Life on Mars

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source: Jack Yan on Vox

I find this quite fascinating. I must have posted a lot about the US remake of Life on Mars, because actor Jason O’Mara still figures in this, even though I stopped blogging about that show around the time of its cancellation. Obviously, Lucire, Wellington and New Zealand figure in a big way,...

Published Sat, Sep 26

Ashes To Ashes: Daniel Mays

source: blogs.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Will Alex finally discover why she’s been sent back to the 80s? Does anything tie Alex and Sam Tyler together? And who exactly is Gene Hunt…? Jane Featherstone, Executive Producer, Kudos Film and Television says: Life On Mars Blogs

Published Wed, Sep 23

Mad? No. In a coma? No. Back in time? Yes.

source: Jack Yan on Vox

My Spanish is pathetic at best, but a bit of context: the tunnel is a portal of sorts where Sam travelled from 2009 to 1977. In the final episode, he saves Ana from being killed by his father (the same as episode 8 of the UK original and episode 7 of the US remake). It appears this was the purpose of h...

Published Thu, Aug 27

Twists on the tale in La chica de ayer

source: Jack Yan on Vox

Humorous scenes include Cristóbal trying to use a personal computer (even though this is set later than the original Life on Mars, it is still too new) and Sam talking to Quin about Maradona and football. The episodes are shorter, now 70 minutes long.

Published Thu, Jun 18

Gene Genius

source: topix.net

Warning, the next section contains spoilers, so if you haven't seen the whole series, don't click As with Sam Tyler in the second series of Life on Mars , Alex moved from being simply exasperated with her situation and desperate to leave to a place where she was beginning to feel quite at hom...

Published Tue, Jun 9

6 Characters Who Escaped Virtual Prisons... Or Did They?

source: io9

The final episode of the American version of Life on Mars offered a rather unexpected resolution to just what had been going on with Sam Tyler all this time. As it turned out, he was neither a cop from 1973 nor one from 2008. Instead, he was part of the first manned expedition to Mars in 2035 and th...

Published Fri, Jun 5

Friday's TV: Life On Mars

source: Sydney Morning Herald

 Australia Jason O'Mara stars as Sam Tyler in the US version of Life on Mars. You may have already heard whispers about a bombshell in the finale of this short-lived, yet cult, US remake of the excellent British sci-fi drama. All I'll say is when it happened I ...

Published Tue, May 26

'The Unit,' 'Privileged' and 'Earl': A list of shows that have ...

source: Chicago Tribune

In Entertainment  United States Life On Mars" was too good a period show to be canceled, but I guess ABC decided that not enough twenty-somethings were tuned into a show about a time traveling detective who ends up in 1973. Honestly, as bad as 'Til Death is, I'd still rather have it ...

Published Tue, May 19