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[gaspode]

The problem with ending 'Life On Mars' the way they ended it made making a sequel more than just a difficult idea but also possibly a bad one.

Ashes to Ashes part 1 was clunky, contrived and disjointed.

But ... (you knew their would be a but)...

There is a glimmering of a plot in there. I'll watch it. You know i'll watch it. Lets just hope it gives something back.

ANd I enjoyed G & Z ;) ...

Comments

[emperor-zhark.livejournal.com]

Well, I enjoyed it - it lived up to the promise of less Sweeney and more Miami Vice.

I felt so let down by the ending of LoM that I've lost interest in the metaplot. So I'm just going to enjoy this for what it is, a piece of Kudos fluff (do they do anything else?) with some cool music (I knew most of it this time) and interesting characters.

I'll admit that Drake is going to be irritating, but so was Tyler at first. The idea that she thinks she knows what's going on will make things a little different (I hope). Gene seems to have mellowed (wine??) - is he going to be the restraining one this time around? And was that a Python he was waving around at one point?

[elenopa.livejournal.com]

Seen all of 'Life on Mars' now. Please don't tell me I was the only one that thought 'Blake's 7' when all that shooting was going on?

So, at the end, I suppose Sam was dead, or was he really this other guy in 1973? You could have a very long discussion about this.

As to a sequal, it's possible. Even if Sam had been in a coma, he could have populated his subconcious with people he had read about. He might have even met them when he was a child. So they could have been real people anyway.

Time to watch 'Ashes to Ashes' now.

[elenopa.livejournal.com]

Ok, when they said sequel, I thought it would be the further adventures of Gene and the gang in real life, whether Sam was there or not. The road they have gone down is the 'it worked great before, let's do exactly the same thing, but with another actor in the main role' route.

It might work, it might not. You can read my other comments in emmzzi's thread.