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Post by MelMac on Jun 22, 2008 22:13:52 GMT -5
I'm trying to remember if I ever even noticed they were wearing similar shirts... Bill and Pam both had plaid shirts, but the patterns were a bit different.  |
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Post by The Greatest Italian Hero on Sept 22, 2008 16:45:59 GMT -5
I don't see any problems with it. I mean, HIS head is protected by the same "telekinetic" field which covers his entire body, everytime the suit is activated. It's NOT the suit, it's the ENERGY it emanates/generates.
However, fascinatig sci-fi oriented episode.
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Post by prometheus74 on Aug 29, 2011 0:36:38 GMT -5
I like this episode a lot. The whole gimmick of Ralph having turned into a human magnet creates some good laughs.
The shuttle footage is god-awful, though. It actually looks more like some very early crude attempts at CGI.
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Post by herald7 on Aug 29, 2011 7:19:02 GMT -5
Lol, funny thing happened last night. The power was out in my house all day yesterday, but I still wanted to make sure I got to watch this week's episode! So I put my DVD in the portable player, and I managed to get to the very end of the episode, but just when Ralph trips over the appliances and says, "Sorry!", my player decided to turn off and the light flashed CHARGE. VERY ironic considering the subject matter of this episode! Lol ; D
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Post by MelMac on Aug 29, 2011 9:41:59 GMT -5
I like this episode a lot. The whole gimmick of Ralph having turned into a human magnet creates some good laughs. The shuttle footage is god-awful, though. It actually looks more like some very early crude attempts at CGI. In fairness, the Columbia launched for the very first time in the early '80s, and I think just before or after "Shock" was filmed. They didn't have any natural footage of the ship launching, orbiting or the like. That's one reason for the quite obvious flatness of the Columbia in orbit. |
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Post by prometheus74 on Aug 29, 2011 21:17:56 GMT -5
Yes, that certainly explains it, then.
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Post by herald7 on Aug 29, 2011 21:29:41 GMT -5
What I especially love about this episode is the theme of uncertainty. Maxwell really can't give Ralph the reassurance he seeks because he just doesn't know what will happen. They'll just have to do the best they can. I occasionally suffer from a twinge of OCD and I know that uncertainty is one of the most difficult things you can live with. You want the reassurance that there's an answer out there somewhere, but sometimes you just need to learn to push on without it!
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Post by prometheus74 on Aug 30, 2011 0:03:39 GMT -5
I've had OCD since childhood. It used to be rather severe when I was a kid.
Good comments about the episode, by the way. I like their talk about whether Ralph will be able to land the shuttle safely or not. ;D
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Post by MelMac on Aug 30, 2011 8:58:34 GMT -5
What makes this story so funny - besides the relatively unusual blob monster, is that everyone plays it serious. Too many people would not make that monster - the flashes, the slime or especially the actual character, appear real. Carrie would've been harder to act around because she looks like a bathtub toy, but this monster worked IMHO about as well as the Beast because of the acting. I also find the funny scenes, such as the horn blaring all the time (sadly edited out of the copies that were put for sale   ), the silverware sticking to Ralph and the radio blowing up were even funnier because everyone remained straightfaced. It would be tempting as a normal human to laugh at least at the silverware just sticking to Ralph in general. |
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Post by herald7 on Aug 30, 2011 21:21:26 GMT -5
but this monster worked IMHO about as well as the Beast because of the acting. Yeah definitely, it's the reactions that really make the monster in this case. Oh, heh, another one of my favorite parts is where Ralph sort of seems to notice the camera zooming in on him, breaks the fourth wall and says, "Works for me..." Of course I love it anytime Ralph breaks the fourth wall, lol. I thought about starting a thread about this, but I could just ask here, does anyone else like or even dislike the occasional fourth wall moments? |
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Post by prometheus74 on Aug 31, 2011 0:05:14 GMT -5
Yeah, those "fourth wall" moments are pretty good. Of course, such a thing would be out of the question for a more serious series.
The scene that always comes to mind for me is the one where he's flying and almost flies into a flock of birds or something, then he looks at the camera and wipes his arm across his forehead: "Phew!"
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Post by MelMac on Aug 31, 2011 0:12:51 GMT -5
The whole "Whoo" bit when he flew into the flock of birds bothered me as far as breaking the fourth wall because it was TOO silly (especially since Katt basically was hit in the face with a pillow given how many feathers were thrown in his face - NOT typical of birds molting in fright ). That said, I didn't mind the other breaking the fourth wall incidents. The one in "Plague" is my favorite one of the four. I think other stories, such as "GAHeroine" may have actually benefitted if we had a break the fourth wall moment - especially Bill reacting in a couple of cases to Holly's ... um... oddities. |
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Post by herald7 on Aug 31, 2011 9:28:31 GMT -5
The whole "Whoo" bit when he flew into the flock of birds bothered me as far as breaking the fourth wall because it was TOO silly (especially since Katt basically was hit in the face with a pillow given how many feathers were thrown in his face - NOT typical of birds molting in fright ). I just kinda dryly laughed at that one like, "Ha ha very cute," Lol Actually yeah that might have been an improvement in that case, heh. In general, the fourth wall moments are just great to me because they are a bit unexpected and you're like, "Oh, you mean I'm in on the joke too? Yay!" Lol ;D |
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Post by MissDavidson on Feb 22, 2012 23:11:57 GMT -5
I still think this was the strangest episode by far. It didn't feel like any of the other episodes...it was very "thrown together". The dialogue sounded like a lot of rushed gibberish. There was the overuse of "Works for me" (which would have been awesome for Ralph, not Hunter, had it NOT been said about a million times througout the episode). Everything just seemed really out of whack to me. That being said...I still enjoyed it. Call it torture  |
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Post by The J-Man on Feb 23, 2012 9:52:00 GMT -5
it was very "thrown together". I'm not gonna pull my DVD off the shelf right now, but don't at least three separate writers receive credit for that one? |
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Post by The J-Man on Feb 23, 2012 9:59:51 GMT -5
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Post by The J-Man on Feb 23, 2012 10:04:30 GMT -5
Hey, with the urgency of the space shuttle about to crash, how did Pam find time to totally redo her hair between Ralph's living room and Bill's car...and then again right before the shuttle crashes?
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Post by herald7 on Feb 25, 2012 15:03:10 GMT -5
There was the overuse of "Works for me" (which would have been awesome for Ralph, not Hunter, had it NOT been said about a million times througout the episode). Yeah I don't feel like they meant it to become a catchphrase for the series. Just that it went along with the message of that particular episode where Ralph's not getting an reassurance from Bill, lol. Hey, with the urgency of the space shuttle about to crash, how did Pam find time to totally redo her hair between Ralph's living room and Bill's car...and then again right before the shuttle crashes? Hmm, maybe Ralph had uncovered some super hair styling ability we didn't see yet, lol. |
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Post by hoosierhero on Sept 16, 2014 17:57:06 GMT -5
This is my favorite episode the monster isn't bad. I would like to see him go up against Carl Kolchak but the best part is the whole Ralph, Bill and Pam interaction. This is a comedy straight down the middle. Don't try to analyze comedy too much or it will cease to be funny. One of my favorite formulas; broad comedy vs impending doom. My favorite line is Ralphs; "Tables set let’s eat."
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Post by culpkatt on Nov 13, 2019 22:14:08 GMT -5
Just watched this episode again the other day, and a few things randomly occurred to me:
1.) The interaction and dialog between the three leads really helps rescue this episode from becoming standard B-Movie material.
2.) The shadow of the electric alien squid "feeding" on the junction box is one of the most phallic looking things I've ever seen.
3.) It's a good thing Ralph was never thirsty or had to pee in this episode, otherwise he would've electrocuted himself.
4.) Connie Sellecca looked exceptionally beautiful throughout this episode.
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), the silverware sticking to Ralph and the radio blowing up were even funnier because everyone remained straightfaced. It would be tempting as a normal human to laugh at least at the silverware just sticking to Ralph in general. 
