Discovery Shoots Top Gear US Pilot - Series May Follow
01-27-2006 | 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by technical
Why is it assumed that Americans need to be spoon fed their own version of a show? Or that we can do it better? I much rather see the original show or movie instead of Hollywood crapping it up and dumb-ing it down for us.
01-27-2006 | 07:40 PM
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Originally Posted by TriShield
I agree. They did the same thing with BBC's The Office and it pissed me off. Top Gear is perfect as it is and has a big following here due to the internet, I think Discovery is really wasting money shooting a US flavor fo this market when they should just be airing it as is with no edits.
01-30-2006 | 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by TriShield
Are you joking? The hosts and their wit MAKE the show. Discovery will be lucky if they can even get half the entertainment and hard hitting opinions of the original.
Word. Some people can't take a joke, I think they are hysterical. Does the original show still air on the Discovery Channel? I've seen it listed on Discovery Science, but I dont get that channel.
01-31-2006 | 12:03 AM
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Originally Posted by HandsomeBWouderful
Word. Some people can't take a joke, I think they are hysterical. Does the original show still air on the Discovery Channel? I've seen it listed on Discovery Science, but I dont get that channel.
