Ashes to Ashes Sony TV Coming Soon!
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I've just been watching Soldier Soldier and saw a trailer for Ashes to Ashes. No date given, just coming soon. I've seen Life on Mars (which I loved) but I've never seen ATA. Is it as good as LOM?
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Thanks for your input, Straker
What did you think of LOM?
I thought I liked it at the time but I had occasion to go back and rewatch a couple of eps last year and I found it didn`t hold up for me anymore. Having said that the quality difference between LOM and A2A should be obvious for all to see. They had a far better grasp of the seventies setting for the original which served as a solid foundation for all the stories that came from it but the eighties production design on A2A was too superficial, cliched and done for comedy effect and as a result it wasn`t possible to take it seriously. That and it essentially being just a re-run of LOM makes it entirely redundant IMO.
Monotonous and messy.
No no no - don't go there. It'll hurt your eyes!
Ashes To Ashes wasn't remotely as good as Life On Mars because it was an insult to the original. I can see why John Simm refused to be involved anymore as it was only ever going to go one way and that was downhill, sharpish. The only good thing remaining in Ashes To Ashes was the character of Gene Hunt. And at a push, a nice Bowie song.
I would give it a try and see what you think. I liked LOM but loved A2A. (I'm obviously in the minority here!) A2A has a very different feel to LOM -different place, different decade, different dynamic (although you might feel that series 3 is more LOM-like).
I'd be interested to know what you think of it.
It's pretty good. But I think Life on Mars for me has probably been the best TV show for at least since 2000. So any show would find it difficult to match up to it.
ATA feels a bit lightweight in comparison and not as thorougly realised as Life on Mars. I felt it was almost like a spoof of LoM and its comedy felt like it was trying to play too much on what was felt to be popular about LoM. Especially in regard to Gene Hunt who they knew by now had become popular with the public. So it felt a bit forced and cliched. But I think you should still like it as its along the same lines as LoM and is better than the majority of dramas.
The writers obviously cottoned on to the major characters from LoM and tried to turn A2A into The Gene Hunt Show which only partially worked. He's defintiely the major character in A2A and outclasses KH every time. Some of their interactions are very good, but they've overdone her character (and sme of the others) to the detriment of the show, IMHO.
It's still better than 99% of the stuff on TV, but perhaps not up to LoM. But that might be due to LoM's originality.
I don't know when ATA starts so I'll have to keep an eye out and post on this thread with a start date for anyone who's interested.
It's funny how some say it's nowhere near as good and others say it's just as good, it's quite a difference
I liked both too. Well worth a try.:)
I thought it was the same quality as Life On Mars, but I guess we all think differently. I loved both of them to be honest.
(Think LOM managed a few runs on various channels since original transmission! )
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