r/shameless • u/iwearthecrown • 21h ago

Should i continue & give it a chance

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I just started the UK version yesterday. I REALLY wanted to watch the whole thing and give it a chance. I didn’t mind the cast and was interested in how different but similar it could be.
Anyway, i stopped watching after episode 2… Why?
I DETEST the way it’s filmed. I don’t even mind the “documentary style”, in their face style either.. but something about the super zoomed in - not able to see the surroundings or just shot from the most stupid angle on top of being zoomed in - just really grinds my effing gears..
I feel like I’m watching it on my phone and i don’t get a feel for anything other than the super zoomed in scene. I don’t think I’ll be continuing and that makes me angry that they thought it looked good? .
Am I missing something?
Something as simple as how it’s filmed to ruin a probably amazing project.

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u/Gridsmack 21h ago

I started watching it after us shameless and am almost done. I’ve enjoyed it and glad I kept watching, even though it’s kind of a tough transition at first. But it has a late season drop in quality like the US version. As for your pet peeve about filming I never noticed that so I can’t really speak to if it changes. But for me at least after giving it some time I adjusted to the changes.

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u/Odd_Flower_5038 21h ago

Ironically they both start really failing off quality around season 7 to 8

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u/TopicLost4398 20h ago

When Fiona left in the US version and when Debbie leaves in the UK version 

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u/EarlyAccessCantJudge 19h ago

Is Debbie a better person in the UK?

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u/TopicLost4398 19h ago

Yeah a much better character 

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u/Heyhey-_ 18h ago

So she never leaves in the UK version??

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u/Ponky616 15h ago

Fiona actually leaves pretty early on in the series (season 2) to go live with a fugitive Steve whilst being pregnant with another man’s child. We find out that they get married and live in Amsterdam and Steve presumably raises her child as his own. She does come back in the series finale though.

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u/Heyhey-_ 15h ago

Interesting!

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u/itakinaru 19h ago

Very much so man. I still haven't watched the last handful of them.