Lost in Translation

[Lostoyannaya]

(Didn't know if this went in science fiction or not; however the series in question is not of that genre.)

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I picked up a TV Zone magazine today because it had the New Who on the front, and as I was walking home had a goosey at the editorial - it featured a picture from Life On Mars, a show that has just finished airing it's first season on the BBC. It claimed the series was going over the Atlantic to the states, and at first I thought that was good. Then I read this:

Originally Posted by TV Zone

...Boston Legal executive producer David E Kelly is set to adapt the BBC's Life on Mars for ABC television...the produces felt the series, which relies heavily on British nostalgia for the decade, wouldn't translate to a US audience...

This quite incensed me. It's almost like saying that an American audience could not possibly be interested in any culture other than their own, even though shows like Doctor Who and Red Dwarf have been sent over the pond unedited in any way, and have recieved a good response.

So I just want to ask: what do you guys think? Should original television shows be sent over to other countries as they are, or should they be remade into a style that suits their particular destination?

~~Lostoyannaya :shock: