Fuck Yeah Life on Mars

Relating to the Emmy award-winning TV show Life on Mars (UK). And how the American remake is inferior to the original.

Due to lack of new Mars-Ashes canon, related shows will be posted: Mad Dogs, Case Histories (by Monastic Productions) and NBC's Awake (LOM-esque US show coming soon this fall). Jason Isaacs stars in the latter two.

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Sam/Annie  FY Ashes to Ashes  FY Philip Glenister  Ruddy Bloody Gene Hunt  FY John Simm  John F-ing Simm  John Simm Sunday  The spell was broken (LoM and A2A caps)  Time of Death (LoM and A2A caps)  Dead Copper caps  Stupid faces of Ashes and Mars  Texts from 1973  Texts from the Quattro  FY British Telly
Dec 5 '11
hpcast:  Rupert’s Painting for  The Prince’s Trust

hpcast:

 Rupert’s Painting for  The Prince’s Trust

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Jun 15 '11
I’m sorry you’re lonely, Sam. Are you really lonely here? Don’t you think it can be lonely out there too? In the white room that’s too warm? Life goes on, but does it really go on for the sleeping man? And isn’t better here, where you can be busy? Do you not like me with my clown/I can see I make you frown/when on Earth will all this end/I’m your friend - your only friend!

I’m sorry you’re lonely, Sam. Are you really lonely here? Don’t you think it can be lonely out there too? In the white room that’s too warm? Life goes on, but does it really go on for the sleeping man? And isn’t better here, where you can be busy?
Do you not like me with my clown/I can see I make you frown/when on Earth will all this end/I’m your friend - your only friend!

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Jun 2 '11
titanium-starfish: Need to draw more DW and LoM fanart :I fanart that isn’t completely retarded.

titanium-starfish:

Need to draw more DW and LoM fanart :I fanart that isn’t completely retarded.

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May 15 '11
glitterboots: BBC test card

glitterboots:

BBC test card

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May 14 '11
popartinferno: Test card girl in An American Werewolf in London DO YOU NOT LIKE ME WITH MY CLOWN? I CAN SEE I MAKE YOU FROWN. WHEN ON EARTH WILL ALL THIS END? I’M YOUR FRIEND, YOUR ONLY FRIEND.

popartinferno:

Test card girl in An American Werewolf in London

DO YOU NOT LIKE ME WITH MY CLOWN? I CAN SEE I MAKE YOU FROWN. WHEN ON EARTH WILL ALL THIS END? I’M YOUR FRIEND, YOUR ONLY FRIEND.

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May 5 '11
jackyan: rockrodgers: The central image on the card shows eight-year-old Carole Hersee, playing noughts and crosses with a clown doll, Bubbles the Clown, surrounded by various greyscales and colour test signals needed to ensure a correct picture. After taunting Sam Tyler … Even as a kid, I thought the clown looked evil. Trivium: the cross was the centre of the screen.

jackyan:

rockrodgers:

The central image on the card shows eight-year-old Carole Hersee, playing noughts and crosses with a clown doll, Bubbles the Clown, surrounded by various greyscales and colour test signals needed to ensure a correct picture.

After taunting Sam Tyler … Even as a kid, I thought the clown looked evil. Trivium: the cross was the centre of the screen.

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Jan 23 '11
lindseycathryn: Fifteen Favorite Things I Watched in 2010 | 8. Life on Mars / Ashes to Ashes It didn’t seem right to separate these two shows and rank one above the other.  I’ve heard the stories of Sam Tyler and Alex Drake likened to a British version of LOST - they share a similar brand of mystery, intrigue, and time-travel-y weirdness.  I started watching Life on Mars after falling for John Simm in Doctor Who, and it was an excellent decision.  Gene Hunt is one of the more interesting characters I’ve ever seen on TV - he’s brash, hilarious, and I really came to respect his views on the law despite the prejudices of the time that he illustrates so well.  Both series are expert in balancing the procedural “case of the week” and the serial “WTF is going on here?!”.  Life on Mars concludes with perhaps the best series finale I’ve seen for any show, and while I was sad to see Sam’s story come to a close, I had come to love Gene, Ray, and Chris enough that I couldn’t wait to get back to them in the 80s.  Alex Drake is wonderful and strong, and the Ashes finale helped tie up the continuing story of both series.  It’s well written, the soundtrack is superb, and it’s absolutely worth the watch if you haven’t yet had the pleasure.

lindseycathryn:

Fifteen Favorite Things I Watched in 2010 | 8. Life on Mars / Ashes to Ashes

It didn’t seem right to separate these two shows and rank one above the other.  I’ve heard the stories of Sam Tyler and Alex Drake likened to a British version of LOST - they share a similar brand of mystery, intrigue, and time-travel-y weirdness.  I started watching Life on Mars after falling for John Simm in Doctor Who, and it was an excellent decision.  Gene Hunt is one of the more interesting characters I’ve ever seen on TV - he’s brash, hilarious, and I really came to respect his views on the law despite the prejudices of the time that he illustrates so well.  Both series are expert in balancing the procedural “case of the week” and the serial “WTF is going on here?!”.  Life on Mars concludes with perhaps the best series finale I’ve seen for any show, and while I was sad to see Sam’s story come to a close, I had come to love Gene, Ray, and Chris enough that I couldn’t wait to get back to them in the 80s.  Alex Drake is wonderful and strong, and the Ashes finale helped tie up the continuing story of both series.  It’s well written, the soundtrack is superb, and it’s absolutely worth the watch if you haven’t yet had the pleasure.

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Jan 20 '11
confusioninhereyes: Am I mad, in a coma, or back in time?

confusioninhereyes:

Am I mad, in a coma, or back in time?

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Jan 7 '11

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Jan 6 '11
k-dev: “I’m your only friend Sam” She is one scary bastard.  :/

k-dev:

“I’m your only friend Sam”

She is one scary bastard.  :/

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