Highlighter Stars.

My last post was apparently too deep and depressing, so here’s a more ‘normal’ post (if there is such a thing).

According to my mother and an internet search, Dick Wolf has decided that he wants to do a British Law & Order. Um, what the hell Dick Wolf? I have no idea how that could possibly work. The British legal system is entirely different to the American one, and I’m not sure how well the L&O format would transfer to it at all. I don’t even want it to. Won’t it just end up like The Bill, but with lawyers after half an hour? Also, it’s on ITV. ITV, at least in my opinion, is shit. If they’re going to make a British version of L&O, they could at least air it on one of the channels that show the original, couldn’t they? So Hallmark or Five. But no, they’re letting ITV have it. Which means that any chance it had of being good has gone completely.

The fun of L&O is the American judicial system. It’s just not L&O if it’s not set in America. Maybe other countries have versions of Special Victims Unit and Criminal Intent, and maybe they work (though I find that unlikely), but Law & Order over here is just going to be another shitty detective drama. That’s not what L&O is, and that’s why I like it. Why ruin a good thing?

Dick Wolf is just being a money grabbing ass. Can’t he be satisfied with his three-strong Law & Order franchise, and accept that his last two shows (Trial By Jury and Conviction) flopped completely. Surely that’s a sign he should stop coming up with new ideas?

(source here, if anyone’s remotely interested)