Kath and Kim (The US Version = HATE!)

[PurpleRain]

What the hell America?! They just showed off there remake of Kath and Kim to Australia, which was like beating your dog to death with a baseball bat then parading it in your living room. The only similar things between the two was thee names and plot. That's it. That's all. They decided to rip out the charcaters, comedy, everything good and fill it with crap! The devil just made a new special place in hell for all those involved in making this happen. Kama will eventually hunt down those responsible and send them a one way ticket there.

For those who don't know, Kath and Kim is an Australian sitcom, a decent one at that. Perhaps the jokes may not extend to outside of Australia, but the quirky characters and subtle humour is great.

The American remake decided to go all out on 'witty' hard hitting lines (said in HUGE sarcasm) and alter the characters to... nothing. There was no characters at all, just Bland Person #1 and Bland Person #2. Gah. RAGE!

 

[Khedive Rex]

... I'm sorry?

Never seen or heard of Kath and Kim but you really should have learned by now that America kills all the good shows. It's a simple understanding we've reached with the rest of the world; America has the best movies and the worst television.

 

[Lord Krunk]

Wow. Rant much?

I used to be a regular watcher, but it just lost my love for it when Channel 7 bought it out.
The real one, I mean.

Oh, and he's right. They did murder it.

 

[PurpleRain]

... I'm sorry?

Never seen or heard of Kath and Kim but you really should have learned by now that America kills all the good shows. It's a simple understanding we've reached with the rest of the world; America has the best movies and the worst television.

That's the thing. Now I'm sure America will parade it around to the ignorence of the rest of the world, giving Kath and Kim a bad name.

Damn you! You blew it up! Damn you all to hell!

 

[curlycrouton]

... I'm sorry?

Never seen or heard of Kath and Kim but you really should have learned by now that America kills all the good shows. It's a simple understanding we've reached with the rest of the world; America has the best movies and the worst television.

Coming from England, I did notice that American T.V. makes me want to weep.

 

[TheBadass]

Who's Kath and Kim?

 

[Bunnymarn]

America ruins all good shows, like Khedive Rex said.

It's the same with what they did to The Office.

 

[PurpleRain]

Who's Kath and Kim?

They're two foxy morons.

 

[Fire Daemon]

I watched it to man and it's okay. I'm here.

*Hugs a sobbing PurpleRain*

Now that thats out of the way I suppose I have to give my opinion.

It's terrible. Even if you never saw the original you couldn't find this crap funny. They completely missed the point that this show is Australian and only works in Australia. It's like someone put a Chinese kid with no knowledge of the English language in an advanced English course. He just wont work, and neither does this show. Not to mention the fact that they used cardboard characters. Honestly, cardboard could make better characters in this sitcom.

Any American who saw Kath and Kim should download the Australian version and compare the two. I'm interested to see whether the Australian version is funny for Americans or if there is a big difference between us and our comedy tastes.

 

[smallharmlesskitten]

Do they still say 'look at moi'

 

[Dommyboy]

Who's Kath and Kim?

Moles.

Spot on. Ya see that I did there? .... Nevermind.

Americas best shows so far are those that seem to be overly-racist. Eg. Chappelle Show, South Park. Anything else seems to fail miserably.

 

[PurpleRain]

I watched it to man and it's okay. I'm here.

*Hugs a sobbing PurpleRain*

Now that thats out of the way I suppose I have to give my opinion.

It's terrible. Even if you never saw the original you couldn't find this crap funny. They completely missed the point that this show is Australian and only works in Australia. It's like someone put a Chinese kid with no knowledge of the English language in an advanced English course. He just wont work, and neither does this show. Not to mention the fact that they used cardboard characters. Honestly, cardboard could make better characters in this sitcom.

Any American who saw Kath and Kim should download the Australian version and compare the two. I'm interested to see whether the Australian version is funny for Americans or if there is a big difference between us and our comedy tastes.

To true. There's just this groan-worthy feel to Kath's daggy motherness and Kim's 'wannabe slut' characteristics. Neither of the American one's have these. The new Brett is a bit of an arse, instead of the dorky guy he was supposed to be.

Shoot me! Let us die in each others arms Fire.

Do they still say 'look at moi'

You know, what, I don't think they did.

 

[ward.]

I watched some of it, didn't seem too bad. Although I couldn't laugh at the original Kath and Kim now that I think about it.

 

[Lord Krunk]

You know, the Americans are remaking 'Life on Mars' as well...

And they did this to The Castle as well.

 

[Ultrajoe]

Wow, a satire on Australian suburban culture moving to america.

This should work out great.

 

[Khedive Rex]

... I'm sorry?

Never seen or heard of Kath and Kim but you really should have learned by now that America kills all the good shows. It's a simple understanding we've reached with the rest of the world; America has the best movies and the worst television.

That's the thing. Now I'm sure America will parade it around to the ignorence of the rest of the world, giving Kath and Kim a bad name.

Damn you! You blew it up! Damn you all to hell!

Damn right we will. What don't you understand? America is where good shows go to die! We're very proud of our ability to turn golden television mana into munade irritating two dimensional sitcoms. Do you think it's easy killing legends? Of course we're going to parade our accomplishments.

You're just lucky we didn't turn it into a plucky crime drama about forensic investigators

Coming from England, I did notice that American T.V. makes me want to weep.

If you haven't weeped yet our job isn't finished. Oh, I shudder to think of the things we could do with The Mighty Boosh.

 

[smallharmlesskitten]

aww the look at moi was the best bit

 

[Fire Daemon]

Shoot me! Let us die in each others arms Fire.

*Shoots PurpleRain and walks away*

"Might have to plan that some other time doll face."

How many Americans here have seen "Thank God Your Here"? Guess where that came from. Thats right, the land down under. I watched an episode of Oprah where she spent an hour sucking up to this TV show and not once did she mention it was Australian. But when Kath and Kim fucks up everyone runs off and says "OMFG OZ TV IS TEH SUXORZ"

 

[Ultrajoe]

Shoot me! Let us die in each others arms Fire.

*Shoots PurpleRain and walks away*

"Might have to plan that some other time doll face."

How many Americans here have seen "Thank God Your Here"? Guess where that came from. Thats right, the land down under. I watched an episode of Oprah where she spent an hour sucking up to this TV show and not once did she mention it was Australian. But when Kath and Kim fucks up everyone runs off and says "OMFG OZ TV IS TEH SUXORZ"

Hey, we came up with Felix the Cat and Penicillin.

We make all the awesome stuff, including the Hills Hoist... and when we invented Ug boots, we had the presence of mind to call them 'Ugly Boots'

Oh, and the Victa Mower.

 

[curlycrouton]

You know, the Americans are remaking 'Life on Mars' as well...

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! The world is truly doomed. The End Is Nigh!