# trailer for American version of Life on Mars **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 16, 2008, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-american-version-of-life-on-mars/449500 "2008-05-16T00:43:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-american-version-of-life-on-mars/449500/1 "2008-05-16T00:43:48Z")
[Life on Mars goes Starsky and Hutch.](http://io9.com/390242/bbcs-life-on-mars-gets-boston-legal-treatment) I don’t quite see the point. Though I am not the intended audience, so well. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-american-version-of-life-on-mars/449500/2 "2008-05-16T14:32:22Z")
[Life on Mars U.S. edition - why?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=465197&highlight=life+mars) [QUOTE=Loach] The point is that despite the existance of BBC America most Americans have never seen it and probably never heard of it. There is a chance that it may become popular here on it’s own merits. Since it is a David Kelley project I doubt it will be a straight copy. He’ll put his own spin on it. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-american-version-of-life-on-mars/449500/3 "2008-05-16T15:22:05Z")
So he invests all his money into Microsoft, and later Cisco, and retires with a grossly huge fortune? It’s what I’d do! ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-american-version-of-life-on-mars/449500/4 "2008-05-16T18:01:25Z")
I think it looks like it might turn out OK. Colm Meaney seems a good choice for Gene Hunt. While I doubt they will slavishly copy the original, it’s funny how some of the shots in that trailer are almost identical, like when he sees his face and '70s garb in the reflection in the car window. But 1972, not 1973, eh? I guess they have their reasons for that. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-american-version-of-life-on-mars/449500/5 "2008-05-16T18:31:17Z")
[QUOTE=Lute Skywatcher] [Life on Mars U.S. edition - why?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=465197&highlight=life+mars) [/QUOTE] :bows: Thank you, I think that is the first time I have been quoted from a different thread. One thing that took me right out of the original series was seeing a skinny twerp like John Simm act like a tough guy. It didn’t really work. Not a problem with the new guy. But he seems to be a little stiff from the trailer. Maybe because he is trying too hard to sound American. Good to see Lenny Clarke, I think he’ll be perfect for the show. I’ll give it a shot. If AFN carries it. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-american-version-of-life-on-mars/449500/6 "2008-05-16T18:55:06Z")
[QUOTE=Usram] But 1972, not 1973, eh? [/QUOTE] Expect to see _The Godfather_ on a theater marquee. **Loach** : you’re welcome. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-american-version-of-life-on-mars/449500/7 "2008-05-17T01:39:12Z")
I don’t have high hopes for the show, but the trailer is absolutely horrible. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-american-version-of-life-on-mars/449500/8 "2008-05-17T02:11:37Z")
[QUOTE=GuanoLad] I don’t have high hopes for the show, but the trailer is absolutely horrible. [/QUOTE] I don’t see how it was any worse than the commercials for the original. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-american-version-of-life-on-mars/449500/9 "2008-05-17T02:28:32Z")
[QUOTE=Loach] I don’t see how it was any worse than the commercials for the original. [/QUOTE] Ah. Perhaps so, I didn’t see any commercials for the original, so I can’t compare. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-american-version-of-life-on-mars/449500/10 "2008-05-17T02:36:21Z")
[QUOTE=GuanoLad] Ah. Perhaps so, I didn’t see any commercials for the original, so I can’t compare. [/QUOTE] I only saw those on BBC America. I’m assuming they were the same that were shown originally. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-american-version-of-life-on-mars/449500/11 "2008-05-24T08:04:25Z")
I tried watching the original on BBCA, but the combination of it being in a different time, in addition to an unfamiliar place, made it harder for me to get into than other series I’ve watched on the channel. I couldn’t tell if something was weird (to me) because it was in England or because it was 30 years ago. There was nothing particularly wrong with the show, I just lost interest because of this “cultural-temporal gap” and wound up just deleting eps off the DVR instead of watching them. I’ll give the American version a try, provided it’s not scheduled against shows I’m already watching. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-american-version-of-life-on-mars/449500/12 "2008-05-24T10:54:57Z")
It looks like like of of those shows that will be right if they gat all the details right, but they probably won’t. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-american-version-of-life-on-mars/449500/13 "2008-05-24T14:40:56Z")
The question I have is will this spur an American release of Life on Mars on DVD? I keep trying to get Netflix to even admit that the series exists and might actually come to DVD, and they still can’t even admit that much. (muttermutter) **Now** they allow you to save a request for the 2008 US release. But still no recognition of the BBC version. Lousy provincial wombat-brained chauvinists. ---
**Author:** ![Daffyd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daffyd/32/8923_2.png) [@Daffyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daffyd)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-american-version-of-life-on-mars/449500/14 "2008-05-24T22:25:02Z")
My GOD that looks horrible… John Simm was SO good in the original… ABC has turned it into a cheesy 70’s cop show. I need to go back and watch both seasons of the original now - just to erase that horrible mess from my mind. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-american-version-of-life-on-mars/449500/15 "2008-05-24T22:44:51Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] The question I have is will this spur an American release of Life on Mars on DVD? I keep trying to get Netflix to even admit that the series exists and might actually come to DVD, and they still can’t even admit that much. (muttermutter) **Now** they allow you to save a request for the 2008 US release. But still no recognition of the BBC version. Lousy provincial wombat-brained chauvinists. [/QUOTE] I do not understand why this show is not on DVD, honestly. It’s not like the BBC doesn’t release American region dvds. **Spaced** will be released this summer. **Jekyll** was released shortly after it ran. My sister has a whole collection of BBC comedies and dramas and movies on DVD. I wonder if there’s some sort of issue with song rights? Usually when there’s a DVD delay, it has something to do with song rights. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-american-version-of-life-on-mars/449500/16 "2008-05-24T22:49:24Z")
Which, honestly, is one of the major reasons I hate DVDs. LDs were universally encoded, and you could play your import without any problem. But, noooo… can’t have people playing legal copies they’ve bought at ruinous expense. It might, at some point in the future, when the rights-holder gets around to it, interfere with overseas sales. (mutter mutter mutter) ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-american-version-of-life-on-mars/449500/17 "2008-05-24T23:09:03Z")
[QUOTE=pepperlandgirl] I do not understand why this show is not on DVD, [/QUOTE] Music. The Beeb paid the royalties for the original airing (presumably on all BBC outlets around the world), but when it was released over here, it was with generic music. And TOS is a large part of what made the show great. ---
**Author:** ![DaveRaver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daveraver/32/1078_2.png) [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-american-version-of-life-on-mars/449500/18 "2008-05-25T00:02:03Z")
“Trust in the stars, baby, yes there’s life on Mars” -Happy Rhodes