Mar 3 2008Pegg Confirms No Involvement in American 'Spaced'
How to destroy any faint chance that an American remake of British sitcom Spaced would be any good:
1. Don't involve Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright, or Jessica Stevenson--the show's creators--in any way at all. Though they're the ones who made the original desirable enough that you want to remake it, they would clearly have nothing further to contribute to an adaptation.
2. Do bring Charlie's Angels director McG on board. The problem with Spaced was that it wasn't enough like a blindingly over-satured music video, and its credits sorely lacked an self-important pseudonym.
3. Cast Mike O'Malley and Debra Messing in the lead roles.
With Pegg officially confirming his lack of involvement, two of these statements are now fact, and the third can't be far behind. To visualize the state of this project, think of that scene in Alien Resurrection where Ripley stumbles upon her grotesque, failed genetic clones, begging with all their strength to be killed.
Reader Comments
1. Ed - March 3, 2008 3:27 PM
Well since Debra Messing is brought up, isn't Spaced basically a ripoff of Ned & Stacey? : P
2. Ramon M. - March 3, 2008 4:39 PM
WHAT?! mike o malley?! wtf?
McG....?!?!
NOOoooOOOoooOooo!!!
This has no chance of greatness that the U.S. Office is now!!!
3. David - March 3, 2008 4:58 PM
Why must we destroy every awesome british-made show we get our hands on? NBC is in the process of butchering a US version of Top Gear to appeal to the American Gladiators audience (they even said so!). It makes me wanna 'splode!
4. Serene - March 3, 2008 5:42 PM
This is painful. To make it worse, there will probably be a laugh track or at least a tacky wacky soundtrack of the "plucking" of cello strings, as the Pegg and Stevenson rip-offs tip toe around their flat in some generic scene about a miscommunication.
5. Heather - March 3, 2008 11:42 PM
Well said, cora.
Anybody remember the American version of Coupling?
I predict the same level of violent mediocrity from this new remake. What fun to look forward to!
6. nrgspike - March 4, 2008 7:08 AM
The good thing about crappy remakes is that they in no way detract from the greatness of the original.
So if by some highly improbable chance this Americanised - sorry; AmericaniZed version is any good, albeit in a different way, (a la The Office) then it'll exist along side the original and both can be appreciated on their own merits.
However since this is clearly going to be a steaming dollup of rancid monkey jiz, it'll be aborted within the first month and will never be seen or heard of again.
7. brennie - March 5, 2008 6:14 AM
Edgar Wright blogged about this some time ago and quite elegantly on his myspace blog. Look him up and click on 'McSpaced' pretty much says it all.
8. Jen - March 5, 2008 11:32 AM
This is a disaster!
Spaced was and still is brilliant!
McSpaced is going to suck...without doubt..
All American fans of Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg & Nick Frost should shell out a few bucks ($29.70 to be exact), make sure you own a multiregion DVD player and buy the Spaced Definitive Collectors' Edition at Amazon.co.uk immediately!
9. nicole - March 6, 2008 9:01 PM
people at stdromance.com hope it's true