life on mars - Page 18

Horace · 11-04-2007, 11:58

I'm optimistic for Ashes to Ashes, Gene Hunt is a great character and can easily carry a series.
I loved the ended of LOM although I was shocked at first and couldn't really get my head around it..but it makes sense and as the article Cobbydaler linked to states, Sam living back in 2007 back to the boring drudge of modern day police work seemed very out of place considering what the character had gone through, a very unorthodox ending and something Hollywood would never have had the balls to do. The testcard girl at the end was pure genius.

I really hope this series is recognised by BAFTA. I hardly watch regular TV apart from catching the news but I've had a weekly appointment with BBC1 for every episode. Something I haven't done for a very long time.

sir_drinks_alot · 11-04-2007, 12:22

The one thing i will miss more than anything els is that beautiful beautiful Ford Cortina it was so much a part of the show

RIP cortina we we hardly knew thy

Cobbydaler · 11-04-2007, 12:49

He's going to have an original Audi Quattro in Ashes to Ashes....

**Chris** · 11-04-2007, 13:28

According to the lead writer, as interviewed by the Manchester Evening News:

1. Sam really was in a coma. He really did wake up. Then he committed suicide.
2. His return to 1973 occurs during the last couple of minutes of his real life, which is in 2006. However as it's a dream or coma state, who's to say how many years Sam may have back in the 1970s before he actually dies? The implication is he might live a lifetime in those moments.
3. The testcard girl was only supposed to symbolise 'the end', as in the end of Life on Mars, nothing more subtle than that.
4. The female DCI who is to appear in Ashes to Ashes is a psych profiler who has read the report Sam gave on his return to work in 2006 (we saw him briefly with a dictaphone right near the end) - including all he had to say about Gene Hunt. She is going to have an accident and end up in 1981 working with ... Gene Hunt. The new series will explore in more detail exactly who, or what, Gene is and what he symbolises.

Halcyon · 11-04-2007, 14:35

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Originally Posted by Horace

I really hope this series is recognised by BAFTA.

"John Simm" - Nominated for Best Actor.

"Life On Mars" - Nominated for Best Drama

"Life On Mars" - Nominated for Audience Award.

Horace · 12-04-2007, 18:19

I already know about the nominations, I meant win one :p.

Halcyon · 12-04-2007, 19:03

Yeah, let's hope it is recognised for the quality Tv that it is and for the great acting talent.

sir_drinks_alot · 12-04-2007, 21:34

This really has been one of the best tv show's of the last 20 years if only thay made more show's that are as good as this !

**Chris** · 12-04-2007, 22:19

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This really has been one of the best tv show's of the last 20 years if only thay made more show's that are as good as this !

Well, there is every reason to hope that the next series is going to be as good. The fact that they have been willing to take the format to a different city and a different decade (and give it a new title) while keeping the same basic premise at the core, is a good sign. If they had reneged on their promise not to do a third series of Life on Mars I'd have been worried, it would just have gone on and on and got wierd like Quantum Leap did.

cimt · 15-04-2007, 01:43

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Well, there is every reason to hope that the next series is going to be as good. The fact that they have been willing to take the format to a different city and a different decade (and give it a new title) while keeping the same basic premise at the core, is a good sign. If they had reneged on their promise not to do a third series of Life on Mars I'd have been worried, it would just have gone on and on and got wierd like Quantum Leap did.

Beware, the Americans are killing off Life on Mars by making their own version, only it's based in 1972, not 1973. Are they deffo's making a series 3? Coz the ending of series 2 makes it look like there's gunna be more series'. Also on the BBC website it said it wouldn't be the last of Sam Tyler, is that an indication for a new series?

Mal · 15-04-2007, 01:50

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Originally Posted by cimt

Beware, the Americans are killing off Life on Mars by making their own version, only it's based in 1972, not 1973. Are they deffo's making a series 3? Coz the ending of series 2 makes it look like there's gunna be more series'. Also on the BBC website it said it wouldn't be the last of Sam Tyler, is that an indication for a new series?

I don't see why the Americans doing a remake would kill off Life on Mars, but according to the IMDB, production has been put on hold, for whatever reason.

According to the blogs, linked to earlier in this thread, there isn't going to be 3rd series, but a spin off, not involving Sam Tyler. Have a look in this thread for other links.

cimt · 15-04-2007, 02:06

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I don't see why the Americans doing a remake would kill off Life on Mars, but according to the IMDB, production has been put on hold, for whatever reason.

According to the blogs, linked to earlier in this thread, there isn't going to be 3rd series, but a spin off, not involving Sam Tyler. Have a look in this thread for other links.

Well there's no need for them to remake it is there? Apparantly the actors who played Sam and Hunt got asked to starr in it, but they said no.

**Chris** · 15-04-2007, 14:47

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Originally Posted by cimt

Beware, the Americans are killing off Life on Mars by making their own version, only it's based in 1972, not 1973. Are they deffo's making a series 3? Coz the ending of series 2 makes it look like there's gunna be more series'. Also on the BBC website it said it wouldn't be the last of Sam Tyler, is that an indication for a new series?

The US TV audience is notoriously less accepting of 'foreign' TV than we are over here. It is therefore quite common for production companies to sell the idea to the Yanks rather than the programme itself. In some cases I think it's a real shame, but in the case of Life on Mars, what enjoyment would a general US audience get out of the backdrop being 1970s Manchester? It doesn't mean anything to them.

Their TV tradition is very rich in this area, they have Kojak, Colombo, Starsky and Hutch ... they have more than enough 70s cop cliches to draw on without having to make do with ours.

And seeing as all those shows travelled over here much more readily than the likes of The Professionals did over there, I think ironically a British audience would probably warm to an American remake. I'd quite like to see it, anyway, if it ever gets made!

cimt · 15-04-2007, 16:27

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Originally Posted by Chris T

The US TV audience is notoriously less accepting of 'foreign' TV than we are over here. It is therefore quite common for production companies to sell the idea to the Yanks rather than the programme itself. In some cases I think it's a real shame, but in the case of Life on Mars, what enjoyment would a general US audience get out of the backdrop being 1970s Manchester? It doesn't mean anything to them.

Their TV tradition is very rich in this area, they have Kojak, Colombo, Starsky and Hutch ... they have more than enough 70s cop cliches to draw on without having to make do with ours.

And seeing as all those shows travelled over here much more readily than the likes of The Professionals did over there, I think ironically a British audience would probably warm to an American remake. I'd quite like to see it, anyway, if it ever gets made!

Ah ok, I see why now then. I'm sure it can't be as good as the UK version?

**Damien** · 16-04-2007, 12:29

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Ah ok, I see why now then. I'm sure it can't be as good as the UK version?

America makes very good TV. I imagine it would be quite good but different to our version. Just like The Office became a different program in America after the first season