New Journal

[echo_voice]

Okay, I've been meaning to set one of these up for a while now to post all the random writing that is sitting without purpose in my documents. I get drawn in by fiction very easily and love writing and reading fanfiction. However, first of all, I really need to get a Life on Mars rant out of the way. Life on Mars is my most recent obsession. It is

Comments

[justtracy]

Isn't it weird how we've all woken up this morning feeling a little empty now it's finished?

I was a little surprised that there wasn't a scene between Gene and Sam in the pub too but maybe their relationship is the type that doesn't need explanations and words? It just is.

Welcome to live journal, btw! :)

[echo_voice]

Thanks! I'm glad I've finally joined. And it's not weird that we all feel empty, I don't think. I kind of expected it! Life on Mars kind of drew me and and made me a little obsessed.
I don't know. I just feel like their relationship was so integral to the show and the final episode kind of...I don't want to say ignored it, but neglected it a bit? Maybe it's just me. I like your theory that their relationship doesn't require explanation though... Maybe the fact that they bicker like they always did at the end is supposed to be enough of an indication that everything between them is fine?

[justtracy]

"Maybe the fact that they bicker like they always did at the end is supposed to be enough of an indication that everything between them is fine?"

Yeah, maybe. Everything was just how it was supposed to be. Including Sam and Gene.

Unless, of course, everything after Sam jumped off the roof in 2006/7 didn't actually happen?

[talkingtothesky]

I have to say I agree with everything you've said!

The first half of the episode was Sam being completely ruthless and heartless about Gene and 1973. With everything that happened in 2x07 that just didn't sit right with me. Gosh was I glad when he turned round from that cabinet with those files in and said "If this is real, then Gene has a life..." and I thought there he is, there's our Sam back again!

And as for Sam staying forever in 1973; well, I have never in my life wished for someone to jump off a roof as much as I did then! I am very glad they left that last little scene in too, otherwise I might have broken both the remote and the television when I yelled at it for ending too soon.

And I can totally relate to the feeling empty thing..I've been wandering around all morning thinking 'What do I do now?' and not being able to remember what I was doing before I found this comm! :P

[elenariel]

It didn't quite sit well with me either, the fact that he went to such lengths to prove Gene's innocence then jumped all to easily to discredit him. I could have slapped him well before Annie did.

That said, it was, imo, one of the most amazing pieces of tv I'v ever watched in my life before and I've never had a better hour.:D

[echo_voice]

I suppose it is possible that Sam ignored all that had happened in episode 7 because at the time Gene wasn't real for him. The realisation that 1973 might not actually be a dream was enough for Sam to come to terms with the fact that he was ruining someone's life - and he couldn't do it because of both his conscience and the respect he has for Gene?

Oh, and I agree despite my little niggling dislikes. Best piece of drama I have seen in AGES.

[elenariel]

That's a good point- until the graveyard scene he seemed to be extremely convinced it all wasn't real.

You know, in some ways I love the fact that they ended it the way they did... for the past week it just seemed like it was only getting the publicity it was because we were going to find out what happened, and now all those people who didn't really watch the show and only watched the last episode for that go away even more confused.

Yep, I'm evil.:D

[ilovedrwho]

Yeah, I agree with pretty much all you've said here, too. There was too little Gene. And I wish we could have seen what happened to the people Sam left behind in 2006 after he'd topped himself. Too many unresolved questions but still the most satisfying ending I've ever seen.

[jamie_dakin]

But all in all, I am satisfied, and I am empty.

Summed up my entire rant with one sentence right there... (I was gonna add an emoticon, but then suddenly I couldn't figure out if it was supposed to be happy or sad, much like the fans after this episode I suppose)