Life On Mars (US Version)
 

Birtish Television series Life On Mars has officially been given the "Yanks cant do British series justice if their arses could carry their asses" treatment, with Com Meany (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Layer Cake), replacing Philip Glenstier as the series iconic DCI Gene Hunt.



Christ, s*it like this is yet more evidence of why ground-breaking series like "G vs E" were cancelled...the swill networks dont "get" them.



The original intro to the series

I'm really glad we got the real Doctor Who series over here. I can't imagine how awful that would have been had they remade it. Plus we would have had no Billie Piper. and that's a real shame. 'cause when she ain't singing, she's hot.

I've seen the series bibles for the US Doctor Who. Good lord do they suck. In fact, a Doctor Who comic strip used the Spider-Daleks from one of those bibles for a storyline involving alternate realitys...

Looks like Colm Meaney is out of the show and is being replaced by Harvey Keitel.

Now I have to say that I liked the pilot of the U.S version a bit. Im not into cop shows and Colm Meaney was my only reason to watch it. :/

http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2008/07/...-keitel-j.html

Unless he's going to play Gene in a much more methodical "send out the heavies" role that is too intimidating for Sam to touch early...then this casting befuddles me. Gene's a physical guy.

Despite a healthy refinement of the premise and cast, episodes that gained surprising acclaim from UK critics and the series co-creator Matthew Grame, the U.S version of Life On Mars has been cancelled. Amusingly, it lasted only one episode longer than the entire original series

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/...ed86e28175f3b3

It's a shame it's been canned, I thought it looked like a great series.

I haven't watched it yet (even though I really want to) because I had started watching the original UK version a couple of years ago and wanted to get my hands on it and finish it before checking out the US remake.

Oh well, there's always the dvd set.

I'm pretty ticked about this. First Eli, and now Mars?

ABC probably canceled it so they can continue catering to women with the intelligence level of horse radish with another show about a cop and a writer who are total opposites, but wind up in bed anyway.

I hate that network. I also hate poor US remakes of good shows.

It was'nt that bad a show, but the UK original version was better :). It's a shame that Harvey Keitel did'nt do as much as he could have.

Season 2 of Ashes To Ashes should be starting up on the beeb soon. More Gene Hunt and Bollyknickers action on its way.

===HERO

Just watched Wednesday night's finale.

What. The. HELL?

I don't know if I liked it or not. That was just... out there.

I respect that they chose to go with something a little more like something Bowie would do or Issac C. Clarke, it's distinctly more upbeat than our doom-and-gloom ending (though the first season finale of Ashes to Ashes makes that ending look less depressing)