Life On Mars, The US Version

15 May 2008

Yes, it's a clip from the US version of Life On Mars.

Okay, two questions that bemuse me about US TV:

  1. Why do US broadcasters feel the need to remake UK TV shows?
  2. When will they learn that voice-overs are cheesey?

On (1) is perhaps that they patronisingly assume all Americans are stupid and won't get a UK show? Or is it a money thing, and they get more if they remake it?

On (2) probably never.

Via io9

Posted by James on Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 10:29 AM

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I'm an american who was a fan of the UK version. While it appears that they are sticking kinda close to the script of the original's first episode. The "Starsky and Hutch" music kinda killed interest in it for me.

Zach | May 18, 2008 5:15 PM | Reply

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