les revenants

The whole first season of The Returned is recorded on my DVD Player.
But i've yet to watch it.
I haven't been in the right mood and i wouldn't want to ruin it.
But after listening to Mogwai's score for the revered tv production, i think i might just force myself to be in the mood.

Foreign.
Fantastical.
Scored by an amazing band.

Why have i not watched this already?
Oh yeah, cause i'm lazy and there's subtitles to be read.
Of course they're making an American version.
But have we learnt nothing from Forbrydelsen?
I know Les Revenants is an adaptation of the 2004 movie, They Came Back but that's not just rehashing something for the sake of it, to satisfy the lazy, non-subtitle-reading masses.
They took an idea and developed it further.
Unlike The Killing where they maimed the story and made it implausible.
What exactly was the point?
If you're going to remake something, make it worthwhile.
(i'll save my outrage concerning a certain Patrick Swayze movie for another time)
This isn't true of all adaptations.
The Bridge is meant to be pretty good and House of Cards, amazing.
But i just have this nagging feeling they'll ruin this.
There's an 'otherness' to foreign tv productions/films and when they're transferred to a more familiar setting they lose that quality.
And this series is about loved ones coming back from the dead.
...
We need the weird!

However, if they can give it the same sort of tone and atmosphere as In The Flesh then i might retract my claws.
Slightly.