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Title: Life on Mars
Post by: Chris_ on June 19, 2012, 01:38:33 PM
Did anyone else watch this show?  It was only on for one season, but now it's on Netflix.

The original UK version is okay... I just can't get into it, but at least it doesn't try to do really bad one liners and the wink-to-the-camera jokes that the ABC version did.  If you have Amazon Prime, you can watch the original series (both seasons) for free.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-nzSlVvbl0[/youtube]

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdkI6xkq5M8[/youtube]
Title: Re: Life on Mars
Post by: Chris_ on June 19, 2012, 01:43:09 PM
I don't know who thought Lisa Bonet was any kind of actress, but they should be kicked in the crotch every time she shows up on a TV or movie screen. 

The US version has one thing going for it... Gretchen Mol.  That girl in the BBC's version sounds like an annoying twirpy bird.
Title: Re: Life on Mars
Post by: thundley4 on June 19, 2012, 03:28:24 PM
We watched the British version, but couldn't get into watching the Americanized version.  BBC also had a second follow up series called Ashes to Ashes. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1008108/)
Title: Re: Life on Mars
Post by: Chris_ on June 19, 2012, 03:48:06 PM
I have that damn David Bowie song stuck in my head.

I don't know what it is about the English version that I can't get in to.  I think it's the foppish accents and that ridiculous bird-woman.  'Ashes to Ashes' looked really dumb when I checked it out on YouTube.  I can't relate to Ford Cortinas and council estates, although I wouldn't mind having that brown GXE.
Title: Re: Life on Mars
Post by: RightCoast on June 19, 2012, 04:52:08 PM
I liked that show when it came out.