We used to share this place, Earth, with creatures a bit like us. But, beyond the initial curiosity, I can't see much reason for us Brits to watch. OK, so maybe it's fine that it got remade. What about subtitles? No, I don't think they like them very much. Can they really not understand our accents? Maybe not, especially when Frank's wazzed off his tits. Otherwise it's hard to see the point of it and why it was made. Perhaps it will, like The American Office, which also started almost exactly the same as its British parent, veer off and become something excellent in its own right. But it's just not as good (watching the original pilot was a nice reminder of how brilliant Shameless was in the early days). This one's not bad – nothing that follows the original so closely could be bad. It was more real and more touching because of it. The message was the same in the original, just not so obvious. So Debbie puts a pillow under Frank's head when he has crashed out in a stupor on the floor – to make him more comfortable and to ram home the point: hey, these people may not have much money, but that don't mean there ain't no lovin' going on. ![]() Whereas there's some pride in poverty over here. Perhaps it's because they simply can't face up to poverty over there, they don't want it on the television sets. The set too – the Gallaghers' house – seems lovely to me, and enormous if that's poverty I wouldn't mind some of it, especially if it includes Rossum. And it's the same with all of them: their teeth are too good, they're too damn glam – look at Emmy Rossum (it's hard not to, to be honest) as Fiona, she's perfect. He simply doesn't convince as an alcoholic – he's too polished, too Hollywood, not shambolic and hopeless enough. So what about them, the cast and the set, the production? Well, Macy may be a big star but he's not nearly as good as David Threlfall. I'd say the script is about 80% unchanged it's like watching a different production of the same play, so only the cast and the set is new. I rewatched the pilot of the original straight afterwards, and it's virtually the same, down to the scene, almost down to the word. ![]() So Lip is no longer "a bit of a gobshite", he's "smart as a whip" (I think the Lip/lippy thing may have been lost in translation) he doesn't get "noshed" by Karen under her kitchen table, he gets a "hummer" (I think – is that after the big car?) the nightclub bouncer isn't a "fat twat" but a "fat prick" etc.Īnd that's really about it for differences, as far as the script goes. And the English idioms have been jettisoned somewhere over the north Atlantic. The Gallagher family has been uprooted from the Chatsworth estate in Stretford and relocated to the projects of Chicago, with a new cast led by William H Macy as Frank. It's Shameless US (More4), the American remake. Sound familiar? Ah, but this isn't Shameless. ![]() And he says they all know the most important thing in life, they know how to party. To me and my kids who I'm proud of, 'cos every single one of them reminds me a little bit of me." He then goes through the kids – Fiona, Lip, Ian, Carl, Debbie and Liam – listing their virtues. Warning: SPOILERS ahead for the Shameless season 11 finale.'N obody's saying our neighbourhood's the Garden of Eden," says Frank Gallagher. So, never say never but we haven't had any conversations about it." We are really proud of what we've been able to do with Shameless and the stories we've been able to tell and frankly that Showtime allowed us to tell. It was a show that people loved and you run the risk of undermining that. I don't want to talk ill of anybody else's attempts to bring something back but there is something about the first time they are on that's kind of magical. ![]() I haven't been big on reviving any of the shows or continuing shows. Prior to the show's cancellation he told THR, "I've never been a big fan of spinoffs," and in last year's interview he was firm about his intention to create a definitive ending: Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter last year, showrunner John Wells said he was " a little disappointed but not horribly upset," and that the show was ending because " Showtime felt the timing was right for the final season and I'm happy to go along with that." He has also shut down the possibility of making a spinoff focusing on just one or two of the Gallagher siblings, or on neighbors Kevin and Veronica. Though a Shameless revival or reboot might one day happen, for now there are no plans for Shameless season 12. Related: Shameless: Why Mandy Milkovich Was Recast In Season 2
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