Life on Mars

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

Ralph Brown: who would have thought?

source: Jack Yan on Vox

Ralph Brown as DCI Frank Morgan and Del Preston from Wayne’s World 2 (who is very similar to Danny the Dealer in Withnail and I). Ralph Brown as Del Preston    You can compare the two performances in these clips: Life On Mars - John Simm (Sam & Frank in Car) Part 1 of 3 Del Preston: Del's Story...

Published Fri, May 15

Splendor in the Grit

source: Vanity Fair

 NY Spike Lee's Summer of Sam, and the short-lived ABC series Life on Mars (dig those muttonchops)—they portray and preserve the collective memory of a metropolis on the verge of a nervous breakdown with a side order of panic in needle park. ...

Published Wed, May 13

TV Review: Inspector George Gently, BBC One, Sunday 3 May, 8.30pm

source: TV Scoop

 UK Ingleby, whom a lot of you will best know as Sam Tyler's father in Life On Mars, has timing and charisma. For me, he brings something special to what could otherwise be a rather by-numbers detective series. Interview: Lee Ingleby Lancaster and Morecambe Citizen all 3 news articles

Published Mon, May 4

Meet Jason O'Mara in "Life on Mars"

source: fr.truveo.com

Jason O'Mara's is HOT as Detective Sam Tyler in ABC's Life On Mars! The show premieres this thursday after Grey's Anatomy fr.truveo.com

Published Thu, Apr 30

Mum travels back to a time before gadgets

source: Islington Gazette

 UK SAM Tyler in the bbc's hit series Life on Mars woke up to find himself trapped in the 1970s - but self-confessed gadget fan Donna Cole volunteered to spend a week living as a 1970s mum. Donna, 33, of Old Street, Finsbury, was relieved to get back to ...

Published Wed, Apr 29

Time Travel: Six Reasons Not to Meet Your Mother [Triviagasm]

source: io9

In Episode 4 of Life on Mars (UK), Sam Tyler, still stuck back in 1973, runs into his own mother, Ruth, while trying to take down a gangster named Stephen Warren that has half the police force in his pocket. Warren even tried to pay off Sam, who takes the money very, very reluctantly. When he lear...

Published Sun, Apr 26

the last episode of the American ‘Life on Mars’: no they didn’t!

source: Flick Filosopher

So Sam was asleep in a freezer on a spaceship on the way to Mars! Are they fucking kidding us? As if Life on Mars had to actually be about Mars! Forget metaphor. Forget subtlety. Forget cleverness. No, really, really forget metaphor, subtlety, ... Life on Mars: Season 1 Review IGN

Published Sat, Apr 11