Classic vs. current tv.
POSTED BY: OPPYH
UPDATED: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 22:17
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Originally posted by ecgordon:
While I can agree with you in principle, I think I might have a different definition of classic than you do. Most of the shows already mentioned I didn't care for when they were new, why should I like them now?
And if you don't see escapist fare on TV these days you aren't looking hard enough.
Chuck
The Event
Castle
Caprica
Terriers
Fringe
Supernatural
Mad Men
Breaking Bad
True Blood
Dexter
Boardwalk Empire
The Walking Dead
Lost Girl
I'd take any of those shows over cheesy 70s/80s fare any day.
wo men ren ran zai fei xing.
Well, I do enjoy Dexter. It has one of the best musical scores(TV or film) ever.
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
OBOY!
I just got my complete Man From Atlantis DVD set from the UK in the mail today!!! As expected, the DVDs were made from videotapes, so the video quality is a bit dodgy, but at least I HAVE THEM!!!!
CLASSIC TV, my brothers & sisters!!!
The laughing Chrisisall
See, that's the spirit. Fun, trouble free tv viewing. Escapism at it's finest.
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The second TV movie doesn't play correctly (all the others do; I checked), no big loss as that was a dopey one (aliens...never a good thing
). The third TV movie was as lovably cheesy as I remembered from 1977 (The killer spores didn't MEAN to be evil)!!! I can't wait to get to the Schubert eps!
How goes it with Jamie Sommers?
The laughing Chrisisall
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
The second TV movie doesn't play correctly (all the others do; I checked), no big loss as that was a dopey one (aliens...never a good thing
How goes it with Jamie Sommers?
The laughing Chrisisall
The Bionic Woman is one of the best purchases I have made in regard of 70's tv. Pretty much the reason I started this thread. I remember it vaguely in the 70's, and I never saw a stitch of it in syndication. It's becoming one of my new(old)favorite shows I'm pretty sure Universal will follow through with the remaining two seasons.
It's funny, I never knew that collecting classic tv shows on dvd would be so much fun. My retro line up is as follows:
Monday-Star Trek TNG
-Tales of the Gold Monkey
Thursday-Bionic Woman
-MASH
Sunday -Star Trek TOS
-The Virginian
Of course this list changes every few months.
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I remember liking Bionic Woman even better than 6 Mill Man, due mostly, I believe, to Kenneth Johnson's input. Keep an eye out for his name- he wrote/directed my favourite eps!
My favourite OLDER (pre- 90's) series are as follows (no particular order but the first one):
Star Trek TOS
Kung Fu
Planet of the Apes
Man From Atlantis
Battlestar Galactica
Airwolf
The Prisoner
Twilight Zone (don't own)
Outer Limits (don't own)
Max Headroom
Bionic Woman (don't own)
6 Mill Man (don't own)
Incredible Hulk
Lost In Space
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (mostly for the Flying Sub- I own the first half of season 2)
Star Trek TNG (I own the best-of sets)
Wild Wild West (don't own)
UFO (don't own)
That's my list, & I'm stickin' to it.
Unless I remember one I forgot.
The laughing Chrisisall
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Okay, Batman & Green Hornet & Tarzan & Wonder Woman & Man/Girl from U.N.C.L.E., but that was a kid thing- I'm not really wanting to disturb my good memories with contemporary viewings.
Besides, all the Green Hornet eps on film were destroyed in a fire, so no official DVD of them EVER anyway, and Tarzan isn't available currently (yes, I checked).
The laughing Chrisisall
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
I remember liking Bionic Woman even better than 6 Mill Man, due mostly, I believe, to Kenneth Johnson's input. Keep an eye out for his name- he wrote/directed my favourite eps!
My favourite OLDER (pre- 90's) series are as follows (no particular order but the first one):
Star Trek TOS
Kung Fu
Planet of the Apes
Man From Atlantis
Battlestar Galactica
Airwolf
The Prisoner
Twilight Zone (don't own)
Outer Limits (don't own)
Max Headroom
Bionic Woman (don't own)
6 Mill Man (don't own)
Incredible Hulk
Lost In Space
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (mostly for the Flying Sub- I own the first half of season 2)
Star Trek TNG (I own the best-of sets)
Wild Wild West (don't own)
UFO (don't own)
That's my list, & I'm stickin' to it.
Unless I remember one I forgot.
Nice list. Now if we can have a lot of those really cool made for tv movies that were so prominent in the 70's release on dvd. I'm waiting patiently for 'The LAst Dinosaur', and 'The Ivory Ape'. Glad to have 'Dark Night of the Scarecrow' from 1981 though(with the original CBS promo).
I also thoroughly enjoyed the original Battlestar Galactica, and Buck Rogers. Cheesy yes, but some episodes were fairly decent...plus Erin Grey:
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Quote:A friend in Hollywood found a slew of 'em on DVD from the UK, he sent me The Love War & Men Of The Dragon. Fun to see again, but whoah, the cheese surely turned on those!
Originally posted by OPPYH:
Now if we can have a lot of those really cool made for tv movies that were so prominent in the 70's release on dvd.
Remember "Outrage" with Robert Culp? The ABC Movie of the Week's answer to "Walking Tall"?
Or "The Stranger Within", the one where Barbara Eden got knocked-up by a sperm from an alien that got 'transported' into her & she had to put salt on ALL her food?
Heh, The Night Stalker & Duel were Shakespeare when you think about it....
The laughing Chrisisall
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Chris, from your list the only ones I would bother with watching today are:
Star Trek TOS - own all on Blu-Ray
Kung Fu - in my Netflix queue
The Prisoner - own it on Blu-Ray
The Twilight Zone - one of these days I'll get the complete series
The Outer Limits - own all on DVD
The Wild, Wild West - I do recall liking this a lot when it was new, have no idea what I would think about it now.
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Quote:Sort of like between Sharp Cheddar & American cheese, I would think.
Originally posted by ecgordon:
The Wild, Wild West - I do recall liking this a lot when it was new, have no idea what I would think about it now.
The laughing Chrisisall
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