Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Life on Mars on US DVD

You have no bloody excuse. At all. 16 episodes of perfection, and Gene Hunt is my favorite fictional creation in years. No, not created -- summoned. Gene Hunt is a frikkin' avatar of justice.

Also on Netflix, but as far as I can see, only series 1, which is insane.





Gahh, if you have not seen this yet, I am so jealous of what you are about to experience. NO SPOILERS IN THE COMMENTS.

85 comments:

Cat Winchester said...

It is brilliant, isnt it?

I hope uotes dont count as spoilers.

“You great, soft, sissy, girlie, nancy, French, bender, Man United supporting POOF!”

Anonymous said...

...aaaand NOW I understand Kormick.

;)

kimshum said...

Excellent news! LoM is, indeed, amazing. Of course, it begs the question: what'd you think of the ABC remake?

Randbot said...

Corollary question: If I have seen (most) of the US version, have I been spoilered, or is it basically completely different?

Murphy Jacobs said...

Good gravy on a stick, but you are scary when you get all commanding on Twitter.

Steve Burnett said...

The UK Life on Mars is one of my favorite television series ever. I cannot make a stronger recommendation.

Unknown said...

Okay folks - I just added to my NetFlix Queue.

Unknown said...

@Randbot

Pretty different, once you're past the setup. Just pretend you didnt see the american version.

Sean Hansen said...

It's good(especially the one riot scene where Simms forgot to bring a weapon) but it's not "40 bucks for 16 epis" good. 25's about the upper limit unless it has two commentary's per track and extras out the ass like SPACED did.

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Unknown said...

Which do you like better, the sexual tension between Hunt and Alex Drake or the sexual tension between Hunt and Sam Tyler?

Unknown said...

Sorry; I can't spell.

You have GOT to get Phillip Glenister on Leverage. And John Simm. Pleeeeeeease?

I liked the American remake, once it go rolling. Michael Imperioli deserved an Emmy nom for his hair and mustache alone.

Some of us took the Hardison approach.

Kristi Wachter said...

I also just added it to my Netflix queue, and Netflix said,

"TV shows most like Life on Mars: Series 1:"

"Leverage: Series 1"

Downright spooky.

Thanks for the alert! I'm glad of the chance to add it to my queue.

Bill Reed said...

Have they put both seasons out? I though tit was just the first one. It's a great show, though. Ashes to Ashes isn't quite the same.

Unknown said...

I saw the UK version right before the US version came out and I just couldn't get into the US version. The UK one is so far superior.

Phillip Glenister is a-FRICKIN-mazing. I LOVE Harvey Keitel and think he's a power house of an actor but nothing could live up to Phillip Glenister's Gene Hunt or John Simms' Sam Tyler. I never thought I'd be able to see John as anything other than The Master from Doctor Who but he sold me in the first episode.

Have you watched the sequel, Ashes to Ashes?

I hope John comes back to Doctor Who before David Tennant leaves seeing as I plan on crying myself to death when that happens and wont be around to watch it anymore. :(

Sean Hansen said...

@m

I didn't know it was just 8 epis per season as I stopped watching after I had my cable switched off for cash reasons. I thought it'd at least be Doctor Who length with 13.

-SH.

Anonymous said...

Thank you Rogers for making my already swollen Nexflix queue (435 and counting.)that much more heavy.

Anonymous said...

SLIGHT DR WHO SPOILER

True said "I hope John comes back to Doctor Who before David Tennant leaves seeing as I plan on crying myself to death when that happens and wont be around to watch it anymore. :("

Yes he will!!! (squeels with delight)

Cat Winchester said...

@ True - It's official, he is comming back.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/news/090728_news_02

Bishop said...

Don't wait for Netflix, I say. Dig deep into your walleet and shell for it so you can have its beauty on your shelf and at your fingertips for a good long time.

Damn but it's some good stuff.

Nuff said...

Netflix has:
Life on Mars: The Complete Series 2008 and Life on Mars: Series 1 2006
which?

Cat Winchester said...

@Nuff, 2008 is the US version. You want Season 1, 2006.

Tania said...

It's bloody brilliant. Yeah, I'm jealous of anyone who hasn't seen it yet, too!

I got my box set signed by Philip Glenister. Apparently at the start of the day he was quite genial. But by the time I got to him, more than a thousand signatures in, I found myself facing a pissed-off Gene Hunt! ;-). Which was, of course, awesome.

T. B. Back said...

“She’s as nervous as a very small nun at a penguin shoot.”

“He’s got fingers in more pies than a leper on a cookery course.”

*sigh*

Clay said...

Just hope it has sub-titles.

Sub-Titles are very very important.

Just got season one of some show that I really really like but it didn't have sub-titles so I cried a little.

:)

moleboy said...

I really could not believe how much I fell in love with the show.
It simply sucked me in and would not release me

Taima said...

WORD. This is easily one of my most favorite shows of all time. It introduced me to the amazing talents of John Simm and the very awesome iconic character of Gene Hunt. I'm almost sad I hadnt seen the sweeney before I watched this cause I'm sure I would have enjoyed it that much more if I had. everyone needs to watch this! (and ashes to ashes! which is not as perfect but twice since it's set in the loud and colorful 80's and it's even more surreal and bizarre than LOM was)

Taima said...

Oh to sean and anyone else who's bothered about the high price on US amazon for the LOM dvds. I actually agree it's crazy high, I wanna say it's worth it but I refused to pay that price and instead ordered from UK amazon. I live in the US and it was still 20-30 dollars cheaper to import the region 2 dvds over here than to buy them from US amazon. since they are really cheap down at the UK amazon (like I'm talking 8-9 quid)
The downside is you cant watch it on your tv unless you have a region free dvd player (or can figure out how to make your dvd player region free)

Personally it's just as good on a computer IMO but it depends on the person.

Beth Pettit said...

@Anon and Cat Chester

You guys made my night! I can't wait to see how that goes down. Maybe it will ease a bit of hurt over David Tennent. Hey, maybe he can come be on Leverage!

Anonymous said...

My favorite line EVER:

"It were dark. We all make mistakes."

Josh Olson said...

This is why God made all region players. I cannot recommend the Oppo DVD player enough. Reasonably priced, and a fine player even without the all-regions capacity.

If you're a big fat geek like Rogers or me, you're nuts to get one of these things. They sell 'em on the internet, and you just tap in a code once, and it'll play DVDs from all over the world.

And then, a few months after you've gotten one, you'll be well into the second season of Ashes to Ashes, the sequel series to Life On Mars, with even more Gene Hunt.

Anonymous said...

The brits have the nihilistic balls to properly end the show, unlike the cop-out explanation of the American version.

Josh Olson said...

By the way, I meant to say you're nuts NOT to get one of these things. Oy.

Anonymous Bosch said...

Since I assume everyone here is a fan of Leverage, I'll recommend the 2008 English heist Movie 'Tu£sday', which reunites Simm and Glenister.

Only watched two episodes of 'Ashes To Ashes'... hated the charisma-free Alex Drake enough to never return. Did it improve?

It felt enough of a poor copy of former glory to me that they should have gone with 'Never Let Me Down' as a title instead.

Cat Winchester said...

Oh no, do not watch Tuesday. Please, it's British film making at it's worst.

The Philip Glenister/John Simm chemistry could even save it because there was so little of it. It's charmless and very easy to figure out the twist.

Awful, film-student type film. Which is a shame, because the premise had a lot of potential. In the hands of better writers/directors etc it could have been great.

m said...

@ Bosch

Don't look here.

http://www.redrighthand.net/2008/04/yet-another-life-on-mars-spin-off-bbc.html

Taima said...

Well, I liked Tuesday XD. It was a nice bit of fun. No masterpiece for sure, but I enjoyed it. I enjoyed the cowboy nicknames the heist team went by. I enjoyed seeing simm&glenister together again. I enjoyed the fact that they let the black guy be the brains of the operation. I also liked the twist which was not groundbreaking but not as totally obvious to me as it was to CatChester. It depends on the person though. I love heist films like insane amounts. I even watched the original italian job from the 70's. and I'm a huge fan of John Simm. So it was enough to make the movie enjoyable for me.

Also I loved Ashes to Ashes S1 and S2. alot of people say S2 is way better but I loved both. S1 is more loud and crazy and colorful and S2 is better written, darker and grittier, and puts Alex in less ridiculous outfits.

Pseudonym said...

A close friend of mine did the DVD menus. He spent many nights doing unpaid overtime (without being asked, I might add) just so he could do his favourite TV show justice. Now that's dedication.

So buy the damn DVDs.

John Hudgens said...

Series 2 of the original UK series comes out in the US on November 24, 2009... well worth it!

Karl Ruben said...

Second the Ashes love, even if I've only seen the first season. It certainly went a lot crazier than LoM, but I thought it worked quite nicely. And I respectfully disagree with @Anonymous Bosch above; Keely Hawes was brilliant in that role.

Good Dog said...

Or.... You could toss aside this nonsense and get the first couple series of The Sweeney instead.

PhantomMinuet said...

Yes, sir. I will, sir. I'm on my way over to amazon.com right now, sir. **crisp salute**

okelay said...

I love LoM!!! It is absolutely brilliant. it aired on HBO over here and I took the opportunity to show it to a lot of people.
I wasn't sure about A2A but it turned out to be quite good even if it did get off to a rocky start.
I whole-heartedly rec it to everyone.
and the US version sucked.
I knew some people who watched it and I told them to watch the UK version, which is vastly superior.

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