As I have mentioned before, I am a huge fan of Stephen Fry. I finally watched "Peter's Friends" tonight, and I admit that I rather enjoyed it. Yes it is really just an English version of "The Big Chill", but I think I actually enjoyed "Peter's Friends" more. Perhaps that is just my own bias when it comes to Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie (a combination that never goes wrong), but all together I much preferred the cast, and the story. Normally I do not think highly of remakes or just general re-using of good ideas, and I also have a tendency to generalise about the Americans always having to try to make a great British show their way (Red Dwarf, Coupling, Life On Mars, Queer as Folk - the latter, admittedly was brilliant - to name a few) I did not mind the British re-using a tried and tested American Idea. Maybe I just like their humour, their acting styles, and the general British-ness better, but whatever it is, it works.
Not all remakes or re-usages are worse... take "An Affair To Remember" for instance; we tend to remember that reworking rather than the 1939 original, "Love Affair."
"Winter must be cold for those with no warm memories... And we've already missed the spring!" - Terry McKay
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same thing with song covers... sometimes the remakes are even better! (anything tori covers is usually better or at least as good as the original!)
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