BBC series and the radio drama are good enough.

    An American-made version of British stuff never works. :-)

    s/never/rarely/g

    All in the Family
    Sanford and Son
    The Office

    Fawlty Towers --> Amanda By the Sea
    Mind Your Language -- What A Country

    And the other way around... US to UK
    Golden Girls --> Brighton Belles

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  • From The True Melissa@3:633/10 to All on Monday, July 13, 2026 06:18:10
    Subject: Re: [NEWS] Hulu's "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" no longer in development

    Verily, in article <1131g1o$2oij8$1@dont-email.me>, did alms@last.inc
    deliver unto us this message:
    Fawlty Towers --> Amanda By the Sea


    I haven't seen Amanda by the Sea. Maybe it's worth a try. It can't be as supernaturally funny as Fawlty Towers, but it might be good.

    I would add Three's Company to the list of successful US versions of
    British shows.


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  • From Roger Blake@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, July 16, 2026 02:36:03
    Subject: Re: [NEWS] Hulu's "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" no longer in development

    On 2026-07-13, Alan Smithee <alms@last.inc> wrote:
    On 2026-07-10 08:15 PM, Your Name wrote:
    On 2026-07-10 18:23:24 +0000, Alan Smithee said:

    Glad to learn of this news. The BBC series and the radio drama are
    good enough.

    An American-made version of British stuff never works. :-)


    Three's Company --> Man About the House

    Steptoe and Son --> Sanford and Son

    --
    Roger Blake

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  • From Your Name@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, July 16, 2026 19:01:20
    Subject: Re: [NEWS] Hulu's "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" no longer in development

    On 2026-07-16 02:36:03 +0000, Roger Blake said:
    On 2026-07-13, Alan Smithee <alms@last.inc> wrote:
    On 2026-07-10 08:15 PM, Your Name wrote:
    On 2026-07-10 18:23:24 +0000, Alan Smithee said:

    Glad to learn of this news. The BBC series and the radio drama are
    good enough.

    An American-made version of British stuff never works. :-)

    Three's Company --> Man About the House

    Steptoe and Son --> Sanford and Son

    Supposedly, but if you watch them they're very different shows, as
    usual with US remakes of British shows. At least they had the sense to
    change the show's name as well.


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  • From Alan Smithee@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, July 19, 2026 12:01:54
    Subject: Re: [NEWS] Hulu's "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" no longer in development

    On 2026-07-16 04:01 AM, Your Name wrote:
    Supposedly, but if you watch them they're very different shows, as usual
    with US remakes of British shows. At least they had the sense to change
    the show's name as well.

    I'm glad the USA remake of 'MisFits' was dropped after the pilot was
    filmed. It would have been worse than the USA 'Being Human' remake.

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