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		Actual headline: "Syfy's Being Human more gritty than Twilight?" Oh, come on. The local forecast on the Weather Channel is grittier than Twilight (insidetv.ew.com)		73
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hubiestubert		2011-01-14 12:14:05 AM

Astroglide is "grittier" than farking Twilight...

Britney Spear's Speculum		2011-01-14 12:44:11 AM

Mugato		2011-01-14 12:53:32 AM

Two men living in the City on a horse working at a paper factory is grittier than Twilight.

UNC_Samurai		2011-01-14 01:00:25 AM

A Couple of Gay Cowboys Eating Pudding is grittier than Twilight.

cretinbob		2011-01-14 01:08:17 AM

Being Human, a new original series....except when it was on the BBC a few years ago.......

\\Fark modmins work at SyFy too?

mamoru		2011-01-14 01:13:33 AM

Mugato: Two men living in the City on a horse working at a paper factory is grittier than Twilight.

That's either a really small city or a really big horse. :-/

Wrong_Intentions		2011-01-14 02:05:03 AM

Let us all pause for a moment and remember the word "Gritty," which on January 13, 2011 at 03:02 PM ET officially Jumped The Shark, courtesy of ew.com's James Hibberd. It was a good word, although suffering from much overuse and exhaustion in recent times.

R.I.P. Gritty
gritty, adj.(comparative grittier, superlative grittiest)

1. Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles.
2. Spirited; resolute; unyielding.
3. (film, literature) Intense and starkly realistic, especially if violent.

/Cue Sara McLaughlan's "I Will Remember You"
//fark, now that's stuck in my head.

namatad		2011-01-14 03:45:30 AM

cretinbob: Being Human, a new original series....except when it was on the BBC a few years ago.......

\\Fark modmins work at SyFy too?

how/why would you remake a series which is currently in production in the UK?
I would love to know how the US version could be better.

this is almost as retarded as the US remake of the girl with the dragon tattoo. serious, the swedish version was so well done, bah

hollywood ... yawn
lets remake gone with the wind
no lets remake casablanca

internutthead		2011-01-14 04:12:20 AM

Why does the plot sound like the set up for a bad joke?

"So a vampire a werewolf and a ghost walk into a bar...."

amindtat		2011-01-14 06:25:08 AM

Untrue Grit?

SpinStopper		2011-01-14 06:38:40 AM

Elmo is grittier than Twilight.

Apos		2011-01-14 06:48:26 AM

Elmer Fudd's hunting cap is grittier than Twilight.....

DjangoStonereaver		2011-01-14 06:52:11 AM

namatad: no lets remake casablanca

Too late, its been done:

www.cinepremiere.com.mx

who farted		2011-01-14 07:12:03 AM

Wow. looks like Funny or Die threw up on my Fark this morning.

Up and Atom		2011-01-14 07:53:18 AM

Please stop describing movies as 'gritty'. Thank you.

Joed112784		2011-01-14 07:58:00 AM

I don't even know what this thread is about. I just ducked in here to avoid being smothered by funny or die advertisements.

Carth		2011-01-14 08:06:37 AM

who farted: Wow. looks like Funny or Die threw up on my Fark this morning.

Yup, shiat like that is why Fark is no longer excluded from Ad block plus.

StrikitRich		2011-01-14 08:18:19 AM

I really liked the pilot of the British version, then when the series happened they changed the cast all around. Tried watching it but just couldn't get back into the show in its final form, though SyFy may get me to so I don't have to see their silly remake.

Ringshadow		2011-01-14 08:25:05 AM

CSS time: Work was slow tonight, and me and the other people in instruments/count room ended up talking about books.

Bridget: I really like the Twilight series. I mean I don't usually read but..
Me: You know, I've noticed that.
Josh: What?
Me: The fact that it's people who don't read who like Twilight. People who hate Twilight generally have several bookcases loaded.
Bridget: ..maybe because it's so good it attracts nonreaders..?
Me: *implied facepalm stare* No. Just.. no.
Bridget: It made me cry!
At this point I was reduced to muttering and didn't bother explaining why I refused to read Twilight.

In conclusion,

i172.photobucket.com

h2oincfs		2011-01-14 08:35:01 AM

Nope. SyFy and I are done.

unlikely		2011-01-14 08:44:31 AM

Three's Company is grittier than Twilight.

_{/syfy's "being human" is Three's Company...}

Invincible		2011-01-14 08:45:09 AM

Ringshadow: CSS time: Work was slow tonight, and me and the other people in instruments/count room ended up talking about books.

Bridget: I really like the Twilight series. I mean I don't usually read but..
Me: You know, I've noticed that.
Josh: What?
Me: The fact that it's people who don't read who like Twilight. People who hate Twilight generally have several bookcases loaded.
Bridget: ..maybe because it's so good it attracts nonreaders..?
Me: *implied facepalm stare* No. Just.. no.
Bridget: It made me cry!
At this point I was reduced to muttering and didn't bother explaining why I refused to read Twilight.

In conclusion,

I don't mind her argument, really. Sure they're crap but if non-readers are now reading something rather than just spending the evening doing their nails then there is some faint hope for the future. Call Twilight a gateway book.

Barakku		2011-01-14 08:49:56 AM

Wrong_Intentions: Let us all pause for a moment and remember the word "Gritty," which on January 13, 2011 at 03:02 PM ET officially Jumped The Shark, courtesy of ew.com's James Hibberd. It was a good word, although suffering from much overuse and exhaustion in recent times.

R.I.P. Gritty
gritty, adj.(comparative grittier, superlative grittiest)

1. Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles.
2. Spirited; resolute; unyielding.
3. (film, literature) Intense and starkly realistic, especially if violent.

/Cue Sara McLaughlan's "I Will Remember You"
//fark, now that's stuck in my head.

MAybe he misread starkly as sparkly

Carth		2011-01-14 08:50:09 AM

Invincible: Ringshadow: CSS time: Work was slow tonight, and me and the other people in instruments/count room ended up talking about books.

Bridget: I really like the Twilight series. I mean I don't usually read but..
Me: You know, I've noticed that.
Josh: What?
Me: The fact that it's people who don't read who like Twilight. People who hate Twilight generally have several bookcases loaded.
Bridget: ..maybe because it's so good it attracts nonreaders..?
Me: *implied facepalm stare* No. Just.. no.
Bridget: It made me cry!
At this point I was reduced to muttering and didn't bother explaining why I refused to read Twilight.

In conclusion,

I don't mind her argument, really. Sure they're crap but if non-readers are now reading something rather than just spending the evening doing their nails then there is some faint hope for the future. Call Twilight a gateway book.

I don't know. I'd rather people watch good tv shows than read crap books. If the goal is to make people think things like Twilight won't cut it. Unfortunately, the people who read twilight are more likely to watch Dancing with the Stars than The Wire.

This coming form a person who filled up their bookcases and had to get a Kindle.

BizarreMan		2011-01-14 08:51:44 AM

Another difference between Being Human (BBC at least) and Twilight is sure, we've got a werewolf, a vampire and a ghost, but they're friends, there is no sexual tension between them.

SweetSilverBlues		2011-01-14 08:55:42 AM

kk, just came to say both Twilight and Syfy suck, and more the point, what is with the obnoxious new layout?

Anyway...

brashhulk		2011-01-14 08:58:08 AM

BizarreMan: Another difference between Being Human (BBC at least) and Twilight is sure, we've got a werewolf, a vampire and a ghost, but they're friends, there is no sexual tension between them.

There's plenty of sexual tension in Twilight, that's for sure. It has nothing to do with the girl, tho...

fivedotone.files.wordpress.com

/what, you don't see it?

spcMike		2011-01-14 09:05:02 AM

The only credit I give Syfy's Being Human is the fact it has Sam Huntington. But then again I'm one of those really odd people that enjoyed Fanboys.

/I'll probably DVR it.
//I'll watch it with Primeval
///It'll be a showcase of bad rip-offs.

r3wind		2011-01-14 09:07:03 AM

Came in here to pile on the "why remake something decent that's still on BBC" idea.
Will add this though: BBC version uses (mostly) physical FX stuff. SyFy went all CGI with it. Doing a werewolf transformation with CGI is closer to Twilight than it is American Werewolf In London.

t3knomanser		2011-01-14 09:21:25 AM

Invincible: Call Twilight a gateway book

Except that's hardly likely to be true. Every once in awhile, there's one of these breakout successes of crap fiction. People who "never really read" read it, enjoy it, it becomes wildly popular for a few months or years, and then is forgotten. And the next fad comes along and these people are suddenly reading again.

Mugato		2011-01-14 09:23:28 AM

r3wind: Doing a werewolf transformation with CGI is closer to Twilight than it is American Werewolf In London.

You should check out The Wolfman with Anthony Hopkins and Benicio del Toro. Not the greatest movie ever made but the practical FX they used for the werewolf transformations were awesome. They made the cartoon werewolves in Twilight look like a joke, which they already did anyway.

They have the robot wolf heads from American Werewolf in London at Universal Studios, Florida.

/csb

MisterLoki		2011-01-14 10:08:52 AM

The BBC Being Human is an OK, not great, show. So given that, I assume the SyFy version will be entirely unwatchable.

/I divided by 2 and subtracted 20

Slaves2Darkness		2011-01-14 10:14:18 AM

MisterLoki: The BBC Being Human is an OK, not great, show. So given that, I assume the SyFy version will be entirely unwatchable.

/I divided by 2 and subtracted 20

I'm glad I'm not the only one who looked at those previews and went ohh it's a Threes Company sit com with a Spook, a Sucker, and a Furry.

Complete and utter shiat.

mekki		2011-01-14 10:23:36 AM

StrikitRich: I really liked the pilot of the British version, then when the series happened they changed the cast all around. Tried watching it but just couldn't get back into the show in its final form, though SyFy may get me to so I don't have to see their silly remake.

Same here. Loved the pilot. Didn't care for the series.

Now from what I've read about the Sy-Fy remake is that their pilot is closer to the BBC pilot and they are going to divert from the series, especially when it comes to the supernatural factor. The BBC series, mostly, ignored the supernatural elements except for when the story needed it. Mostly, they never gave the rules and history of ghosts, vampires and werewolves. However, the remake will dive greatly into that. And as a fan of supernatural shows and not shows with supernatural gimmicks, I can't wait to see what they do with it.

FeedTheCollapse		2011-01-14 10:26:38 AM

Carth: who farted: Wow. looks like Funny or Die threw up on my Fark this morning.

Yup, shiat like that is why Fark is no longer excluded from Ad block plus.

my ABP is not blocking that eyesore =/

gigantic spam aside, the split ad is not even in the correct order.

/Twilight sucks
//now I'm on-topic.

Missicat		2011-01-14 10:30:59 AM

spcMike: The only credit I give Syfy's Being Human is the fact it has Sam Huntington. But then again I'm one of those really odd people that enjoyed Fanboys.

/I'll probably DVR it.
//I'll watch it with Primeval
///It'll be a showcase of bad rip-offs.

Still waiting for SyFy to rip off Primeval. *sigh*

apeiron242		2011-01-14 10:39:47 AM

cretinbob: Being Human, a new original series....except when it was on the BBC a few years ago.......

\\Fark modmins work at SyFy too?

It's not going to be the same show, numskull. Just like The UK The Office is NOT actually the same show as the US The Office. They aren't the same show because they are different. They are not airing the BBC show Being Human. Did you R the farking A or just fart on your keyboard in futile rage?

d1jeditech		2011-01-14 10:41:31 AM

Team Blade

/all i got

beb004		2011-01-14 10:41:32 AM

Link (new window) (new window)I've seen most of the first season of Primeval on SyFy. It was a marathon that got caught in my DVR record list. It was butchered pretty well.

beb004		2011-01-14 10:42:30 AM

Sorry Link goes to Missicat. Still working on this.

Duck_of_Doom		2011-01-14 10:42:31 AM

Carth I don't know. I'd rather people watch good tv shows than read crap books. If the goal is to make people think things like Twilight won't cut it. Unfortunately, the people who read twilight are more likely to watch Dancing with the Stars than The Wire.

And those people are usually the first to bring up "well, good is subjective. If I like it/it's popular, it's good". This may be true, but these people can't accept that they read/watch crap, even if they read it "ironically".

It's ok to like crap on occasion; not everything has to be War and Peace.

Mugato		2011-01-14 10:50:36 AM

Slaves2Darkness: I'm glad I'm not the only one who looked at those previews and went ohh it's a Threes Company sit com with a Spook, a Sucker, and a Furry.

Who you callin' "spook", peckerwood?

images4.wikia.nocookie.net

Sorry, it was the closest pic I could find.

mjbok		2011-01-14 10:53:11 AM

BizarreMan: Another difference between Being Human (BBC at least) and Twilight is sure, we've got a werewolf, a vampire and a ghost, but they're friends, there is no sexual tension between them.

That's not entirely true. There have been moments. Granted it's not an over-arcing theme, but it has def. been there. Plus there is the female vampire who gets with George in Season Two.

Mugato		2011-01-14 10:59:18 AM

"Charmed" had all of the above demonic creatures but it also had three hot girls in various stages of undress/fetish wear.

Lumbar Puncture		2011-01-14 11:11:10 AM

Four russians playing rock, paper, scissors in a food court at the Mall of America is grittier than twilight.

mongbiohazard		2011-01-14 11:14:54 AM

internutthead: Why does the plot sound like the set up for a bad joke?

"So a vampire a werewolf and a ghost walk into a bar...."

That was my first thought when I heard about this show too. And if Syfy is doing it, then I'm sure it's quality will be the punchline.

Missicat		2011-01-14 11:15:08 AM

beb004: Link (new window) (new window)I've seen most of the first season of Primeval on SyFy. It was a marathon that got caught in my DVR record list. It was butchered pretty well.

I am confused (normal state of mind unfortunately) - I heard that Primeval was going to be made into a movie in the US, but has the series been redone in the US? Thought I had kept up on this...hmm

fruitloop		2011-01-14 11:19:34 AM

Carth: Invincible: Ringshadow: CSS time: Work was slow tonight, and me and the other people in instruments/count room ended up talking about books.

Bridget: I really like the Twilight series. I mean I don't usually read but..
Me: You know, I've noticed that.
Josh: What?
Me: The fact that it's people who don't read who like Twilight. People who hate Twilight generally have several bookcases loaded.
Bridget: ..maybe because it's so good it attracts nonreaders..?
Me: *implied facepalm stare* No. Just.. no.
Bridget: It made me cry!
At this point I was reduced to muttering and didn't bother explaining why I refused to read Twilight.

In conclusion,

I don't mind her argument, really. Sure they're crap but if non-readers are now reading something rather than just spending the evening doing their nails then there is some faint hope for the future. Call Twilight a gateway book.

I don't know. I'd rather people watch good tv shows than read crap books. If the goal is to make people think things like Twilight won't cut it. Unfortunately, the people who read twilight are more likely to watch Dancing with the Stars than The Wire.

This coming form a person who filled up their bookcases and had to get a Kindle.

at least she's reading them instead of getting the story just from watching the movies. by july, some people will claim to have read all 8 harry potter books.

Kanaric		2011-01-14 11:23:51 AM

YES lets "remake" a series that isn't even over yet.

They might as well decided to do a remake of Fringe or Dr Who.

bigmattress		2011-01-14 11:29:51 AM

spcMike: The only credit I give Syfy's Being Human is the fact it has Sam Huntington.

I believe that guy is underrated. Maybe he'll get some attention from this.

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