Have introduced Crow to Life on Mars/Ashes To Ashes
He is pleased that there is minimal Bowie despite first thoughts. It's nice to watch them again, I think I missed most of the second series of AtA.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 20 Apr 2012, 14:35, Reply)

Life on Mars would be so much better
without that whinging moraliser Sam in it.
( Kroney, Fri 20 Apr 2012, 14:37, Reply)

I don't know, I liked Sam. I think a lot of the humour came from him being a stick in the mud.
I just find the whole "OMG IT'S MY MUM LET ME CALL YOU MY MUM EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T KNOW ME" thing (in both shows) absolutely mortifying. And not even in a good way.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 20 Apr 2012, 14:43, Reply)

Agreed.
It was a weak point in the plot. As was the sexual chemistry between Gene and Alex. Please...
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 20 Apr 2012, 14:44, Reply)

Nooooooo
It's great! They do drag it out a little though...
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 20 Apr 2012, 14:46, Reply)

It was a poorly conceived plot device to hook the female viewers IMHO
And he never got to knob her.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 20 Apr 2012, 14:49, Reply)

I quite liked his character...
...more so than I did the American version. Seen it? The ending is very twee but a good twist.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 20 Apr 2012, 14:43, Reply)

No, I don't watch American remakes.

( Kroney, Fri 20 Apr 2012, 14:44, Reply)

Well you're not missing that much
Their Annie is much hotter and can actually act, but Harvey Keitel as Gene Hunt just doesn't work.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 20 Apr 2012, 14:47, Reply)

Does that mean you haven't seen The Departed?

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Fri 20 Apr 2012, 14:51, Reply)

I didn't know that was a remake
but, actually, no I haven't.
( Kroney, Fri 20 Apr 2012, 14:52, Reply)

Aye, remake of 'Internal Affairs'
It is an excellent series though
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Fri 20 Apr 2012, 14:56, Reply)

in the end matt damon shoots everyone in the head
but dicaprio has sent a tape of evidence to his wife so damon's fucked and gets killed
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Fri 20 Apr 2012, 14:57, Reply)

I'm never going to watch the American version.
I cannot imagine Gene Hunt not being from Manchester. It'd be wrong.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 20 Apr 2012, 14:45, Reply)

The whole
"Hey, why youse bein' a woise goiy" 70s American cop thing is a total turn off for me. I can't bear watching films like French Connection for this reason, let alone a remake of a series that I quite like in which they appear to have missed all of the subtleties that made it watchable.
( Kroney, Fri 20 Apr 2012, 14:47, Reply)

Why do 70s American cops have Birmingham accents?

( tangledupinblue what will survive of us is guffs, Fri 20 Apr 2012, 14:49, Reply)

That's the accent they had in the 70s
don't you know nothing?
( Kroney, Fri 20 Apr 2012, 14:51, Reply)

GOD HE'S SO STUPID.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 20 Apr 2012, 14:52, Reply)

I'm embarrassed for him, Monty.
EMBARRASSED
( Kroney, Fri 20 Apr 2012, 14:53, Reply)

I think we all are.
This is most uncomfortable.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 20 Apr 2012, 14:55, Reply)

*makes 'awkward turtle' gesture like what 'the kids' do*

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 20 Apr 2012, 14:57, Reply)

Taxi Driver wouldn't be the same without the classic quote
"Do ya feel luckoi punk, well does yeow?"
( Kroney, Fri 20 Apr 2012, 14:58, Reply)

"Is youm talking to me?"
"Oi can't see nowone else 'ere"
( tangledupinblue what will survive of us is guffs, Fri 20 Apr 2012, 15:00, Reply)

Is taxi driver the Luc Besson film
Where Bruce Willis drives his space taxi around trying to catch the German bank robbers?
( Peej, Fri 20 Apr 2012, 15:02, Reply)

Imagine it's Gene's American cousin
Issac.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 20 Apr 2012, 14:48, Reply)

Hello you
I wanted to talk to you about something but I can't remember what it was, now. Are you doing a Masters at KCL next year?
(berk, Fri 20 Apr 2012, 14:50, Reply)