Comments on: The ﬁnal of Ashes to Ashes: a cultural phenomenon

By: Spanish Man

Spanish Man — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:56:47 +0000

The Spanish remake of “Life in Mars”, called”La Chica de Ayer”, only lasted for one season on TV, in 2008. It was starred by Ernesto Alterio, as the policeman who travel in time. He´s an Argentinian-Spanish actor, very famous in both countries. The girl was Manuela Velasco, the TV reporter attacked by zombies in “[REC]” (2007) and “[REC 2]” (2009), two Spanish horror films that were remade in USA as “Quarentine”. “La Chica de Ayer” is a very famous Spanish song released in 1980, however the story was set in 1977. These years were very troubled in the Spanish Story: fascist dictator Franco ruled during almost 40 years and died in 1975, but democracy took several years in arrived to Spain, so the Spanish Police were adapting to the new liberties very slowly. In the last 70´s and early 80´s, drugs and crime became a very important trouble in my country, but the Spanish Rock and Pop Music were living very good times: nowadays, lots of those songs sounds horrible, but they were like “fresh air” in very tough days.

PS: Sorry for my poor English!

By: Lucire: Insider » We’ll Take Manhattan: the impact of David Bailey and Jean Shrimpton revisited

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:38:08 +0000

[...] it was not, neither in feel nor in execution. Where Kudos was once known for lavish productions—Life on Mars springs to mind—some corners felt cut, probably thanks to the recession and the difﬁculty [...]

By: Lucire Men » The Sweeney remake under way, with Regan and Carter in Ford Focus STs

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:09:59 +0000

[...] when only a minority of episodes saw the characters adopt Ford cars. The successful 2006 BBC series Life on Mars, set in 1973, had its creative origins in The Sweeney. Production company Vertigo [...]

By: Twenty-ten’s TV in eight paragraphs « Jack Yan: the Persuader Blog

Twenty-ten’s TV in eight paragraphs « Jack Yan: the Persuader Blog — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:49:02 +0000

[...] weren’t as good (the “Kylie Minogue” scene being one of the few highlights); Ashes to Ashes’ ending was disappointing and the whole series felt cheap; Luther had a few too many “angry black [...]

By: Jack Yan 甄爵恩

Jack Yan 甄爵恩 — Sun, 23 May 2010 06:51:11 +0000

RT @Lucire: thanks #ashestoashes fans for making our article on the subject the most popular on our website this week. http://bit.ly/cIZoq6 #A2A

By: Lucire

Lucire — Sun, 23 May 2010 06:48:40 +0000

thanks #ashestoashes fans for making our article on the subject the most popular on our website this week. http://bit.ly/cIZoq6 #A2A

By: Jack Yan 甄爵恩

Jack Yan 甄爵恩 — Sun, 23 May 2010 04:49:48 +0000

@vtoffeef You can say that again! Spent most of Friday night chatting about it! And wrote this for Friday publication: http://bit.ly/dzQmZi

By: Keith

Keith — Sat, 22 May 2010 17:17:50 +0000

It was an excellent finale, I’m still in shock and of course sad, so sad there will be no more.

By: Jack Yan

Jack Yan — Sat, 22 May 2010 09:51:16 +0000

DG, thank you! Incidentally, I could not reply on The Railway Arms’ private messaging—I think you had sent me something a while back. Al, I gave up on the long US series; yet there seem to be good American shows that disappear (Journeyman was a favourite). The networks are complicit, trying to sell the idea of complex series, leading viewers up the garden path. I hope viewers get sick of the over-promoted “big” shows, and the cancellation of Flash Forward may be a sign that some are tired of being suckered in. Victoria, well said!

By: Victoria Thomas

Victoria Thomas — Sat, 22 May 2010 08:58:08 +0000

The finale last night was breathtaking, almost literally! I’ve been hooked on this since the first episode of Life On Mars, but even I didn’t see the end coming as it did. Spectacular TV. For anyone who missed it, go out and buy the DVD, it’s money well spent!!

By: Al Winston

Al Winston — Sat, 22 May 2010 05:43:51 +0000

As an American who had been suckered into watching ‘Lost’ and ‘Battlestar Gallactica’, shows with plot twists that the writers had no intention of resolving, it was pure pleasure continuing through the entire saga of Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes. It makes paying the extra cable fee for BBC America worth it. JJ Abrams and the larcenous writers of ‘Lost’ wrote layers of seeming literary corners that we eagerly anticipated to see explained, but there was never any such intent. They wrote ‘whatever whenever’ to hook audiences and then leave them utterly dissatisfied. No DVD or BluRay sales for them, and phrases like “From the writers of Lost” will have all the influence of “From the folks who brought you gonorrhea”. Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes may have been a little predictable, but they were so wonderfully enacted and thoroughly resolved that it makes one want to watch it again. Wish the Americans would learn to freakin’ write like this.

By: DorsetGirl

DorsetGirl — Fri, 21 May 2010 22:54:36 +0000

Great post, Jack, this is a really excellent piece of work! (And thank you so much for mentioning La Chica de Ayer).

By: Tweets that mention Lucire: Insider » The ﬁnal of Ashes to Ashes: a cultural phenomenon -- Topsy.com

Fri, 21 May 2010 12:42:44 +0000

[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Jack Yan 甄爵恩, Jack Yan 甄爵恩, Lucire, Ian Wylie, Vic Mo and others. Vic Mo said: RT @Lucire: on the final of Ashes to Ashes tonight: a cultural phenomenon, http://bit.ly/dzQmZi #ashestoashes #A2A [...]

By: Jack Yan 甄爵恩

Jack Yan 甄爵恩 — Fri, 21 May 2010 12:31:29 +0000

looks at the cultural phenomenon that is Ashes to Ashes: http://bit.ly/dzQmZi #A2A #ashestoashes

By: Lucire

Lucire — Fri, 21 May 2010 12:30:34 +0000

reports: The ﬁnal of Ashes to Ashes: a cultural phenomenon http://bit.ly/cIZoq6