Yes..I saw him on it too...this is his best work ever...a part of a lifetime.
----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, March 6, 2008 3:50 pm Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Networks clamor for foreign TV shows To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > is Gabriel Byrne in "The Treatment"? He was on Charlie Rose last > night talking about a series he was in, but i was going in and > out of sleep. I thought that was it.... > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: "maidmarian_thepoet" > > They tried an Americanized Dr. Who. Or rather a pilot for a > British/American sponsored Dr. Who. The pilot was rightly > panned. It > made Dr. Who too human. (On one of the Dr Who DVDs, they didn't even > include that as one of the regenerations. That's how much they > think of > the show.) > > The Treatment is based on an Israeli drama. It is 30 minutes > long and I > think all of the episodes are on HBO.com Every night, you see a > psychiatrist session with a different patient. 4 nights with his > patients and Friday night as he meets with his own therapist. In > watching the credits, I see that the Israeli director came over > to HBO, > and the stories are based on actual episodes so maybe that is > why it > translated better. And it's on HBO. No need to compromise > because of > network standards. > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > I can see in some cases where there are sexual or cultural > things that > Americans might find offensive. But even then, is that so often, and > wouldn't simple editing or omission of some whole eps suffice? I too > often find the original British product superiour. If nothing > else, it's > a different take, and i like that. For example, I'm sure an > AmericanizedDr Who could be done that's exciting and all that, > but the British > accents, attitudes, cultural references, etc. are much more > interestingto me. > > What's "The Treatment"? > > > > -------------- Original message -------------- > > From: "maidmarian_thepoet" [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > So that they can replace the lead actress with a blond, of course. > > > > Seriously, so many of the dramatic remakes are worse and don't last > > long. The comedies seem to make it, but I would imagine--as someone > has > > mentioned--that the comedies do a major rewrite in order to > match U.S. > > comedy styles. > > > > That said, I am absolutely hooked on "The Treatment". And it > comes on > > at such an odd time. Often, I have to stay up later and catch the > rerun > > because it comes on in the middle of our prime time. > > > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Gymfig@ wrote: > > > > > > > > > In a message dated 3/5/2008 9:19:40 PM Eastern Standard Time, > > > KeithBJohnson@ writes: > > > > > > What is it so that British and other foreign audiences will often > > watch > > > original American shows, but American TV so often remakes foreign > > shows with > > > American actors, rather than just buy and air the original > product?> > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
