tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post114107881253331223..comments2023-08-17T11:47:11.821+01:00Comments on James and the Blue Cat: Last 'Life on Mars'James Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16604261370633794445noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1142258046264964702006-03-13T13:54:00.000+00:002006-03-13T13:54:00.000+00:00Personally, I was hoping he'd wake up briefly at t...Personally, I was hoping he'd wake up briefly at the end then slip back into a coma and be in the 1980's or 1960's instead.<BR/>But that would probably be a bit too 'Quantum Leap'.tmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05232250861413089335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1141583815357283862006-03-05T18:36:00.000+00:002006-03-05T18:36:00.000+00:00I thought it was immensely disappointing. And it's...I thought it was immensely disappointing. And it's not just because wifey has bagged the lead character as her free pass, about which I feel mildly grumpy because he's a bit of a scrawny, whining wimp, and somehow i thik she could do better.Stef the engineerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509615663618300918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1141139990809575772006-02-28T15:19:00.000+00:002006-02-28T15:19:00.000+00:00The opening v.o says that he could be in a coma, b...The opening v.o says that he could be in a coma, back in time, or just mad, and I personally think we have to discount the back in time bit. So he's either mad or in a coma. It seems most likely to me Sam's in a coma, and in an attempt to retreat from massive physical trauma, has basically decided to inhabit his most buried memory (his dad kicking the crap out of a girl in a red dress) and build an elaborate fantasy around it (the girl was a police woman, he's a copper.)<BR/><BR/>So now that Sam's recovered the memory that was most likely the catalyst for the whole show, where can it go?Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686465069530291040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1141124725787410302006-02-28T11:05:00.000+00:002006-02-28T11:05:00.000+00:00I've been mulling this over rather more than perha...I've been mulling this over rather more than perhaps I should have been...<BR/><BR/>Was quite happy with it all right up until the last sixty seconds or so, at which point I thought "hang on, shouldn't there be some more coma stuff now?"<BR/><BR/>The whole reason why it's been such a compelling show is that it's worked on more than just the 70s-cop-show-pastiche level, so it would indeed be a bit of a disaster if Series 2 was just about the cop stuff.<BR/><BR/>Which makes me think surely it can't be, and they'll have to find another twist in order to keep the suspense going.<BR/><BR/>Just a <I>teeny tiny</I> cliffhanger wouldn't have hurt.<BR/><BR/>Mutter mutter moan moan - still loved it though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1141124300585004052006-02-28T10:58:00.000+00:002006-02-28T10:58:00.000+00:00Oooh, I don't think I've been so gripped by anythi...Oooh, I don't think I've been so gripped by anything on TV for ages - probably since said ambulance on cliff, actually! But yeah, it wasn't the most satisfying ending. <BR/><BR/>We were already considering if he'd wake up, live his 2006 life a bit, then have another accident and go back a bit further in time, so he could catch his dad before he started hanging with the wrong crowd. Yeah, they came up with something better I'm sure.<BR/><BR/>These word verifications are getting ridiculously long.Johannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00428648654163118699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1141113921130419702006-02-28T08:05:00.000+00:002006-02-28T08:05:00.000+00:00Given how popular it's been I wasn't expecting it ...Given how popular it's been I wasn't expecting it to give us a "there you go, everything neatly wrapped up" ending. (I'd have been mightily impressed if the powers that be had nobly decided to only have the one, perfect series. But no.)<BR/><BR/>What it all boils down to, of course, is that I do like John Simm. A <EM>lot</EM>.felinityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08908875302002962868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1141080317285612052006-02-27T22:45:00.000+00:002006-02-27T22:45:00.000+00:00Yes. Not sure what I thought, to be honest. Really...Yes. Not sure what I thought, to be honest. Really enjoyed the whole series but, like you say, the danger is that it becomes just a seventies styled cop show. I think they should leave off the nudge and the wink next season and produce some totally trippy shit. It's a premise that can't be extended definitely, after all. Might as well have some real, mind-bending fun with it.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686465069530291040noreply@blogger.com