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An NYPD officer from the present gets hit by a car and wakes up to find himself as a cop in 1973. Strange premise and it's corny in a fun way, but so far it's worth watching for Micheal Imperioli alone.

I've watched it for 5 minutes and already saw 3 people from the Sopranos.

Then I saw a bug-sized robot fly out of some dead lady's chest wound.

Yeah, I was going to comment on all the Sopranos actors. The tiny robot was odd.

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It's a brilliant series in the original, haven't seen the 'Merkin version yet though. I've heard they've removed the uncertainty of the original though.

It isn't as bad as I feared. No disco music. In fact, there is a lot of British music, although not as adventurous as the original series. Good cast. Really good cast. Better than the average crap on telly, but I greatly preferred the original two British series. Looking forward to Ashes To Ashes getting its US debut in March.

I tried to watch the American version, but just couldn't. It followed the Brit version too closely, which normally I'd be all for, except that the New York setting didn't match the style that the Brit version had. Just watch the goddamn Brit version.

Hm.. I might download this one after it's all been broadcast and watch it a good distance from the Brit one. (Which is oarsome).

Brit series is over.  A good Brit series almost never ever lasts long.  Eastenders and Casualty go on forever and ever and ever.  It's all very inside out.

Have they done an Office, and copied the British one scene for scene?  Or have they grabbed the basic idea like what the Office eventually became?

Erm, yes. I know. I've got both. I just haven't watched them in full, so I'm going to do a start-over and watch both sequentially.

They copied The Office scene for scene to start with because they used the same script with slight modifications for the first episode. After that it slowly began to diverge. As you know.

Looks like I lose points for not knowing there was an original British version.

Not really, you're American, not British or an expat, not Australian (we get a lot of Brit TV here) and likely not one of those guys who seeks out British TV.

Those are just more points lost.

Haha. Well, I do watch Coupling, but that's about it.

Was cancelled today, they will have a wrap up for the last show that explains how he got to 1973. It may or may not be a copy of the original show.

Having seen the last episode of the British version, I can tell you right now, it would take city-sized brass balls to try to sell that to an American audience. I would almost bet money they do not follow the Brit version to end it at all.

You know, I've only caught the last few episodes of the show and I've enjoyed it. I like the music, the weirdness, and the cast as well. Sad to hear it's getting canceled, I feel like it's just one of those things that slipped underneath the radar for a lot of people.

Its to bad harvey kitel is the total win in this show but I can understand why its being cancellled. Its just so odd a concept that most people just cannot get into it to enjoy the fun characters.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118000748.html?categoryid=14&cs=1

At least they're being allowed to finish the season and wrap it all up

I would tend to agree. On HBO they would go for it, but on ABC? Disney? Hell no. Especially in this economy.

I really liked the show and since I never had heard of the Brit version, it was all new to me. At least the network will allow them to give a proper finish to the story, so many other shows never get that chance.

"Lost" since it restarted had been peppered with Life On Mars promos, as of last night, not a single one.   I guess the marketing department got the word of the cancellation.

Sigh. First Moonlight. Then Pushing Daisies. And now this.

I'm done, I'm never going to start watching any TV-series again until it has a minimum of five seasons under it's belt.

Edit: Oh, wait. I've already fallen in the same trap again (Dollhouse).

It seems that you like shows with a fantasy edge. I do too, for the most part. However, the problem is that network television is a horrible format for fantasy and they won't tolerate it. They give them slots that have little to no chance, and then bail if they remotely dip. The only reason that LOST got to be so popular is because they completely hid the fact that they were going into fantasy land for almost two seasons. By then, fans were hooked.

I'm frankly shocked that the X-files ever took off. FOX started it in the death slot of Friday night at 9 EST. I think it was helped by the fact that government conspiracies are more popular than fantasy elements, even though in many cases they are complete fabrications.

Eli Stone syndrome

I know the 11 PM slot on Wednesday nights is BuMpIn', but c'mon

Interesting ending for the show last night, not at all like the Brit version.

Made the title make more sense though but ya not at all like the brit one from what I rememeber.

Spoilered version for those who didn't want to watch it?

The main cast were all on a mission to mars in deep sleep.

Fuck this show.  Seriously.

THE TITLE OF THE SHOW WAS NOT MEANT TO BE TAKEN SO LITERALLY.

Wow. Fuck that and fuck them.

Goddammit

I watched the entire last 10 minutes with my mouth agape in shock and horror.

I like to imagine that the reason this show was cancelled had nothing to do with ratings. The Last Remaining Man With a Soul at ABC got wind of what they were planning on doing and was like  :ye_gods: HELL NO.

That's what I'd like to believe, anyhow.

I'm not getting the rage here.  It's not like they could have ended it the same as the UK version, because then everyone would have been screaming "those unoriginal, thieving hacks!"  Might as well take it in a different direction.  Or is it that you're mad at the way it was done?  Shitty effects, poor dialogue, something like that?

I've no clue how the UK version ends. What other TV shows do you watch? The last episode reveals it was all a dream/coma/drug trip/indigestion. Basically the "these are stupid ways the show can end" list that Tyler kept at his apartment.  Let me know how awesome it is. Bonus points for being sexually aroused during the "...and you were there! And you were there!" moment?

Those original, thieving hacks?  The entire show is based on the UK version, they might as well have the same version.

I'm very sensitive because the UK version is one of the best tv shows ever made.

Yeah, this. The original ending was quirky, weird and left you thinking. The ending they chose... really, WTF? Yeah, taking the title literally (when the title is based on a 1970's David Bowie song) is a really bad idea. And if the TV execs didn't want to end it on a depressing note like the UK version, why buy the fucking thing in the first place?

Well, for the record, I never watched the original, and didn't watch this one, either.  It just struck me as odd all the anger at the ending, and I wondered if it was just resurfacing angst over the fact that the show was made at all, or whether the ending itself was bad.  Because just by reading the endings, one doesn't seem any better or worse than the other.  Was the American one too literal?  Perhaps.  Was David Bowie used much during the series?  If not, it would make sense that they couldn't use the same tack as the original.

I got a chuckle out of his Dad, the Major, being named Tom in the US version.  Otherwise it was kind of "Uh.. ok then."

Whoa... the show ended?... a month ago? I haven't been watching much tv.

Both endings sound cool to me, although the UK one packs a lot more punch.

Michael Imperioli was awesome.

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I really liked the first season of LoM (Brit version). The second quickly descended into a difficult-to-watch and predictable  (Sam? Can you hear me, Sam?) murder-of-the-week show which I found increasingly (Hey! It's the creepy little girl on TV again) tedious and difficult to watch.

I think there's still about 3-4 more episodes I need to watch to finish it. Probably going to try and force myself to finish it in the next week (haven't watched any of the eps for months) but I'm not looking forward to it.  :sad:

The ending of the Brit version is worth making it through the episodes you don't like, if only because it's so different from what I expected.

The "sequel" series, Ashes to Ashes, is much less good, but still worth watching for DCI Hunt.

He's completely dreadful in Demons, though.  Luckily he knew it and decided to ditch the series before it ruined his career.  The series wasn't renewed because even though he sucked in it, he was the best thing it had going.

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So there were 6 more episodes to watch, not 8. Most of them were a fucking slog until the final two, which were at least interesting again. It should have been wrapped up with the first season. Maybe 10 episodes instead of 8.

But anyway, I finally finished the hard slog tonight. Now I'm wondering if I should next watch the US version (stupid ending aside) or Ashes to Ashes (stupid premise aside)? Not that I'll be starting either too quickly.

It was interesting watching the US version especially the early episodes that were almost directly ripped off from the UK series. The ending was incredibly stupid though. I've tried to watch Ashes to Ashes too but it bores me to tears so far.

You wouldn't really be missing anything if you just stopped right now.

I might just check out a couple of each. I'm curious enough to want to see the way that Gene Hunt is portrayed in 1) The 80's 2) By Harvey Keitel.

The US series would have to be much better than the second series of the UK version (which was a big struggle to force myself to watch) to make me watch through the whole of it though, as would Ashes.

Ashes was ok... it kind of tread ground that had already been retread. The main character wobbles between being hard as nails and a complete girl, and I'm not quite comfortable with the obvious sexual tension between her and DCI Hunt that they seem to force into it. It's not bad, but if you didn't like 2nd series of the British show, Ashes doesn't improve on that.

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I just watched this show, I had no idea there was an original version. However, I really really liked this show. The ending came to soon, but was fine with me. Somewhat clever. I did not see it coming.