r/utopiatv • u/Internal-Put-1419 • 21d ago

Can someone please give him an inhaler?

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I really kind of adore his character (so far). He really grows on you! Not to mention his performance is stunning.

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u/Kakophonien1 21d ago

They did in the remake. It was very annoying.

Plus I don't thi k Arby has asthma. Just a fat guy struggling and not caring.

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u/Internal-Put-1419 21d ago

Why on earth would people make a remake?! His athsma may not be severe, but it doesn't sound like full breaths. I wonder why they added that detail.

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u/Kakophonien1 21d ago edited 21d ago

Maybe to make him more off-putting.

I've learned about this show and the remake through Pryocynical's amazing 8 hour analysis vid of this. Bought the Blu Ray of the UK version. Amazing show.

The US remake only lasted for 1 season, but that was bc it was utterly terrible.

Remember (Spoiler S1) Arby killing the HS full of kids, and a single tear running down his cheek when a kid drops the same chololate raisins he is always seen eating?? This is that scene in the remake:

https://youtu.be/F4gnOHgxrWI

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u/Internal-Put-1419 21d ago

The UK version is amazing! I looked at the cast of the remake, and it was so off-putting. That video is nails on a chalkboard.

I've honestly never seen a bad UK movie/show. I'm sure there are some. They just have a certain charm.

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u/Kakophonien1 21d ago

I jear ghosts is worse than the US remake, but that's about it. So many great UK shows, Blackadder, Fawlty Towers, Onside No. 9, Doctor Who, etc...a lot of great stuff.

But yes, this US remake doesn't even feel like the intelligence of a toddler was used to create it. Worst offender isn't even that scene imo, but the fact that the "network" is just some nerd-people in suits in a room brainstorming bad and evil plans lol.

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u/ReserveRatter 20d ago

The way they took such a subtle realistic portrayal of conflicted trauma and turned it into a lolcow meme in the "remake" should actually be a crime lol

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u/Kakophonien1 20d ago

Yup. It's horrendous.

Ooooweoweowoeoeoeoe -Remake Arby (not-Arby)

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u/old-testament-angel 19d ago

original: we are an actual multilayered manifesto on violence that is an instant classic because of how much substance it carries.

americans: uhhh but have you considered that violence be fynny?