InsaneJournal

Current mood:	spacey
Entry tags:	fandom: culture, fandom:tv, stress scale 8

Life On Mars: US
I stopped watching the UK version sometime in the beginning of S2, I think. So I guess I'm not a fan the way some folk I know are. Just looked on youtube at the US trailer. I'd seen some splash page cast picture sometime this month.

Once again my first thought was "COLM MEANEY!" and why the hell is Dawn in the 1970's.

Do I think this will translate well? No I don't.

I highly doubt the US version is going heartily sprinkle all the racism around. The British version didn't handle it well. The US version? Would totally cock it up. And not just because the US cocks things up. But because things in the two countries were very, very different. The culture is different. The experiences are different. And hell, LA in the 70's would be different to NYC in the 70's would be different to Atlanta in the 70's. Not to mention the history of cop shows. But that's all stuff people were saying when the idea got spawned and leak to the entertainment press.

Right now as I distract myself from the floating away sensation of my head, I just think, as a fan who dropped out early, that the casting and writers, without insight to British tropes and cliches, have really no idea why the UK show worked.