Nah, but North London is a bit of a magnet for soap actors it seems!Quote:
Originally Posted by Magicme
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Nah, but North London is a bit of a magnet for soap actors it seems!Quote:
Originally Posted by Magicme
New series starting tonight 'Ashes to Ashes'. This time a woman gets transported back to 1981.
DCI Gene Hunt is still there, and the potential for loads of early eighties references - should be good.
Oh Christ, what's next, Space Oddity, where a man gets transported into the future? Let's Dance, where celebrities... sorry, already done.
'Tin Machine', where a man is transported into a backwater of mediocrity, with a bunch of talentless nobodys.
With Steve Staunton to play the lead roleQuote:
Originally Posted by noby
they started to play Life on Mars on BBC America a couple of months, pretty good, they play back to back episodes, unfortunately they play crap like Coupling also.
Didn't think it was as good as Life On Mars. Philip Glenister is still great though, if not as original anymore.
(Edit : Spoilers in case anyones taped it, and gives out because they didnt want to know anything)Quote:
Originally Posted by superfrank
Aye. The 'Armed bástards' line was a stroke of genius the first time, amusing the second time, but regurgitated here for a third time, it's just tired.
A different show to LOM, and, typical of the Eighties, it's very stylised.
Plus points are that the music is still good, and Glenister is still on form, if now just a caricature of himself as Gene Hunt. SPOILER: Nice to see Zippy from Rainbow cast against type as a slightly creepy dream sequence policeman too. A career as a villain in Guy Richie movies surely awaits.
The bad points? Characterisation has seemingly been chucked out the window to be replaced with Yuppie 80s stereotypes , and the subtle humour of LOM has been lumpenly replaced with broad farce (SPOILER: Witness A) the Beverly Hills Cop canal gunfight to see Chris in all his goofy Judge Reinhold glory & B) The follow-on 'Miami Vice pastiche complete with Uzi's and a speedboat. Or rather : dont, you'd be better off.) Oh and The big peirot Doll man from the Bowie video isn't half as menacing as the test card girl from Life on mars. Frankly he's very unscary indeed.
Worth a second look mind. I'll tune in again next week.
Saw it last time. I'd only ever seen one episode of Life on Mars so the flashbacks didnt make much sense. Loved the nostalgia though. And the odd pop at the 80's too.
'He rang using a callcard? Flash git'
BV is right about the lack of subtlety in some of the jokes. Hopefully it'll settle down a little after the first episode. Although some of the LOM references weren't very subtle.
On the plus point the main character is straight away aware of the situation she finds herself in. There's no need for her, or the audience, to be tip-toeing around; that was done the first time round. She's straight into how to get out of this situation.
Hopefully the 'Yuppie 80s stereotypes' was just for the storyline in this episode.
It's great to see Zoe from spooks on tele again. I thought it was okay - it's never going to match the original but was entertaining enough to watch. tbh not really up against much on a Thursday evening though.
Thanks a million Macy!.......I've been wracking my brains trying to remember where I saw her before!:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Macy
Agreed entertaining...but as you say couldn't be as good s the original as "the cat is out of the bag"