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Cracklin Rosie
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Anyone know when this is due to start back again!
I'm having Gene Hunt cravings at the moment
I'm having Gene Hunt cravings at the moment
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Cracklin Rosie
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A2A, whilst maintaining the Gene Hunt character is less likely to age well...it just doesn't have the same "uniqueness" about it.
I often wonder how a series with Gene Hunt set in the PC aware present day would fare...I know this is something the writers considered but ultimately rejected...could have been interesting !
Meantime I am left considering what a talent John Simm is..as demonstrated in particular in the final episode of A2A S2..simply stunning performance.
My vote, leave it as it is, as a fantastic piece of TV history, and let Gene Hunt die an honourable death, whilst hopefully creating space for us to appreciate more of Philip Glenister in other roles.
Completely agree that Ashes to Ashes doesn't really compare to Life On Mars and although they obviously wanted to use A2A as another vehicle for the Gene Hunt character, I wish they'd have kept it going in the 70's instead of the massive jump to the 80's.
Couldn't agree more, LOM was head and shoulders above Ashes to Ashes.
Thinking about your comment about Gene Hunt in present day - He would have been prosecuted the moment he opened his mouth and spent the whole series in jail LOL!!
Yes, love to see more of Philip Glenister, but.....not Demons!
John Simm ALWAYS turns in wonderful performances, whatever he's in. I'm such a huge fan of his.
BBC Prime is a subscription service for ex-pats and not available in the UK
I meant the title to be Ashes to Ashes by the way!
But A2A is good too. I'm not saying that A2H is bad, more emphasising how good LoM really is.
I'd definitely call it a modern classic.
Although its not officially available in the UK its always been pretty easy to get thanks to the numerous feeds of it on satellite and often some of them are in the clear
What happened to the commentaries on the season 2 BD.
I'm sure the season 2 dvd had commentaries - and even the season 1 BD did too
Hmm..dunno, Season 2 BD has "behind the scenes" of episodes and a feature on "the end of LOM "
Was it entertaining? Well, yeah. Though I think they did right by ending it after two series rather that pummeling a corpse to further death!
Any niggles? Oh a few, but given that it's an entertainment series there obviously isn't enough time to work through the obvious discrepencies that would arise between the 2006 & 1973 characters.
Name one? well, in the final episode, there's a 'Wages train'. The 2006 character would surely query this? As in: why isn't everyone paid into their bank accounts?
I was working in 1973, and we were given that option: to be paid in coin (cash) or our monies/wages paid directly into the bank.
Anyway, there you go. Overall it was worth a watch, and perhaps in a few years time I'll re-view. Whether I'll plump for Ashes to Ashes is another matter.
There is over in the Cult section of the board.The link below is basically most of the threads that are in the Cult section regarding LOM
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/search.php?searchid=66609658&pp=25
We had someone go to each department with a wages envelope for each employee plus a sheet to sign your name on.
All sounds very primitive now.
Many factories which paid "piecework" by the week were still paying wages in cash in the 1990s.
He probably hadn't encountered a lot of things he saw in 73, but I take it you haven't seen ashes to ashes? Because that explains things.
He'd have had to be an idiot not to know that everyone having wages paid directly into the bank was a fairly recent norm in 2006.
But by the final episode he had been living in '73 for some months. The Sweeny often featured "Wages blags" so presumably Sam's collegues would have too - this Sam would have been aware of even if he hadn't yet worked on such a case.
Shrike, Yep I take yer point, but as a Copper this guy doesn't seem inquistive enough. Sure, he has info that they don't in 1973, but he's not omniscient. Er, and he doesn't have Google.
As you had already accepted that workers were given the choice (your words: I was working in 1973, and we were given that option: to be paid in coin (cash) or our monies/wages paid directly into the bank. ) it is possible that he was aware of the practice from friends, relatives, older work colleagues, criminal case work, TV dramas, films, especially as the practice was rife for manual/blue collar workers well into the 80s and early 90s (less so for office/white collar workers).
The writers have said that many of the cases and things in LoM/A2A are classic cop show tropes because of the nature of the show, so like you say the influence of The Sweeney etc. plays a big part in what Sam sees in "1973". I think continuity mistakes are waved away by the Big Reveal at the end of A2A - handily for the writers
Until the 19th c. Truck Acts were repealed in 1986, workers had the right to insist on payment in cash, and many did.