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Post by billswoman on Nov 17, 2005 19:51:39 GMT -5
Of course I mean Oscar, silly human! He played the bad guy in Night Strangler.
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Post by MelMac on Nov 17, 2005 20:18:07 GMT -5
Any way, yeah, we never missed Kolchak and Night Stalker; I never even bothered with that remake, nor have I watched the new Galactica. Gimme Darren McGavin, Lorne Greene (if that's how it's spelled) and all the old shows. As for "Square Pegs," yeah, I never missed that either, but one thing ALWAYS bugged me on that show: I could never understand WHY they wanted to fit in! One of those aggravating things throughout an entire series, I guess. For GAH, it was Ralph's constant fluttering around and stupid expressions and such, god, I HATE that, to this day. He even does it too much in Season 3; you'd think by then he'd have learned how to fly, wouldn't you? I mean, the first several episodes, I can understand, but it got old REALLY fast! Okay, gripe over I agree with you on "Battlestar Galactica." I had the chance to see the pilot, and was greatly disappointed that they made Boomer and Starbuck female, though I think Dirk Benedict didn't seem to mind, and within the first 15 minutes they had people in an allout smooch fest. I think the idea of a Cylon being human works all right, but they needed to keep a majority of them the original style (by that I mean metal, the redesigned ones were pretty good as well.) Haven't seen the series itself, nor do I really want to. I understand too about some of the complaints about Ralph and his yelling when he's flying. He should have had more flying scenes where he wasn't screaming as well by the third season. I mean, there would be times when a yell would be plausible even then (i.e. being thrown back from a nuclear missile explosion), but everyday flying he would have had down pact by then. I've never found Ralph's expressions stupid (some flying ones excepted), though sometimes they might seem out of place. The only character I've seen really having that problem was the Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker). His expressions were annoying me at times even before Harry Sullivan left.
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Post by billswoman on Nov 17, 2005 20:55:31 GMT -5
When I said " GAH, it was Ralph's constant fluttering around and stupid expressions and such...." I meant the expressions WHILE FLYING, not otherwise.
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Post by MelMac on Nov 17, 2005 21:00:30 GMT -5
When I said " GAH, it was Ralph's constant fluttering around and stupid expressions and such...." I meant the expressions WHILE FLYING, not otherwise. Sorry, billswoman. I thought so with your reponse, but wasn't sure. I do agree, there were some silly expressions, and the worse to me was the one in "Plague." After he gets "pelted" with feathers, he does this "whew" which seemed out of place. I can understand the second time in "Train of Thought." The tunnel was dark enough, and he didn't know what would be in it.
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Post by kattwoman on Nov 18, 2005 15:28:33 GMT -5
oh, i have one...does anyone remember the tv show "Manamal" it wasn't on too long at all, but the main guy could transform into different animals. it was kinda weird but i remember liking it as a kid. I remember it too. The show ran I think 13 episodes though, don't know if it was poor ratings or what. Now the main character, Johnathan, did appear in an episode of "NightMan," where he tells his daughter that she has the same gift as he has. Because of advancements in technology and computers, there was a better morphing effect from human to animal. "Automan" was another one I liked, but suffered from low ratings too. Cool, i can't believe someone actually remembers that show too, no one ever does when i mention it. Of course no one usually remembers GAH either-Fools - or if they do it's usually "uh yeah, vaguely, some guy in a red suit with curly blond hair" - ah well, their loss.
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Post by kattwoman on Nov 18, 2005 15:41:17 GMT -5
kattwoman, to answer your wondering, "The Night Stalker" was indeed the 70's. I remember watching the pilot movie (or movies? They had "The Night Strangler" too) and the show when I lived in Mississippi, and that was the 70's. The Night Strangler had one of my other favorite actors (yes, Robert Culp isn't the only one): Richard Anderson (NOT Richard DEAN Anderson, btw). In this movie, I learned about Underground Seattle, where a good chunk of the movie takes place. Fortunately, this was back in the day when they allowed such. When we first moved here, coming off the elevated highway that empties into town ("the Viaduct"), you could see the fronts of buildings of the old Seattle, which was pretty much built over after the big fire (I think it was 1888). My old love, who I met in high school, said he and friends used to sneak in via the broken windows and go exploring, outside the confines of the usual Underground tour. Sigh, in this day and age, you can't do that of course. Any way, yeah, we never missed Kolchak and Night Stalker; I never even bothered with that remake, nor have I watched the new Galactica. Gimme Darren McGavin, Lorne Greene (if that's how it's spelled) and all the old shows. As for "Square Pegs," yeah, I never missed that either, but one thing ALWAYS bugged me on that show: I could never understand WHY they wanted to fit in! One of those aggravating things throughout an entire series, I guess. For GAH, it was Ralph's constant fluttering around and stupid expressions and such, god, I HATE that, to this day. He even does it too much in Season 3; you'd think by then he'd have learned how to fly, wouldn't you? I mean, the first several episodes, I can understand, but it got old REALLY fast! Okay, gripe over yes indeed, Night Stalker was a good show. is it just me or does anyone else think that Stewart Townsend is a really crappy actor and a very, very poor choice for a Kolchak -McGavin was clearly awesome- case in point- has anyone seen the craptastical "Queen of the Damned" movie? -if that was suppose to be a sequel to "Interview with the Vampire"(which was so awesome) then i'm a Chineese jet pilot. Ok...i'm gonna stop now before i start ranting much like Denis Leary. It just enrages me when stuff i love is turned to a crap heap which is why i'm almost totally against a GAH remake.
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Post by MrsMaxwell on Nov 18, 2005 16:27:17 GMT -5
I have not seen it either, nor do I want to as well...
Cylons as humans? Sounds like a Star Trek-BORG rip off!
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Post by MelMac on Nov 25, 2005 21:36:01 GMT -5
Cylons as humans? Sounds like a Star Trek-BORG rip off! Yeah, it does, but I think they only get away with it is because she's definitely eye-candy for the men. Personally, the revamped Cylons were much more fierce than this disguised as human bit. Also, apparently Boomer is an android as well, from what I've read. So, there are three noticable changes to that character. But, back on topic in an OT thread, I just thought of a three other '80s cartoons I used to watch: - "Johnny Quest" (revisited in the '90s, but not as good) - "Goldie Gold and Action Jack" (had to Google it though to remember what it was about though) - "Ghostbusters" (Not the one with Slimer, et. al., but with Jake, Eddie and Tracy the gorilla. There was Cheepie (the morphing car), Prime Evil, Scared Stiff, Batarat, and others (those were the bad guys I remember). Funny thing is, out of all of the cartoons I mentioned, only two I remember the premise completely "M.A.S.K." and "Ghostbusters." The others in decreasing amounts.
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Post by silverhammer on Nov 26, 2005 7:02:22 GMT -5
Man, I can dig this thread. I checked out on modern TV about 1999. The only show I'm watching now is House and that's totally for Bertie Wooster.
Anyways, the 80's - >Scarecrow and Mrs. King >Bring 'em Back Alive! (liked Gold Monkey, but can you really compare Stephen Collins to Bruce Boxleitner? Even with a misbegotten trip on the Enterprise, he's just not as cool as Tron.) >St. Elsewhere (mentioned before, but this show deserves so much credit for loosening up prime time TV and allowing surrealism to creep in) >The Real Ghostbusters (many episodes written by the great JM Straczynski) >Salvage One (anybody out there going, "OMG! I LOVED THAT SHOW!") >Wizards and Warriors (short-lived but cherce) >Cliff Hangers! (see above) >The White Shadow (Thomas Jefferson coached basketball? Cool!)
Lauren - thanks for mentioning the greatest cartoon shows: The Disney Afternoon rules. Did you see they're releasing DuckTales and Rescue Rangers? Unfortunately, because it's Disney and they don't care what we think, they're annoying people by using imperfect masters. There's a big discussion about it in the comments on Amazon.
And Inspector G still rocks.
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Post by billswoman on Nov 26, 2005 7:13:14 GMT -5
JMS wrote some of the Real Ghostbusters eps?? And I LOVED "Salvage One!" We NEVER missed it! I love one line he says, "Not in a month of Sundays or till Biloxi, Mississippi freezes over!" Having lived in Biloxi, that stuck in my memory, of course. White Shadow, Ken Howard... loved it Duck Tales and Inspector Gadget: Two cartoons out in the 80's I loved to watch with the boy. He was so cute, he'd get up and dance to the Duck Tales theme song. And who can forget Tiny Toons, esp when they did their MTV "hour?" They did "Istanbul, Not Constantinople" and by the time they were done, my son and I were just roaring with laughter! I think TT might be migrating into the early 90's, not sure. Then there's Captain Planet, the best pagan cartoon show out there for kids, lol! Grownups too, really; I enjoyed it as much as the kid. And the real, original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: another one we never missed. Okay, I'm migrating into the early 90's, I know; that's when my son was still living with me, and fortunately the likes of Barney and Elmo hadn't become popular yet. I shudder to think about it. My son was a WEE bit older when Barney made the scene, and he hated that purple lump as much as I did.
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Post by MrsMaxwell on Nov 26, 2005 8:49:11 GMT -5
Am I suffering froma bad cae of Deja-Vu? Was there another 80's TV show thread? I remember listing Salvage 1, Manimal, Square Pegs, etc... I went back through this post and can't find it. Jeez...I'm such a geezer. I'm losing it! OK, here's another...
"Supertrain"
(Honestly, I can't remember if it was 70's or 80's...but I figured it was good for a laugh.)
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Post by billswoman on Nov 26, 2005 9:09:34 GMT -5
If there's not a 70's thread, there needs to be, cuz like so many of the younguns in here fondly remember GAH from when they were kids and teens, I remember stuff from the 70's (seeing as I was in college and in my early 20's when GAH was out).
Case in point: Quark.
I think I mentioned that before, but any of y'all remember THAT one?
Then there's the Second Greatest Show of All Time: WKRP in Cincinnati (the original Star Trek being The Greatest Show of All Time, of course).
OK, I'll stop, this being an 80's thread and all.
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Post by MelMac on Nov 26, 2005 16:00:45 GMT -5
Man, I can dig this thread. I checked out on modern TV about 1999. The only show I'm watching now is House and that's totally for Bertie Wooster. You know, I forgot about "Blackadder" (I think it's from the '80s as well). Hugh Laurie was funny in the last two seasons of the show, and a very good replacement for the one who left (I think Stephen Fry, but don't quote me on it ). I think matched the rest of the cast well. I've never seen "Wooster and Jeeves," though. He's great in "House," the few times I've gotten to see it, and he was so rooked, IMHO, at the Emmys. He was far better than the other nominees. His character is very believable, and he has such a good American accent that it took me a moment to realize it was him. But, he was humble in his nomination, so that makes it all the better win/lose. (Sorry to get OT, but this is why I hate the awards shows. A lot of times the best actor doesn't win.) But to get back to topic, I also liked "Scarecrow and Mrs. King," as well as "Hart to Hart." And, by far, "Inspector Gadget" rocks. I even liked the movie version they did with Matthew Broderick. He matched the character well (though Don Adams will always be Gadget).
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Post by silverhammer on Nov 27, 2005 3:37:09 GMT -5
He's great in "House," the few times I've gotten to see it, and he was so rooked, IMHO, at the Emmys. He was far better than the other nominees. His character is very believable, and he has such a good American accent that it took me a moment to realize it was him. But to get back to topic, I also liked "Scarecrow and Mrs. King," as well as "Hart to Hart." And, by far, "Inspector Gadget" rocks. I even liked the movie version they did with Matthew Broderick. He matched the character well (though Don Adams will always be Gadget). Woof! Lots 'a grist in this post - Blackadder's a great catch. Hubby and I rewatched them all recently and, to me, the last series BA Goes Forth (parody of British war movies) holds up the best tho all are still stupendously funny. Jeeves and Wooster was a pretty mixed bag script-wise but the performances were great. Laurie is just outstanding in everything he does. It didn't take me long to get used to the US accent on House - it's flawless to my ear- but what's funny is, when his parents came to visit on the show I was shocked when they didn't speak with British accents. Wacky mental wire-crossing there. I liked the IG movie too, although I really didn't want to - poor Penny just had a walk-on part! I think that movie got completely butchered in editing. A lot of stuff in the trailer didn't make it to the screen. RIP Don Adams - you don't see that kind of timing anymore. And in obiesance to the topic: Tucker's Witch. (hmm, so many of my faves lastest, like, 3 weeks)
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Post by billswoman on Nov 27, 2005 11:12:22 GMT -5
I've apparently watched AT Blackadder and House, cuz is that Hugh Laurie playing House?? Man, I need to watch that show more... he's the tall blond British guy in the BA shows?? I ought to watch the L&O shows, and House, at least. CSI never really did it for me, prolly cuz the only CSI I saw is with that uggo in Miami, and I can't stand him, so I never watched the REAL CSI. I'm so out of touch right now, lol... my son mentioned some band and I asked, Who're they? And he asked, What are you doing, living under a rock?? I guess I am, along with the rolly-pollys.
I stopped watching L&O when Jerry, may he rest in peace, left the show then died soon after, although I love CI and Bobby (Vincent d'Onofrio). But again, those are different threads.
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Post by jasonrobertyates on Nov 27, 2005 12:36:07 GMT -5
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Post by ZiggyChaos on Nov 28, 2005 14:06:52 GMT -5
MacGyver The A-Team Airwolf Simon & Simon Magnum, P.I. Doctor Who Battlestar Galactica
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Post by kattwoman on Nov 28, 2005 15:00:58 GMT -5
oh yeah, Doctor Who.....i forgot that one, very cool
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Post by MelMac on Nov 28, 2005 16:40:32 GMT -5
oh yeah, Doctor Who.....i forgot that one, very cool Yep, that decade had three of my favorite Doctors. (Pertwee, my top favorite was '70s though, then it's Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy in that order. Tom Baker is actually fifth, which surprises some. If he stayed closer to his original take on the character, he'd rank higher.) Also, thanks for the story you linked, Average American Hero. I didn't realize that there was more than meets the eye regarding "Battlestar Galactica." I based my comment on what I saw on the TV. I've only seen part of the pilot (I tuned to another show when I realized the Cylons were going to be mostly human in appearance. Said enough right there.)
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Post by jasonrobertyates on Nov 28, 2005 23:25:58 GMT -5
oh yeah, Doctor Who.....i forgot that one, very cool Yep, that decade had three of my favorite Doctors. (Pertwee, my top favorite was '70s though, then it's Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy in that order. Tom Baker is actually fifth, which surprises some. If he stayed closer to his original take on the character, he'd rank higher.) Also, thanks for the story you linked, Average American Hero. I didn't realize that there was more than meets the eye regarding "Battlestar Galactica." I based my comment on what I saw on the TV. I've only seen part of the pilot (I tuned to another show when I realized the Cylons were going to be mostly human in appearance. Said enough right there.) I have to admit I am a T.Baker Fan. I am glad you found the article of interest. I like the new BG. But it's not BG. They should have called it something else. Plus I do get annoyed with the trendy OVER emphasis on sex that plagues TV today.
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