Life on Mars (Series 2)

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So, did anyone else watch it? The one on BBC One was quite good but not great. The second episode was much more my thing and held my attention that much more. I can't wait for next week with the IRA storyline.

Oh, and how can anyone not like the "armed bastards" line?

Yes, saw both episodes . Pretty watchable TV - makes a change in these days of boring rubbish (as an official grumpy old man I often DO get called Meldrew - usually by my immediate family ).

Only problem is that this show makes me feel old . I even remember them bringing in those flippin' bright orange & white Selnec buses. Had to laugh when he made a reference to Softly Softly and Z Cars - some of my earliest memories of Police shows. Those seem pretty tame by comparison now!

I thought I was being naughty watching Episode 2 in advance! My mum told me off. I love the scenes with Gene and Sam. They're such good actors and every line is a cracker.

My favourite lines were from Chris Skelton though. "You don't want a mirror in the dentists" and the one about not wanting to go to prison at the beginning of ep.2. "But you haven't got a wife!" "Well I'm not going to get one in prison am I?" hehe. They aren't direct quotes by the way.

Tequila - i think it must be your big post count that made me think you were older than me. Or maybe the fact that you're from Lancashire. For some reason all Lancastrians (or is that people from Lancaster specifically?) appear in my head as old men in flat caps. hehe. I love the Lancs accent. I quite like Yorkshire too. I'm veering wildly off topic.

They are. Some of the lines always make me chuckle.

The one with Sam and Chris was brilliant, though:

"Been up all night."
"What was she called?"
"Migraine."
"...German bird?"





Nice quote and very true.



Seek and ye may find a picture, thereby ridding yourself of any doubt that I'm a miserable old fart. Yet.



Ah, I see.



You're confusing yer Lankyshur with your Yorkshur here, missis. We don't wear flat caps - we just talk funny (not funneh, like you lot do in Greata Manchestah!). And "Lancastrian" can refer to both of those groups of people. Personally, I tend to use "Lancashireman". The "Valley" in the text above my avatar refers to the Ribble Valley, where I live.



Thank you. I come from right in the middle of Lancashire - I like my own accent, especially when I can use dialect words like "th'owd", "reyt" and "ware". Not too harsh like some of the eastern accents. Some Manchester accents can be quite nice, too.



Some North Yorkshire accents can be lovely, as can parts of West Yorkshire. A lot of South Yorkshire can sound a bit grim, though.



Oh, don't worry. What's the use of a bulletin board if you can't occasionally talk about summat else?

I don't know why I think of flat caps and Lancashire. I know it must be Yorkshire because of the Yorkshire Tea adverts. Where is the old Hovis advert set?

I had a friend from Sheffield who always said "It were reight gud" and that made me smile.

I fortunately do not have a Stockport accent (well, not too much) so I don't say things like "Nah man, I'm goin' down the Offy for a bit of the old White Lightnin' innit". I really can't convey the nasal-ness on computer though. I don't say Manchestah either but my sister does because she used to live in Salford. She also fails to pronounce most consonants.

I'm really mean to Southerners when they say barth instead of bath and m-uh-g instead of mug. A friend of mine said "It's behind Oldies" and I spent ages looking confused repeating him before someone said "he means Aldi's".

Is there a search function on this forum because if not, I shall just have to take your word that you are indeed a mere boy and not an elderly man.

I think it's meant to be a generic 'northern' stereotypical sort of thing but the ad was actually shot in the small town of Shaftesbury in Dorset. Love the Dvorak piece that goes with it. Actually, I visited the place many years ago when I was a boy. Very steep little village but I remember little else.



Don't worry. I know exactly what I mean - I go down to Manchester quite often at the moment and meet people from all over the county, so I know what Greater Manchester accents sound like.



Accents like that can get slightly wearing after a while, you think?



Yes, it can be infuriating sometimes can't they?

Some people take the mick out of my accent, usually when I'm down in Manchester because I sound quite different. When they do though I'm usually putting it on a bit strong for effect. Accents are integral to who we are.



Christ, that coolstertothecore is a lazy so-and-so isn't she? Perhaps it's 'ere (http://www.wrongplanet.net/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=417696#417696). I'm not that miserable and sombre all, or even much of the time. I was messing about with my webcam and came up with that. Have we seen a picture of yourself yet?

Now, where's my slippers? Where's me cap?! Come on, me mild's gerrin' werm!

I definitely am lazy. I always answer sloth if anyone asks me what animal I would be. And my family all call me "Lazy Amy". My GCSE maths teacher told me that the best mathematicians are lazy because they're always looking for short cuts. Unfortunately at A level being lazy didn't pay off as well. I got a great big D!

There are very few pictures of me in existence, mostly because my boyfriend is the crappest photographer I ever met! My poor pen-pal has been asking for some pictures for about a year now and I keep promising but the few I have look awful. Christmas pictures are always bad because everyone has woken up at 5am and eaten nothing but chocolate and profiteroles for a few days and holiday pictures look awful if it's somewhere hot (Aberystwyth for me this year! 38 degrees!) because everyone's hair is all humid.

I just had a look to see if I'm lying and I do have a few pictures, usually with a cheesy grin or stuffing my face with food. Maybe I'll upload some at some point. But right now I'm going to have to remove my internet connection because this ruddy essay is still firmly stuck at the 1000 word mark (it's supposed to be 3750) and the lure of WP and neopets (I'm such a kid) is too much.

Kill the connection for a while if I'm distracting you from your work.

Up to 2600 words. Still, only this essay and one more and then I shall never have to write an essay again. Well, apart from school reports.

I can't believe so few people watch the greatest show in the world!! ! I guess that should say, I can't believe so few people who have, suspect they have or have a relative with Asperger's Syndrome who found this forum and regularly go in the television section and are willing to post watch the greatest show in the world!! !

You carry on writing this essay if you need to, Amy. There's always me, this thread and the rest of the forum waiting right here.

So, did anyone watch this last night then? What did you think of it? I liked both, actually. The one about the IRA was good.

What's this show about? WHen I'm downloading tv shows, I skip this one. The current British Tv shows I download and watch are Party Animals and Primeval.

Look at the top trailer on the first page. See if you think that looks interesting or not.

I'm sick at the moment but I just had to stay up until 11. The IRA one was my favourite so far. It was a bit more dramatic and I like it when Sam and Annie work together.

The woman on the voice-over said the next one isn't on for two weeks but it's there in the Radio Times. Very peculiar.

I was hoping to talk to people at uni about episode two today but it seems everyone was up doing their assignments. I got mine finished at the weekend so I could go shopping on Tuesday only to wake up with inflamed sinuses and nausea! I'm so unlucky.

I go to a college in Manchester so I thought that talking about Life on Mars would be all the rage but no-one seems to watch it!

And then there were five...

Yes, this second series is looking good. I thought the first series lost the plot a bit, toward the end. All the vague paradoxical effects are back in full force. Nice.

I wish I hadn't missed the first episode, but a friend (who hadn't reminded me it was on... grr...) filled me in on the plot.

What is that "back in two weeks" all about, then? They said that after the episode on BBC1, but there was nothing said after ep3 on BBC3(4?).