David Brent

Yet ANOTHER American remake of a not too old British film.
The Farrelly Brothers are currently shooting an American remake of Nick Hornby's FEVER PITCH.
Instead of Arsenal the film will be based around the Boston Red Sox,World(?)Series Baseball Champs.

DUMBER & DUMBER indeed!!!

Dave.

Gerry C

Just a point...a newspaper called 'The World' was an original sponsor of the baseball competition, hence the name 'World Series'.
I chose not to see the remake of LHMob and wont spend money on a rehash (or the original) of Hornby either.
Come to think of it...since most UK films are now made with a strong (over-riding?)(HughGrant/RedBuses/Gosfordguffetcetcetc) eye on the US, perhaps its all moot anyway.

Steve Crook

That's been shown to be an urban myth. See refutation. It is really just a bit of arrogance by the competition organisers. It is apparently open to baseball teams around the world - but baseball is only played at that level in the States and a few American connected places or colonies. The World Series has always been won by an American team.

I find it interesting that two of the sports the Americans make such a fuss about, baseball & basketball - are mainly played by schoolgirls here (rounders & netball). Yet the sport that's probably the biggest in the rest of the world, football (proper football, never call it soccer), is played by women in the States. Strange.

Steve

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deckard

Mmm strange indeed! Do you think how we perceive the "American Way" is a true representation? Could it be that the media has conditioned us to believe this? Do a large number of Americans sit at home thinking "we're nothing like that", we have to concede that the States has a huge diversity of people from lots of different cultures - put this together and it's bound to seem a little strange to us small Island folk! Take a for instance, a lot of European countries think we're a Nation of football hooligans, but we know this accounts for only a small percentage of the population, most of us detest the hooligan mentality and would have no part in it, but well y'know the tar and the brush syndrome....to be honest I really don't know, there certainly are some strange things to come out of America - Hollywood for one! But whichever way we look at it the U.S. is the most powerful nation on Earth.........go figure! Regards, Decks.

"and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock"

Steve Crook

Well you know that nice, normal people like us hardly ever get into the newspapers or the TV news. They just want the shocking & outlandish stories. It's the same all over.

Steve

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David Brent

Strange too that with so many legal ( & illegal )immigrants from all around the world being accepted by the USA over many years, that football has been so supressed by it's media.
I think it's a case of America just wanting to be different....for whatever reason.

Dave.

Gibbie

Now a few comments from America...

I was in Boston when they won the World Series.

My favorite soccer team is Arsenal.

Go figure. wink

Gibbie

Sorry...FOOTBALL! :)

Gibbie

Well stated, Decks!

I've worked for the press. It's a lot of reality spin. The British press don't get America and the American press don't get Britain nor America.

To the others: Go there yourself. English language is our official language and we were an English colony. That still matters for many of you who don't think it does. Yet, we have the nations. I wonder why people keep coming here!

Hollywood is a "Vatican City". Its own principality within a state.

[ 08. November 2004, 03:49: Message edited by: Gibbie ]

Gibbie

Actually not a national pride thing. I was one of the first soccer kids in the 70s here. The problem is that it's very hard to start a new sport infrastucture when you are up against the ML, NBA, NFL, NHL (hockey - the sport known for mostly Canadians playing in the States) and racing.

Gibbie

Back to the movies.

I agree, David. Keep British stories British!

Hornby must be the first British author in history to have his stories all get transnationalized in film?

Gibbie

Oh, and one more thing...Japanese kids usually always win the Little League World Series and the Cubans usually always win the Baseball gold in the Olympics. And, there are Canadian teams in major league baseball.

Now...Back to the movies!

Paul E

Great Bush-ism!

Gerry C

The more you know the more you find out what you know is an urban myth.

Gibbie

There is a lot of truth to that, but not all is myth.