I don't get it either and it's the same with movies. They are remaking the Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larson with Daniel Craig and Mara Rooney in the US when I know for sure that the Swedish versions of those movies have been in theaters over in the US. And there are other cases (The Ring and a million other things).
I'm a huge fan of Life on Mars (UK version) and I tried to watch the US version but I couldn't. Not that it lasted all that long, anyway. I'm not a fan of remakes but it seems like such a normal thing in the US. Instead of simply being satisfied with the original, they feel like they need to remake it with a director / actors that are recognizable in the States for some reason. As if the foreign versions weren't good enough to be appreciated by a large audience.
Usually, I get annoyed at it and roll my eyes, then decide to ignore it but with the Stieg Larson books / movies, it seriously pisses me off for some reason. I don't know why.
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I'm a huge fan of Life on Mars (UK version) and I tried to watch the US version but I couldn't. Not that it lasted all that long, anyway. I'm not a fan of remakes but it seems like such a normal thing in the US. Instead of simply being satisfied with the original, they feel like they need to remake it with a director / actors that are recognizable in the States for some reason. As if the foreign versions weren't good enough to be appreciated by a large audience.
Usually, I get annoyed at it and roll my eyes, then decide to ignore it but with the Stieg Larson books / movies, it seriously pisses me off for some reason. I don't know why.