@MLClark By now, you've probably seen that CBS recycled a lot of early story ideas from BBC. They eventually start to find their own ways. The BBC version just ended the series, so π€ , but in the CBS version Sam and Jay have been far more successful with the B&B than Alison and Mike ever were.
@MLClark In CBS, by the end of S2 Jay is keeping a list of "ghost rules" trying to understand how the universe works. Mike never did that.
I had an idea ... What if they filled a bucket with mansion dirt, put it in the back of a pickup, a ghost stands in it, and they drive it towards the ghost barrier? Because they're on mansion land, can they pass? π€
It's like Davey Jones in "Pirates" when he stands in the water bucket on land.
That's what I'm loving about the BBC version - its attention to the many pragmatic slings and arrows of owning and trying to renovate and monetize an old home. :) It just feels a bit more grounded in reality outside the ghost business. But I'll revisit the US version in due course, especially with my writer-hat on.
@MLClark Oh, by the way, Mark Hamill has been quite vocal about appearing on CBS "Ghosts." With the strikes, who knows how far it's gone, but hopefully he appears in an S3 episode.
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Thank you for the Ghosts rec!
I started on US, then switched to UK, which I'm enjoying more--but what fun, to see the regional differences in two versions of the same show made in such close proximity.
So much good food for writerly thought! Differences in episode & season length, plus character types & regional politics, show how much variation can emerge around the same concept.
A little like VOY if we'd wrested it from Berman. ;)
It's been lovely comfort viewing, thank you.