Thank you very much. I have to admit that while I do like A2A I could never care about it as much as I do LoM. Now, you can blame that on me being a Simm/Sam fangirl, slave of the original series or the fact that I actually prefer the grittier, lower budget of Life on Mars (I find Ashes too polished and the 'pig in space' moments far less haunting. In Life on Mars they border psychological terror where as in Ashes they're like a bad acid trip). I am not a big fan of Alex and actually wanted to hit her in the first series but I admit she did get better and series two is quite good.
On its own I think A2A is a fantastic series but if forced to make comparisons (and it's difficult not to) it's easily found wanting. I do love Gene though and he's honestly the only reason I moved to Ashes and even then it took me quite a while to do it. I knew if I watched it I would have to admit that Sam is dead and to be honest I am still not ready for it. I get a tight feeling in my chest when they mention his name and every single time I watch an episode I have to go back and watch an episode of Life on Mars afterwards.
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Date: 2009-11-25 09:16 pm (UTC)On its own I think A2A is a fantastic series but if forced to make comparisons (and it's difficult not to) it's easily found wanting. I do love Gene though and he's honestly the only reason I moved to Ashes and even then it took me quite a while to do it. I knew if I watched it I would have to admit that Sam is dead and to be honest I am still not ready for it. I get a tight feeling in my chest when they mention his name and every single time I watch an episode I have to go back and watch an episode of Life on Mars afterwards.