Americanizing Other Nation's Shows: BBC Being Human vs. SyFy Being Human?

[Sparkle]

I hate it.
I hate it when foreign films (or television shows) are americanized.
I am completely biased and anti-american in regards to this issue. It annoys me hugely. I think it is almost always an exercise in dumbing-down and disney-ising. It makes me roll my eyes and make *tsk* noises.

Even 'Queer As Folk' for fucksake.
The UK version (the original) was brilliant - it was cutting edge, it had socio-political content, it was stylish and fun.
The US version was a bad soap opera full of whiny muscle-marys listening to bad house music.

I dread the americanized versions of the 'Millennium Trilogy'; I really liked the Swedish adaptations and I loved the books.
I feel fairly certain that they will be a debacle of 'La Femme Nikita'/'Point of No Return' proportion.

I think, with a few exceptions, most films or television series should not be adapted. They should be enjoyed for what they are, within their original cultural context.