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sir_drinks_alot
03-01-2006, 10:59
Just when you thought the TV detective genre had tied itself up in knots, here's a genuinely innovative and imaginative take. John Simm is Detective Chief Inspector Sam Tyler, who's hit by a car in 2006 and "wakes up" in 1973, wearing a wide collar and flares. He's now a detective inspector in the era of The Sweeney. This may sound silly, but writers Tony Jordan and Ashley Pharoah give it wit and heart, and Simm is perfect.
sounds like a very Intrusting idea to me better than the normal .... we get on tv now a days :) i for one i'm going to watch.
Dunno what the info's like, but here you go:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/lifeonmars/
:)
Dunno what the info's like, but here you go:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/lifeonmars/
:)
Lots to see there, thanks :tu:
I did see a trailer for this the other day ... it's just the show's title doesn't easily connect with the idea of a copper sent back in time to 1973 (the year of my birth! :spin: )
I will definitely be tuning in.
BTW there is a handy video clip on that page that sets the scene nicely.
Lots to see there, thanks :tu:
I did see a trailer for this the other day ... it's just the show's title doesn't easily connect with the idea of a copper sent back in time to 1973 (the year of my birth! :spin: )
I will definitely be tuning in.
BTW there is a handy video clip on that page that sets the scene nicely.
SFX has done a few odds and sods about it over the last couple of months - I thought it was going to be a full series, but I understand that it's just a 3-parter? Hopefully, it'll be a success, 'cos the premise sounds great :)
I have to agree that I can't really tie the title in with the idea - all I can think is that, to someone living in 2005 / 6, maybe life in the 70s would be like living on Mars :shrug:
Kaychsea
05-01-2006, 14:31
... it's just the show's title doesn't easily connect with the idea of a copper sent back in time to 1973 (the year of my birth! :spin: )
'73 was the year Bowie released "Life on Mars" as the second single from Hunky Dory.
... it's just the show's title doesn't easily connect with the idea of a copper sent back in time to 1973 (the year of my birth! :spin: )
'73 was the year Bowie released "Life on Mars" as the second single from Hunky Dory.This is from the lyrics...
Take a look at the Lawman
Beating up the wrong guy
Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know
He's in the best selling show
Is there life on Mars?
link (http://www.seeklyrics.com/lyrics/David-Bowie/Life-On-Mars.html)
That's a theory from the Daily Mirror as to why it's called life on mars. :shrug:
The program looks like it could be good...
I'm going to watch tonights episode :)
Yea I saw the trailer on xmas day while settling down to watch Dr Who. It does look really good and totally different.
Auto-tune reminder has been set. :)
Is it a series or a one-off drama?
I thought it was a series but my Sky+ box doesn't give it a series link option.
Is it a series or a one-off drama?
I thought it was a series but my Sky+ box doesn't give it a series link option.
Supposed to be a series, but I was wondering the same thing, can't get my regular digibox to do a series link.
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Definitely a series, in eight parts according to radiotimes.com. Dunno why the series link doesn't work. :confused:
Graham M
09-01-2006, 15:37
Auto-tune reminder has been set. :)
I had Sky Installed last Wednesday, gonna try doing one of these and setting my PC to record it when the time is right, fingers crossed (I'm at work tonight).
I liked the music for the soundtrack :)
...and it wasn't bad either. :)
hoggyspuds
09-01-2006, 23:08
Thought it was pretty good! Will def be watching the rest of the episodes. C5 at 8 was pretty good too.....the building of the channel tunnel. I'd hate that tunnelling as a job!
cookie_365
09-01-2006, 23:08
Is it going to be repeated? Missed it.
One thing is great so far is all the music of the era Download Failed (1).....Ahhhh takes me back.
Is it going to be repeated? Missed it.Fri 13 Jan, 12:25 am - 1:25 am, according the bbc website.
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One thing is great so far is all the music of the era http://www.forumup.org/images/smiles/slider_rockguitar.gif.....Ahhhh takes me back.Do you know what track was playing when he walked into the record shop?
Do you know what track was playing when he walked into the record shop?nope, sorry......I enjoyed the prog though:)
Fri 13 Jan, 12:25 am - 1:25 am, according the bbc website.
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Do you know what track was playing when he walked into the record shop?
It was The Who, but hubby can't think of the name of the track!
MovedGoalPosts
09-01-2006, 23:15
Rather clever how the title linked to the soundtrack linked to the timewarp.
I just wait for the debate to start about policing methods :disturbd: :Sprint:
Fri 13 Jan, 12:25 am - 1:25 am, according the bbc website.
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Do you know what track was playing when he walked into the record shop?
It was The Who, but hubby can't think of the name of the track!Thanks. At least I know where to look now :)
hoggyspuds
09-01-2006, 23:18
[QUOTE=Mal]Fri 13 Jan, 12:25 am - 1:25 am, according the bbc website.
what channel?
Fri 13 Jan, 12:25 am - 1:25 am, according the bbc website.
what channel?
It's on BBC1
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Fri 13 Jan, 12:25 am - 1:25 am, according the bbc website.
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Do you know what track was playing when he walked into the record shop?
It was The Who, but hubby can't think of the name of the track!Baba O'Riley by The Who :)
homealone
09-01-2006, 23:47
I liked the music for the soundtrack :)
...and it wasn't bad either. :)
good soundtrack, good acting, quirky story - well worth another look :tu:
I enjoyed it a lot. A clever idea, well implemented. Now, let's see how they develop it.
I really enjoyed it, can't wait to see how the story gets developed.
So who thinks he is really in 1973 and who thinks he is just in a coma?
I really enjoyed it, can't wait to see how the story gets developed.
So who thinks he is really in 1973 and who thinks he is just in a coma?
I suspect the answer is 'both'. When the series finishes I hope he goes and looks up the WPC, that would be an interesting sequence.
I suspect the answer is 'both'. When the series finishes I hope he goes and looks up the WPC, that would be an interesting sequence.
:gpoint: And no matter how good a series this turns out to be, given the starting point it does need to properly finish rather than keep the ending in never never land.
cookie_365
10-01-2006, 21:53
Fri 13 Jan, 12:25 am - 1:25 am, according the bbc website.
Thanks Mal - won't miss that one :)
ScaredWebWarrior
10-01-2006, 22:03
sounds like a very Intrusting idea to me better than the normal .... we get on tv now a days :) i for one i'm going to watch.I just watched the (recorded) first episode. It's magic - particularly if you remember the 70's :) - which I do, vividly. The female PC in it has her hair in the same style mye first (serious) girlfriend had around that time. he he.
And I just love the Sweeney connection. How did they get all those period accesories, the cars, furniture etc. The set designers and buyers must have been VERY busy for this one!
Fri 13 Jan, 12:25 am - 1:25 am, according the bbc website.
Has the repeat been cancelled? According to my Sky planner - Michael Hesteltine the Uncommon Gardener - is on at 12:25
Basisboy
13-01-2006, 10:19
Hi,
Dunno if it's a help - but you could always go to www.uknova.com and download the episode, I did and watched it last night.
It was fresh, new and I enjoyed it. My wife hates sci-fi and she enjoyed it.
There are lots of quirks like they didn't call WPC's until mid 70's etc., but hey its a drama!
Someone suggested a bit of cross of Quantum Leap meets The Sweeney ... but definatly something I haven't seen before
:gpoint: And no matter how good a series this turns out to be, given the starting point it does need to properly finish rather than keep the ending in never never land.Thats what I'm worried about--that I invest x hours watching this series till the end and to find it ends inconclusively.
Someone suggested a bit of cross of Quantum Leap meets The Sweeney ... but definatly something I haven't seen before
John Simm (who plays DI Sam Tyler) said it was a cross between Back to the Future and the Sweeney ... and he has a point, the scene when he first arrives in 1973 and the camera pulls back to show an architect's poster of the forthcoming dual carriageway is almost a direct lift of the scene when Marty McFly arrives at his estate to discover it's under construction, and has a large poster showing what it's going to look like when complete.
I can't wait for the next ep. :)
There are lots of quirks like they didn't call WPC's until mid 70's etc., but hey its a drama!Mandy, my wife is positive the sets and props are closer to mid to late 60's than early 70's....
we especially liked the sounds.....little touches like the sound of a 70's milk float outside his bedsit window or the sound of a 70's car exhaust....takes us right back to childhood. :)
Mandy, my wife is positive the sets and props are closer to mid to late 60's than early 70's....
But then a common mistake of any 'period' drama is to load the sets with everything that is totally contemporary to the minute. Real life's not like that. A five-year-old car in 1973 would be from the late 1960s. And any shop that was last decorated 10 years previously would actually have been from the early 1960s. We replace our PCs every few years because they become obsolete. But a typewriter made in 1960 would be pretty much as useful as one made in 1973.
Fri 13 Jan, 12:25 am - 1:25 am, according the bbc website.
Has the repeat been cancelled? According to my Sky planner - Michael Hesteltine the Uncommon Gardener - is on at 12:25I know that it's too late now, but I got that info from the BBC website :shrug:
hoggyspuds
13-01-2006, 22:03
Hi,
Dunno if it's a help - but you could always go to www.uknova.com and download the episode, I did and watched it last night.
It was fresh, new and I enjoyed it. My wife hates sci-fi and she enjoyed it.
There are lots of quirks like they didn't call WPC's until mid 70's etc., but hey its a drama!
Someone suggested a bit of cross of Quantum Leap meets The Sweeney ... but definatly something I haven't seen before
although the limit has been exceeded and not accepting any new members!
Don't forget--it's on again tonight! :)
Another excellent episode. The Testcard sequence would have done any horror film proud. But, they have now begged the million-dollar question: why don't you see white dog turds any more? I am googling right now but no luck as yet. Does anyone know? :D
Yes - dog food of today no longer contains some chemical which turned it white. Something to do with being biodegradeable or some such tree-hugging nonsense.
But, they have now begged the million-dollar question: why don't you see white dog turds any more? I am googling right now but no luck as yet. Does anyone know? :D
I think its something to do with the formulation of dog food changing. They used to use ground bone in it to bulk it out and now its a lot more 'meat' (well bits of animal anyway)
hoggyspuds
16-01-2006, 22:20
Another excellent episode. The Testcard sequence would have done any horror film proud. But, they have now begged the million-dollar question: why don't you see white dog turds any more? I am googling right now but no luck as yet. Does anyone know? :D
Agree on another excellent episode......and I remember white dog turds too........:D
Agree on another excellent episode......and I remember white dog turds too........:D
And these days you can't find any for love nor money.
Agree on another excellent episode......and I remember white dog turds too........:D
I think it is down to "dog bins" and the "scoop the poop". It doesn't hang around long enough to go white.
cookie_365
16-01-2006, 22:56
Remembered to record it this time - had to, ahem, resort to alternative methods to get the first episode after the BBC so considerately swapped the repeat for something dull about Heseltine :)
hoggyspuds
16-01-2006, 23:15
Remembered to record it this time - had to, ahem, resort to alternative methods to get the first episode after the BBC so considerately swapped the repeat for something dull about Heseltine :)
glad you could.......still cant register!!
Remembered to record it this time - had to, ahem, resort to alternative methods to get the first episode
Let me guess...you have a cousin in America.....
cookie_365
17-01-2006, 14:10
Let me guess...you have a cousin in America.....
That'll be it ;)
re. the dog turd thing......doggydoos have traditionally turned white (as far back as the early 1900's anyway) so I would guess that many dogs diets today are deficient in whatever they ate a lot of in days of yore......bones probably....
Or possibly it's as simple as Anguas explanation.....
Another excellent episode. The Testcard sequence would have done any horror film proud.
i need new pants she just came back and she is not nice . :Yikes:
TheDaddy
23-01-2006, 22:25
This is rapidly becoming my favourite show
any one know what a party 6 is ??? some thing to do with drink ??
any one know what a party 6 is ??? some thing to do with drink ??
Party 7 I always thought, and a bit of an event just to get into the can.
Really needed one of these
Download Failed (1)
The pointy end (above left) made a hole in the can
homealone
23-01-2006, 22:52
Party 7 I always thought, and a bit of an event just to get into the can.
Really needed one of these
http://www.breweriana.com/openers/openerpabst4405.jpg
The pointy end (above left) made a hole in the can
IIRC one of them was the ultimate party 'gate crasher'
- how naiive we were ;)
MovedGoalPosts
23-01-2006, 23:22
You were really sophisticated if you got a little CO2 gas powered tap thingy to keep it from going flat. Those were the days (before daddy would let me have a 'neer [TM Lemonybrainaid :D]
I'm really surprised this program hasn't started a whcih is the best policing method type debate :erm:
hoggyspuds
30-01-2006, 21:59
Another excellent episode!!
Saaf_laandon_mo
30-01-2006, 22:04
god this programme is the absolute dogs balls.... brilliant
hoggyspuds
30-01-2006, 22:14
god this programme is the absolute dogs balls.... brilliant
Agreed!!
10/10 . and the sound track must be on a cd some where .
Saaf_laandon_mo
30-01-2006, 22:31
the music is great.timed well to bring out emotions.... brilliant acting, good wholesome programme, no gratituous sex or violence, and no shying away from real life un pc stuff...like i said before, brilliant
TheDaddy
30-01-2006, 22:35
10/10 . and the sound track must be on a cd some where .
Look through your parent's record collection, you never know your luck:)
wot u mean it's my record collection, all on vinyl at that :D
cookie_365
31-01-2006, 19:11
I love the authentic orange GMT buses :)
MovedGoalPosts
31-01-2006, 22:05
, no gratituous sex or violence,
Are you watching the same programme as me. Every episode there is some sort of scrap - usually between the coppers, and as for the handcuffs scene last night :shocked: :D
OK maybe it is just essential to the plot then, rather than gratutious :erm:
Saaf_laandon_mo
31-01-2006, 23:35
essential to the plot lol
Are you watching the same programme as me. Every episode there is some sort of scrap - usually between the coppers, and as for the handcuffs scene last night :shocked: :D
OK maybe it is just essential to the plot then, rather than gratutious :erm:
Plus nipples, and gay oral sex. It was all the more shocking because until this week there had been no sex of any kind in the programme. The sex was essential to the plot (although the nipples weren't), but there is no way they had to show the club owner caught in flagrante at the end. It had already been spelled out what his preferences were some minutes earlier.
Another good episode this evening.
I was a bit shocked at the price of a ticket to enter Old Trafford though. 35p :erm:
hoggyspuds
06-02-2006, 22:36
another excellent episode!!.....will it run on after episode 8 for a new series?.....i hope so!!
Kaychsea
09-02-2006, 16:19
Another good episode this evening.
I was a bit shocked at the price of a ticket to enter Old Trafford though. 35p :erm:
From twice the price of a pint to nearer 20.
An other cracking episode. I really can't think of how its going to end.
An other cracking episode. I really can't think of how its going to end.
Yep, an excellent series......and people complain about the licence fee, tut tut I dunno........sigh!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
Seriously though, it is a good watch :tu:
Yep, cracking again last night. :tu:
Indeed, it is really good.
One thing though that I find really great about it, is seeing what it was like living in 1973. I've heard people say bits before (like my old man, "when I was young we didn't..."), but to see it come alive is brilliant. It was like being on a different planet. Like ambulance drivers not being paramedics. Smoking in hospitals.
MovedGoalPosts
14-02-2006, 09:48
There are I'm afraid some errors in the "sets" that they use. They do well to find buildings that look 1970s or earlier in their architecture. They then excel at clearing an office and refitting it with period furniture, typewriters, desk lamps, etc. Just a shame about the modern cat 2 flourescent lighting in the suspended ceiling :oops:
But I'm nit picking - the whole concept of the programme is excellent, and it's well put together. I just hope it's not too expensive that it can't go on to more series.
There are I'm afraid some errors in the "sets" that they use. They do well to find buildings that look 1970s or earlier in their architecture. They then excel at clearing an office and refitting it with period furniture, typewriters, desk lamps, etc. Just a shame about the modern cat 2 flourescent lighting in the suspended ceiling :oops:
But I'm nit picking - the whole concept of the programme is excellent, and it's well put together. I just hope it's not too expensive that it can't go on to more series.
The producers commented on how hard it was to get 1970s locations in Manchester. If you look at the terraced houses they often use as a backdrop, most of them have uPVC double glazing (although they look like they have had old front doors re-hung on them), and whenever they visit a large industrial or office building, there are air-con units all over them, which AFAIK would have been a bit of a luxury in 1970s England. They are pretty good at setting up their shots to keep these sorts of things out of focus and in the extreme background as much as possible.
TBH you can spot inaccuracies, bloopers and anachronisms in some of the best films Hollywood has made. If they can cock it up with a budget in the hundreds of millions, I reckon this lot are doing pretty darned well! I have never felt my enjoyment of the programme to be dulled by any anachronisms. It is far too engaging.
Check out the pavements, looks like ntl have been laying cable in some of the streets.
Good show all the same but a bit sparing with the music this week.... last week was great, THREE Hawkwind tracks in one episode!
hoggyspuds
20-02-2006, 22:03
another excellent episode!
Man, I can't believe next week's is the last. This is a superb series. Monday nights won't be the same.
hoggyspuds
20-02-2006, 22:12
how about this.....DCI Hunt is Sam's dad?
how about this.....DCI Hunt is Sam's dad?
Nooooo ... that would be a seriously convoluted twist. Besides, Hunt is too old, and they have already alluded to Mr Tyler senior who is 'away' a lot. I think we're going to find he's a crim who is in and out of jail.
how about this.....DCI Hunt is Sam's dad?
Nooooo ... that would be a seriously convoluted twist. Besides, Hunt is too old, and they have already alluded to Mr Tyler senior who is 'away' a lot. I think we're going to find he's a crim who is in and out of jail.Well, I guess that you didn't see the trailer for next week's episode then, at the end?
We will meet his dad next week...
Well, I guess that you didn't see the trailer for next week's episode then, at the end?
We will meet his dad next week...
Indeed I did see the trailer, which is partly why I don't think Gene Hunt is Sam's dad. This show has been extremely clever throughout. Making Gene Hunt his dad would be tremendously sad, convoluted, and, as a 'twist', really very obvious indeed.
Hunt has talked about his wife plenty of occasions. Sam has visited his own mother at home. Sam's dad, in 1973, would have been the same-ish age that Sam is now. It just doesn't fit with what has already been revealed.
Also, nice scene in the coroner's office ;)
hoggyspuds
20-02-2006, 22:45
http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/lifeonmars/episodeguide_episode8.shtml
guess my theory is out the window
I'm a bit behind everyone... thank God for UKNova! I got to the footy match episode last night, so I think I'm only a week behind everyone now.
One question I have about one of the earlier episodes (the one where the WPC is hospitalised), is whether those little troll things with the crazy haircuts existed back in '73. I can't remember any of my friends having them when I was a kid, and I always thought that they were more 80's than 70's.
It was so predominantly placed by her bedside, however, that it wasn't unintentionally placed there or unavoidable like the uPVC windows. Can anyone remember if they did exist back then?
It was so predominantly placed by her bedside, however, that it wasn't unintentionally placed there or unavoidable like the uPVC windows. Can anyone remember if they did exist back then?
According to this (http://collectdolls.about.com/od/dollprofiles/p/trolls.htm) they were in production from the 1950's onwards so they did exist.
I was under the same impression that they were an 80's thing as well.
I'm a bit behind everyone... thank God for UKNova! I got to the footy match episode last night, so I think I'm only a week behind everyone now.
One question I have about one of the earlier episodes (the one where the WPC is hospitalised), is whether those little troll things with the crazy haircuts existed back in '73. I can't remember any of my friends having them when I was a kid, and I always thought that they were more 80's than 70's.
It was so predominantly placed by her bedside, however, that it wasn't unintentionally placed there or unavoidable like the uPVC windows. Can anyone remember if they did exist back then?
Trolls in their collectible form were first created by Thomas Dam and his family, in Denmark in the 1950s. The first Dam trolls were carved in wood. Later, they were made of soft rubber, and finally, vinyl.
http://collectdolls.about.com/library/weekly/aa120100a.htm
I love the internet. :D
ScaredWebWarrior
21-02-2006, 09:46
One question I have about one of the earlier episodes (the one where the WPC is hospitalised), is whether those little troll things with the crazy haircuts existed back in '73. I can't remember any of my friends having them when I was a kid, and I always thought that they were more 80's than 70's.I think they first showed up in the late 60's, so definitely NOT an 80's thing.
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I love the internet. :DI love being able to remember stuff :D
the thing with the last episode is that if he gets back to 2006 there can't be a second series..
don't think this will be solved next week as then the programme can't continue
the thing with the last episode is that if he gets back to 2006 there can't be a second series..
don't think this will be solved next week as then the programme can't continue
Not strictly true, if he is in a coma or even actually back in '73, they will probably come up with a way for him to get back or even get to another point in time.
As it looks like he might be there to save his dad, judging from the trailer last night.
...as long as it's not another "shower" scenario a la Bobby Ewing :rolleyes:
ps - thanks all for the Trolls info :D
Not strictly true, if he is in a coma or even actually back in '73, they will probably come up with a way for him to get back or even get to another point in time.
As it looks like he might be there to save his dad, judging from the trailer last night.
didn't watch the trailor as prefer to see what's going to happen for myself when it comes on
yes i guess they could move him to another point in time for second series or take him back again but that will just end up getting abit stupid in a series as well written as this i think they will either leave him there or if he gets back there might not be a series two
As it looks like he might be there to save his dad, judging from the trailer last night.
Now you're going all Quantum Leap on us.
Ziggy says theres a 78% chance you're here to turn your dad's life around, Sam. :D
Hey, did anyone notice that coincidence? Is it a coincidence?
Yep, I spotted that one in episode 1 ;)
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/me was a huge QL fan at the time. Saw some old episodes not too long ago, however, and they were quite cringeworthy
/me was a huge QL fan at the time. Saw some old episodes not too long ago, however, and they were quite cringeworthy
I was off work with a done-in neck recently for a week and had a chance to watch a lot of the old favourites courtesy of Bravo and UK Gold. It was surprising to see which shows have aged like good wine and which have turned to vinegar. QL doesn't look too clever now. The Dukes of Hazzard, on the other hand - now that is timeless. Makes you wonder how it was possible for them to balls up the feature film version as badly as they did.
Now you're going all Quantum Leap on us.
Ziggy says theres a 78% chance you're here to turn your dad's life around, Sam. :D
Hey, did anyone notice that coincidence? Is it a coincidence?
I did notice, thats what made me think of that. The ep description on the BBC site does give quite a bit of info.
I still have the first ep of QL sitting on my PC:)
homealone
21-02-2006, 11:13
the thing with the last episode is that if he gets back to 2006 there can't be a second series..
don't think this will be solved next week as then the programme can't continue
unless it develops into a kind of 'Goodnight Sweetheart' scenario, where he is able to travel backwards & forwards in time, at will.
Oh, I hope it doesn't turn into another Goodnight Sweetheart.
It might work if he travels to a different period in time, although can you imagine it set in '88 with yuppies wearing stripey shirts with braces, or Don Johnson type suits with loafers :Yikes: I think it wouldn't be as difficult to recreate, and by extension, less impressive for the viewer. Possibly going back another decade to the 60's would've been pretty cool, but I think anything earlier than that would be too stiff upper lip and too reserved to be funny.
In a way, I hope that if he does get back to the current day, then there isn't a 2nd series. As much as I enjoy the current series, ending it on a high note would be good, rather than dragging it out beyond its sell by date.
homealone
21-02-2006, 11:35
In a way, I hope that if he does get back to the current day, then there isn't a 2nd series. As much as I enjoy the current series, ending it on a high note would be good, rather than dragging it out beyond its sell by date.
Yes, good point, I think most of us are enjoying this series so much that we want it to continue, but I agree that closure would be preferable to extending it to the point of absurdity.
Even if it comes to close there are ways it can continue. A different copper maybe who reacts differently going back in time. A different person who has a different job. Going back to a different decade as well. Imagine a GP going back to the 1800s where he has to amputate without anaesthetic and perform medical procedurures/use medicine that he know won't work.
The concept, comparing the past with the present is a really good one, I think they should take it as far as it can go. I am not sure the 80s would work though, as its too recent. Its not really like Life on mars, as it were. Even I can remember the 80s :)
The trouble is that 'time travel' can be overused.I also think that keeping up the two central themes of the coma and Tyler having some commitment/mission can only go so far.Boredom will set in pretty quickly if the series is extended too far.Besides thus far the writing has been high quality..it could be very difficult to maintain for more than one series.:)
Silent Wings
21-02-2006, 21:47
They were on Steve Wright and said they are doing a second series...
Steve joked that they could do a 3rd series where Gene comes to 2006 now that would be amusing :rofl:
hoggyspuds
21-02-2006, 22:12
DCI Hunt knocks Sam down in 2006.......just my theory
homealone
21-02-2006, 22:48
They were on Steve Wright and said they are doing a second series...
Steve joked that they could do a 3rd series where Gene comes to 2006 now that would be amusing :rofl:
I laughed when the male 'officers' got all horny when Liz White was dressed as a Nurse - nice satire on a stereotype ;)
Another excellent episode, I cant wait for the next series :tu:
hoggyspuds
27-02-2006, 22:13
Another excellent episode, I cant wait for the next series :tu:
Me too! Best thing on the telly lately by far! Monday nights won't be quite the same........:bigcry:
Thoroughly enjoyed this !
The production company are briliant......they are back with a new series of Hustle later in March.
Really enjoyed it glad we got to the bottom of that vison he kept having.
However I still am not sure, is he really back in 1973 or is he still in a coma?
However I still am not sure, is he really back in 1973 or is he still in a coma?
I thought that the most eerie thing is when Sam telephoned the house and he answered it :disturbd: as his younger self of course.
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Thoroughly enjoyed this !
The production company are briliant......they are back with a new series of Hustle later in March.
Agreed :tu:
It was good but I get the feeling when the box set comes out there will be a bunch of alternate endings that were shot in case it wasn't such a success.
Still at least it'll be back. Hopefully they won't run it into the ground before all the questions get answered.
Really enjoyed it glad we got to the bottom of that vison he kept having.
However I still am not sure, is he really back in 1973 or is he still in a coma?
Or is it still 'both'? :D
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I absolutely loved DC Skelton's line at the end:
"You cost me a fiver ... we had a bet on who'd pull a gun on who first."
:D
Really enjoyed it glad we got to the bottom of that vison he kept having.
What was it? I missed that bit :(
What was it? I missed that bit :(
A suppressed memory. As a boy, he wandered out of the wedding reception and saw his dad in the woods slapping about a woman in a red dress.
He had forgotten about it until he was back in 1973 when he started having flashbacks. They have been dropping them into the series all the way through.
yes what an excellent well written series this has been.. makes you wonder why when the BBC can do this we have to put up with Eastenders and Corrie all the time
not sure how they are going to handle the second series now and let him get back but can't wait till next year
think they should stop after second series though and wish he'd stop going round telling everyone he's from 2006 too.. by the time second series is on it will be 07 anyway
skyblueheroes
05-03-2006, 09:00
Sorry, but although the programme was good, the ending was lame. He either needed to die or go back.
Keeping him there is such a cop out for a second series.
Bumpity bump....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6033735.stm
Good news that, in a way...good that it is not going to be dragged out until the ratings drop...
Ah, Coool ! So unlike LOST, we won't be waiting about 5 years for an ending.
I'm sure it will be very good, I'm looking forward to this final series.
homealone
09-10-2006, 23:43
Ah, Coool ! So unlike LOST, we won't be waiting about 5 years for an ending.
I'm sure it will be very good, I'm looking forward to this final series.
I agree, I'm glad they are not going to drag it out :)
I would have loved a 3rd series though, I mean its not like there are 22 episodes in a season like lost.
player_no1
10-10-2006, 11:07
Is the third season the last one?
There won't be a third season. There has only been one, and the second will be the last.
MovedGoalPosts
10-10-2006, 12:14
The programme had a great concept, but no doubt was difficult to keep making, particularly in respect of finding correct 1970s locations. So often you would see buildings from the period, but which had much more modern fittings within them.
There probably would have been enough mileage for a third series, but there would have been a danger over time as to how the modern character would eventually become corrupted by the 1970s ethics (or lack of).
What would be interesting is to see how the character readjusts to the modern era, on return to real life.
TheDaddy
10-10-2006, 13:07
What would be interesting is to see how the character readjusts to the modern era, on return to real life.
and if the rest of the characters have any bearing to reality or are just figments of his coma induced imagination
What would be interesting is to see how the character readjusts to the modern era, on return to real life.
*If* he gets back to modern life.
*If* he's ever been away.
Anyone heard when the second series is due to air?
I did read that it will finish in February, which I took to mean thats when the last episode will air, but its possile that will be the month it starts.
BBC Canada start broadcasting it on Feb 28th 2007 so I'd assume the BBC will start it within the next 3-4 weeks. I'm imagine towards the end of January, there seem to be quite a few new series on towards that time.
http://www.bbccanada.com/dramas/default.asp#lifeonmars
Its already down for DVD release on the 26th March. So I presume it will be starting the end of Jan or start of Feb at the latest as there are 7 or 8 episodes.
http://play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/1102601/Life_On_Mars_Series_2/Product.html
Its already down for DVD release on the 26th March. So I presume it will be starting the end of Jan or start of Feb at the latest as there are 7 or 8 episodes.
http://play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/1102601/Life_On_Mars_Series_2/Product.htmlI remember seeing that for pre-order as far back as August, believe it or not...
According to the adverts on billboards around town, it will be back on 13 February (that's if I remembered the date correctly - I was on a bus at the time ;) )
Its back on the 13th Feb at 9pm as Holby is on at 8pm.
Just seen a BBC2 ad (between Party People and Comedy Map).
Sam Tyler and Gene Hunt as Camberwick Green people.
Dialogue like "Are you unhappy, Sam?"
Sam nods yes.
"Is Gene beating up a nonce?"
Cut to Gene as a Camberwick Green figure, beating someone up.
Funny as a funny thing.
You mean this one :)
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/a41914/in-video-life-on-mars-returns-to-bbc-one.html
I love it
You mean this one :)
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/a41914/in-video-life-on-mars-returns-to-bbc-one.html
I love it
That's the one - nearly spat my red wine over the carpet when it came on; then I would have got a kicking from my "guvnor". :D
Silent Wings
03-02-2007, 18:11
Roll on the 13th Feb :tu:
Can't wait. Looking forward to this.
An other trailer here, with actual clips.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/a42347/in-video-sneak-peek-at-new-life-on-mars.html
How to be a proper copper GeneHunt (http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/lifeonmars/realmedia/dci?size=16x9&bgc=000000&nbram=1&bbram=1&nbwm=1&bbwm=1)
this clashed with Trial and Retribution as ITV moved that from Sunday to Monday on purpose.
does anyone know if this will be on VOD later tonight ?
MovedGoalPosts
13-02-2007, 13:50
Life on Mars is on tonight, Tuesday, not Monday :confused:
Trial and Retribution is a two part programme
it is usually on Sunday and Monday
as LOM is on tonight they had the first part on Monday and the second part is on tonight.. hopeing that viewers who saw part one will watch part two and not LOM
MovedGoalPosts
13-02-2007, 15:51
Hmmpf, in which case ITV deserve to loose advertising revenue. Tape the ITV one to watch later whizzing past the ads, and watch on transmission the advert free BBC one ;)
well no V + box so looks like i have to miss one of them as neither seem to be repeated on ITV 2 or BBC 3
hopefully this will be on VOD but as i've said many times without being able to find out in advance what's going to be on VOD the system still has shortcomings
might be able to get round it with my PC but the TV card is fed from an indoor ariel and so doesn't have great reception
Hmmpf, in which case ITV deserve to loose advertising revenue. Tape the ITV one to watch later whizzing past the ads, and watch on transmission the advert free BBC one ;)
Indeed .... you have to wonder whether ITV have somehow never worked out that in any head-to-head with the Beeb, they are at a major disadvantage due to the adverts. I'd never choose to watch ITV and tape the Beeb, always the other way round.
TONIGHT !!!
Life On Mars
9pm - BBC1
Looking forward to this !!!
I'm rather ticked off as there is a clash with CSI...and I can see it being handbags at dawn between me and my husband.:erm:
MovedGoalPosts
13-02-2007, 18:52
It clashes with Battlestar Galactica too. What's the chances of getting V+ installed in time if I phone for it now :doh:
It clashes with Battlestar Galactica too. What's the chances of getting V+ installed in time if I phone for it now :doh:
Ye dinnae need that .... BSG is on Sky Two on Thursday and Saturday, at 10pm.
We're going to watch the part 2 preview of Life on Mars tonight on BBC4, and thereafter we'll just follow it on BBC4 on Tuesdays at 10pm, conveniently straight after BSG on Sky One at 9pm.
Not that I'm square-eyed or anything. :disturbd: :D
MovedGoalPosts
13-02-2007, 20:25
Excellent idea - just got to remember what to watch on Thursdays now. Life gets to complex I think that's an ER on E4 clash :erm:
Excellent episode !
Some of the lines they come out with are so funny :tu:
After watching I now have a new theory, but its probably totally insane.
......
MovedGoalPosts
13-02-2007, 23:26
First episode was OK but perhaps slightly spoiled by too many interruptions from present day. The fact that the modern detective wanted to fit up the suspect would have confused anyone coming to this series not having seen the first one.
But that second episode, excellent. It just covered so many aspects of the 1970s. Better not say too much for those without BBC4 ;) The trailer for ep 3, looks intriguing too :tu:
Ye dinnae need that .... BSG is on Sky Two on Thursday and Saturday, at 10pm.
We're going to watch the part 2 preview of Life on Mars tonight on BBC4, and thereafter we'll just follow it on BBC4 on Tuesdays at 10pm, conveniently straight after BSG on Sky One at 9pm.
Not that I'm square-eyed or anything. :disturbd: :D
Ah thanks for that..I may be able to watch the rest of the new series of CSI in peace and quiet then...;)
Life on Mars returns tonight after having a week off.
9pm...BBC1
http://www.bbc.co.uk/lifeonmars/
Cobbydaler
06-03-2007, 18:58
Anyone got the OST CD? Dialogue bits are brilliant... :D
Life on Mars returns tonight after having a week off.
9pm...BBC1
http://www.bbc.co.uk/lifeonmars/
Cheers for that, I had actually forgotton about it being on tonight :tu:
homealone
06-03-2007, 19:41
Cheers for that, I had actually forgotton about it being on tonight :tu:
I forgot last week, then realised they had skipped an episode due to the footy - I was even cursing 'cos I couldn't find it on VOD - of course with no BSG available, anymore, I'll no longer need to use that as an option ;)
I watched this episode on BBC3 a fortnight ago straight after the 9pm episode on the Tuesday.So despite the fact He's got the remote and is watching the footie I'm not missing it..Just missing CSI instead which I had planned to watch instead..
All these blasted programming clashes.:mad:
The 10pm episode on BBC4 is a repeat :(
I forgot last week, then realised they had skipped an episode due to the footy - I was even cursing 'cos I couldn't find it on VOD - of course with no BSG available, anymore, I'll no longer need to use that as an option ;)
Not bad !!!!!
The Sweet with Hellraiser :tu: A Trimphone, Parker Coats.....the storyline wasn't bad either.
Why have I got this urge to go out and buy a Cortina Mark III ? :)
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The 10pm episode on BBC4 is a repeat :(
Yep :(
homealone
06-03-2007, 22:35
Not bad !!!!!
The Sweet with Hellraiser :tu: A Trimphone, Parker Coats.....the storyline wasn't bad either.
Why have I got this urge to go out and buy a Cortina Mark III ? :)
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Yep :(
was there ever a 'performance' version of the Mk3 Cortina? ;)
I've had a Mk2 & a Mk4, Cortina, btw - the mk4 was definitely bought at night, but did cruise fast, ;)
Was a great episode last night. Can't wait to see how it develops towards the end of the series.
was there ever a 'performance' version of the Mk3 Cortina? ;)
I've had a Mk2 & a Mk4, Cortina, btw - the mk4 was definitely bought at night, but did cruise fast, ;)
My dad had a Cortina Crusader, Y-reg from new. Wonderful car. Colour was a bit naff though, sort of turqoise-y
shame BBC4 showed the wrong episode though :(
BBC4 have stopped showing the first look episodes and are now showing the previous weeks BBC1 episode in case people miss it.
squirrel1970
09-03-2007, 11:21
I've enjoyed the whole series of LoM... (it's filmed in my hometown, the town hall is the outside of the police station :D)
I'm gonna wait until the box set of both series comes out towards the end of the year and I'm gonna watch it all again and again :D
(some of the locations in series 1 are fairly local to me.. no, I'm not gonna start offering LoM tours...!!!) ;)
Wicked_and_Crazy
09-03-2007, 12:05
Buy the car
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6433955.stm
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Life-on-Mars-Mk3-Cortina-2000E_W0QQitemZ250090163197QQihZ015QQcategoryZ2975 5QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Buy the car
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6433955.stm
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Life-on-Mars-Mk3-Cortina-2000E_W0QQitemZ250090163197QQihZ015QQcategoryZ2975 5QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItemSurprised that no nerd has picked up on this... ;) :D
The 1974 model stars in the time-travel series which tells the story of a modern-day policeman who finds himself transported to the 1970s.Was he not transported back to 1973?
Surprised that no nerd has picked up on this... ;) :D
Was he not transported back to 1973?
Yes, but models are built and sold in advance...
I.E the 1974 model would have been on sale from 1st August 1973
I wish I could afford it.
It would be great to own that car.
Cobbydaler
09-03-2007, 13:49
Yes, but models are built and sold in advance...
I.E the 1974 model would have been on sale from 1st August 1973
There are some anachronisms, including the car, on the Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_on_Mars_(TV_series)) page...
What's interesting though, is it mentions a spin off to be called Ashes to Ashes set in 1981. Anyone know any more about this?
There are some anachronisms, including the car, on the Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_on_Mars_(TV_series)) page...
What's interesting though, is it mentions a spin off to be called Ashes to Ashes set in 1981. Anyone know any more about this?
Hi yes, if it does go ahead Ahes to Ashes will be set in the 80's and star Phil Glenister as Gene Hunt.
Its a shame they are ending it... I think the concept has more mileage. For example, you can also have a hotshot doctor go back to victorian-era and diagnose/treat people House-esque, using victorian tools.
MovedGoalPosts
13-03-2007, 21:38
I love the alias names they are using while undercover :D
Anyone else struggling to stay awake during this week's episode?
MovedGoalPosts
13-03-2007, 21:59
How can you possibly say that Russ. It was excellent as always ;)
Got bored halfway through that one - but next week's episode looks awesome :D
MovedGoalPosts
13-03-2007, 22:05
Can't believe they are now showing the previous weeks episode on BBC4, rather than the preview of next weeks :(
Good job I don't have Sky One to clash with Battlestar Galactica anymore ;)
I think it is better this way.
Otherwise people will find out the ending before others and it could spoil it for people that don't have BBC3.
As for this weeks episode...... They can't all be best episodes. It was still good though. And I hope Sam and Annie get together.
I am just about to watch the episode here in Glasgow. River City was on at 9 here.
It starts at 10.35
MovedGoalPosts
13-03-2007, 22:52
And I hope Sam and Annie get together.
No can't have that, unless he's going to be left stuck in the 1970s, otherwise she'd be left heartbroken, and we all want a happy ending ;)
Does seem like they are looking for every cliché of the era to feature in one episode or another. Enjoyable none the less.
Anyone else struggling to stay awake during this week's episode?
Annie starting to get her kit off had the opposite effect on me. Oh and the aliases were LOL.
I thought this weeks show was hilarious
Cobbydaler
14-03-2007, 16:18
Yes, some fantastic one liners...
well just seen the latest epidsode thanks to the brilliant VOD service.. well done VM
have to say i think it shows they are right to just keep this at two series
basically this weeks ep was a police case that they solved.. not really that exciting TBH
kavita_P
15-03-2007, 15:32
Anyone else struggling to stay awake during this week's episode?
Of course not. It was great, as always. Cannot wait for the next episode.
I can just about handle you driving like a p***ed up crack-head and treating women like bean bags but I'm gonna see this once and once only Gene, stay out of Camberwick Green!
LOLOL. This series gets more amazing every week. Next week should be a corker.
How many episodes are left?
Cobbydaler
22-03-2007, 07:17
As the DVD feature length is 470 minutes, I'd guess 3...
Correct, it's an eight-part series, part 5 aired on BBC1 on Tuesday ... although I've only seen part 4, I'm following it on BBC4 so I can see BSG on Sky One.
The start of LoM on Tuesday cracked me up!
Cobbydaler
27-03-2007, 23:32
Another brilliant episode tonight, with some cracking one liners from Gene Hunt!
Gene Hunt is so funny, one of the best characters in recent television.
Another great episode indeed !
Ashes To Ashes
LIFE On Mars may be ending as we know it but there’s good news for fans of the hit TV drama set in 1973.
BBC1 bosses today confirmed they are developing a spin-off show – also to be named after a David Bowie song – which could be filmed in Manchester next year.
Ashes To Ashes is set in the 1980s and is due to feature some cast members from the original show
link: http://blogs.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ianwylie/2006/10/hellois_that_1981.html
Ashes To Ashes
LIFE On Mars may be ending as we know it but there’s good news for fans of the hit TV drama set in 1973.
BBC1 bosses today confirmed they are developing a spin-off show – also to be named after a David Bowie song – which could be filmed in Manchester next year.
Ashes To Ashes is set in the 1980s and is due to feature some cast members from the original show
link: http://blogs.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ianwylie/2006/10/hellois_that_1981.html
That article is from October 2006 ;) I wonder if there is anymore news on it...
Cobbydaler
04-04-2007, 22:13
That article is from October 2006 ;) I wonder if there is anymore news on it...
From the Wikipedia entry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_on_Mars_%28TV_series%29):
In December 2006, it was reported that the BBC had commissioned a Life on Mars spin-off series, to be titled Ashes to Ashes... Julie Gardner confirmed that the spin-off was to be produced during an interview for BBC Radio Wales in March 2007
From the Wikipedia entry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_on_Mars_%28TV_series%29):I was wondering if there was any more news, other than it is in the pipeline, like who is going to be in it, what is going to be like... :)
sir_drinks_alot
05-04-2007, 01:06
Have you seen the trailer for the last episode ! wow it's going to be one hell Of a episode !
Calling all Life On Mars fans.......
Get home early, Cancel anything already planned, and prepare for a night of quality TV......this is going to be one hell of an episode.
Let's hope it's a good one to end on !!!
Monday, 9:00pm BBC1 - FINAL EPISODE OF LIFE ON MARS
sir_drinks_alot
10-04-2007, 09:19
Monday, 9:00pm BBC1 - FINAL EPISODE OF LIFE ON MARS
Oh no i've only gone amd missed it shame it was not on tuesday @ 9 ;)
It's about time we paid tribute to those little gems that helped make Life on Mars what it is - ladies and gentlemen, I invite you to post a list of your favourite Gene Huntisms. :D
My recent favourite:
As genuine as a tranny's fanny
And one for further discussion - do we think that 'this investigation is moving at the speed of a spastic in a magnet factory' was perhaps a leeeeeetle too close to the bone, even given the 1970s context?
orangebird
10-04-2007, 09:47
It's about time we paid tribute to those little gems that helped make Life on Mars what it is - ladies and gentlemen, I invite you to post a list of your favourite Gene Huntisms. :D
My recent favourite:
As genuine as a tranny's fanny
And one for further discussion - do we think that 'this investigation is moving at the speed of a spastic in a magnet factory' was perhaps a leeeeeetle too close to the bone, even given the 1970s context?
You can't have it both ways - why is it funny to take the mickey out of transsexuals, but not spastics?
A lot of it is very close to the bone, but that's how it was in the 70's and I for one am glad that todays overwhelming PC directive hasn't affected a brilliant bit of television. :tu:
You can't have it both ways - why is it funny to take the mickey out of transsexuals, but not spastics?
A lot of it is very close to the bone, but that's how it was in the 70's and I for one am glad that todays overwhelming PC directive hasn't affected a brilliant bit of television. :tu:
A very good point. To what extent do we only laugh at the things we haven't been banned from laughing at?
I'm not sure they're quite the same in this case though. In the one case the metal leg braces are necessary medical intervention, in the other the surgery is elective ... however I don't want to get in to over-analyzing.
Another recent selection:
More fingers in pies than a leper on a cookery course
as nervous as a very small nun at a penguin shoot
orangebird
10-04-2007, 10:00
<snip>
as nervous as a very small nun at a penguin shoot
Indeed - LMAO at that one. :D
Although, I'd never laughed so much as I did when they did the little 'Trumpton' style intro the other week. :rofl:
Cobbydaler
10-04-2007, 10:12
'You are surrounded by armed b*stards!' :D
Agree on the intro...
'Listen, you. I can just about handle you, driving like a p*ssed-up crack-head, and treating women like bean-bags, but I'm going to say this once, and once only: stay out of Camberwick Green!' :)
Oh no i've only gone amd missed it shame it was not on tuesday @ 9 ;)
:dunce: I shouldn't be posting late at night...... TUESDAY it is.
Can't wait for tonight.
My fav:
"If I was worried as you, I wouldn't fart for ****ing myself"
Tea is brewed, Easter egg is perched on the arm of the sofa ... here we go! :hyper:
And one for further discussion - do we think that 'this investigation is moving at the speed of a spastic in a magnet factory' was perhaps a leeeeeetle too close to the bone, even given the 1970s context?
Take that as bad then you've conformed to the PC brigade. What was right in those day was right, you shouldn't or can't question them now. Just that fact you now think it's a little close to the bone and that you can't take it in context means just that. I say you because of the way you mentioned it 'leeeeetle', it was emphasized which 'could' mean you object.
In fact I'd rather be back in that era than the big bro, pc, lemming/sheep society of today.
"Blacks, they all look the same" sounds sooo bad today, but was soo right then, it just not out of context of those times.
Am I now a racist?? :rolleyes: lol.
The series was pure class and well done BBC for letting it go out on a high.
Utter, utter, utter class. I challenge any American re-make to end as deliciously ambiguous as that did.
MovedGoalPosts
10-04-2007, 21:59
Absolutely excellent, but I suspect my head hurts more than Sam Tyler's now :erm:
What an anticlimax :(
You have got to be kidding! This was a piece of classic TV, and you were there to see it! We'll be arguing about what the ending meant in the pub for decades!
You have got to be kidding! This was a piece of classic TV, and you were there to see it! We'll be arguing about what the ending meant in the pub for decades!
And what's the point of that? Why not give us an ending which would really have thrown the cat amongst the pigeons by getting the modern-day Tyler meeting up with his aged 70's colleagues?
homealone
10-04-2007, 22:06
brilliant, loved it, the series has been a class above - and they all live happily ever after ;)
yaypandas
10-04-2007, 22:07
they should have ended the series when he jumped off the roof, the ending was tacky.
Just about to settle down & watch it. (Recorded it). The one liners are brilliant, the "tyranny's fanny" one was superb. There was one about "As much use as Liberace`s cock" something or other, wish I could remember it, laughed my ar*e off.
brilliant, loved it, the series has been a class above - and they all live happily ever after ;)
Well, apart from Ray, whose new missus turns out to be a raging feminist, and rips his danglers off after about 5 minutes :D
Top class TV - absolute classic. I loved the bit at the end:
Sam: You shouldn't be driving.
Gene: Well, I am... (you just know he's thinking 'sod off, you nancy' :D )
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they should have ended the series when he jumped off the roof, the ending was tacky.
But that would have left us with even more questions. No way was that tacky - by leaving it ambiguous, it actually makes us think about it. Bit of a shock for this day and age...
100% class
Gene Hunt: Anything happens to this motor, I'll come 'round your houses and stamp on all your toys. Got it? Good kids.
they are all here : http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Life_on_Mars
daz300
WTF???
So is he back in a coma after jumping off the roof then?
or when he walked to the light did he even wake up in 2006/7??
I had read that the writers said they would give it a clear cut ending so that they could not make a new series. All they did was drive off. That clearly leaves it open for more??
My head hurts after watching that!
That clearly leaves it open for more??
Nowt wrong with that, :cool:
Jim.
Saaf_laandon_mo
10-04-2007, 22:19
Well I hope he never goes back to the present time, and i doubly I hope we have a new totally un-PC cop show with those 5.
And what's the point of that? Why not give us an ending which would really have thrown the cat amongst the pigeons by getting the modern-day Tyler meeting up with his aged 70's colleagues?
That wouldn't have thrown any cats anywhere. Virtually everyone has worked through that scenario in their heads or in forum threads like this one almost since the first series started. It would hardly have been an original ending.
They have ended it in such a way that it is going to be *extremely* difficult to explain it without leaving any loose ends. Honest, this is a classic. I predict the 'Life on Mars question' will become a modern TV phenomenon.
My thinking so far hinges on the DCI/Surgeon. Who was more believable as a 'real' person? DCI Frank Morgan or Mr Frank Morgan?
Nowt wrong with that, :cool:
Jim.
I never said there was.
However the creater had said the ending would mean there was no chance of it returning!
I never said there was.
However the creater had said the ending would mean there was no chance of it returning!
Take the 'what if' sci fi element out if it as that's now over and what have you left, the 'Sweeney', and that's already been done.
MovedGoalPosts
10-04-2007, 22:27
It would be very difficult for it to return as we now know the one of tow possibilities for the conundrum as to why he was there. Which you choose to believe is up to you. He was in a coma, and has jumped back into it, or he had amnesia, and was dreaming of the future. Neither needs further explanation.
That wouldn't have thrown any cats anywhere. Virtually everyone has worked through that scenario in their heads or in forum threads like this one almost since the first series started. It would hardly have been an original ending.
It might not have been an original ending but it would have left more questions and imagination. And as for being extremely difficult to explain, bringing someone from deep within Tyler's mind in to reality, wouldn't that be difficult to explain, instead of "oh, he's back in another coma"?
It would be very difficult for it to return as we now know the one of tow possibilities for the conundrum as to why he was there. Which you choose to believe is up to you. He was in a coma, and has jumped back into it, or he had amnesia, and was dreaming of the future. Neither needs further explanation.
Dreaming of the future? He must be a prophet if that was the case then. Explain Robocop et al.
A tidbit lifted from a forum Mrs T frequents:
Frank Morgan played the Wizard of Oz in the 1939 film. Gene has nicknamed Sam 'Dorothy' before now... And someone else has already mentioned that Ray needs a heart, Chris needs a brain, Annie needs courage and Sam needs to get home.
:spin:
Hence he called him 'Dorethy' in the last episode.
Dreaming of the future? He must be a prophet if that was the case then. Explain Robocop et al.
This is sci fi. Take your pick from 1,001 possible solutions, or invent your own and make it 1,002. :D
homealone
10-04-2007, 22:36
the key word was enigmatic ;), in my opinion :)
This is sci fi. Take your pick from 1,001 possible solutions, or invent your own and make it 1,002. :D
Not the 'One of Two' possibilities then as quoted, lol.
Not the 'One of Two' possibilities then as quoted, lol.
Definitely not. Another lift from another forum thread:
Was the testcard girl switching off Sam's life at the very end?
Definitely not. Another lift from another forum thread:
Was the testcard girl switching off Sam's life at the very end?
Exactly, I was only answering Rob's post as in what he said was flawed.
Thought it was a good ending, it clearly left it open for a "new" series. Perhaps a spin off with Sam & the Gene policing old Salford. If the writers have any sense that is.
Now with the possibility of a sequel, Ashes to Ashes, featuring Gene Hunt, it's going to be a major story line to get a figment of Sam's imagination (yes, that's the way that I have took it ;) ) to go off on his own, without Sam. Can someone go off and do there own thing, in Sam's brain?
homealone
10-04-2007, 23:39
end it now, imo, it has had an huge impact, please let us not lose that edge ;)
Cobbydaler
10-04-2007, 23:53
Ashes to Ashes is definitely happening. Ashley Pharoah said on Radio 5 this afternoon that shooting was starting later this year...
Ashes to Ashes is definitely happening. Ashley Pharoah said on Radio 5 this afternoon that shooting was starting later this year...I heard that Gene goes off to London. I don't know if that is right or not, but how???
I heard that Gene goes off to London. I don't know if that is right or not, but how???
Do us all a favour and get a copy of the Manchester Evening News tomorrow - apparently they have an exclusive interview.
http://blogs.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ianwylie/2007/04/life_on_mars_ashes_to_ashes.html
Tezcatlipoca
11-04-2007, 02:48
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6542633.stm
"Life on Mars sequel jumps to '80s"
A sequel to TV drama Life on Mars is to be made with the action moving to the 1980s, it has been confirmed.
The announcement was made as the second and final series of Life on Mars - in which a modern police officer was trapped in 1973 - came to an end.
The sequel, Ashes to Ashes, will see Philip Glenister return as DCI Gene Hunt - but this time in London in 1981.
He will be joined by a female detective from the 21st Century who is stuck in the past after an accident.
(snip)
Jane Featherstone, executive producer for TV production company Kudos, said the search was on for DCI Hunt's new "sexy sidekick".
"It's a touch of Moonlighting teamed with a measure of Miami Vice," she said.
:confused: :rolleyes:
Nice that for once a series is not allowed to drag on and on and finishes on a high and gets people thinking.:tu:
Reminds me of The Prisoner in that respect.Short,well written episodes and series that finished ambiguously and everyone was discussing it down the pub for days...if not decades later. :)
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