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	Hat Trick Tony	In the words of Ed... GAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY   Posted by Hat Trick Tony on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 5:10 PM [Reply to this]

	Jo	McBastards. We McHate them.   Posted by Jo on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 5:11 PM [Reply to this]

	La Julie Julie Cantrell	:: cries :: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :: head desk ::   Posted by La Julie on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 5:11 PM [Reply to this]

	Nicole	I'll see your NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, and raise you a genuine Fox network icon: DAMMIT!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvajNFLpISk   Posted by Nicole on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 6:15 PM [Reply to this]

	Nerd Rage!!!! (aka Wendy Lady) Nerd Rage	Remember, Fox brought us shows like The Swan, canceled Arrested Development and put on Dancing with the Stars, Cancelled Firefly FOR NO GOOD GOD DAMNED REASON! and Made Family Guy a commercial appeal. Peter? Doing Subway commercials? Who flubbed this? No, McSpaced will not be viewed in this house hold! Especially since they did not have the courtesy to ask Simon and Jessica and you for your creative input or to be part in it. And lord...Will & Grace? Ya know we are having a special on those box sets at work...$15...please don't let Spaced be reduced to that.   Posted by Nerd Rage!!!! (aka Wendy Lady) on Thursday, March 06, 2008 - 4:35 PM [Reply to this]

	Mike D	Well, I won't watch it. I will get the Spaced (classic) DVDs when they come out here though.   Posted by Mike D on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 5:13 PM [Reply to this]

	VAL CORTINAS III Val Cortinas III	How fucking lame.   Posted by VAL CORTINAS III on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 5:13 PM [Reply to this]

	Joshspotting	Posted by Joshspotting on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 5:15 PM [Reply to this]

	Dr.Johnny Manic PhD Matt Boyd	Nick has great tits.   Posted by Dr.Johnny Manic PhD on Saturday, March 01, 2008 - 2:10 AM [Reply to this]

	danodon Dan O'Donoghue	This is funny and sad.   Posted by danodon on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 6:35 PM [Reply to this]

	"Reynolds Style"	yeah, fuck that. i'll wait for my american spaced dvds, thank you very much.   Posted by "Reynolds Style" on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 5:20 PM [Reply to this]

	Rachael Yeah?	it's so hard to know if I want this show to cain badly, or be a marginal success. either option seems like it would ruin the legacy. it shouldn't be happening. why aren't Americans bothered about original comedy? what satisfaction can there be in basically ripping off the talent and creativity of others? it's not a 'homage', it's not a 'pastiche', it's just copying. this Peter Johnson fellow has a lot to answer for.   Posted by Rachael Yeah? on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 5:20 PM [Reply to this]

	Discordia	Edgar, you hold them mate and I'll twat them. It's ridicul-arse. Truly. Is there nothing that can be done? No avenues to go down, no people to intimidate... I mean discuss this travesty with? A petition perhaps, a protest of some kind? No? Well, try and find some comfort in the fact that we - the fans - are outraged and are definatley on you, Simon and Jessica's side through all this. We love you guys so hard. I wish I could say something more meaningful really, or do something more proactive... if anyone can provide the finances, I'll happily get my fine Welsh arse down to whatever hollowed out volcano lair McG skulks around in and get medieval on his stinky behind. :)   Posted by Discordia on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 5:23 PM [Reply to this]

	Bungle	Fucking Hell. It'll suck. No one will watch it. And hopefully BBCA will play the original so people will be like, "Yo! The British version's WAY better." I've noticed they start playing Brit versions of shows on BBCA that they've ported over here (Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares, anyone?). As a side note, Gordon Ramsey acts a hell of a lot more civil on the Brit version.   Posted by Bungle on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 5:24 PM [Reply to this]

	Sammaeal	"THIS IS SHIT! THIS IS SO SHIT!" I had seriously convinced myself that the writer's strike had scuttled the whole insanely bad idea... :( Edgar, I know it's a very personal show for you guys. As a gigantic fan of the show, I can say that it's personal to us as well. This hurts...badly. I've never seen a show quite like Spaced, and likely we never will again. It is so full of the sensibilities of myself and my peers, its almost scary. Has anyone anything to say about Outnumbered? I've never caught it over here in the states.   Posted by Sammaeal on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 5:27 PM [Reply to this]

	Adam S. Leslie	It's a shame you can have such little say over the fate of your babies. I don't know whether it'll be any good or not - I've not seen the US version of The Office or any of their other recent attempts - but if you don't want it to happen, it shouldn't happen. Can you imagine British albums being rerecorded by American bands for the US market?   Posted by Adam S. Leslie on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 5:31 PM [Reply to this]

	Camille	HOLY SHIT. I cannot believe this. This is so bullshit. Shame on you America! You have so many good writers, can't you just write your own shows? Spaced in the USA is How I met your mother, why do they want more and WHY do they steal?   Posted by Camille on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 5:33 PM [Reply to this]

	Cat-IE!!! "THRILL ME"	i will boycott this US version, nothing can top what you, simon and jessica did, i'd gladly watch it again and again instead!   Posted by Cat-IE!!! "THRILL ME" on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 5:33 PM [Reply to this]

	Shaun Shaun Guillan	What a crock of shit. Fucking Americans. Facebook groups seem to get a lot of attention these days, so someone should do a Facebook group against the American SPACED and I'll bet my house loads of people will join. Hollywood is going to shit, orginiality is dead in the US of A.   Posted by Shaun on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 5:38 PM [Reply to this]

	budgie	this is bad... america have to shit over everything... im actually hoping this will be a flop (as well as the alleged battle royale remake)   Posted by budgie on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 5:34 PM [Reply to this]

	Mr.*** (the First)	WHAT THEY ARE DOING F**KING BATTLE ROYALE AGAIN? for fuck sakes! please god! deport me to england from america!   Posted by Mr.*** (the First) on Saturday, March 01, 2008 - 9:00 AM [Reply to this]

	Brett...not Britt...	This show can't be remade... It makes me sick... When it fails people won't want to give the original a chance... The original is a masterpiece. Comedy gold. Inject American comedy into it with censorship... Mother of God... I think we need a short from Edgar about hunting down McG..rambo style   Posted by Brett...not Britt... on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 5:35 PM [Reply to this]

	Jared B. Callan Jared B. Callan	What the fuck! I hate the American attitude of "lets remake it." Why remake something when the original was awesome!!!! FUCK!   Posted by Jared B. Callan on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 5:37 PM [Reply to this]

	Little Miss Muffintop	fuck em. fuck em the ass.   Posted by Little Miss Muffintop on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 5:47 PM [Reply to this]

	Ed	I just wanted to say- whatever Monkey Girl say, goes.   Posted by Ed on Saturday, March 01, 2008 - 12:47 AM [Reply to this]

	Lindsey	Don't worry it will be canceled after the first six episodes.   Posted by Lindsey on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 5:56 PM [Reply to this]

	Old West Zombie Pirate Unicorn Kisses!	I'm crying inside. And I'm an American. Condolences, Edgar.   Posted by Old West Zombie Pirate Unicorn Kisses! on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 6:02 PM [Reply to this]

	. noelia .	sigh* this friggin SUCKS .   Posted by . noelia . on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 6:02 PM [Reply to this]

	BuckyTodd Loyal Opposition	ROFLMAO! Who in their (W)right minds would think Simon and Edgar are "involved!" Simon is MUCH too old for our handsome young genius. =o)   Posted by BuckyTodd on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 6:02 PM [Reply to this]

	J to the A to the K to the E Jake Laverde	That one sentence pretty much sums up how much they've missed the point. Spaced inspired me in so many ways. I really felt like it was a show that talked to its audience, shared their interests and most of all MEAN something. What really shone about it was the love poured into the scripts, acting and direction. It would be a near miracle if the remake would even capture a hundredth of the magic that Spaced had. So sorry that you've all been fucked over :(   Posted by J to the A to the K to the E on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 6:07 PM [Reply to this]

	Ash [TPFR] Ash Prior	I wasn't going to comment on this because I thought it was a bit too shite for words, really, but then I thought I better, just to show I care. I mean, I'm annoyed. Highly annoyed - and all I did was watch the thing. I can't believe how insane this must be driving you.   Posted by Ash [TPFR] on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 6:08 PM [Reply to this]

	Bonnie	Well, as an american and a HUGE fan of your work, I am truly sorry!   Posted by Bonnie on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 6:13 PM [Reply to this]

	Eddie	Dude... I was watching the original "Spaced" and loving it. Too bad we Americans have to fuck everything up that we come into contact with... Also, happy belated one-year anniversary of "Hot Fuzz". Jenn and I were watching it last night, and she'd never noticed your small cameo as the stockboy until I pointed it out to her. Also, the commentary track with Tarantino is just crazy fun. Thanks for a great three-disc edition! From the Jaffa Cakes guy   Posted by Eddie on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 6:18 PM [Reply to this]

	J to the A to the K to the E Jake Laverde	That sentence sums up just how much of the point they're missing. Spaced was a work of love. It engaged its audience, let them know they were in on the joke and amazingly for a 30 minute sitcom, had characters we could recognise as ourselves and our friends. Sorry that you're being fucked over like this Edgar.   Posted by J to the A to the K to the E on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 6:19 PM [Reply to this]

	J to the A to the K to the E Jake Laverde	By that sentence I mean this one "Single-cam half-hour revolves around a young man and woman who pose as a couple in order to rent a cheap apartment."   Posted by J to the A to the K to the E on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 6:21 PM [Reply to this]

	Paul	I'm not entirely surprised to see this show getting the greenlight, nor will I be surprised when it's cancelled. They've obviously underestimated the backlash they'll get from the army of loyal fans who support the original show. This will be 'Spaced' in name alone, and that's it. Edgar, please tell me they can't call the characters 'Tim Bisley' and 'Daisy Steiner' though. Surely Simon and Jessica own the character and personality rights?   Posted by Paul on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 6:21 PM [Reply to this]

	Brooklyn	Yeah, I'm gonna go ahead and apologize for my fellow, misguided countrymen.   Posted by Brooklyn on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 6:23 PM [Reply to this]

	JOSH Josh Ryals	Dreadful news, Mr. Wright. May all profiteering stooges be bear hugged to death by Brian Libby’s character from “Silent Rage”. I beg your pardon for having to address some of the more ignorant comments this blog post has attracted. To all the embarrassments of the UK who carry on with the oft-subscribed anti-U.S sentiment while still managing to despise your fellow countrymen just because they’re from Newcastle or Wales or wherever else you don’t reside, STOP carrying on circus antics a thousand years stale! You can form your own opinions. The same goes for all the Americans who lap up the popular trend of labeling all things domestic as second rate. You’re not perceived as “worldly”. You’re just another head in the herd. Intelligence has much less to do with trends and memorized facts than it has with broad, ever-evolving perception. Fuel that with endless observation and interaction and you’re in business! So toss out those tired, thick rimmed glasses. Pour out that muddy, over-priced Latte. Run, don’t walk out of the internet café and keep up the pace all the way home, where you can snap your LP of Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits in half. Without looking on Wikipedia, can you actually name three of his albums anyways? I didn’t think so. Pick up a domestic beer (I recommend Anchor Steam or Michael Shea’s Lager) and toast to the abandoning of that sad role you picked up while window shopping for identity so long ago.   Posted by JOSH on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 6:33 PM [Reply to this]

	Corinne	I have yet to comment on this blog, but my perception and my observations--leading to a fully-formed opinion--are that, not since All in the Family has there been a US re-tooling of a British show that has been any good. No kudos. You can watch crap TV if you want. There's plenty.   Posted by Corinne on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 8:15 PM [Reply to this]

	Slick	Well color me abso-fucking-lutely fucking disgusted!! I was (probably naively) hoping like hell it wouldn't happen. Fucking cunts. Long live SPACED! Never live McSPACED! :0(   Posted by Slick on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 6:33 PM [Reply to this]

	danodon Dan O'Donoghue	I can't believe it. I don't want to believe. FUCK it is going to be TERRIBLE!! What is this Adam Barr shit?! Yeah, because when I think of Spaced I immediately say "this reminds me alot of Will & Grace." I don't think there could be two shows that are more different. The style the show is shot in, the type of humor and delivery, the themes and storylines, all are on completely different wavelengths. Spaced America is a TERRIBLE IDEA!!!! ...why is this happening to me!   Posted by danodon on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 6:34 PM [Reply to this]

	Sarah	oh my and not in the happy annie savoy way.   Posted by Sarah on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 6:34 PM [Reply to this]

	Nick Nick Murphy	Highly, highly NOT cool.......   Posted by Nick on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 6:34 PM [Reply to this]

	~Rita~ Erin Segura	yugh! I haven't heard anything on it lately, so I thought it was over and done with. In the immortal words of Carol Beers, "Spaced fans say nnnnnoooooo." *cough*   Posted by ~Rita~ on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 6:42 PM [Reply to this]

	Psychotronic Time Lord Michael F. Psychotronic	Oh for F@*%'s sake! Yet another fine British programme ruined by American hands! Hasn't anyone learned from the Viva Laughlin fiasco! When will the madness end?   Posted by Psychotronic Time Lord on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 6:53 PM [Reply to this]

	Jacob Son of Robin Jacob Robinson	Being a huge fan of all of your work Edgar this truly angers me. I live in america and it shames me that these people who claim to have seen Spaced, and are fans, think they can americanize it. This is the worst idea ever. Spaced was perfect the way it was/is, and adding american actors instead of Simon and Jessica and taking away you Edgar will wreck this show. Spaced in my book was a show made by fans for the fans. You guys seemed so passionate about it and someone just had to come and take away all the glory you guys created. I will never watch McSpaced and i will kill anyone who does. lol jk of course. I appreciate Spaced, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and am looking forward to Ant-Man! Thanks for creating such masterpieces and sorry that us americans have to take them away from you.   Posted by Jacob Son of Robin on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 6:54 PM [Reply to this]

	Ren to the maxx	Hopefully it'll just be like when McCoupling went down? They'll show two episodes, everyone will go "Hey, this sucks but the original was AWESOME." And then DVD sales will go up? That's what I'm hoping for, man. Or else we'll pull some NWA shit (you know, your NWA, not Ice Cube's, although I bet either would work) and "disappear" some people involved. Or, you know. Just keep hoping it goes away somehow.   Posted by Ren to the maxx on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 7:00 PM [Reply to this]

	The BW Preservation Society Brendan Woodruff	McMother Fuckers!   Posted by The BW Preservation Society on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 7:01 PM [Reply to this]

	Paddie Patrick Thompson	wHAT THE FUCK?   Posted by Paddie on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 7:02 PM [Reply to this]

	Charlie Charlie Coombes	this makes me so angry grrrrrrrr It's not like an american version will ever be made with the love, genius and quality of the proper spaced, but it is still really annoying!   Posted by Charlie on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 7:05 PM [Reply to this]

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