And, how to ﬁx the American Sam Tyler

Jun 21, 2008 at 4:45 PM
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After seeing the (now-scrapped) pilot, I am of the mind that

LAPD Det Sam Tyler in US Life on Mars should have been played by a black American actor, with due respect to Jason O’Mara. It would really highlight the race problems of the 1970s, the progress (and lack thereof in some quarters) in US race relations, and take Life on Mars into its own direction. It was an area inadequately explored in the original, but with the larger black community in the US, it’s an inspired opportunity. Since I have been watching re-runs of Day Break here, someone like Taye Diggs could pull it off.

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Well in the 1970's I was racing my Ducati on Los Angeles' canyon roads. ;)

plus for the girls taye diggs is hawt :D

Jack Yan replied to Zak Klemmer’s comment:
Jun 22, 2008
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See, that’s a story right there!

And bingo—another good reason! He’d draw in people who would otherwise have not considered the series. The only thing I have ever seen Jason O’Mara in is Monarch of the Glen.

Zak Klemmer replied to Jack Yan’s comment:
Jun 22, 2008
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;)

Hiya, Jack. Is Daybreak the show where he wakes up every morning with another chance to change the outcome? If it is, that's one of those shows I was trying to think about a few months back when you were lamenting how US networks don't give shows a chance. I don't watch a lot of shows on a regular basis, but that one got me hooked, and then *poof* it was canceled.

Yes, that’s the one, M. They did make 13 of them but the US showed seven, and then ABC said, ‘If you want the rest, watch them online.’ We were lucky we got all 13 but at a very late hour. The reruns are 10.30 p.m. now, which is better than the original timeslot.

Hmm...well, I didn't get to see the last 6 then. Did it come to an end, so that, if you watch all of them, you will know what happens at the end, and why he was experiencing this cycle? I shouldn't care, but I'd like to know how they planned to tie that up. I'm still miffed about Journeyman, though not to the extent you were. :)

Yes, it did reach a fairly satisfying conclusion, but the last few moments of the last episode did leave you thinking, ‘Is it really over?’ No explanation was given about why Brett Hopper was experiencing the repeated days though it was hinted that Jared (the guy in the jail who was arrested the same day) knew. However, it does seem his mission was to solve not only DA Garza’s murder but a case his father worked on in the 1990s. The reason may have been spiritual but it was never explained.

And, how to ﬁx the American Sam Tyler

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