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[challenge entry] Grrrr...
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(I helped save b3ta! Biggus Dickus , it was like that when I found it, Mon 27 Feb 2006, 16:08, archived)
# how true
see also the many many americanisations (no bloody Z) of anything evern vaguely for'n
(I helped save b3ta! WhoElse I'm what Willis was talking about, Mon 27 Feb 2006, 16:13, archived)
# Tis true
Films don't do well here unless they have an American character.

In Chicken Run, there was no reason for Mel Gibson's character to be American. It added nothing to the story.

And the Z rules, by the way!
(I helped save b3ta! setimret likes his metaphors mixed, not stirred, Mon 27 Feb 2006, 16:16, archived)
# That's not true.
Mel Gibson's character being american saved the embarrasment of him playing a talking chicken with an astoundingly poor english accent...
(I helped save b3ta! Damien's Hearse, Mon 27 Feb 2006, 16:20, archived)
# Kevin Costner
your table's ready!
(I helped save b3ta! setimret likes his metaphors mixed, not stirred, Mon 27 Feb 2006, 16:21, archived)
# Except
that one of the main characters in 'The Great Escape' was American. I think that's where they were coming from.
(Neville Squamous, Mon 27 Feb 2006, 16:20, archived)
# I was on holiday in Jamaica a few weeks ago...
and Just Visiting was on TV in the hotel. I recognised it and thought it'd be great, even if they had renamed it for the US market.

Then it started and I was in a state of offended confusion until I managed to turn it off after about 30 minutes.

I was so offended I bought the proper version on eBay.
(I helped save b3ta! Biggus Dickus , it was like that when I found it, Mon 27 Feb 2006, 16:21, archived)
# I must whole heartedly agree...
Yes, Les Visiteurs made me wee my pants when I watched it unlike Just Visiting which was poo (no disrespect to Jean Reno - he is class).
The same happened with Taxi, the original by Luc Besson is a must watch/own. Then the "Thomas the Tanks" got hold of it, thought gee whizz pop this will earn some mega bucks! and made a piss poor remake.
I'm sure there are many more like this to mention but I need to pop to teh kasi.
So if you ain't seen Taxi, watch the French version not "Unkie Sam's".

TTFN
(Bumguff, Tue 28 Feb 2006, 12:29, archived)