Life on Mars.

[elisi]

As soon as it started I said "Oh my God it's 'Normal Again'!"

Which is blindingly obvious of course, but hadn't really occurred to me before. As a matter of fact the whole series is 'Normal Again', but far more indepth and playing with realities and existentialism and all that stuff!

And the 'fake' reality is more real...

Nice.

Comments

[gillo]

I honestly think we can add this one to the long list of shows that could never have been contemplated if Buffy had never existed. Indeed, I believe the concept originated in about 1998 and was dismissed as too silly for an audience to take seriously. It was so very much Normal Again, wasn't it? Even down to the talk with his mother which helped him to realise where his true heart lay. But I still loved it.

[elisi]

I honestly think we can add this one to the long list of shows that could never have been contemplated if Buffy had never existed.
*nods* Buffy dared to be different on so many levels.

Even down to the talk with his mother which helped him to realise where his true heart lay.
I hadn't thought of that. But what a nice parallel.

But I still loved it.
Oh absolutely! It was very much its own thing!

[herself_nyc]

Yes, I thought the same thing. And wasn't that line, “What are you, the narrator?” used in a BtVS episode?

[courtnificus.livejournal.com]

Yep, it was Faith that said it when she was getting the box with the spiders in it for the mayor.
"You just killed that guy!"
"What are you, the narrator?"

[herself_nyc]

That's it!

By the way, I love your jnl banner!

[courtnificus.livejournal.com]

Well, I'd be flattered... if I had one. :/

[herself_nyc]

Ooops, that was directed at elisi. Sorry.

[elisi]

By the way, I love your jnl banner!
Since this was aimed at me - thank you very much! It's by sueworld2003 and very distracting... *g*

[elisi]

It was the very beginning when Sam was told that he had to 'get rid of' his new friends when the connection suddenly popped into my head!

[kitmarlowescot2.livejournal.com]

Totally off subject, but you did a crossover with Spike, Angel and the Doctor. Oh man I would love to find a fic where Andrew meets the Doctor. Man, but Spike is english, he so should have remembered the Doctor :)

Or Tom Baker at least.

Have you ever heard of a fic where Andrew meets the Doctor?

[elisi]

Man, but Spike is english, he so should have remembered the Doctor :)
Of course... I think I worked out this thing where in the Buffy 'verse Doctor Who was never made! ;)

Have you ever heard of a fic where Andrew meets the Doctor?
I haven't, but I could ask around - I have friends who're very involved in the Who fandom...

[kitmarlowescot2.livejournal.com]

Thanks, didn't mean for you to go to all that trouble though.

[kathyh]

It didn't occur to me until afterwards but yes, it really was. Now I just want to watch the whole thing again to pick up on all the stuff I missed the first time round.

[elisi]

It didn't occur to me until afterwards but yes, it really was.
I came to me right at the start when Sam was told to get rid of Hunt - it made me flash back to the doctor in Normal Again telling Buffy to kill her friends.

Now I just want to watch the whole thing again to pick up on all the stuff I missed the first time round.
Having only watched the second half or season 2 I want to catch up on all of it...

[calturner.livejournal.com]

It never even occurred to me until after I'd watched it, but you're so right. I loved it! The perfect ending to a wonderful show! :)

[elisi]

I loved it! The perfect ending to a wonderful show! :)
*nods a lot*