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ritkio 10-02-2003 06:08 PM

New Coupling
 
i am appaled at this new series that has appeared on NBC. it is called coupling. for some of u who dont know, it is a bad rip off of a british masterpiece called coupling. this NBC version degrades this once fine show by turnin it into another friends. when will the maddness end? for those of u who havent seen the orignal, please dl it or the first season is available for purchase and write ur feed back. i wanna see if maybe i have just done too much shit lately and have fryed my brain or if this is really happenin and i am not the only one that sees that. i see the future of american television is bleak and disgustin and if this is what NBC has to offer. Then i say sod them all and i hope they go to hell before they destroy another good show--ritkio

quadro2000 10-02-2003 06:28 PM

I never saw the British version. I watched the first episode. I thought it was a bunch of short little jokes about sex randomly spliced together. I'm glad it's bad; I don't need another show to watch on Thursday night.

Cynthetiq 10-02-2003 06:51 PM

sucked. end of discussion.

meanSpleen 10-02-2003 07:03 PM

Buy the UK Series One DVD. Trust me, you'll be doing yourself a favor. The BBC version is AMAZINGLY funny, and continues to amuse me after repeated viewings (including the series two and three shows as well)

I'm happy that the NBC version is so crappy. I don't think I can live with myself if it wasn't crappy enough and stayed on the air.

rogue49 10-02-2003 07:41 PM

I haven't seen the old one, so I can't compare.

But the new one, the are pushing the boundaries with sexual reference.
And I love Rena Sofer....VERY hot stuff!

Averett 10-03-2003 03:15 AM

I saw the first one. Ooohh lets see how shocking we can get! Yawn. Didn't go back for this weeks episode.

bundy 10-03-2003 06:47 AM

i hope this one doesn´t come down here.
i loved the original british version.
i get the feeling this adaptation would be more insulting than amusing.

djflish 10-03-2003 01:50 PM

Successful British comedies are always trying to be remade in the US, and they all suck! Why bother messing with the original??!

It is impossible to remake a comedy that is better or even equal to the original

Psivage 10-03-2003 02:43 PM

I enjoyed it. Very funny.

phredgreen 10-05-2003 03:23 AM

i'm generally in agreement with the above.

the uk's coupling was pure gold, i see no reason to redo it. i simply won't watch the american version. i've seen too much other american-made garbage to beleive that they can make a decent comedy for prime-time viewing anymore.

Elegant Holmes 10-05-2003 10:29 PM

Quote:

i've seen too much other american-made garbage to beleive that they can make a decent comedy for prime-time viewing anymore.
What of the Simpsons, and Frasier? I agree the English have a much more cereberal sense of humor. They would not like Jim Carey or Jerry Lewis. That is so French.

scavengertype 10-06-2003 01:06 PM

We should all stop watching new sitcoms, they go away REAL fast then. When was the last time you watched a new one that was even decent? They have all become clones of each other. I can't believe fucking "Good Morning Miami" is still on.

Averett 10-06-2003 01:55 PM

If we stop watching sitcoms, we'll just get a huge batch of reality TV to watch. Ack!

bundy 10-07-2003 06:17 AM

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Originally posted by Averett
If we stop watching sitcoms, we'll just get a huge batch of reality TV to watch. Ack!
and thats a bad thing??

j/k

Thraeryn 10-07-2003 06:27 AM

I have no television.

SabrinaFair 10-07-2003 10:12 AM

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Originally posted by scavengertype
We should all stop watching new sitcoms, they go away REAL fast then. When was the last time you watched a new one that was even decent? They have all become clones of each other. I can't believe fucking "Good Morning Miami" is still on.
That show is crap...
But the female lead (Ashley Williams) is really cute and charming. That's really the only explanation I can think of, because that show is bland and tired.

Kaos 10-07-2003 05:33 PM

Guess I am against the crowd a bit on this one. I have never seen the British Version and usually I can't stand their programming. (I hate Monty Python, please don't ban me!)

I enjoyed Coupling...wasn't the best new show by far, but it had it's moments.

DonnieBoy 10-09-2003 07:41 PM

I Like It...
 
I have also not seen the british version of this show but I like the NBC version. Course I also like scrubs....

but Good Morning Miami??? WTF is that? that show belongs on ABC with "Life with Bonnie" BLEH course the lead girl is hot and now they did add Tiffiny (sans Amber) Theisen... she is always good eye candy...

DB

Dano069 11-06-2003 06:46 AM

NBC's Coupling has been cancelled.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/1...eut/index.html

Praise Jeebus

Snakebyt 11-07-2003 01:43 PM

i watched the first couple episodes of the one on NBC, i was not impressed at all. Maybe it will grow on me but i doubt it

Dano069 11-07-2003 02:06 PM

For those of you searching for the British version of Coupling, check our either BBC America on satellite or perhaps, your local PBS station. WTTW in Chicago is showing it at 10 P.M. on Sunday nights (at least, I think it's Sunday's)

The difference between the two shows? The British version is more risque. The episode I saw, two of the male characters went into an adult bookstore. You could see dildos and vibrators in the background. I doubt NBC would let that happen.

Support the arts, donate to Public Television! :lol: :thumbsup:

burgerdog 11-08-2003 03:54 AM

At least w/ the US version all they did was recast. the scripts were word for word the Brittish show (which owns)

Psivage 11-08-2003 08:55 AM

I enoyed Couplings, probaly going to buy the BBC verison. Wasn't Friends base on a british T.V show?

shred_head 11-10-2003 09:58 PM

The British version is great. Its hilarious and has 3 chicks I'd like to bang. And the actor who plays Jeff on the British version could never be copied, he's just too out there. Actually I haven't watched the one on NBC, I just can't imagine its worth the time to sit through it.

jvwgtr 11-11-2003 11:38 AM

The British version is one of my all time favorite shows.
I wanted to like the NBC version so badly...but it was just off somehow.

Did anybody hear they're planning to butcher The Office next?


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