Not bad. Not bad. F**king annoying how she kept making a prat of herself when she's supposedly read up on Sam and so should know what to expect though. But perhaps she's meant to be a loudmouth modern woman, refusing to stick to logic and what she knows? Meh. Either way. Odd.
Really good i thought, its great to have the original tro of cops back; just a great, great show. I was a bit worried when I heard they were trying to do a follow up, but it all just worked really well.
Quote: Aaron @ February 7, 2008, 10:02 PMF**king annoying how she kept making a prat of herself when she's supposedly read up on Sam and so should know what to expect though.
Well, shes still supposed to be a bit disorientated, isnt she? Just because you know a bit about what happened to Sam, doesnt mean if you were plunged into it yourself that youd be calm and act like its all normal and play it all correctly.
Left a bit dissapointed in all honesty. Hopefully though, it was just a first episode thing where they just wanted to set the scene, it should and will improve as the series goes on.
Quote: Matthew Stott @ February 7, 2008, 10:08 PMWell, shes still supposed to be a bit disorientated, isnt she? Just because you know a bit about what happened to Sam, doesnt mean if you were plunged into it yourself that youd be calm and act like its all normal and play it all correctly.
And they told her that Sam only died the previous year.
I fupping loved it!!!
I liked Life on Mars, but never got fully into it. Don't know why.
I really do hate the 70s though...
Quote: zooo @ February 7, 2008, 10:39 PMI fupping loved it!!!
I liked Life on Mars, but never got fully into it. Don't know why.
I really do hate the 70s though...
Was that before you retired then?
I enjoyed this with a few reservations. Putting my cards on the table Life on Mars was for me the best thing that's been on telly in a decade.
I think that the Alex character in Ashes has been a bit crowbarred in, but then again there was probably no other way to do things. I wasn't convinced about Keely Hawkes' performance though. It was a bit hammy and I hope she settles into it in a more natural way. The others are old hands and I suspect they are more at home with their characters so I'd be prepared to give her the benefit at his stage.
The new show retains a lot of the spine-tingling moments that made LOM so great for me so that's also good.
It certainly has a lot of promise and in all honesty it's Gene Hunt's show really. He's the absolute dog's. A truly great iconic creation and I'm sure Philip Glenister has a real job not smiling from ear to ear in every scene he does. It's an actor's birthdays all come at once and he is superb at it.
Quote: Matthew Stott @ February 7, 2008, 10:08 PMWell, shes still supposed to be a bit disorientated, isnt she? Just because you know a bit about what happened to Sam, doesnt mean if you were plunged into it yourself that youd be calm and act like its all normal and play it all correctly.
Yeah, I did think about that, but even taking that into consideration it just felt a bit too much.
Before I was born, dear boy.
Why was everything in the 70s brown and orange? Bleurgh.
The bit where she stood to the side and DEAD appeared! I did an Oooh.
Quote: zooo @ February 7, 2008, 10:54 PMBefore I was born, dear boy.
The bit where she stood to the side and DEAD appeared! I did an Oooh.
I thought I saw your character in Life on Mars.
Quote: zooo @ February 7, 2008, 10:54 PMWhy was everything in the 70s brown and orange? Bleurgh.
Are you sure that's the 70s and not "WAGs"?
Big mistake to put the last episode of LOM on BBC4 straight after. It just showed up starkly that Ashes to Ashes is entertaining, but LOM is profound.
But then the last episode of Life On Mars was much more serious and sombre in tone than the rest of the series, so you can't fairly compare them at all.
Well the first series of LOM was even more profound. It had Sam meeting his mother as a young woman and trying to help her - something we've all fanatsised about doing when we've learned of a period of strife that our parents went through - seeing himself as a boy and having a (very moving) kick about with his dad. Since I am exactly the same age as the people who wrote it I can tell you that the first series was a cop show only in the gaps between being an elegiac reflection on the transition from son to father and the strange sensation that comes upon you after the age of 35 or so that you've actually been alive quite a long time.
Midge Ure and Adam Ant can have no place in such a journey.
Quote: Godot Taxis @ February 8, 2008, 12:32 AMIt had Sam meeting his mother as a young woman and trying to help her - something we've all fanatsised about doing when we've learned of a period of strife that our parents went through -
Have we?