Ashes to Ashes - BBC1, Thursday, 9pm *NO spoilers please*

[Janet]

Anyone else looking forward to this? I am, although I'm not sure how it will live up to Life on Mars.

I'm going into it with an open mind.

Pity it's on Thursday. :( I was hoping they'd stick with the Monday slot that LoM was in - I have college on a Thursday so I'll have to record it and be very careful to avoid spoilers.

Philip Glenister - mmmmm! :kiss:

[Mia]

I can't wait for this! While on the one hand I think it's a bit daft to do it all again with a woman in the central role, I just think the whole idea is so good that it's a shame not to!

The 1980s really is ripe for having the mickey taken out of it, too. I bet there'll be loads of yuppies braying into brick-size mobile phones!

I know I shouldn't adore Gene Hunt, but I do! :mrgreen: (I'm sure I'd detest the sexist pig in real life!)

[JudyB]

I'm looking forward to it but would have liked Life on Mars to go on forever - but there again I suppose all good things have to come to an end. I just love the 70's and loved John Simm - I'm sure the 80's will be good fun nostalgia wise but my heart's in the 70's.

[madcow]

Can't wait for Ashes to Ashes Gene Hunt is a brilliant character. Roll on Thursday :mrgreen:

[fireball]

Well, I've downloaded Ashes to Ashes episode 1, but I'm not going to look at, anymore then the next one either.! I'm going to wait until ALL first series runs it's course then I'll have sumit to look forward to, I'm doing this too with Torchwood as well.

The question is, HOW many of them are there, of both.?!

1 to 6 or 1 to 8, 12? :lol::lol:

Looking forward to seeing both anyhow.

I'm half way through the marvellously dark and black humour of "Dexter" at the mo. and a hoot it is too. :mrgreen:


I suppose in one case one will say: same old....but it just might be,... but different, adding a female to the mix WILL put something that the original hadn't.

It'll be fun, finding out eh.?

[roddglenn]

It got off to a bit of a shaky start for me - the awkwardness of Keeley Hawes (and the daughter's) acting showed a little, but as soon as she dropped into 1981 it jumped up a notch and then Drake's okish acting became much better when bouncing off the ever brilliant Hunt.

Looks like it's going to be damn good.

[Mia]

I wasn't too impressed with it. My main problem was that I didn't like Keely Hawes at all. I just didn't feel the same emotional attachment to her or her predicament as I did with Sam Tyler. Plus, she was very annoying continuously spouting her psycho-babble.

Even Gene Hunt seemed watered down (when they weren't portraying him as some kind of god figure, complete with awe-inspiring music whenever he appeared!)

The pierrot figure was suitably scary though.

It's made me want to go out and buy Life on Mars, despite the depressing ending.

[supergran71]

I have to admit I wasnt too impressed with it either:blush: I dont think it works with a woman in a similar part to Sam Tyler somehow. I know I was sitting there thinking "what is this rubbish!!!

Still give it a couple of weeks I suppose.

[kitty_kitty]

I do not like Keeley Hawes but i find her less annoying in this than other things but her daughter is very annoying and funny looking :lol:

[scottishbookworm]

:confused:I thought it was confusing

[Nici76]

I throughly enjoyed it! :blush:

But I didn't like the clown thingys, they were scary. :hide:

[Mia]

I also think it isn't as good because we're used to what's happening. For example, when the test card girl first talked to Sam, it was shocking and fascinating. Now, because we've seen it before, we're expecting that kind of thing. Even Alex Drake is waiting for it to happen, as when she shouts at the TV to talk to her! Nothing so far is new.

(Don't know if that really counts as a spoiler - I'm just being cautious for anyone who's taped it.)

[madcow]

I enjoyed it a lot, "Gene" (Don't use fingers when saying my name) Hunt was great, you gotta love him. Not too sure about Alex I'm hoping her character will grow on me.

[JudyB]

Unlike Life on Mars I found very little in Ashes to Ashes that made me think - oh yes I remember that (apart from the music, of course) - it's like I didn't exist in 1981 or something, when in fact it was a significant year - the year I left school. Still making my mind up about Ashes to Ashes.

[Mia]

From the first episode of Ashes to Ashes I remember Walkmans being the latest "must have", and I remembered the jacket sleeves pushed up with the shirt sleeves over the top!

[kitty_kitty]

I throughly enjoyed it! :blush:

But I didn't like the clown thingys, they were scary. :hide:

I agree plain creepy

[Michelle]

We've only just started watching this, and I agree with most of the comments above. Whereas I LOVED Sam, I really don't like the woman much. And yes, Gene Hunt was made rather 'god like', which was a bit annoying.

[Louiseog]

I preferred this series maybe because I remembered more of it and felt that I got to know all the characters better instead of just Sam.

[Mia]

I've just re-read this thread and seen that I didn't really add anything after the first few episodes! So I'll add now that Keeley Hawes became less annoying - maybe I just got used to her. I ended up enjoying the series, but it's still not a patch on Life on Mars. The last episode was rather good though, especially a revelation that I didn't see coming.

[Michelle]

So would you say it's worth continuing?

[Louiseog]

I'm with Mia, found myself in the first few making comments about how it was not as good but by the end was hooked, other characters develop which I enjoyed.

[Mia]

Michelle, I'd say it's definitely worth continuing to the end. It's good, it's just not as good as Life on Mars. But stick with it. :)