Graham confirmed that the stage show will be "nothing to do" with Life on Mars's cancelled third season Lazarus (which the writer says is unfortunately now "six feet under") and that it will be an entirely new story.
Shame - was really hoping Lazarus would, well, have a chance of coming back from the dead.
The only thing I remember about this show was that O&A made fun of the American version because they were way too in-your-face and ham-handed about telling, rather than showing, the audience that it was taking place in the 1970's
To this day, when I watch period pieces, I'm always extremely sensitive to when references to the past are unsubtle and poorly done because of that
The ending however, by being so unbelievably stupid, managed to go so over-the-top that I actually kinda loved it. At least I laughed at it for a good 10 minutes straight when it finished and I still laugh about it when I’m reminded of it to this day.
For anyone wondering;
They take the title quite literally and the guy wakes up on Mars and the entire show took place during his cryostasis coma on his space flight to Mars. So stupid it accidentally crosses over into genius.
I actually liked the ending to that one quite a lot! I knew it was going to be different from the British one so I had fun imagining what else they’d chose while I watched it, and that wasn’t even on my list.
I feel like the US version would have fared better if they had adapted Ashes instead, I feel like the US is more nostalgic for the 80s than the 70s, not just the era but the media. There's enough that reminds me of Moonlighting and Miami Vice and so on that it feels like the more natural fit.
Woah so weird - hadn't heard anything about them in 6-7 years and just last night was watching a more recent Erock clip and now this! Blast from the past! thanks!
One of my all-times faves! Can’t wait to see what they do!
Hope they figure out how to tie in Bowie’s last album. That, in and of itself, was a theatrical mind-f*ck worthy of fiction. He pretty much composed an album about death, released it, and died a day or two after.
The real life Bowie’s take on death was even wierder than that show!
Romeo and Juliet was a full-on retelling of another playwright's story. You... were aware of that, right?
Hardly boundary pushing, I guess, but it's been a pretty standard literary technique for ages and has led to some pretty damned foundational parts of our culture.
"Originality" is a hobgoblin for little minds. And fanboys who think they make great armchair directors.
Totally different. This is like Shakespeare writing Juliet and Romeo ... the musical. Same playwright, same plot is very different to different playwright same plot.
Shame - was really hoping Lazarus would, well, have a chance of coming back from the dead.
Rockwell meme
Ashes to Ashes was better.
Keeley Hawes was great in that show.
Fuck yeah.
Loved this as a teenager, and its counterpart Ashes to Ashes.
Can't wait to see what is coming next (and what Bowie song they'll choose)
Might want to read the article - it’s not a new show, it’s a retelling of LoM in a theatre play
Ahhhhhhh
I had read that there had been plans for a new show, so I assumed it would be that
Fair cop (no pun intended)
Joke : Magic Dance - and it'll be set in Disco era (70s) America
Serious : Changes and I want it to be set at the turn of the millennia
https://youtu.be/LT3cERVRoQo?si=EH8T2lgSOsCQLbcq
This would be so funny
HEROES! Not only have I seen Bowie perform it live, saw King Crimson perform it live a few times.
The only thing I remember about this show was that O&A made fun of the American version because they were way too in-your-face and ham-handed about telling, rather than showing, the audience that it was taking place in the 1970's
To this day, when I watch period pieces, I'm always extremely sensitive to when references to the past are unsubtle and poorly done because of that
Oh the US one was baaad
The ending however, by being so unbelievably stupid, managed to go so over-the-top that I actually kinda loved it. At least I laughed at it for a good 10 minutes straight when it finished and I still laugh about it when I’m reminded of it to this day.
For anyone wondering;
They take the title quite literally and the guy wakes up on Mars and the entire show took place during his cryostasis coma on his space flight to Mars. So stupid it accidentally crosses over into genius.
I actually liked the ending to that one quite a lot! I knew it was going to be different from the British one so I had fun imagining what else they’d chose while I watched it, and that wasn’t even on my list.
Which is also weirdly the ending to 1899.
This sounds like a lie but I want it to be true.
I feel like the US version would have fared better if they had adapted Ashes instead, I feel like the US is more nostalgic for the 80s than the 70s, not just the era but the media. There's enough that reminds me of Moonlighting and Miami Vice and so on that it feels like the more natural fit.
O&A being Opie and Anthony?
Yes. Here's a compilation of them talking about it
Woah so weird - hadn't heard anything about them in 6-7 years and just last night was watching a more recent Erock clip and now this! Blast from the past! thanks!
It’s always some out of nowhere Patrice clip that sends me back down the O&A rabbit hole
I loved this show and the sequel Ashes to Ashes. Keeley Hawes was great in Ashes to Ashes.
Please don't be as bad as the US version. Also wasn't the UK one finished?
One of my all-times faves! Can’t wait to see what they do!
Hope they figure out how to tie in Bowie’s last album. That, in and of itself, was a theatrical mind-f*ck worthy of fiction. He pretty much composed an album about death, released it, and died a day or two after.
The real life Bowie’s take on death was even wierder than that show!
good show. boundary pushing? naw
Science fiction? Isn’t more properly categorized as a fantasy series?
Translation: "we cant be bothered coming up with new ideas, so we're gonna rehash the same stories in a theatre show". Hardly boundary pushing is it?
Romeo and Juliet was a full-on retelling of another playwright's story. You... were aware of that, right?
Hardly boundary pushing, I guess, but it's been a pretty standard literary technique for ages and has led to some pretty damned foundational parts of our culture.
"Originality" is a hobgoblin for little minds. And fanboys who think they make great armchair directors.
Totally different. This is like Shakespeare writing Juliet and Romeo ... the musical. Same playwright, same plot is very different to different playwright same plot.