Life on Mars

[altariel]

Further to this interesting discussion on communicator's journal, one of the writers of Life on Mars has been teasing people on the BBC website: "And remember, Rule Britannia is out of bounds, to my mother, my dog and clowns..."

I am liking this show very much, and it is making me think, particularly about nostalgia. Leaving aside the personal questions of what is happening to Sam, I would like to see them brave enough to try an episode about the IRA, and also I am intrigued as to what subtext the show will eventually contain about the period between 1973 and 2006. What it has to say or not say about Thatcherism. And about television. Sam's relationship with his telly is at least as interesting as his relationships with Gene and Annie.

Damn, I wish I had been keeping this on the skybox. I haven't wanted to neurotically close-read anything this much in ages. Well, I'm sure there'll be a DVD release soon enough. My, how times change.

Comments

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm sure there'll be a DVD release soon enough.

Currently due Boxing Day, apparently. And filming on season two starts in April.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Thanks for that. Would be nice to have the DVDs in advance of Christmas. Mixed feelings about a second season - tho' of course that depends on how this season resolved.

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

Yes. I'm awfully afraid of their losing it if they have to spread too thinly. And on the one hand, I would quite like to know if Maya's survived, and I'd almost like to see Sam back in the present using some Huntlike instinct to work out his own force isn't as squeaky clean as he's remembering... but if he does return to the present, it's awfully contrived sending him back again, and without Hunt where's our show?

PS

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

I suspect there'll be a repeat on one channel or another in the meantime.

Re: PS

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Excellent point!

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

You may got your wish - flip18 says it's moved back to October 2 on her pre-order list.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Great - thanks for the heads-up.