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09-26-2007, 12:44 PM
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Life on Mars
What ever happened to the BBC broadcasts of the second season of Life on Mars? I was expecting it this summer. Did it happen? Did I miss it? My old SP never picked up any of them, and I totally forgot about the show until the actor turned up on Doctor Who.
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09-26-2007, 12:50 PM
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BBC America won't air them until after the new year.
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09-26-2007, 01:31 PM
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That's weird, I just finished watching Season 2 and came here to make a post about it 
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09-26-2007, 03:52 PM
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Whoops... Yes, I meant BBC America, not just the BBC. I had heard that BBC America was going to air them this last summer, or was that wrong? Has it been rescheduled, or was I wrong?
thanks
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09-26-2007, 04:31 PM
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Last I read, it was going to be February on BBCA for Series 2. But that was when they were still shooting the final episodes and they hadn't aired yet in the UK
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09-28-2007, 07:39 PM
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Shoot, I misread the thread title.
I read "Life After Mars" as in Veronica Mars. 
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12-05-2007, 03:42 PM
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I just got an email from BBC America saying that Life On Mars, second season was premiering on Dec 11 but I checked my TiVo and it only shows reruns from early 2007. 
I reset my Season Pass anyway.
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12-05-2007, 04:32 PM
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thefutoncritic.com reports Season 2 is starting December 11.
http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showat...&view=listings
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12-05-2007, 04:37 PM
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Season 2 starts on Dec 11th according to http://bbcamerica.com/
FYI. The new show Ashes To Ashes featuring Gene Hunt and the gang, set in the 80's starts in the UK in January.
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12-05-2007, 06:59 PM
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I am looking forward to this. I hope it lives up to my expectations. the first season was very good. I wonder if HDNET will ever show it? I really like the "no commercials" part.
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12-05-2007, 07:19 PM
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Season 2 was fantastic, much better than season 1 (which I thought was great) IMHO, some real laugh out loud stuff, especially as a brit of a certain age.
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01-06-2008, 08:43 AM
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Just started watching this. Starting with season 2 I have a few questions. Why does everyone but Sam have long hair? How did he get a job without an identity? Did he fake IDs, paperwork etc? I would think/hope a police department would be able to pick up on forgeries.
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01-06-2008, 10:36 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by emandbri
Just started watching this. Starting with season 2 I have a few questions. Why does everyone but Sam have long hair? How did he get a job without an identity? Did he fake IDs, paperwork etc? I would think/hope a police department would be able to pick up on forgeries.
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Sam doesn't have long hair for the obvious reason that he is (supposedly) from present day while everyone one else have 70's long hair.
He got the job because in season one when he was hit by the car and woke up in the 70's he went to the station where he worked. They were expecting a new detective that was transferring from a different city in England and they all assumed he was that guy. Don't know why the real guy never showed up though. Remember, this is early 70's where as you can see in the show, the station was very lax in paperwork and in modern day police techniques. It's bash heads then ask questions later.
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01-06-2008, 10:41 AM
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Sam doesn't have long hair for the obvious reason that he is (supposedly) from present day while everyone one else have 70's long hair.
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Thanks!
I just figured he has been there long enough and would want to fit it and would grow his hair out a bit. How much time has passed since he woke up to the start of season 2?
Thanks!
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01-24-2008, 05:00 AM
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Just finished season 2, that was SOOOOOO good!
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01-24-2008, 05:25 AM
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I thought it went back and forth too much. The payoff wasn't worth the intervening confusion. It was only "okay" in my book.
And, as far as Sam Tyler is concerned, that the series finale, not the season finale.
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01-24-2008, 09:30 AM
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I still havent watched Series 2 yet. I need to I guess. I loved 1.
Ashes to Ashes? I will have to check that out.
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01-24-2008, 01:25 PM
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Quote:
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I thought it went back and forth too much. The payoff wasn't worth the intervening confusion. It was only "okay" in my book.
And, as far as Sam Tyler is concerned, that the series finale, not the season finale.
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Okay, I have seen the finale, and I agree, it was merely okay.
I am still a bit confused. Was Sam from the future and hallucinating 1973, or was he from 1973 and hallucinating the future? How could he not be from the future when he knew so much about it? The wording of the arrest caution, and so forth.
He was saying that he could only prove he was actually alive if he could "feel it," so when Annie slapped him, he felt it, but when he hurt himself in the meeting, he couldn't "feel anything" which convinced him that he needed to go back to '73. But if it was all in his mind, then is he truly just in a coma in the hospital?
Are we meant NOT to know exactly what was going on?
Did Annie shoot one of the bad guys?
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01-24-2008, 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Axl Rose
Hey you caught me in a coma
And I don't think I wanna
Ever come back to this...world again
Kinda like it in a coma
'Cause no one's ever gonna
Oh, make me come back to this...
world again
Now I feel as if I'm floating away
I can't feel all the pressure
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Even tho' it felt like a cop out (no pun intended), I reconciled myself with the idea that there were 2 Sam Tylers, one an DI in 1973, one a DCI in 2006, who were soul joined, the original accident and the subsequent leap from the rooftop, forced the DCI Tyler's soul to leap to it's twin in 1973/4.
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01-24-2008, 02:56 PM
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Wow, thanks for that link, I had no idea. I read about the David Kelley American version on Wikipedia after I finished the series. I must have missed the mention of a sequel.
My personal take on the finale is that he was in his bed in a coma in 2006, woke up from a coma, preferred his 1973 existence, went back into a coma... I didn't think the references at the graveyard were anything more than his brain playing tricks.
The series did have it's uneven moments, I couldn't relate to some things that were particularly "British" especially the older 70's references.
BTW, there are some great higher res versions of the series "out there", the original BBC broadcasts and not the edited BBCA.
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01-24-2008, 03:01 PM
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Yeah, not really looking forward to the US version, but might be enjoyable. I didn't think I'd like the original but I did. Yeah, not watching them on BBCA is definitely the way to go.
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01-24-2008, 04:11 PM
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I don't normally post in here, but thought you might like to know that this new show starts sometime next month. We're just seeing the "coming soon" trailers now.
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02-06-2008, 05:57 AM
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Bump: Ashes to Ashes starts tomorrow. Fire up the BT clients.
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02-06-2008, 01:28 PM
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When does the American version of "Life on Mars" premiere? From David E. Kelly?
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02-07-2008, 05:58 PM
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just watched Ashes to Ashes via a Sling box in the UK ...
its fantastic and absolutely hilarious ....... and man does Keeley Hawes look gorgeous !!!!
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02-07-2008, 06:13 PM
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Just waiting for the upload, the newsgroup files tend to show up after 5pm PST.
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Ahh, just noticed the River Xvid version is up, about 700mb.
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02-07-2008, 06:42 PM
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when youve watched it ...... i have questions ... about the over lap with life on mars ... because i havent yet watched any of them (life on mars that is)..... let me know what you think of ashes to ashes !!!!
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