Any remakes of tv shows better than original?

Smokey Deza · 11 Sep 2021 at 18:02

Twin Peaks? Can't speak for the original, but the remake was pretty good (Season 1)

Bigpig said:
I enjoyed the remake of V.

Same. It was canned abruptly, though. A bit of a cop out given where everything was at the end of S2.

Raymond Lin · 11 Sep 2021 at 18:22

House of Cards. I mean it was good then it got tainted by his off screen behaviour but objectively the remake is fantastic.

Bubo · 12 Sep 2021 at 13:34

Whilst certainly not better than the original, since there is no way you can improve on perfection, the recent Dad's Army: The Lost episodes series of three missing episodes was easily good enough to warrant a full remake. The cast they chose were absolutely spot on, and if they could come up with new scripts as good as the originals they could do a series which would probably stand up to the original, or just be worthwhile in its own right. Kevin Eldon was particularly good in it as Jones, but I don't think there was any weakness in the cast overall, it was bang on. Even Mathew Horne was good as Walker, and he had James Beck to live up to.

Meridian · 12 Sep 2021 at 20:42

Bigpig said:
I enjoyed the remake of V.

I'm sorry, but even with Morena Baccarin in it it was a pale shadow of the insanely camp original. I stopped watching after one episode. That said, I've always had a theory about re-makes/re-recordings: you always prefer the one you saw in your late teens.

Bigpig · 13 Sep 2021 at 06:03

Meridian said:
I'm sorry, but even with Morena Baccarin in it it was a pale shadow of the insanely camp original. I stopped watching after one episode. That said, I've always had a theory about re-makes/re-recordings: you always prefer the one you saw in your late teens.

In the late 00's my TV viewing was quite strange lol.

Off the top of my head Invasion, Reaper, Seaker and I think Merlin?

V remake also had Vandervroot ^^

SexyGreyFox · 13 Sep 2021 at 23:27

The American Office

Shamikebab · 13 Sep 2021 at 23:34

Bigpig said:
In the late 00's my TV viewing was quite strange lol.

Off the top of my head Invasion, Reaper, Seaker and I think Merlin?

V remake also had Vandervroot ^^

Reaper was such a good show

something daft already!! · 14 Sep 2021 at 00:42

Does Star Trek TNG count? Lost in Space remake was better in some aspects. I enjoyed series 1 but could not watch the original series much.

englishpremier · 14 Sep 2021 at 13:55

I presume by 'canon' people actually mean canonical as authorised and accepted as happening in the same universe as the original work.

In addition to those already mentioned such as House of Cards

Here's an easy one - Queen of the South. The original Mexican version was like something shot on a cheap camera, with dutch angles, and a complete lack of lighting and audio engineering.

SixTwoSix · 14 Sep 2021 at 14:12

I'd say that at least seasons 1 & 2 of Homeland are better than Prisoners of War.

keenan · 14 Sep 2021 at 14:15

Does American remakes of foreign shows count?

If so, The Killing .. remade from the Danish show Forbrydelsen..

SixTwoSix · 14 Sep 2021 at 14:21

keenan said:
Does American remakes of foreign shows count?

American remake of The Office would fall under this I guess

englishpremier · 14 Sep 2021 at 14:22

keenan said:
Does American remakes of foreign shows count?

If so, The Killing .. remade from the Danish show Forbrydelsen..

They count if they are better. For example I wouldn't say the UK or US remake of the Bridge is better than the original Danish/Swedish show

I've not seen The Killing yet.

keenan · 14 Sep 2021 at 14:24

SixTwoSix said:
American remake of The Office would fall under this I guess

englishpremier said:
They count if they are better. For example I wouldn't say the UK or US remake of the Bridge is better than the original Danish/Swedish show

I've not seen The Killing yet.

Aha, well in that case I stand by my statement!

Also Mireille Enos and Joel Kinnaman were both incredible in it..

SexyGreyFox · 14 Sep 2021 at 16:23

keenan said:
Aha, well in that case I stand by my statement!

And as I did in post 26

keenan · 14 Sep 2021 at 16:26

SexyGreyFox said:
And as I did in post 26

Would it be terrible if I have never seen The Office?

SixTwoSix · 14 Sep 2021 at 16:27

keenan said:
Would it be terrible if I have never seen The Office?

Only if you mean the superior american remake

SexyGreyFox · 14 Sep 2021 at 16:27

keenan said:
Would it be terrible if I have never seen The Office?

If it's not your thing then no.
I've never seen The Godfather and have no wish to.

SexyGreyFox · 14 Sep 2021 at 16:28

SixTwoSix said:
Only if you mean the superior american remake

but miss the first series, that was poor.

keenan · 14 Sep 2021 at 16:37

SexyGreyFox said:
If it's not your thing then no.
I've never seen The Godfather and have no wish to.

Well, I've never seen The Godfather either, not The Sopranos..

I'll see if I can find The Office to watch anywhere!

The US one of course..