life on mars Archive
-
Review: Life on Mars (UK) – Season 1, Episode 8
Posted on January 31, 2010 | No CommentsIt must have been quite the dilemma for the makers of Life on Mars when they got to the eighth and final episode of the first season. The series was a hit with UK audiences; should they provide a satisfying conclusion to the mystery of... -
Review: Life on Mars (UK) – Season 1, Episode 7
Posted on January 6, 2010 | No CommentsIf there’s one problem season 1 of Life on Mars has, it’s its inconsistent tone. You’ve got a cop stuck, either in the past or in a coma (or possibly both). He fears he’s going mad. And then you’ve got madcap chases, fish-out-of-water comedy, jokey... -
Review: Life on Mars (UK) – Season 1, Episode 3
Posted on October 13, 2009 | No CommentsIf it wasn’t for weird little girls and voices on the radio calling him back home to the 21st century, Sam Tyler would probably be relatively okay in the ’70s. It’s exciting yet simple in ways that his previous life wasn’t – and he definitely... -
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...