Life on Mars

[hammocity]

“Can somebody put some bog roll in the loo? I’ve just had to wipe my arse on Francis Lee” says Gene Hunt.

Also, when he finds a dead body in a back alley something along the lines of “we’ll he’s wearing a United scarf so it’s not too bad”.

 

[hammocity]

Cortina must have been the shittest name for a car.
Ohh wait, Allegro, Mondeo, Herald, Marina.

I’ve had three Honda’s, a Concerto, Civic and Accord, not great names TBF.

Swapped my old Porsche for a Honda Civic due to rising maintenance costs, one of life’s biggest mistakes, never again, it’s “smiles to the gallon” and I love our new coupe (8 year old) 2 seater to bits.

 

[Kazzydeyna]

I think series 2 was finished off in just about the best way I'd ever seen a series end.

I don’t disagree with that. It was a superb ending.
But I’m greedy and when I saw him saying he’d written series three, given it the project name “Lazarus”, and said it would cover the 1970s to present day, and that “the Gov has put his driving gloves back on” I really REALLY looked forward to it.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

Of course it won’t be. Basil struggling with woke 2023.

Stars have admitted in interviews that The Office, The Inbetweeners and numerous great comedies would never get the green light in this climate.

Don’t even get me started on Jerry Sadowitz at Edinburgh…

Do we really think we have suddenly evolved and become much 'better' as a civilization now these things would no longer see the light of day, or is something more sinister going on?
I don't mind a bit of social engineering for the better, but these sort of comedies work because they hold a shrewd mirror up to real life.

 

[Stephen230]

Sometimes things are best left as they are.

I.e does anyone seriously expect the new Fawlty Towers reboot to be any good?

Seeing some of Cleese’s comments recently, it sounds more likely it’s going to be a fly on the wall documentary than a comedy show.

 

[BlueMoonday]

Gene Hunt (Philip Glenister) is an absolute c*nt in real life.

I wasn't long out of uni working at an event (earning f*ck all) where we HAD to usher celebs/visitors to this function room from the entrance for security reasons (had to escort visitor passes on site at all times between rooms). I was politely doing my job not even trying to make small talk with him and he was extremely rude towards me. Hope it made him feel great.

Fat c*nt

 

[Dirty Harry]

I wasn't long out of uni working at an event (earning f*ck all) where we HAD to usher celebs/visitors to this function room from the entrance for security reasons (had to escort visitor passes on site at all times between rooms). I was politely doing my job not even trying to make small talk with him and he was extremely rude towards me. Hope it made him feel great.

Fat c*nt

Makes me laugh how some of these people have such delusions of grandeur, it’s probably the only reason (or certainly the biggest) why I’ve rarely given any of them the time of day, although the odd ones have been very good, surprisingly Scousers of all people (not Black or Fowler).

One thing that amazes me about ‘Life on Mars’ , is that it was filmed on my doorstep, some of it less than 100 yards away from my front doorstep , and yet, never saw a single thing !

 

[Blue Maverick]

Do we really think we have suddenly evolved and become much 'better' as a civilization now these things would no longer see the light of day, or is something more sinister going on?
I don't mind a bit of social engineering for the better, but these sort of comedies work because they hold a shrewd mirror up to real life.

And they are a reflection of the times, if people can’t see that they are blind, it gets people talking, was it really like that? Well yes it was, have we moved on? In some respects yes. I constantly shake my head at adverts and shows that shoehorn in every demographic to please people, just look at Disney (ye I have beef with them these days) they are destroying age old fairy tales in the name of inclusivity etc Snow White is the latest, fuck me the star has said Prince Charming is a stalker! Id love to see series 3 but like others have said they ain’t got the balls to male it.

 

[M18CTID]

“Can somebody put some bog roll in the loo? I’ve just had to wipe my arse on Francis Lee” says Gene Hunt.

Also, when he finds a dead body in a back alley something along the lines of “we’ll he’s wearing a United scarf so it’s not too bad”.

I think the line was something like "Well, whoever did it - at least they had a decent motive"!

 

[M18CTID]