Life On Mars: "Out Here In the Fields" 10/9 - Grading & Discussion

[Aragorn]

Spoiler: Out Here In the Fields

Partners on and off the job, NYPD detectives Sam Tyler and Maya Daniels are close to catching murderer Colin Raimes. After Raimes is released on a flimsy alibi, Daniels decides to track him down without her partner and then goes missing. As Sam desperately searches for her, he is struck by a car and mysteriously wakes up 35 years earlier - in 1973.

NOT:

NOT:

NOT EVEN:

BUT:

 

[PlainSimpleJoel]

The last picture does look better than the second one. For those who don't know the second picture is from "Ashes to Ashes"

Will be interesting to see how this show goes, and hopefully someone will screen it here sometime soon.

 

[Aragorn]

Oops. Didn't know there was a UK spinoff. My pics have been revised, so maybe you'll have to revise your post now. Sorry.

 

[PlainSimpleJoel]

The UK spinoff is without Sam and Annie, and is set during the 1980's. And there is that brunette too. I've heard interesting things about it.

 

[Roshi]

Spoiler: Out Here In the Fields

Partners on and off the job, NYPD detectives Sam Tyler and Maya Daniels are close to catching murderer Colin Raimes. After Raimes is released on a flimsy alibi, Daniels decides to track him down without her partner and then goes missing. As Sam desperately searches for her, he is struck by a car and mysteriously wakes up 25 years earlier - in 1973.

Dood! 2008 - 1973 = 35 not 25

 

[Aragorn]

Hey, I just copy-and-pasted.

 

[firehawk12]

I'm just curious to see where they went with the NYC reshoot. The new girl is very... blonde.

 

[Darth_Daver]

Ashes to Ashes is good. Not the perfection of Life on Mars, but it's good. The first US pilot was HORRIBLE beyond words. Will check out second pilot, not giving it much hope...

 

[Jim Steele]

I'll give it a chance, but the first pilot they did was utter shite and they seem to have completely missed the point and the soul of the original.

I'd be very surprised if this "revised" version isn't a pile of shit aswell, Harvey Keitel notwithstanding. Hey, they still have Fatty McNocharisma (over)filling the shoes of John Simm, so it'll suck plain and simple.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

I'll give it a chance, but the first pilot they did was utter shite and they seem to have completely missed the point and the soul of the original.

I'd be very surprised if this "revised" version isn't a pile of shit aswell, Harvey Keitel notwithstanding. Hey, they still have Fatty McNocharisma (over)filling the shoes of John Simm, so it'll suck plain and simple.

My opinion is something like this.
At least Ashes to Ashes series 2 is filming now.

 

[Darth_Daver]

I'll give it a chance, but the first pilot they did was utter shite and they seem to have completely missed the point and the soul of the original.

I'd be very surprised if this "revised" version isn't a pile of shit aswell, Harvey Keitel notwithstanding. Hey, they still have Fatty McNocharisma (over)filling the shoes of John Simm, so it'll suck plain and simple.

My opinion is something like this.
At least Ashes to Ashes series 2 is filming now.

when will it air? I can barely wait (for Ashes to Ashes I mean)

 

[Bob The Skutter]

I'll give it a chance, but the first pilot they did was utter shite and they seem to have completely missed the point and the soul of the original.

I'd be very surprised if this "revised" version isn't a pile of shit aswell, Harvey Keitel notwithstanding. Hey, they still have Fatty McNocharisma (over)filling the shoes of John Simm, so it'll suck plain and simple.

My opinion is something like this.
At least Ashes to Ashes series 2 is filming now.

when will it air? I can barely wait (for Ashes to Ashes I mean)

Probably late Jan. early Feb.

 

[Jim Steele]

I really enjoyed Ashes to Ashes. It's not as good as Life on Mars (and sometimes it's just downright silly), but as a vehicle for Phil Glenister it's decent enough.

 

[HappyDayRiot]

So long as Phil Glenister is on my TV screen, all is well.

This US version will fail.

 

[Jim Steele]

Will the US version have lines like:

She's as nervous as a very small nun at a penguin shoot

This case is going like a spastic in a magnet factory

Sam Tyler: This place is like Guantanamo Bay.
Gene Hunt: Keep off, it's nothing like Spain.

Sam Tyler: If it was to do with football, he'd have serious injuries.
Gene Hunt: He's dead. That's quite serious.

There will never be a woman prime minister as long as I have a hole in my arse.

Annie Cartwright: Boss, there's a viscous yellow liquid in his ear
Gene Hunt: No, that's a drip from my fried egg butty, love. Well done Miss Marple, that's why we need women detectives...

He's got fingers in more pies than a leper on a cookery course

No. Therefore, epic fail.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

I have a lot of issues with Ashes to Ashes, most of all being Alex. It's hard to be sympathetic for a character when you want to strangle her every five minutes. But I kept watching because Phil Glenister was fantastic (and the rest of the cast was fun, too).

That being said, I probably won't be bothering with this remake. I'm only in this thread to see what others think of it.

 

[Jim Steele]

When is the new pilot on?

 

[ITL]

But I kept watching because Phil Glenister was fantastic.

Damn right.

And guess which classic DW serial his brother was in? Oh yeah. That's right.

 

[Jim Steele]

Did it involve... caves?

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Oh, wow, I had no idea Salateen was Gene Hunt's brother! That's so cool!