Why?!
The original series is perfect. It even features Chris O'Dowd who seems to have made his break-through in the US with Bridesmaids.
There are moments of pure genius (such as S04E06 about the "damp squid" and all of S02E01 "The Work Outing").
This article claims that the US remake had 4 writers. This must be the easiest money they ever made as, based on the clip below, the script seems to be virtually the same as the original.
Two good decisions they did make:
- They got Richard Ayoade to reprise his role as Moss
- They canned the series after making the first episode
Here is the first part of the pilot show: