StarTrekker
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Joined: 22 Apr 2012
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Posts: 3,088
Location: Starship Voyager, somewhere in the Delta quadrant
16 Jul 2013, 5:32 pm
The first two episodes alone contain about fifteen to twenty minutes of material that just wouldn't be aired on mainstream US-American tv channels.
Apart from that -- I think it would probably be a great idea for the general US public to be exposed to more foreign media (if people all over the world manage to put up with subtitles or bad dubs of third-rate action blockbusters made in Hollywood, then I don't see why Amurricans can't). I also understand that they'd probably find it 'obscure' and 'hard to understand' because of a number of cultural differences, and the more complex a show, the more difficult it gets -- Broen/Bron is fairly complex.
Obscurity and less accessibility is a problem for the channels that want to air the show for revenue.
I might watch the US remake eventually, but for now, I'm looking forward to the second series of the original.
Yeah, I saw the pilot of the Swedish version last night, and almost every scene that didn't need to be altered due to the differing location was virtually identical to the US version. The only real difference of note that I saw regarding the characters was that they were trying to make Sonya's AS more apparent through the dialogue. I'm not saying a replica is a bad thing, I just find it interesting; you hear of spin-offs of shows, but apart from the basic theme they are usually quite different from the original.
19 Jul 2013, 9:44 pm
amaris74
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker
Joined: 22 Oct 2010
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Posts: 72
Location: New Zealand
22 Jul 2013, 5:51 am
Are there really Aspies out there who are so sexually promiscuous (for want of a better term)? Sonya Cross doesn't like being hugged or shaking hands but can have sex with a total stranger. Seems weird and gross to me. Personally, I don't like physical contact with anyone who isn't family. But maybe that's just me.
Anyway, I watched the first two eps with my mum, but she's gone off it now. Too graphic for her, I think. I'll still watch it, though. (I have an obsessive-compulsive need to know what happens!)
ETA: I like how she questioned the need for unnecessary phone calls. I feel the same way. It's so awkward when someone calls me just to chat (not that it happens often, thankfully). Oh, and I eat instant noodles pretty much every day for lunch. 
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