Life on Mars >>> Ashes to Ashes

yola · 28-01-2008, 11:42 AM

Well for all us Life on Mars fans out there, the BBC has started trailering the potentially excellent Ashes to Ashes when Gene Hunt and his two sidekicks have moved forward into the early 80s and down to London . . . complete with bright red Audi Quatrro!!

It's time travel with a twist; he is met in the 80s by a 2008 woman police officer who (by all accounts) has more b*lls than Gene himself.

No date of broadcast yet, still saying 'coming soon'

CathyW · 28-01-2008, 01:41 PM

i cant wait, really enjoyed life on mars. took me back to my younger days LOL

yola · 28-01-2008, 02:50 PM

That's why I'm really looking forward to this, it's my formative years that it'll be covering - oh happy days

angieh · 28-01-2008, 03:09 PM

Another "special" Catsey link! I loved Life on Mars too - didn't the 70's look dingy - I'm not sure I remembered it quite as bad as that! Keep an eye out for the launch date of Ashes ....

dinahsmum · 28-01-2008, 05:12 PM

Hi Yola!
Love those snakeskin shoes in the trailer!
"Fire up the Quattro, Raymondo"
I don't know the date either, except February

We'll miss Sam though. And I guess there's no 'mad, back in time or in a coma?' this time .... the lads are 10 years older and we're in the eighties.
Not a special time for me at all - child raising duties for me and I wasn't particularly into the music. Was it 'New Romantics' etc - Adam Ant el al?

Edit - starts 7 Feb. That must be a week on Thursday
Here's a link http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/ashestoashes/

yola · 29-01-2008, 01:51 AM

Aha! We have a date

Excellent news . . . there was nothing when I looked earlier today!

I think the 2008 'tec' does a bit of backwards time travel, not sure what the trigger for that will be except, again, some kind of accident. Oh dear, I feel the anorak coming on again in respect of the theories . . . do you remember that mad website with people theorizing all kinds of quantum physics and ancient biblical references to Sam Tylers' time leap??

And the music, it was all a bit indulgent, but my bag was harder edged stuff like pre-girlie Human League, Japan, Soft Cell and B52s rather than the pure pop stuff. Mind you, Adam and the Ants started off very punk before they reinvented themselves as the peacock pirates

dinahsmum · 29-01-2008, 11:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yola

. Oh dear, I feel the anorak coming on again in respect of the theories . . . do you remember that mad website with people theorizing all kinds of quantum physics and ancient biblical references to Sam Tylers' time leap??

They're still there!

http://domeofstars.com/forum/index.php

Kim · 29-01-2008, 01:44 PM

Will be watching it, but like DM, 80's not such a special time for me either. Never listened to the music for one thing!!!

yola · 29-01-2008, 02:16 PM

Looking at DM's 'anorak' site,

I read that LoM has been remade for the U.S. market???? U.S. DM, do you have BBC America coz they are showing the UK version on there apparently

dinahsmum · 07-02-2008, 02:18 PM

Tonight's the night - videos on ladies!

A radio review I heard earlier in the week wasn't too enthusiastic about Episode 1, but said it would probably take more than one episode to really get hooked. Unlike LoM, which grabbed us from day 1.

See you here tomorrow for our considered exchange of views?

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