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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 6396346" data-attributes="member: 1">I understand the reasoning behind some remakes.&nbsp; It's rarely because the foreign audience won't understand it, or the accents, or will reject anything that doesn't look exactly like the street outside their houses, as folks often like to say, but it's because of show formats and lengths; the US has different season lengths and the like, and often wishes to continue a series for longer than the story told in the original in multiple seasons of 12 or 24 episodes.&nbsp; That's cool.&nbsp; It makes sense.&nbsp; Being Human made sense as a remake for that reason, for example. Why did I say all that?&nbsp; Because this, as a choice, seems weird to me. I know True Detective has done well, and there's a market right now for realistic cop dramas (just look at The Bridge/The Tunnel, The Killing, and all that stuff, which is what has prompted this recent trend - a trend I thoroughly approve of because it's resulting in some really good TV). But remaking Broadchurch?&nbsp; I dunno.&nbsp; It seems kinda pointless to me. Especially since they're using David Tennant in the exact same role as the original.&nbsp; I assume they're changing the ending?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 6396346, member: 1"] I understand the reasoning behind some remakes. It's rarely because the foreign audience won't understand it, or the accents, or will reject anything that doesn't look exactly like the street outside their houses, as folks often like to say, but it's because of show formats and lengths; the US has different season lengths and the like, and often wishes to continue a series for longer than the story told in the original in multiple seasons of 12 or 24 episodes. That's cool. It makes sense. Being Human made sense as a remake for that reason, for example. Why did I say all that? Because this, as a choice, seems weird to me. I know True Detective has done well, and there's a market right now for realistic cop dramas (just look at The Bridge/The Tunnel, The Killing, and all that stuff, which is what has prompted this recent trend - a trend I thoroughly approve of because it's resulting in some really good TV). But remaking Broadchurch? I dunno. It seems kinda pointless to me. Especially since they're using David Tennant in the exact same role as the original. I assume they're changing the ending? [/QUOTE]

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