5. Doctor Who
Doctor Who has been off television for quite some time when this American movie aired, and had things gone a little differently, the BBC and Fox produced TV movie would have launched a new US set series for one of the UK’s greatest small screen creations.
In a surprising twist, British viewers actually embraced this new Doctor, but it was the Americans who ended up rejecting it. Perhaps it was just too British for them, but this take on Doctor Who was ultimately a failure because those working on it couldn’t find a way of making everyone happy.
A British reboot of Doctor Who would follow years later and is still going strong.
Whats odd is that most of the british shows we’re commissioned as direct rip offs of US shows. Coupling was the UK friends, Cold feet the UK Thirtysomething, Life On Mars just a nostalcic homage to Starskey And Hutch with an ironic noughties twist. Luther is just a generic HBO style cop proceedural. Black Mirror is basically just a UK Outer Limits. All we did was make their own templates feel original. They put the cart before the horse and made it a camel. A brand name slapped on a shops own brand.
You’re an idiot.
Not even 300 years of modern history & your’e using the same old fictional bull crap “America is the best at everything”.
How many times have you Yanks ripped British television off? How convenient of you not to mention that.
Bow down and and say hi to your daddy.
Suck it up.
peep show