Life on Mars

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  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Let's just say, in the UK version, things are never quite cleared up.
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Jennytree wrote:
    I looooved the UK version. It's definitely in my list of fave's ever made. Dunno if I could watch the US one though. Gene Hunt's character just cracked me up.


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC62WgREj6E


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  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    I watched the other night's episode but I was kind of disappointed. Maybe I just need to see more of the show.

    By the end of the episode, Sam arrested somebody for murder that he knew was going to murder someone else in the future. So the assumption was that he prevented that murder (and others) from taking place and he'd done a good thing.

    I guess that would be true but it always seems to me in shows about time travel that one of the rules to be observed is that history shouldn't be tampered with. Unless that's why he's been sent back in time? I dunno, the story wasn't quite interesting enough to work it out. :|
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  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Or is he sent back in time? Life on Mars isn't straightforward sci-fi.
  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    Or is he sent back in time? Life on Mars isn't straightforward sci-fi.
    True. As I said I probably need to watch more.
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  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    I would recommend that people find a way to get hold of the BBC series. Okay, so some of the references and dialect might be a bit different, but it is superior, particularly in the treatment of the subtle nuances of the relationship between Sam and Annie.
  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,681
    whoprincess wrote:
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    Or is he sent back in time? Life on Mars isn't straightforward sci-fi.
    True. As I said I probably need to watch more.

    Don't get too attached as the ratings are not good. It's a good show. But it's hard for good shows to get good ratings.
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  • xavier mcdaniel
    xavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,448
    igotid88 wrote:
    whoprincess wrote:
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    Or is he sent back in time? Life on Mars isn't straightforward sci-fi.
    True. As I said I probably need to watch more.

    Don't get too attached as the ratings are not good. It's a good show. But it's hard for good shows to get good ratings.

    where does it rate? I've seen every episode so far and can't say that I've seen every episode of a new TV show on over the air networks in years.
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  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    After seeing this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaP3ICS3pS8 I decided to never watch this show. :lol:
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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,681
    xavier mcdaniel wrote:

    Don't get too attached as the ratings are not good. It's a good show. But it's hard for good shows to get good ratings.

    where does it rate? I've seen every episode so far and can't say that I've seen every episode of a new TV show on over the air networks in years.[/quote]

    according to tvbythenumbers.com it had 5.55 millions viewers the last episode. And in the coveted 18-49 rating it got a 2.0.
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  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    OK it's official. Life on Mars has been canceled.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/04/arts/ ... l?ref=arts

    No More ‘Life on Mars’

    Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF
    Published: March 3, 2009

    While Harvey Keitel, Jason O’Mara and Michael Imperioli of “Life on Mars” were joining labor leaders Monday in Astoria, Queens, urging New York State to extend its tax credits for film and television production, ABC was canceling their series, Variety reported. “Life on Mars,” adapted from a popular British television series of the same name, starred Mr. O’Mara, as a New York police detective who is hit by a car and believes that he has awakened in the 1970s. The American version has never quite taken off with viewers, even after it was moved to a time slot following the science-fiction serial “Lost.” Variety said ABC’s version of “Life on Mars” could end with a finale that would resolve its central time-travel mysteries.
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  • Heatherj43
    Heatherj43 Posts: 1,254
    Haven't heard of that show, but that's the year of my high school graduation too. I love watching shows that are suppose to depic that time period for the same reason as you...to see how well they do it.
    I know "That 70's Show" does a lousy job!
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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,681
    whoprincess wrote:
    OK it's official. Life on Mars has been canceled.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/04/arts/ ... l?ref=arts

    No More ‘Life on Mars’

    Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF
    Published: March 3, 2009

    While Harvey Keitel, Jason O’Mara and Michael Imperioli of “Life on Mars” were joining labor leaders Monday in Astoria, Queens, urging New York State to extend its tax credits for film and television production, ABC was canceling their series, Variety reported. “Life on Mars,” adapted from a popular British television series of the same name, starred Mr. O’Mara, as a New York police detective who is hit by a car and believes that he has awakened in the 1970s. The American version has never quite taken off with viewers, even after it was moved to a time slot following the science-fiction serial “Lost.” Variety said ABC’s version of “Life on Mars” could end with a finale that would resolve its central time-travel mysteries.


    I was gonna post this yesterday. At least they're going to let it have an ending. ABC learned from their cancellations of Pushing Daises and Dirty Sexy Money.
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