It’s a Travesty!
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Topic: It’s a Travesty!
Posted By: pepsi
Subject: It’s a Travesty!
Date Posted: 21 May 2010 at 10:28pm
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I'm sorry, but there will only ever be one West family... and it's not this one..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uit8QWalnI4 - US rip-off of Outrageous Fortune |
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Posted By: HoneybunsMa
Date Posted: 21 May 2010 at 11:08pm
She is a sh*t actor. It's too polished! They're not rough enough, they have them far too middleclass for my liking! I wonder if they'll do the same storylines. The first episode looks identical (except they are sh*t actors) don't like the names of the kids either. Hope BLEAH ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: kiwisj
Date Posted: 22 May 2010 at 12:03am
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OMG it looks TERRIBLE. And it's such a huge ripoff of OF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The made a mess of The Office, not sure why they think they can do a good job of Outrageous Fortune.
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Posted By: Snappy
Date Posted: 22 May 2010 at 8:17am
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Ive seen this, and I must say I am NOT impressed! ------------- Mummy to two beauties... Formerly Kaiz. |
Posted By: _SMS_
Date Posted: 22 May 2010 at 8:21am
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OMG it looks BAD!!!!!!!
They dont even look like trashy people. At least the real Wests look bad lol, well i mean to fit the role -------------  
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 22 May 2010 at 9:03am
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didnt see a grampa! or the black best friend.... i bet the sex scenes arent as racey either! ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 22 May 2010 at 9:18am
| it seems like a piss-take. like when there was the killer (joey) on shortland street aand they released those "alternative" ending....please someone know what I am on about. Looking at this though, how GREAT are OUR OF actors????!!!! |
Posted By: MummyFreckle
Date Posted: 22 May 2010 at 9:57am
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Its not a rip-off - the writers will have sold it and made mega bucks for it!!! Regardless of whether they make a bollocks up of the "production" of it, its a fantastic testament to the amazing talented writers / creaters that we have in NZ.
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kiwisj wrote:Posted By: Panda289
Date Posted: 22 May 2010 at 10:46am
Oh that looks terrible! Robyn Malcolm is far superior (not to mention she looks amazing  )------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: _SMS_
Date Posted: 22 May 2010 at 11:14am
I agree. Robyn is a hot muma -------------
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Posted By: pepsi
Date Posted: 22 May 2010 at 11:22am
This is true, nice work NZ 
BTW I don't see it as a rip-off in a monetary sense.. but I think of all the other overseas shows they have tried to imitate for the US audience and ruined.. Kath and Kim is another recent one.. In saying that, The Office is cool
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Posted By: kiwisj
Date Posted: 22 May 2010 at 11:29am
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Posted By: pepsi
Date Posted: 22 May 2010 at 11:39am
Let's not forget too.. NZ makes lame versions of overseas shows too haha 
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Posted By: MrsH
Date Posted: 22 May 2010 at 1:08pm
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It looks completely ridiculous - I agree, too polished and the twins? C'mon, make the 'Van' character look believable instead of Brad Pitt in Interview with the Vampire.
And you can guarantee that the language won't be as bad as OF. It's just....... WRONG!!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: HoneybunsMa
Date Posted: 24 May 2010 at 10:22am
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Maybe if it becomes a hit and fan pages get made we should post videos of the REAL programme and show how good it really is! ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: princesspumpkin
Date Posted: 24 May 2010 at 1:58pm
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Oh dear, pretty lame. It's such a kiwi show, I don't think they could have made US audiences understand it without bastardising it completely . Oh well, score for the creators (I figure they must have made some good money selling it?)
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Posted By: Mucky_Tiger
Date Posted: 24 May 2010 at 3:55pm
| gay. they dont look west enough |
Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 24 May 2010 at 4:47pm
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I love Virginia Madsen, and I'm surprised to see her in something like that. Also is the blonde girl "Sloane" from Greys?
It looks pretty bad though. ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: didi99
Date Posted: 24 May 2010 at 5:05pm
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Really interesting to see what they have done with the scripts, the family don't seem anywhere near trashy enough.
The scripts where sold to the US and the UK the UK's version is called honest found some youtube clips http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaU82lIE1JI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXrT4DE7PBg&feature=related Sorry I don't know how to do the linky things, the UK version seems a little more "right" to me. -------------  Angel Babies Nov 09, May 10, Dec 10
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Posted By: Smelly_Kelly
Date Posted: 24 May 2010 at 5:28pm
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LOL yep that looks like crap - and i love how they say "original" series at the end.... ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 24 May 2010 at 6:34pm
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Didi's links below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaU82lIE1JI - Linky Doodle #1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaU82lIE1JI - Linky Doodle #2 ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3)
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Posted By: JadeC
Date Posted: 27 May 2010 at 9:33pm
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Ugh, so sad!! The US Kath and Kim was a big enough flop, I can't believe they're trying it again!
It's ridiculous that tv execs don't take into account a countries culture when making these decisions, and seriously, will American's just not watch shows made in different countries?? ------------- http://pregnancy.baby-gaga.com/" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Babe
Date Posted: 27 May 2010 at 9:48pm
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Oh Daddy West use to be in JAG... -------------   
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