One of the funniest remakes was Seven Samurai (original) and
The Magnificent Seven remade several times. I had seen The Magnificent Seven several times before I learned about Seven Samurai.

LOL
What went wrong:)

A more recent failure is "The girl with the dragon tattoo".
A good Swedish movie that got good reviews in the US.
One reviewer said "See it even though it's subtitled"
What happens? Of course a US remake that no one saw:)

What's worst is how many time Hollywood will reuse a script. Some movies have been remade 4 or 5 times and often they only make minor changes to the script. You would think their isn't anyone in Hollywood today who can write a new original script!!!

I see. A standard script with blanks where you change names and places:)
I thinks it's called recycling.

And Chris. Reruns are sometimes better then new productions.

Anybody seen CSI series? I Think we seen three different versions and I dont know how many episodes...
CSI New York, CSI Miami, CSI Navy...
And of course reruns of these:)

CSI started in Las Vegas and spun off to Miami and New York, both of which I think have died (the original continues). Now there's a new one, CSI: Cyber. It's about an FBI unit that investigates crimes involving the internet. Just premiered last week, second episode tonight.

NCIS is about the navy. Started with HQ in Washington and spun off to Los Angeles, and this year to New Orleans.

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

In Italy the television is killing the dialects. Everybody speaks Italian as spoken in TV.In Great Britain only the Queen speaks like BBC.
Tullio

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How about this accent?
Vladimir Putin speaking English for the International Exhibitions Bureau:)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awWAd-jdwDg

In Sweden we use daily English loanwords like "chat", "mejl" and "brunch". But in the case "After Work", to grab a beer or glass of wine after work, it is not an expression we borrowed but invented ourselves. According to the English-language newspaper The Local English speakers in Sweden are puzzled by the term "after work" that is neither used in the US or in the UK rather, "how about some drinks?" Or short "pub?".

'Chat' and 'brunch' i recognise, what does 'mejl' mean? I'm not even sure how to pronounce it.

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Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge.

The most reluctant countries in Europe to speak English are France and Germany.

When I last visited France and Germany, I found that they hated us trying practice our French and German, they all preferred to practice their English on us!

Germans yes, French i'm not so sure.
I've tried speaking their languages in their respective countries. With the french if i made a small mistake (like a le instead of a la) i'd get a shrug and a mutter and they'd slouch off.
In Germany, if i made a small mistake they'd point it out, let me finish the sentence, then speak perfect english back to me. Much better attitude.

The dutch open the conversation in english where it stays, i tried briefly to learn some dutch but gave up since they'd always speak to me in english.
They seemed to be able to sense that i was english too. One time i was out on the bike and my chain had snapped, so i was pushing it to somewhere i could get a bus. Several dutch people stopped to ask (in english) if i needed any help. Not sure how they knew, maybe it's because i had a mountain bike in the world's flattest country...

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Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge.

In Sweden we use daily English loanwords like "chat", "mejl" and "brunch". But in the case "After Work", to grab a beer or glass of wine after work, it is not an expression we borrowed but invented ourselves. According to the English-language newspaper The Local English speakers in Sweden are puzzled by the term "after work" that is neither used in the US or in the UK rather, "how about some drinks?" Or short "pub?".

'Chat' and 'brunch' i recognise, what does 'mejl' mean? I'm not even sure how to pronounce it.

I assume the j is pronounced as an i.

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In Sweden we use daily English loanwords like "chat", "mejl" and "brunch". But in the case "After Work", to grab a beer or glass of wine after work, it is not an expression we borrowed but invented ourselves. According to the English-language newspaper The Local English speakers in Sweden are puzzled by the term "after work" that is neither used in the US or in the UK rather, "how about some drinks?" Or short "pub?".

'Chat' and 'brunch' i recognise, what does 'mejl' mean? I'm not even sure how to pronounce it.

I assume the j is pronounced as an i.

Meil? Still no clearer.

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Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge.

In Sweden we use daily English loanwords like "chat", "mejl" and "brunch". But in the case "After Work", to grab a beer or glass of wine after work, it is not an expression we borrowed but invented ourselves. According to the English-language newspaper The Local English speakers in Sweden are puzzled by the term "after work" that is neither used in the US or in the UK rather, "how about some drinks?" Or short "pub?".

'Chat' and 'brunch' i recognise, what does 'mejl' mean? I'm not even sure how to pronounce it.

Oops Swedish spelling that many do here. "mejl" is "mail" and is pronounced the same:)

Roadsign

Roadsign

In Canada that sign means tourist information ahead.

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Roadsign

In Canada that sign means tourist information ahead.

I see. Or do I?

I Think everyone who know English recognize Juice and Corn Flakes.
Even in our country because it's pronounced and spelled the same in swedish.
But for some odd reasons a few insists to spell Juice Jos.
Pronounced the same but I don't Think most of us know what Jos is...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqkj7tQhnTY