US version versus UK
Just curious if anyone else out there has seen both versions? I just finished with the UK and I have them on ebay now. Great production however I just loved the US one so much more.
shareThe UK version of Life On Mars has justed started showing on PBS. As I have only seen the US version, (I just loved it), I just saw the first episode of the UK version. It started out just the same as the US version.
I do not understand why the US version was cancelled if it was cancelled. I thought is was very good as I was in high school in 1973 so it was great to hear all the songs from that period. I could only think that a younger audience might think it was like watching an old episode of Starsky and Hutch. I hope that it will return but probably no hope for that.
So I will watch the UK version and hope that it follows through to the conclusion.
i guess it depends on which u see first, and from which country u come from. i LOVE the UK version but I am from the UK so can identify with the slang and the music, also I have lived in Manchester so its nice to see places i recognise, and to see a show not set in london. Philip Glenister who plays Gene Hunt in the UK version is awesome at his role.
i watched a few episodes of the american version and got annoyed that they seem to have copied the original BBC series word for word in some parts, so i didnt carry on watching because it would be like seeing the same stuff again. i dislike it when american shows copy the really good British shows (and vice versa). the only successful time i can think of this happening is The Office; An American Workplace and that flourished because it took off on its own steam and didnt just copy the British version throughout, like Life on MArs has seemed to do.
I agree with you tej_rai. Although I never saw the british version until now. I have to turn on the captioning because I have trouble understanding some of the words and slang but I'm liking the british version. I also found that show plays the songs from that time so it is still quite nostalgic.
Anyhow the show is great.
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Well, I'm American and tried watching the US version first and couldn't get into it. The UK version is one of my all-time favorite shows and is just brilliant. And also, it has Philip Glenister. I don't care if I occasionally need to turn on the subtitles, you can get the body language and inflections just fine. This kind of perfection just doesn't translate.
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