Life on Mars, another remake

[Queen of the Damned]

^{ABC Studios, 20th Century Fox Television, and Kudos Productions are co-producing the remake of BBC drama Life on Mars . Sam Tyler (Jason O'Mara) is a detective from the 21st century who travels back in time to the 1970s after a car accident. Tyler clashes with new boss Gene Hunt who doesn't take his coming from the future seriously. Tyler ends up working on a case involving a serial killer...}

It doesn't interest me, but maybe you will like it...

[b_Pooly]

so why is it called life on mars?

[Queen of the Damned]

I'm guessing life in the past, feels like mars to him...