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rionaleonhart) wrote2006-08-13 06:09 pm
rionaleonhart) wrote2006-08-13 06:09 pm
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I Thought You'd Never Ask.
This episode made me very sad.
He’s looking for himself! This could be very interesting.
“I’m not supposed to talk to strange men. Are you a strange man?” Oh, little girl, you have no idea. (“Probably am, yeah.” I LOVE YOU SAM.)
HOORAY FOR CHASE SCENE, HOORAY. Er, when the person who was being assaulted protests that ‘That’s not how it goes!’ is he referring to Sam’s ‘you do not have to say anything...’ statement, which presumably differs from what policemen would have said in 1973, and if so why is he focusing on that?
I actually had to go back and rewatch that bit, because at first I thought he was protesting at Sam’s arresting his attacker, and I couldn’t think of any possible reason for that unless he and his attacker had the sort of extremely sadomasochistic relationship that Sam and Gene enjoy.
The opening theme now makes me grin in that insane way that means I’m in love with something. DAMN YOU,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
gayjunglefever, HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO HANDLE ALL THE FANDOMS YOU’RE OBSESSING ME WITH?
Oh, okay, so he is protesting against the arrest. Hmmm. I’m going to say that, if 1973 is all in Sam’s head, these two represent him and Gene having the relationship he subconsciously wishes they had: namely, exactly the relationship they do have, but with sex. Granted, this makes no sense whatsoever, but neither does anything else in Life on Mars.
Of course, if 1973 is all in Sam’s head, Gene is a figment of his imagination. BUT JUST SEE IF THAT STOPS ME SUPPORTING SAM/GENE.
Hang on, I’ve just realised that all this assault business has made Sam forget about finding his four-year-old self. Damn it, I was looking forward to that.
Is Sam making cultural references that won’t make any sense for years again? I think he just might be. You never learn, do you, Sam?
Oh dear, Sam, you lose at arrests. But, on the plus side, it looks like you’ve got a date with Gene out of it. I should not have mentally squealed like that at “What are you doing tonight?”
God, Gene really doesn’t like Sam being with Annie, does he? Honestly, Sam, when are you going to figure it out?
Hee, Sam is such a fanboy. (You see his ‘omg-I-just-spoke-to-Mark-Bolan-and-maybe-possibly-saved-his-life-in-the-future’ fanboy grin? That’s the grin I have when I’m watching Life on Mars. I am, however, not quite so utterly adorable with it.)
I CAN’T STOP FINDING GENE ATTRACTIVE WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME
Awww, a moonlit riverside walk. How romantic.
Awww, saving Gene’s life by beating people up. How, er, romantic.
And Sam tries to introduce aspects of the future, which is really kind of sweet - he’s trying to bring something of his home into his 1973 world.
Sam is extremely cute when he’s being woeful. “I just want to go home.” Awww. Someone needs to give him a hug. Probably Annie, because Gene would be the worst person for a comforting hug ever.
“Come on, children, who wants to sing with Mr. Sock?” absolutely cracked me up. Ahahahaha!
I’m sorry, I know that I shouldn’t be laughing at this tragic his-mother-is-speaking-to-him-through-a-televised-sock scene, but hee hee hee she’s talking to him through a sock.
Awww, and now Sam is being adorably sad and making me feel like a horrible person for laughing. I’m sorry, Sam.
And he goes back to his house, and his cat doesn’t recognise him, which is sad but also not really very surprising. Why is the door ajar? Presumably, if something horrible had happened, he’d already know about it.
He rings the bell, after some hesitation, which is understandable. What do you say? “HELLO I AM YOUR SON FROM THIRTY YEARS IN THE FUTURE LOL.” But you can’t just ring someone’s doorbell and say, “Er, um, hello. I, um, I don’t know why I’m here. I just, er, I wanted to see you. Yes, I suppose I am a stranger.”
Hang on, wasn’t the door ajar a moment ago? Did Ivanhoe close it? That’s one talented cat.
You can’t say nothing either, Sam, that’s weird too. (HE IS SO SWEET AND LOST AND I WANT TO HUG HIM FOR EVER.)
His mother looks so like him. Very good casting there.
Oh, and he is so awkward and oh my God Sam is just the most adorable thing ever and I love him.
Sam, you lovely adorable wonderful idiot, you’re not supposed to know Mrs Tyler’s name yet. She’s obviously a bit unnerved, and honestly, who could blame her?
Seriously, Sam is so incredibly cute that I think I might actually die. SOMEBODY GIVE HIM A HUG PLEASE GIVE HIM A HUG BEFORE I EXPLODE.
He’s trying to protect his mother and he is so lovely and oh, God, my heart. I’m actually crying. Is it not enough for you to play with my mind, Life on Mars? FINE. FINE, GO AHEAD AND MANIPULATE MY EMOTIONS. SEE IF I CARE.
Sam, look at it from her point of view. She thinks you’re a complete stranger, so she’s going to be just a bit uneasy about accepting money from you. This does not stop you from being the most adorable person in the world for trying to give it to her, though.
OH GOD WHY IS NOBODY HUGGING SAM HE JUST KEEPS GETTING MORE AND MORE UPSET WHILE I BECOME MORE AND MORE EMOTIONALLY DESTROYED AND IT IS NOT FAIR.
I love Annie’s little head-tilt, it is adorable. (But still not as adorable as unhappy Sam.)
SAM SHE MIGHT BE SENT TO KILL YOU DON’T DO IT
DON’T DO IT SAM
SAM oh God you did it, didn’t you? Yes, you’re looking after her for the night. Because you are adorable, but also stupid.
Okay, even if she’s not trying to kill you, what if you have one of your weird night visions and chuck her out of the window or something? My goodness, that would be rather embarrassing, wouldn’t it?
Sam’s little grin at seeing his mother in his dream! Awww! Also, Basil Brush is quite possibly the most random thing that could possibly have been in Sam’s night-delusions. What on Earth?
Creepy Jingle Bells! The BBC like setting weird scenes to Jingle Bells, don’t they?
Handcuffs! Ha! And Gene comes in, and you know, I think I wrote a fic like this once.
I love Gene’s reaction. Hee! And Annie’s is even better.
Seeing the way his mind interprets the change in medication is really interesting, assuming that is what’s going on.
YOU SEE, SAM, I TOLD YOU THAT YOU WERE AN IDIOT. I TOLD YOU, BUT DID YOU LISTEN? NO. Also: wow, that’s a lot of ways of saying ‘gay’. Also also, my God Gene slamming Sam up against walls is hot. I love those two so much.
Awww, Annie’s so sweet. (Go to see a film with him as a friend, then, for goodness’ sake! Come on, please don’t be all awkward. Sam really needs one remotely normal relationship in his life. I mean, Sam/Gene is great, but if Gene were the only person Sam had in his life it would be utterly impossible for him to hold on to whatever shreds of sanity he might have left.)
Sam says ‘I’m alive’ very deliberately, which of course brings me back to the theory that he’s actually dead. The theory that he’s actually dead is a very bad theory, because it explains absolutely nothing and in fact causes even more problems (how, exactly, is a dead man walking around in 1973?), but that line made me think of it nevertheless.
Gene secretly accosts Warren on Sam’s behalf! Eeee! Oh, if he finds out that Sam saw that, he is going to be so annoyed.
Awww, he hasn’t completely destroyed his relationship with his mother! The awkward conversation made me rather distressed, but she’s invited him over and she doesn’t hate him and yay!
Is there any particular reason Gene has Chris in a headlock? Does he just like headlocking people?
WILD HORSES STARTS PLAYING WHEN GENE VISITS SAM AT NIGHT
IT IS TRUE LOVE
SHUT UP IT TOTALLY IS. AND SAM SAYS “I’M NOT CUFFED TO THE BED, SORRY TO DISAPPOINT YOU”, AND IT IS AWESOME.
Oh, God. That’s something I really didn’t see coming.
...oh, God.
HIT HIM SAM HIT THE BASTARD HIT HIM DON’T LET HIM GET AWAY WITH SAYING THAT IT WASN’T YOUR FAULT.
Awww, and Gene tries to comfort Sam in his own weird way, and then they completely rock at confession-getting.
Gene, he’s not shocked by your taste in music. He’s shocked that you have a wife. I know that made me do a bit of a double-take. Oh dear, this may have thrown a bit of a spanner in it.
WAY TO MAKE ME WANT TO CRY AGAIN, LIFE ON MARS. What happened? Was this because they couldn’t pay the rent?
Okay, now the sock is just really giving me the creeps.
He’s looking for himself! This could be very interesting.
“I’m not supposed to talk to strange men. Are you a strange man?” Oh, little girl, you have no idea. (“Probably am, yeah.” I LOVE YOU SAM.)
HOORAY FOR CHASE SCENE, HOORAY. Er, when the person who was being assaulted protests that ‘That’s not how it goes!’ is he referring to Sam’s ‘you do not have to say anything...’ statement, which presumably differs from what policemen would have said in 1973, and if so why is he focusing on that?
I actually had to go back and rewatch that bit, because at first I thought he was protesting at Sam’s arresting his attacker, and I couldn’t think of any possible reason for that unless he and his attacker had the sort of extremely sadomasochistic relationship that Sam and Gene enjoy.
The opening theme now makes me grin in that insane way that means I’m in love with something. DAMN YOU,
gayjunglefever, HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO HANDLE ALL THE FANDOMS YOU’RE OBSESSING ME WITH?Oh, okay, so he is protesting against the arrest. Hmmm. I’m going to say that, if 1973 is all in Sam’s head, these two represent him and Gene having the relationship he subconsciously wishes they had: namely, exactly the relationship they do have, but with sex. Granted, this makes no sense whatsoever, but neither does anything else in Life on Mars.
Of course, if 1973 is all in Sam’s head, Gene is a figment of his imagination. BUT JUST SEE IF THAT STOPS ME SUPPORTING SAM/GENE.
Hang on, I’ve just realised that all this assault business has made Sam forget about finding his four-year-old self. Damn it, I was looking forward to that.
Is Sam making cultural references that won’t make any sense for years again? I think he just might be. You never learn, do you, Sam?
Oh dear, Sam, you lose at arrests. But, on the plus side, it looks like you’ve got a date with Gene out of it. I should not have mentally squealed like that at “What are you doing tonight?”
God, Gene really doesn’t like Sam being with Annie, does he? Honestly, Sam, when are you going to figure it out?
Hee, Sam is such a fanboy. (You see his ‘omg-I-just-spoke-to-Mark-Bolan-and-maybe-possibly-saved-his-life-in-the-future’ fanboy grin? That’s the grin I have when I’m watching Life on Mars. I am, however, not quite so utterly adorable with it.)
I CAN’T STOP FINDING GENE ATTRACTIVE WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME
Awww, a moonlit riverside walk. How romantic.
Awww, saving Gene’s life by beating people up. How, er, romantic.
And Sam tries to introduce aspects of the future, which is really kind of sweet - he’s trying to bring something of his home into his 1973 world.
Sam is extremely cute when he’s being woeful. “I just want to go home.” Awww. Someone needs to give him a hug. Probably Annie, because Gene would be the worst person for a comforting hug ever.
“Come on, children, who wants to sing with Mr. Sock?” absolutely cracked me up. Ahahahaha!
I’m sorry, I know that I shouldn’t be laughing at this tragic his-mother-is-speaking-to-him-through-a-televised-sock scene, but hee hee hee she’s talking to him through a sock.
Awww, and now Sam is being adorably sad and making me feel like a horrible person for laughing. I’m sorry, Sam.
And he goes back to his house, and his cat doesn’t recognise him, which is sad but also not really very surprising. Why is the door ajar? Presumably, if something horrible had happened, he’d already know about it.
He rings the bell, after some hesitation, which is understandable. What do you say? “HELLO I AM YOUR SON FROM THIRTY YEARS IN THE FUTURE LOL.” But you can’t just ring someone’s doorbell and say, “Er, um, hello. I, um, I don’t know why I’m here. I just, er, I wanted to see you. Yes, I suppose I am a stranger.”
Hang on, wasn’t the door ajar a moment ago? Did Ivanhoe close it? That’s one talented cat.
You can’t say nothing either, Sam, that’s weird too. (HE IS SO SWEET AND LOST AND I WANT TO HUG HIM FOR EVER.)
His mother looks so like him. Very good casting there.
Oh, and he is so awkward and oh my God Sam is just the most adorable thing ever and I love him.
Sam, you lovely adorable wonderful idiot, you’re not supposed to know Mrs Tyler’s name yet. She’s obviously a bit unnerved, and honestly, who could blame her?
Seriously, Sam is so incredibly cute that I think I might actually die. SOMEBODY GIVE HIM A HUG PLEASE GIVE HIM A HUG BEFORE I EXPLODE.
He’s trying to protect his mother and he is so lovely and oh, God, my heart. I’m actually crying. Is it not enough for you to play with my mind, Life on Mars? FINE. FINE, GO AHEAD AND MANIPULATE MY EMOTIONS. SEE IF I CARE.
Sam, look at it from her point of view. She thinks you’re a complete stranger, so she’s going to be just a bit uneasy about accepting money from you. This does not stop you from being the most adorable person in the world for trying to give it to her, though.
OH GOD WHY IS NOBODY HUGGING SAM HE JUST KEEPS GETTING MORE AND MORE UPSET WHILE I BECOME MORE AND MORE EMOTIONALLY DESTROYED AND IT IS NOT FAIR.
I love Annie’s little head-tilt, it is adorable. (But still not as adorable as unhappy Sam.)
SAM SHE MIGHT BE SENT TO KILL YOU DON’T DO IT
DON’T DO IT SAM
SAM oh God you did it, didn’t you? Yes, you’re looking after her for the night. Because you are adorable, but also stupid.
Okay, even if she’s not trying to kill you, what if you have one of your weird night visions and chuck her out of the window or something? My goodness, that would be rather embarrassing, wouldn’t it?
Sam’s little grin at seeing his mother in his dream! Awww! Also, Basil Brush is quite possibly the most random thing that could possibly have been in Sam’s night-delusions. What on Earth?
Creepy Jingle Bells! The BBC like setting weird scenes to Jingle Bells, don’t they?
Handcuffs! Ha! And Gene comes in, and you know, I think I wrote a fic like this once.
I love Gene’s reaction. Hee! And Annie’s is even better.
Seeing the way his mind interprets the change in medication is really interesting, assuming that is what’s going on.
YOU SEE, SAM, I TOLD YOU THAT YOU WERE AN IDIOT. I TOLD YOU, BUT DID YOU LISTEN? NO. Also: wow, that’s a lot of ways of saying ‘gay’. Also also, my God Gene slamming Sam up against walls is hot. I love those two so much.
Awww, Annie’s so sweet. (Go to see a film with him as a friend, then, for goodness’ sake! Come on, please don’t be all awkward. Sam really needs one remotely normal relationship in his life. I mean, Sam/Gene is great, but if Gene were the only person Sam had in his life it would be utterly impossible for him to hold on to whatever shreds of sanity he might have left.)
Sam says ‘I’m alive’ very deliberately, which of course brings me back to the theory that he’s actually dead. The theory that he’s actually dead is a very bad theory, because it explains absolutely nothing and in fact causes even more problems (how, exactly, is a dead man walking around in 1973?), but that line made me think of it nevertheless.
Gene secretly accosts Warren on Sam’s behalf! Eeee! Oh, if he finds out that Sam saw that, he is going to be so annoyed.
Awww, he hasn’t completely destroyed his relationship with his mother! The awkward conversation made me rather distressed, but she’s invited him over and she doesn’t hate him and yay!
Is there any particular reason Gene has Chris in a headlock? Does he just like headlocking people?
WILD HORSES STARTS PLAYING WHEN GENE VISITS SAM AT NIGHT
IT IS TRUE LOVE
SHUT UP IT TOTALLY IS. AND SAM SAYS “I’M NOT CUFFED TO THE BED, SORRY TO DISAPPOINT YOU”, AND IT IS AWESOME.
Oh, God. That’s something I really didn’t see coming.
...oh, God.
HIT HIM SAM HIT THE BASTARD HIT HIM DON’T LET HIM GET AWAY WITH SAYING THAT IT WASN’T YOUR FAULT.
Awww, and Gene tries to comfort Sam in his own weird way, and then they completely rock at confession-getting.
Gene, he’s not shocked by your taste in music. He’s shocked that you have a wife. I know that made me do a bit of a double-take. Oh dear, this may have thrown a bit of a spanner in it.
WAY TO MAKE ME WANT TO CRY AGAIN, LIFE ON MARS. What happened? Was this because they couldn’t pay the rent?
Okay, now the sock is just really giving me the creeps.