is this seriousley how it ends?
honestly...
yanks... fecking odd lot they are
honestly...
yanks... fecking odd lot they are
life on mars US version
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What the feck? That's bizarre.
Don't tell me, it's got the same director as Lost?
I don't think even JJ Abrams would do that, Spoony.
They made Gene Hunt Sam's dad as well.
i just found out they got harvey keitel to be gene hunt as well... now on the face of it that sounds ok... but when you put in this mission to mars and this father son bollocks... well i bet it all turned out a bit crap
Thats atrocious if true.
I dont even get why they feel the need to remake it.
I dont even get why they feel the need to remake it.
yup its true...
the real gene hunt was on radio 5 live this week and mentioned it... i couldnt believe it so looked it up and yes apparently its true
I watched the first 2 episodes and it wasn't a patch on the UK version so gave up. I'm glad I did.
Jesus Horatio Christ!
I wasn't completely satisfied with the original ending....but on reflection it's 1000% times better than this horse shite!
I wasn't completely satisfied with the original ending....but on reflection it's 1000% times better than this horse shite!
I thought this was just incredibly stupid at first, but then I saw the thing I hadn't noticed before, that they're on a mission to mars, and then my brain collapsed from the hilarious idiocy of it.
Never forget, when the Yanks wanted to remake Fawlty Towers, they tried to leave Basil Fawlty out, as he was "Too cruel"
I think i just threw up a little in my mouth. What a ridiculous way to end it, makes Dallas' two seasons of dreams seem reasonable.
Well that's just plain idiotic.
Well that's just plain idiotic.
You weren't completely satisfied with the original ending? I thought it was magnificent.
i just found out they got harvey keitel to be gene hunt as well... now on the face of it that sounds ok... but when you put in this mission to mars and this father son bollocks... well i bet it all turned out a bit crap
Harvey Keitel is a great actor but no one can be as good as Phillip Glenister for the part.
What a stupid shit, not only did they add idiotic shit to the original episodes and made it look crap but they end it like that, seriously who thought of that?
May I be the first to say....this just looks awful in every possible way!..Even the stuff before the stupid twist looks awful. Thank god I didn't sully my memory of LoM watching this shit...President Obama 
Major Tom!!!!!!!..Holy fecking Shit Batman!
The really stupid shit starts at 4.57
Major Tom!!!!!!!..Holy fecking Shit Batman!The really stupid shit starts at 4.57
Not initially no....I definitely like it more now, but at the time I was very invested in Sam getting home, as it was the whole point of the series, so to make him go back seemed like a cop out at the time....there were also a lot of plot holes
He had a girl friend (Maya) who'd been kidnapped by a serial killer in 2006, which was completely forgotten about...Even if you rationalized that they stopped that in 1973, her non presence in the finale was a plot hole that annoyed me...he was only supposed to have been in a coma for a short while...
but in time I like it a lot more...it's certainly a whole lot better than this shit!
Well they well and truly fecked that one up, didn't they?
RE: the UK series. I always thought the stories themselves were excellent, but the wider plot was somehow too obscure, and not integrated into the individual stories well enough
Yeah I thought that increasingly in the 2nd series. The 1st was all about trying to get home but the 2nd seemed more intent on pushing the 70s story and was less concerned with the Sci Fi element of why he was there and what was happening...
But the ambiguity was a good thing in hindsight...This US ending is so bad because everything is explained. And in a stupidly unnatural cheesy way. It's wrapped in cotton wool and delivered to you like a retarded baby, whereas our version let you think for yourself
...and they were on a gene hunt??...pleeeaase, stop it your killing me!!
But the ambiguity was a good thing in hindsight...This US ending is so bad because everything is explained. And in a stupidly unnatural cheesy way. It's wrapped in cotton wool and delivered to you like a retarded baby, whereas our version let you think for yourself
...and they were on a gene hunt??
...pleeeaase, stop it your killing me!!May I be the first to say....this just looks awful in every possible way!..Even the stuff before the stupid twist looks awful. Thank god I didn't sully my memory of LoM watching this shit...President Obama
The really stupid shit starts at 4.57
Holy shit!
She escaped (or was rescued) during series one and ended things between her and Sam in series 2 when it looked like he wasn't going to recover.
That ending was truly shit. Search for "genetic DNA"? What other sort is there?
And that being a "Gene Hunt"?
Pathetic
And that being a "Gene Hunt"?
Pathetic
A gene hunt?!
That ending was truly shit. Search for "genetic DNA"? What other sort is there?
And that being a "Gene Hunt"?
Pathetic
A life on mars - literally.
They're taking the piss out of the American viewers. I've heard of dumbed down but this one takes the biscuit.
In all honesty, it's one of the dumbest things I've ever seen.
They had a premise, plot & characters given to them on a plate, the only thing they came up with on their own was this!!!...I mean Wow!!...These people are paid for this!
They had a premise, plot & characters given to them on a plate, the only thing they came up with on their own was this!!!...I mean Wow!!...These people are paid for this!
that is even worse than Bouncers dream in Neighbours
That was highly amusing, whoever thought the cure for cancer would be on Mars
I've gotta agree with basically everyone here. I watched the full series and kinda liked it, was actually a bit unhappy that they cancelled it, but feck sake, the ending compeltely pissed me off. I never saw the original UK LoM, so I figured for the final episode over here they'd just have him go back to the present and go find the fit blonde cop and everyone would live happily ever after. But to wake up 30 some odd years in the future, on the way to mars, and have all the stuff from 1973 somehow magically have something to do with the ship was fecking crap. It actually made me glad they cancelled it, as I would have been really fecked off if the show had gone on for multiple seasons and they ended it that way. Horrible way to end it.
Watch the original. It is absolutely brilliant.
Yes. Cringeworthy though that is the mention of a search for "genetic DNA" was even more painful. What other sort is there?
Imagine what they would do with Blackadder?
They would all live at the end of each series for a start.
They would all live at the end of each series for a start.
Maya talks to Sam. On series one I think, he enters a sort of Thai or Indian kind of house where they are watching a movie and Maya appears on screen and tells him she can't stand anymore the situation of him being in a comma and that she wants to move on, etc.
But well maybe there might be some holes (which IMO is kind of the point to leave you with a doubt), it's quality though.
Wow what a big big big big big bullshit.
They seriously did it as a feck off to ABC for canceling them, glad I watched Gordon Ramsey instead of this shit.
So why doesn't she go and see him when he comes out of the coma then?? What a bitch!..
As I said though, it's growing on me
That is an absoutely pathetic attempt by the looks of it. The UK version was brilliant, obviously.
Does he come out of the coma though...
Yes, I'm pretty sure he does...
Erm? Yes.