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neadodsT3 link: lj user="neadods"> a href="http://neadods.livejournal.com/929522.html">is dubious about the Fox remake
So, the flist is buzzing about RTD and his creative team remaking Torchwood in the US under the aegis not of BBCA, but Fox. (I've already seen it dubbed "Foxwood.")
Let me rephrase this.
The guy who said he was moving on to fresh stories is instead continuing to recap an old project...
... in a completely different country than where the brand was successfully built up...
... a country in which this show only gets big numbers when compared only to the usual viewing numbers of a cable channel that doesn't appear in many markets...
... and he's doing this under the financial support not of that comparatively tiny cable company for which he got those ratings...
... he's doing it under the financial support of a company that got its financial ass handed to it the last time it tried to do an American reboot of the parent property.
And he is apparently going to continue to use the name of (and thus the concept of) a British group founded by a British Queen to forward British interests because of course America cares deeply about this sort of thing and doesn't have any baggage about the British Empire...
...and he's going to hang the show off of an actor that nobody outside of the fandom has heard of because he built his reputation in British theater and TV, not America.
When you look at it like that, it couldn't possibly be dubious news or (if real) remotely doomed to failure.
So, the flist is buzzing about RTD and his creative team remaking Torchwood in the US under the aegis not of BBCA, but Fox. (I've already seen it dubbed "Foxwood.")
Let me rephrase this.
The guy who said he was moving on to fresh stories is instead continuing to recap an old project...
... in a completely different country than where the brand was successfully built up...
... a country in which this show only gets big numbers when compared only to the usual viewing numbers of a cable channel that doesn't appear in many markets...
... and he's doing this under the financial support not of that comparatively tiny cable company for which he got those ratings...
... he's doing it under the financial support of a company that got its financial ass handed to it the last time it tried to do an American reboot of the parent property.
And he is apparently going to continue to use the name of (and thus the concept of) a British group founded by a British Queen to forward British interests because of course America cares deeply about this sort of thing and doesn't have any baggage about the British Empire...
...and he's going to hang the show off of an actor that nobody outside of the fandom has heard of because he built his reputation in British theater and TV, not America.
When you look at it like that, it couldn't possibly be dubious news or (if real) remotely doomed to failure.
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re: Riiiiight: My $.02 on the Torchwood in America thing
Date: 2010-01-21 07:10 pm (UTC)Re: Riiiiight: My $.02 on the Torchwood in America thing
Date: 2010-01-22 12:44 am (UTC)I've seen this post linked to, as well.
I'm almost afraid to ask where.
But really - when you look at it, the whole notion gets as preposterous as... an RTD finale, actually. I'll believe that he's trying to pitch something, and that it may even be Torchwoodite... but actual Torchwood?
Re: Riiiiight: My $.02 on the Torchwood in America thing
Date: 2010-01-22 02:50 am (UTC)It was linked on the Orac yahoogroup mailing list. I'm not any where near Texas, where the club is based, but about a decade ago, they were more of a Blake's 7 group and I think that they put on a few B7 cons. Now they are just general SF-oriented. I stayed on the list because it's made up of intelligent mature adults, something that is always in short supply, esp. in fandom. ;)
Re: Riiiiight: My $.02 on the Torchwood in America thing
Date: 2010-01-22 03:06 am (UTC)Intelligent mature people are to be cultivated wherever found!
Re: Riiiiight: My $.02 on the Torchwood in America thing
Date: 2010-01-25 09:14 pm (UTC)Right! Of late, though, I find myself beset with some immature people in RL, who are fans and are intelligent, but have no wisdom, common sense, or manners. I'm really tired of educating those who lack social graces. There's always at least one in every group, but I've done this so much over the years that it just gets old.