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more about #lifeonmarsrecap more comments → D969nke: I saw one thing that left me scratching my head, when they stepped onto Mars it was a 70s street shoe, not a spacesuit boot. That combined with the no... more » Andrew Liptak: Honestly, the father/son issues really felt far short - Keitel certainly played a father-like figure, but then why even include Sam's 'real father' in... more » tvscifi.com: At first I loved the ending, because I couldn't for the life of me figure out how they would pull off a different ending than the British series. So I... more » FrankN.Stein: hm... living in europe, i only saw the bbc series. this ending sounds... stupid really. just... why? why did they have to bring in astonauts and mars?... more » Taed: Where was Lisa Bonet? She was listed in the opening credits as a "Special Guest Star", but I didn't see her. Did they trick me into expecting to see... more » Wubbytoes: I've never watched the original show, so I don't know how that one ended, but I was pleasantly surprised by the finale. I wish the show would continue... more » gods-n-clods: I felt the ending only cheated the audience out of witnessing the romance between Sam and No-Nuts. I'll miss you most of all, No-Nuts. (That's a mean ... more » Andrew Liptak: I was really let down by the finale - it felt like a major cop-out, not to mention that the writers got a whole lot of details wrong when it comes to ... more » EdgesRazor: I think this ending seemed a bit forced. They may have had the concept planned from day 1, but the writing for the last 10 minutes seemed like it was ... more » Elizabeth Weinbloom: Oh, and! They changed the name of Sam's mom to Rose. Which would make her... Rose Tyler. The original Sam Tyler's namesake! That HAD to have been ... more » twophrasebark: Well, we still haven't seen the ending for Ashes to Ashes, the continuation of the original. Here's my take: I think the reason Sam and Alex both end ... more » Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Also, they had to change the ending some from the UK version since everyone knew it. Also also, Sam is and always has been the main character/focus of... more » Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: I liked it. I know some people are whining about the "all a dream" part, but face it -- so was the original! This one actually made more sense -- the ... more » Joe Hackett: I think I'm just bothered by how Sam's life never really meant anything (particularly how he just gave up on his 08 life completely at the end there. ... more » Elizabeth Weinbloom: I watched the finale solely because Charlie said it was gonna be real different than the original. Well, it sure was. It was also much better than t... more » -
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Daddy Issues Are The Final Frontier!
Wow. I'm sure glad we didn't have to wait seven years for that ending to the U.S. version of Life On Mars. At the same time, it was certainly interesting, and unexpected. Awaken to spoilers! More »
