Nix on This
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I saw the first half hour. I was in a daze because i just swallowed sleeping pills, and had a glass of wine before it started. I did seem good and the the first scene with the twin towers was poignant. I never saw the British one. I expect the usual the british one is better thing, and that probably is true.
oh, and Lisa Bonnet is in it.
The US version? Life on Mars is British, isn't it? No need to dub or anything else, just to broadcast the thing...
What's the point?
coney island baby wrote: I saw the first half hour. I was in a daze because i just swallowed sleeping pills, and had a glass of wine before it started. I did seem good and the the first scene with the twin towers was poignant. I never saw the British one. I expect the usual the british one is better thing, and that probably is true.
oh, and Lisa Bonnet is in it.
sure thanks to BBC America I fell for the original "Life On Mars"
Simm and Glenister had real chemistry together.
The American version has some great ideas. New York circa 1973 is a good setting. After all it was the time of Serpico.
Keitel as Gene is a good choice. Michael Imperoli as Carling is good.
What interests me is what happens after the producers run out of source material from The BBC version.
The BBC "LOM" is still definitive but the American version is not that bad. Sure is better than a lot of American TV I have seen lately.
3615 Jiphy wrote: The US version? Life on Mars is British, isn't it? No need to dub or anything else, just to broadcast the thing...
What's the point?
Most Americans can't understand the English accent. It requires too much concentration!!!
Jeffari-al-Texani wrote:
3615 Jiphy wrote: The US version? Life on Mars is British, isn't it? No need to dub or anything else, just to broadcast the thing...
What's the point?
Most Americans can't understand the English accent. It requires too much concentration!!!
When Jaime Murray (an ENGLISH actress playing an ENGLISH character) got a part in Dexter, she was made to see an accent coach (who was American) because she "didn't sound English enough"!! 
How is Keitel with the Hunt-isms then?
Is there an American equivalent of "You great… soft… sissy… girlie… nancy… French… bender… Man United supporting POOF!"
Sheds on a Plane wrote:
Harvey Keitel = Good stuff
I'm glad I'm not the only one here who worships Keitel like a god.
Jeffari-al-Texani wrote:
3615 Jiphy wrote: The US version? Life on Mars is British, isn't it? No need to dub or anything else, just to broadcast the thing...
What's the point?
Most Americans can't understand the English accent. It requires too much concentration!!!
So, a Brooklyn accent is a good alternative, then?
[magenta]cozmonite61[/magenta] wrote:
Jeffari-al-Texani wrote:
3615 Jiphy wrote: The US version? Life on Mars is British, isn't it? No need to dub or anything else, just to broadcast the thing...
What's the point?
Most Americans can't understand the English accent. It requires too much concentration!!!
So, a Brooklyn accent is a good alternative, then?
funny i don't hear it.
I watched the first 15mins of this. Seemed fairly faithful to the English script.
Not sure how the main two characters are gonna gel though. Don't think Keitel was half as impressive as Glenister, and also got the impression the American Sam Tyler could muller Keitel if he felt the need.
Did think Michael Emperioli looked the absolute bizness though. That moustache was class! Just a shame he was playing Ray, a character I never really warmed to.
El Jarvo wrote: got the impression the American Sam Tyler could muller Keitel if he felt the need.
Not seen it, but that would spoil the best bit about it for me.
Saying that, didn't Sam panel someone in one of the later episodes? Some bully-boy got on the wrong end of his modern self-defence techniques?
Ponyboy wrote:
El Jarvo wrote: got the impression the American Sam Tyler could muller Keitel if he felt the need.
Not seen it, but that would spoil the best bit about it for me.
Saying that, didn't Sam panel someone in one of the later episodes? Some bully-boy got on the wrong end of his modern self-defence techniques?
Panel? I've not heard that in years! 
Sam and Gene had a few set-to's, didn't they? Always fairly even-stevens though from what I remember.
That American Tyler just towers over Keitel though. 
I was initially intrigued by this but, like I said, watched just 15mins cos I felt like I'd seen it all before. Er, which I had.
[magenta]cozmonite61[/magenta] wrote: It's strange, but I'm still offended by HK's character so much so that I have decided not to watch the second episode.
Make sure you send a note to ABC.
But I have to ask, WHY?
[magenta]cozmonite61[/magenta] wrote:
PS. I'm now ashamed to be born in the Reagan era.
I guess you did miss all the best toys, like gobots, gi joe, my little pony, rainbowbrite, she-ra.... something to be ashamed of certianly
[magenta]cozmonite61[/magenta] wrote: I don't know why I praised the US version of LOM to begin with. Now, I hate the show more than ever. If you care what the third episode is about, Sam Tyler solves a case where a Vietnam veteran who just returned home gets murdered. Gene Hunt, being politically incorrect as he is, is all gung ho about the case. God, I really don't want HK to star in this TV junk. Why is he going conservative all of a sudden, working for ABC (Path to 9/11) and Disney (with the National Treasure movies)? No wonder that ABC picked up LOM to push their conservative agenda (Disney and ABC are linked together). Plus, why does he need the money anyway? He already has too much money, like his good buddy Robert De Niro. Really, they're greedy bastards.
According to Wikipedia, the ratings went down after the second episode. I'm happy for that. I really hate Gene Hunt with guts. As a matter of fact, I'm thinking of writing a letter to HK expressing my hatred of his "selling out" for artistic mediocrity.
You really want to hate your heroes! I think you should go to California and stalk him until he stops doing this show!
You think that Keitel should just be a bitter old actor saying fuck Hollywood, proving his artistic integrity by doing nothing, not taking on new challenges. Save his money, sit on the porch all day drinking cans of beer and cussing at the kids who walk near his lawn or are on skateboard? Keitel is not allowed to continue his career in different ways as he gets older? He should do nothing so as to not "spoil" his role in Mean Streets to appease obsessed fans? Is that your arguement?
Political correctness... Irony? Do you understand irony? Satire? British shows usually understand these better than American shows, I have not seen them both so I dunno how they compare. Keitel does seem kinda old for the role, but he is cool as hell so they signed him up. It is a rare TV role, at least Keitel is trying new things. If it fails, it fails. thats life. Maybe he should really sell out and do only voice work for Disney, maybe be the voice of Scrooge McDuck.
O_o you do realize that college girls all have the greatest grasp on mixing integrity and economics... I think you should go sit in the corner
[magenta]cozmonite61[/magenta] wrote: As a matter of fact, I'm thinking of writing a letter to HK expressing my hatred of his "selling out" for artistic mediocrity.
Maybe there's a spot for him in Jefferson Starship...
cozmonite61
Well, the production is in NYC, but he has homes in both areas. BTW, you will regret saying that.
Well, that is good, isn't it? All the easier to stalk Harvey on the East coast for you... but it is hard to stalk both homes as he jets back and forth. I suggest you should kidnap Keitel and lock him naked in your bathroom until he promises not to work TV. Use that chloroform (CHCl3) stuff, it always works on TV, and handcuff him to your radiator or bathtub. Make him watch only recent Oscar winning Scorsese films to make him suffer. Good luck and god speed.
Boy, this is really fucked up.... cool!
