About Syfy's Being Human Remake

[wolven7]

I'm looking for the creative team for the remake for Syfy's Being Human. I'm talking producers, writers, etc.

I'd like to know what else they've done, and where their heads are, about these things.

There's nothing on the site, or the IMDB or Wikipedia pages, so... Yeah. Any help would be appreciated.

Comments

[smartlikeatruck.livejournal.com]

http://scifi.about.com/b/2010/08/02/syfys-being-human-under-way.htm

[wolven.livejournal.com]

Ah fuck no not Jeremy Carver. Now I HAVE to watch at least some of it. Carver's one of the absolute best voices on 'Supernatural.' Damn it. Just... Dam it.

[moonandserpent.livejournal.com]

Yeah. The pilot is apparently much better than you'd think, too.

Or at least it was described to me as such.

[wolven.livejournal.com]

As I said: I will watch the first three episodes. SOBER even. I will give this show a fair and even reading, because that is what we do, to show that we are not simply biased and hateful, without reason.

And with Jeremy Carver on board, I'm now just fucking mystified as to Why this happened, rather than him doing a Different Thing. He's a fucking funny, creative individual, you know? So why not make a new show? Why remake a perfectly good existing property?

Honestly, I blame "The Office."

I just... I'm mystified. Perplexed, even.

[smartlikeatruck.livejournal.com]

I read the argument that they are doing it because we lack certain cultural references- so the orig show is great, but they remake it to be more relevant.
We're also getting skins. And Top Gear. Bit weird, but I've grown up watching BBC shows.

[wolven.livejournal.com]

Skins?

And, sure, there are a very few cultural markers in that show that don't track in the US, but rather than pandering, why not just let people get it via context?

Honestly, the only one I can think of is the "Peedo" ('only has one "e"') scene, and the context of that episode should make it damn clear what's happening, there.

And the only thing I see as changed, so far is A) Names, B) Location, and C) The vampire looks like he escaped from a certain sparkly family, in the pacific northwest, if you catch my meaning.

[smartlikeatruck.livejournal.com]

Skins is an awesome show about teens in Britian. They're remaking it for, of all freaking things, MTV. *hurk*

And I agree with you, but that's the argument for it. Also, the accent truly is difficult for some to understand- my boss is one of them. He misses half the jokes.

[wolven.livejournal.com]

I can understand the latter more than the former. Some people just can't hear things spoken with "accents." :\

[moonandserpent.livejournal.com]

Because no one is buying "new" shows - well, they are obviously, but they're few and far between. A show being based on an existing property gives it better odds of making it past the pilot.

He did it for the same reason anyone involved in television does anything - for the money. Why did the guys who developed Caprica let the BSG crap get shoehorned into their initial pitch? Because they wanted to get their shit on the air.

And it's not an existing property in the US. British Shows are unsellable on mainstream US TV in their original format. So they remake them. There's no mystery to any of this.

[wolven.livejournal.com]

The mystery, to me, is why the format, the length, or the subject matter are even an issue, anymore. Look at the kinds of changes we've made to televisual production, even leaving aside the whole of internet-based and "On-Demand" programming.

There is nothing stopping people from making money via a different format, other than stubbornly holding on to an outdated set of standards.

[oletheros.livejournal.com]

i thought you might find this entertaining.

[wolven.livejournal.com]

You were Absolutely Correct. Hilarious.