08-02-2008, 22:31
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Re: [Merged] Ashes to Ashes
For the Gene Hunt fans
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10-02-2008, 00:10
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Ashes To Ashes the life on mars spin off show this ones set in 1981 the leed Sam will be played my keeley hawes.and and also see the return much loved Characters Gene ray and Chris (no annie tho ) same sort of set up as Before.
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watched the first episode last night and was impressed.
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13-02-2008, 19:15
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Re: [Merged] Ashes to Ashes
I'm feeling very ex-pat now. I might get LOST broadcast to me in HD and recorded on my DVR for zero effort but to watch Ashes to Ashes is some serious effort well more of a thank you easynews (and I love that my DVD player plays divx.avi files).
A good start, certainly an opening episode setting up the characters. I look forward to next week.
Is it being broadcast in HD. I had to watch an admitedly very high quality SD broadcast. Last night watching that made me briefly miss working in London, as did trudging through 3 in of snow home last night.
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13-02-2008, 19:18
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Not being broadcast in HD here yet, but I watched it through my V+ via HDMI & the quality seemed well above average for SD...
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13-02-2008, 19:48
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No HD broadcast unfortunately although the PQ is very good.
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14-02-2008, 00:31
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Re: [Merged] Ashes to Ashes
Not a great first episode. For one thing, it didn't really feel like they nailed the 80s as well as LoM did with the 70s, and the episode had more than a few very suspect moments. Style over substance, really, but probably about as good as you can expect from British TV. <shrugs>
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14-02-2008, 14:37
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Re: [Merged] Ashes to Ashes
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Not a great first episode. For one thing, it didn't really feel like they nailed the 80s as well as LoM did with the 70s, and the episode had more than a few very suspect moments. Style over substance, really, but probably about as good as you can expect from British TV. <shrugs>
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Possibly because you remember the 80s more than the 70s (I have no idea how old you are so this is a guess). I think if you compare to S1E1 of LOM it is comparable.
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14-02-2008, 21:02
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Re: [Merged] Ashes to Ashes
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Not a great first episode. For one thing, it didn't really feel like they nailed the 80s as well as LoM did with the 70s, and the episode had more than a few very suspect moments. Style over substance, really,
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I disagree, I think that they got it pretty close, folks tend to forget just how many changes in styles and fashions there were through the 80s it wasn't all Spandau ballet and Duran Duran thank god. 1981 was still very much Saturday Night Fever with a bit of Fame attitude thrown in for good measure
The Jam, the clash, the Police, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Blondie and The Damned were all going strong. The New Romantics were just staring to make an impression and the "alternative" comedians such as Elton, Fry and Laurie, Enfield, Mayall and Sayle were just around the corner.
Besides much of what I remember about the 80s was style over substance anyway Just look at the Joan Colins Fan club
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but probably about as good as you can expect from British TV. <shrugs>
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I take you haven't got a very high opinion of British television then.
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14-02-2008, 21:04
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Re: [Merged] Ashes to Ashes
I thought the last episode was twonk - Watching now but not holding my breath
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14-02-2008, 21:09
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Re: [Merged] Ashes to Ashes
I've watched episode 1 more than once and there are some cringing moments in it. I think they've made it a bit more comical than Life on Mars, its not as subtle. Having said that its still good overall.
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14-02-2008, 21:13
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Re: [Merged] Ashes to Ashes
The scene on the snooker table.....
Anyway - Gene Hunt for PM!
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14-02-2008, 21:14
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Re: [Merged] Ashes to Ashes
Pink or brown guv - haha
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14-02-2008, 22:14
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"Careful Bolls, that Formica was hewn from the hills above Florence"
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14-02-2008, 22:25
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Re: [Merged] Ashes to Ashes
Worrying thing is, I had the same coat in 1981 as the Cockernee property developer was wearing......
And I went to Blitz (and Billy's) - God, I feel old.
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16-02-2008, 03:56
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Re: [Merged] Ashes to Ashes
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I disagree, I think that they got it pretty close, folks tend to forget just how many changes in styles and fashions there were through the 80s it wasn't all Spandau ballet and Duran Duran thank god. 1981 was still very much Saturday Night Fever with a bit of Fame attitude thrown in for good measure
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What I mean is, the period was very much a part of LoM's identity, while AtA seems to rely almost entirely on Gene Hunt in a way that borders on self parody, if not outright contrivance.
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I take you haven't got a very high opinion of British television then.
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In terms of drama? No. It's mostly quite awful. LoM was a step up, though, but there's a long way to go, and AtA seems to have stumbled backwards.
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