Life on Mars extravaganza
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But now, I bring you a picspam of my new favorite thing: Life on Mars.
LoM is a British, 16-ep show, starring John Simm (OMG), as a modern day Manchester detective, Sam Tyler who, in the middle of a crisis (a serial killer has got his girlfriend), is not paying attention and ends up getting hit by a car. He wakes up in Manchester of 1973. Or does he? Is it time travel? Is he insane and is actually hallucinating modern-day stuff? Or is he in a coma, and this is his mind occupying itself? The show does not pick one, and in fact, there is continued playing with all these possibilities. Meanwhile, Sam has to come to terms with his new environment: an economically falling apart city and job in a police department that is not only without modern equipment, but routinely beats up suspects, is sexist about women and racist about minorities, etc etc.
It's an amazing show. Clever, intense, so well written. And why have I never heard of John Simm before (except for his playing the Master on Who, of course. I was totally inot him there, so wanted to check out this). I know, because I am an American. Oh well. The show is basically all about him, and he is by turns funny, intense, hopeful, heart-breaking. Sam Tyler is amazing, but he is also very human. His determination, no matter what, and all those vulnerabilities are catnip to someone who likes her fiction in a fashion I do.
Anyway, here is the picspam:
Sam Tyler in the present:
Falling apart in the car, after his gf has been taken:
Waking up in 1973:
His 'new' office:
Hearing things (medical monitors, coma talk):
With Annie, who is inspecting for a concussion. She is awesome, and I totally ship them. I love that she ends up liking him because he treats her like a person and not a piece of not too smart meat. And it's not that he is super-sensitive or something. It's just you know, feminism in society. I've forgotten how sucky things were for women back then.
Heh:
Seriously, he is not good-looking, but he is so intense, I don't notice. As [Bad username or site: fire+snake @ livejournal.com] put it, if he is in a scene, whatever is going on screen, you don't pay attention to anyone else.
Annie takes him (to his) home and tries to convince him it's real:
He has these nightmares or are they lucid dreams, about people on TV telling him to wake up, come out of a coma.
DCI Hunt, Sam's new boss. He is violent and sexist and not above planting evidence to convict someone. He is also awesome and marvelous and I love him. Would not want to be within ten feet of him though:
Sam asks Annie her opinion and everyone thinks he has three heads or something:
Some cool shots:
They got the serial killer who, thirty-plus years later, will kidnap Sam's gf. And I love when Sam, scruples and principles or not, tears the paper which would show criminal is insane so will only get thrity years in an asylum and then get out to kill again. This time it's for life.
Sam is planning to jump. That will wake him up, he believes (but we as the audience, of course do not know). And Annie comes to talk him off the ledge. I love that scene.
That is one uncomfortable bed:
One way to interrogate:
Because Sam does the proper thing, the robber is let go, and ends up shooting one of the girls who works in the station. I love how Sam is broken about it, but it's not about him realizing that no, beating up suspects, and framing them is OK, or his boss realizing Sam is right. Sam sticks to his guns. And the boss doesn't mind if it gets results.
Boss demands Sam be the one to clean up her blood because 'it's all your fault.' That was such an incredible scene.
I love how Sam almost bangs his head against the wall. We all felt like it. Plus, for an angst vampire like me! Even boss is taken aback. And then Sam uses his suit jacket!
In one of the most awesome sequences, in ep 4, Sam meets his much younger mother. He seeks her out because he misses her, but of course, she doesn't know who he is.
Comforting her about rent troubles:
Agreeing to help an abused woman. But it's a trap by the kingpin who runs the area, and who Sam crossed.
Oh, God. I love him.
He hides her in his house and wakes up drugged and in such a way :P
And Annie sees:
Discussion:
I squeed during this scene. He is trying to apologize and she is being sweet but noncommital (because it's not his fault, he got drugged and cuffed and other things, and they aren't even dating, but if I were Annie, I'd still be not happy :P)
*meep*
And I love how his sheer decency got the framing girl to burn the blackmail negatives (her own initiative). Except now she is dead. And he loses it.
Boss and Sam discuss corruption and bringing in the kingpin who bribes everyone, including Boss (who hates it but takes it) for murder.
That's one way to get a confession of a flunkie:
I cheered during this scene, they walk the Kingpin out through his club:
Next up: picspam of last three eps of S3 of Doctor Who. And LoM meta.
But now, I bring you a picspam of my new favorite thing: Life on Mars.
LoM is a British, 16-ep show, starring John Simm (OMG), as a modern day Manchester detective, Sam Tyler who, in the middle of a crisis (a serial killer has got his girlfriend), is not paying attention and ends up getting hit by a car. He wakes up in Manchester of 1973. Or does he? Is it time travel? Is he insane and is actually hallucinating modern-day stuff? Or is he in a coma, and this is his mind occupying itself? The show does not pick one, and in fact, there is continued playing with all these possibilities. Meanwhile, Sam has to come to terms with his new environment: an economically falling apart city and job in a police department that is not only without modern equipment, but routinely beats up suspects, is sexist about women and racist about minorities, etc etc.
It's an amazing show. Clever, intense, so well written. And why have I never heard of John Simm before (except for his playing the Master on Who, of course. I was totally inot him there, so wanted to check out this). I know, because I am an American. Oh well. The show is basically all about him, and he is by turns funny, intense, hopeful, heart-breaking. Sam Tyler is amazing, but he is also very human. His determination, no matter what, and all those vulnerabilities are catnip to someone who likes her fiction in a fashion I do.
Anyway, here is the picspam:
Sam Tyler in the present:
Falling apart in the car, after his gf has been taken:
Waking up in 1973:
His 'new' office:
Hearing things (medical monitors, coma talk):
With Annie, who is inspecting for a concussion. She is awesome, and I totally ship them. I love that she ends up liking him because he treats her like a person and not a piece of not too smart meat. And it's not that he is super-sensitive or something. It's just you know, feminism in society. I've forgotten how sucky things were for women back then.
Heh:
Seriously, he is not good-looking, but he is so intense, I don't notice. As [Bad username or site: fire+snake @ livejournal.com] put it, if he is in a scene, whatever is going on screen, you don't pay attention to anyone else.
Annie takes him (to his) home and tries to convince him it's real:
He has these nightmares or are they lucid dreams, about people on TV telling him to wake up, come out of a coma.
DCI Hunt, Sam's new boss. He is violent and sexist and not above planting evidence to convict someone. He is also awesome and marvelous and I love him. Would not want to be within ten feet of him though:
Sam asks Annie her opinion and everyone thinks he has three heads or something:
Some cool shots:
They got the serial killer who, thirty-plus years later, will kidnap Sam's gf. And I love when Sam, scruples and principles or not, tears the paper which would show criminal is insane so will only get thrity years in an asylum and then get out to kill again. This time it's for life.
Sam is planning to jump. That will wake him up, he believes (but we as the audience, of course do not know). And Annie comes to talk him off the ledge. I love that scene.
That is one uncomfortable bed:
One way to interrogate:
Because Sam does the proper thing, the robber is let go, and ends up shooting one of the girls who works in the station. I love how Sam is broken about it, but it's not about him realizing that no, beating up suspects, and framing them is OK, or his boss realizing Sam is right. Sam sticks to his guns. And the boss doesn't mind if it gets results.
Boss demands Sam be the one to clean up her blood because 'it's all your fault.' That was such an incredible scene.
I love how Sam almost bangs his head against the wall. We all felt like it. Plus, for an angst vampire like me! Even boss is taken aback. And then Sam uses his suit jacket!
In one of the most awesome sequences, in ep 4, Sam meets his much younger mother. He seeks her out because he misses her, but of course, she doesn't know who he is.
Comforting her about rent troubles:
Agreeing to help an abused woman. But it's a trap by the kingpin who runs the area, and who Sam crossed.
Oh, God. I love him.
He hides her in his house and wakes up drugged and in such a way :P
And Annie sees:
Discussion:
I squeed during this scene. He is trying to apologize and she is being sweet but noncommital (because it's not his fault, he got drugged and cuffed and other things, and they aren't even dating, but if I were Annie, I'd still be not happy :P)
*meep*
And I love how his sheer decency got the framing girl to burn the blackmail negatives (her own initiative). Except now she is dead. And he loses it.
Boss and Sam discuss corruption and bringing in the kingpin who bribes everyone, including Boss (who hates it but takes it) for murder.
That's one way to get a confession of a flunkie:
I cheered during this scene, they walk the Kingpin out through his club:
Next up: picspam of last three eps of S3 of Doctor Who. And LoM meta.
