The Robert Culp Collection

[billswoman]

OK, I know these two DVDs of the "I Spy" eps Robert wrote have been mentioned in other threads, but I just had to spout this off...

I GOT IT TODAY!!!

I called Tower Records in Seattle, and confirmed they had it, and spent the entire day traveling TO Seattle, getting my little grubbies on the first two DVDs I've ever bought, and I just about OD'd on RC for the past five hours.

His commentary, as some of you may know, is extremely in-depth. It's audio, so you basically listen to him talk while silently watching an ep. I swear he went well over two hours; I watched "So Long Patrick Henry" twice, with "The Loser" in between the two showings, and he was finally done. For now. Now I get FOUR eps tomorrow, and more of his commentary.

There's way too much to relay here, but if for the commentary alone, any RC fan HAS to have these two discs. Well, any RC fan would want them any way.

I saw this show originally, as a wee lass, and this is the first time I've seen him as Kelly in my conscious memory, and all I can say is Oh My Gawd. I'd love to belt some commentator about GAH that Culp is "recreating his role" of Kelly Robinson in the way he portrays Bill Maxwell. That's b.s., Kelly and Bill barely had any similarities, it was kinda eerie, I kept having to remind myself this was Robert Culp, he's that good. A few times, it was like seeing Bill, but that's forgiveable.

I'm going to be going screencap CRAZY in a couple days, when I hopefully watch these on sister's laptop and get shots to post in the Robert Culp livejournal community, and my LJ too.

MrsM and my fellow Bill/Robert fans: You're gonna die... some of those shots, WHOO, esp from "The Tiger," when he's wearing that flightsuit. I'm swooning.

[HoudiniDerek]

I know a lot of people are talking about getting "I SPY" on DVD if they don't have it already and I know that some people are talking about putting Owen Wilson as Ralph Hinkley if the movie is ever made. Do these thoughts go together? Sure.
Doesn't Owen Wilson play Robert Culp's part of Kelly in the movie remake? I have not seen the series or the movie, so I am asking. If he does play Kelly, was he good at it? If not, I would have to stay that we should not let him ruin ANOTHER T.V. show turned movie.

[MrsMaxwell]

I didn't waste my time seeing the movie, but yes, Owen Wilson did star in "I Spy". However, Cosby's character was the trainer, and Culp's character was the tennis pro in the original series. Owen is the trainer, and Murphy is the boxer in the big screen version.

P.S. Here's a pic from "Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman". Season 1 Disc 3 "The Great American Medicine Show". Ya gotta love the title....coulda been the "Greatest American Medicine Show"...hee-hee!



I swear that man ages better than fine wine...

[billswoman]

mrsmaxwell said:

I swear that man ages better than fine wine...

Doesn't he ever??

Speaking of RC, I rented Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, and you know what? That movie SUCKS! Sure, there're some GORGEOUS shots of Robert, but man, is it ever dated! I was getting ill (well, okay, I was literally ill at one point... I think I ate something bad), but I finally had to stop it, it was that bad. I was watching it with headphones on sis's laptop, and threw the 'phones down and said, I can't watch this, it sucks! And sis laughed and said, I could've told you that, but you're like Oh, Robert Culp's in it!

However, I told her I wanna use her puter to do screencaps from the DVDs, and she said it was okay, so I don't have to sneak on and do it tomorrow when she's at work. There were tons of far-out pics of Robert Culp (man, those love beads were cuh-raZEE, man!) so I can get those at least before we return the movie.

Oh, since this is the thread for the RC collection, I found out something else: my new DVDs WILL work on her machine (it's a rather fickle DVD drive, and won't play some for some reason). So lots and lots o'screencaps from that too. Stay tuned, folks!

Between me and MrsM, once we're done, we're prolly going to have TONS of them to share and WHOO, we're going to be going caption crazy!

[HoudiniDerek]

Yes, more pictures, we have to catch up the caption postings with the greatest lines postings afterall.

[billswoman]

Well, it's been a little over a week since I got my RC Collection, and yes, I've got some screencaps... from disc Two. Disc One absolutely refuses to be read, which really sucks, cuz there're some incredibly fine pics of RC in "The Tiger." Heavy sigh.

I'm just hoping "A Name for Evil" works on sister's computer, or I'll scream. Literally. Can't WAIT to get screencaps from THAT one, heh heh heh <------lascivious laughter Those're going into my private RC cap collection.

Oh, as for the "I Spy" movie and that uggo Owen Wilson... NO to watching the movie and NO to him playing Ralph. I mean, EW!!!