life on mars

nageov3t

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anyone know anything about it? just saw a commercial for it on ABC, didn't really provide any details, but I've had a crush on Lisa Bonet for like 20 years :p
 

Spoooon

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Mar 3, 2000
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Looks interesting. Hope they stick with some of what I read about the BBC original.
 

Minjin

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Jan 18, 2003
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I saw the pilot as part of a focus group. It was kind of interesting. Seemed a little too gimmicky with the whole 70s thing.
 

0roo0roo

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watch the original, its very good. rent the series, its pretty short, it finished.
i saw the leaked botched american pilot....
botched is the perfect word for it. don't judge from that. that one just lost the magic and the characters were wooden and pathetic.
they even admit it, they've scrapped that remake and are trying it again with a rewrite:p
theres a sequel already in the uk called ashes to ashes, but that was inferior to the original.
 

imported_Imp

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The BBC original was amazing. Having seen that, I will give this American one a shot, but I'll be calling the rip-offs/bullshit out too much to enjoy it.
 

SlickSnake

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Life on Uranus would be so much more interesting. And open itself up to a lot more butt jokes.
 

Minjin

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Jan 18, 2003
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Watching it now and I've have to say that the previous pilot was better than this one.
 

fire400

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Nov 21, 2005
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I mean, freakin' Mars TV show, that just sounds dumb. Either the funding of super cool visual effects or writers makin' a good drama in space.

Yay... "LIVE ON MARS..."

p.s. Play Doom 3 or watch The Rock play it out in the movie. lol
 

Spoooon

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Mar 3, 2000
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I thought it was okay. It seems like they are committing to the "he's in a coma" angle and not leaving it ambiguous.
 

Minjin

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I'm going to go with the previous pilot as being better. Looks like this one had more period music and a "happier" ending. I don't think it was an improvement.
 
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I liked the premiere last night, though I never saw the original or the previous pilot episode. Great cast, nicely shot, and it really seems to have a heart.
 

Lamont Burns

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I thought is was terrible, and Harvey Keitel added nothing special. At the end when they figure out where to go, and they leaped out of the police station I thought it was a joke.
 

Injury

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Jul 19, 2004
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I started watching it and got to roughly the point where Harvey Keitel starting beating on the guy and decided that it was stupid.

I have a feeling there will be a Thursday 10pm time slot open for a new show soon.
 

Oyeve

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Oct 18, 1999
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I saw it. Thought the twin towers look so fake, but it was nice seeing them there. Also, I was around 9 in '73 and the police cars were NOT green bur black and white. Around that time they were transitioning out the black and whites for the blue and whites.
 

BoomerD

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I only watched bits and pieces of it and it came off as dumb and contrived to me. While I got the part about him watching the TV show with the doctor examining him in a coma, the rest of the show seemed pretty stupid to me.