Anyone seen the pilot to the US version of this yet?

Well it looks exactly the same but it's not as cool as the UK version. I'm sorry but nobody can replace John Simm. It feels somehow less gritty and less... well just less. I don't think I will be watching it when it actually airs in the fall... It feels like a poor imitation. And I know that US TV is capable of making UK hits into even bigger hits (see Queer as Folk). I feel slightly cheated.

Erg. It's hard to say whether or not I would have liked it if I were unaware of the source. I can only look and see the things they left out. Ray and Chris are gone. The fight between Sam and Gene was way too short, but I suppose it was done in a more "American TV" way, with the hero establishing dominance quickly and easily. There's also the implication that there won't be any more of those fights. Otherwise, it was almost a word-for-word adaptation of the BBC's first episode. It might be enough to please the American audience, so that they'll continue it, but I don't know where they'll go after the first season, since one American season is as long as the entire number of episodes that aired on the BBC.