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Review: Life on Mars (UK) – Season 1, Episode 5
Posted on November 10, 2009 | No CommentsCar chases accompanied by wakka-wakka guitar sound: does it get any more ’70s than that? All you need is Michael Douglas and Karl Malden on their gap year in Manchester, England – home of Manchester United (or “Man U”), so Lt. Stone and Inspector Keller... -
Review: Life on Mars (UK) – Season 1, Episode 4
Posted on October 27, 2009 | No CommentsSam Tyler’s obviously never watched any time travel movies or read any books on the issue. You never, ***ever*** go to look for your past self! It can lead to serious snafus in the space-time continuum – not to mention, it’s hackneyed. So when a... -
Review: Life on Mars (UK) – Season 1, Episode 2
Posted on September 28, 2009 | 1 CommentAll TV series or movies set in the ’60s and ’70s have two things in common: they make fun of the clothes, and they dig the music. After a “Previously on” and an introductory scene, the second episode of Life on Mars gives us a... -
Review: Life on Mars (UK) – Pilot
Posted on September 15, 2009 | No CommentsLast year I was in the US for a few weeks, at the time when they showed the pilot episode of the US version of Life on Mars. There was one scene in the remake that caught my attention – when Sam Tyler, the main...