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TV Review: Syfy’s ‘Being Human’ Continues to Mark Its Own Territory
Submitted by BrianTT on January 16, 2012 - 1:05pmCHICAGO – I was adamant that the Syfy Channel remaking the British version of the spectacular “Being Human” while the original was still playing on BBC America and being steadily released on Blu-ray and DVD was a very, very bad idea.
Blu-ray Review: ‘Being Human: The Complete First Season’ Defies Rules of TV Remakes
Submitted by BrianTT on November 21, 2011 - 11:33amCHICAGO – Remakes/reboots of popular television shows almost never work. Ask the few viewers of “Charlie’s Angels,” “Knight Rider,” or “Bionic Woman.” And it seemed like a particularly awful idea to remake a hit British show that most people with cable access to BBC America would have seen in the very recent past. How could a new version of “Being Human” on Syfy possibly justify its existence with the original version still producing new episodes?
