ATTN: Spaced Fans

[Freebasser]

Spaced Action Figures

A lot of you have been waiting for this...

American company Bif Bang Pow! have unvieled a line of official Spaced action figures at this year's San Diego Comic Con. From the preliminary 2-D sketches, they're looking great.
This announcement is the culmination of many months of work by founder Jason Lenzi, a Spaced fan who, as he says, doing this because he wants a set for himself!
The first set of figures, Tim and Daisy, are scheduled to be in stores in Spring, 2006. “My intention is to make urban vinyl-styled figures of all the characters, each with a character-specific accessory,” said Lenzi. “Tim will come with his skateboard, Daisy will come with Colin the dog, and so on. The possibilities are endless, not just for the core characters and guest stars, but for episode specific variants as well.”

Concept art (http://www.spaced-out.org.uk/images/spaceddolls.jpg)

Eeeeeeeeeeee... I feel about 12.

[Stupid]

Hehe, ya can own a little Colin. :D

[Beckalina]

woooo yeah

i feel so special

[zorra_chiflada]

nice (y)

[sheesh]

Who is Tim and Daisy?

[mp-seventythree]

If you don't know the answer to that you don't need to be in this thread.

[Trimm Trabb]

OMG OMG OMG!!!
I need this. GIMME GIMME GIMMEEEEE!!!!

[Kid Presentable]

Limited edition Vulva should include Hoover, And Brian should either big a big painty leaf, or wearing a dress, holding a mop.

[paul jones]

nice (y)

[abcdefz]

This is sad. (http://www.peggster.net/)





"SIMON'S OFFICIAL STATEMENT REGARDING THE US SPACED

Thoughts on the subject of an American Spaced. Feel free to skip to the end.
Now that the pilot has been officially announced, I thought it might be a good idea to clarify my position on the subject. The whole
affair seems to have inspired some spirited debate and some heartening displays of loyalty and love. All this for a show which is almost
10 years old, is all rather wonderful and a vindication of all the blood, sweat and tears (both of joy and pain) we shed in the show's
creation. It was always our aim to create a comedy which spoke to its audience on such a personal level, it almost felt one on one.
It would seem the fan reaction to the news that Fox has appropriated the format, confirms at least, that we succeeded.

As far as remaking TV shows for different territories is concerned, I don't have a problem. The Office remake being a perfect example.
Yes, the original British version is a wonderful and compact piece of comedy writing and performance, but I think it's bit much to
expect a large scale American television audience to fully relate to the minutiae of day-to-day business life in an obscure British suburb.
I'm sure if you're reading this, you are the type of person who takes pleasure in the variety of entertainment you enjoy, relishing the
differences between our various cultural touchstones but there is a massive audience out there, which perhaps isn't as culturally savvy
(euphemistic phrase for 'geeky') as we are and need their signifiers to be a little more familiar. So, Slough is replaced by Scranton, and
the office archetypes become a little more archetypal to an American audience. The spirit of the show remains intact. The performances
are uniformly great and the show scores big ratings and wins EMMYs, whether we as comedy purists prefer the original or not.
The success of the remake is born out by it's undoubted success and appeal.

My main problem with the notion of a Spaced remake is the sheer lack of respect that Granada/ Wonderland/Warner Bros have
displayed in respectively selling out and appropriating our ideas without even letting us know. A decision I can only presume was made
as a way of avoiding having to give us any money, whilst at the same time using mine and Edgar's name in their press release, in order
to trade on the success of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, even professing, as Peter Johnson did, to being a big fan of the show and
it's creators. A device made all the more heinous by the fact that the press release neglected to mention the show's co-creator and
female voice, Jessica Hynes (nee Stevenson). The fact is, when we signed our contracts ten years ago, we had neither the experience
or the kudos to demand any clauses securing any control over future reversioning. We signed away our rights to any input in the
show's international future, because we just wanted to get the show made and these dark days of legal piracy seemed a far away
concern. As a result, we have no rights. The show does not belong to us and, those that do own it have no obligation to include us
in any future plans. You would perhaps hope though, out of basic professional respect and courtesy, we might have been consulted.
It is this flagrant snub and effective vote of no confidence in the very people that created the show, that has caused such affront at
our end. If they don't care about the integrity of the original, why call it Spaced? Why attempt to find some validation by including
mine and Edgar's names in the press release as if we were involved? Why not just lift the premise? Two strangers, pretend to be a
couple in order to secure residence of a flat/apartment. It's hardly Ibsen. Jess and I specifically jumped off from a very mainstream
sitcom premise in order to unravel it so completely. Take it, have it, call it Perfect Strangers and hope Balkie doesn't sue. Just don't
call it Spaced.

It's a shame, since the pilot is now a certainty, whether we like it or not, a simple phone call and a few reassurances might have
helped to at least curtail the tide of indignation from fans and creators alike. I have, as of yet, heard nothing.

Simon Pegg"

[faz]

This is sad. (http://www.peggster.net/)

It's been kind of updated.

UPDATE: At the time of writing I was not aware that Jessica and myself, will in fact receive some payment for the use of our ideas. The issue however remains one of principal and respect rather than one of compensation.

[abcdefz]

Well, that's some good news, at least.

Hopefully it'll pop loose a DVD version in North America.

[Adam]

man, I hope there is a tires doll. Lends you 20 quid when you catch it off guard and has a place to keep ya pills in it...

[Guy Incognito]

man, I hope there is a tires doll. Lends you 20 quid when you catch it off guard and has a place to keep ya pills in it...

(y) It could be like one of those dancing flowerpots you used to get that used to react to any kind of sound. I love that bit where he gets stuck at the zebra crossing raving away.

[Caribou]

This is sad. (http://www.peggster.net/)

Omg Noooo!

I really don't get it. Why do british comedy shows have to be remade for an american audience? It's not as if they speak an entirely different language and some cultural reference might be not understood, but I'm not british and that never stopped me from enjoying the shows.
Remaking things for a different audience is not only lacking respect towards the makers of the original, but also to the viewers. As if they're too dumb to get the jokes in the original one. And the people who really are too dumb probably don't care for that kind of programme anyway and will just watch the gabillionth repeat of King Of Queens or The Nanny.

But it's all about money and they'll probably remake every popular british sitcom ever made so they'll never have to come up with an idea of their own ever again.

Hmm, how about an american version of The Young Ones? Yeah, that would totally work!:rolleyes:

[Freebasser]

I hear they're making an American version of the BBMB with Pauly Shore playing the part of Paul Jones :(

[Bob]

Omg Noooo!

I really don't get it. Why do british comedy shows have to be remade for an american audience? It's not as if they speak an entirely different language and some cultural reference might be not understood, but I'm not british and that never stopped me from enjoying the shows.
Remaking things for a different audience is not only lacking respect towards the makers of the original, but also to the viewers. As if they're too dumb to get the jokes in the original one. And the people who really are too dumb probably don't care for that kind of programme anyway and will just watch the gabillionth repeat of King Of Queens or The Nanny.

But it's all about money and they'll probably remake every popular british sitcom ever made so they'll never have to come up with an idea of their own ever again.

Hmm, how about an american version of The Young Ones? Yeah, that would totally work!:rolleyes:

i mostly agree with you, but the US version of the office turned out pretty well, i think

[Documad]

So did the dolls ever happen? I want them!

It threw me off when Jessica had an important role on Doctor Who last year. I eventually recognized her but I didn't realize that she had changed her name.

[Caribou]

i mostly agree with you, but the US version of the office turned out pretty well, i think

Well, that was ok. I don't find it as funny as the original, but I have to admit that it works. But just because the The Office remake worked, doesn't mean they have to remake a whole bunch of other shows.

Like, anyone ever seen the pilot they did for the american version of red dwarf? I've seen 10 seconds and wanted to scratch my own eyes out.