Westprog wrote:
> "go go goblin!" <toot.th@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1f2e1737bd88db719899f0@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ...
> > life on mars is a british drama
> > about a detective in 2006
> > that is trans****ted back to 1973
>
> It's either fantasy or possibly a dream. What Americans will make of it,
I
> don't know. It's main appeal is to people who watched 1970's police
shows
> like The Sweeney.
>
> I can imagine a US remake where a CSI style cop finds himself
trans****ted
> back to Starsky And Hutch.
>
> For a while, British TV SF was washed up. Michael Grade (BBC Chairman)
> famously abused Dr Who as a terrible show that he was glad to see the
back
> of. Now the new Dr Who is universally acclaimed, and there are numerous
SF
> or SFish series in production, with time travel a regular feature.
>
> J/
I enjoyed it a lot, but I think a lot of the humour will likely be lost
on non-brits. OTOH, the rest of the humour is either culture-clash or
comedic violence, which appeals to everyone :)
It's well written / shot / acted, so you should at least watch the
first episode to see if you'll like it.
Iain
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