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I've decided to add a third rule to the That Wacky Redhead drinking game: Any time you find a link to TVTropes, take a shot! (I apologize for inebriating most of you with this post.) In other news, it looks like the 1970-71 season overview will be ready tomorrow. So until then!
Isn't that awfully convenient? It's almost as if I planned it that wayYour timing for the end of the original Star Trek is impeccable in that the 7:30 pm time is about to go away under the Prime Time Access Rule, unless the political changes in the timeline have somehow altered this. Note that since Doctor Who is in half-hour installments, it still fits just fine at the 8 pm timeslot for a lead-in for Laugh-In at your 8:30 pm timeslot.
Once demographic breakdowns come into play, a Rural Purge type situation is pretty much inevitable. All you need is a catalyst.Eulogy to Classic Television, eh....I suspect we'll also be seeing the 'rural purge' ITTL as well.
You make a very strong argument, but I don't want to discuss my plans for the crossover in any more detail until the actual update.Doesn't that run afoul of "City"? I always imagined there'd be a permanent research station established on the Gate's world. (Hmm... How old is Richard Dean Anderson?) That being true, sending somebody with The Doctor would be a bit unnecessary. It might also run afoul of the Prime Directive.
Whereas you feel that Star Trek, the show that defines both Earth Is the Center of the Universe and Humans Are Special, walked a more moderate line on the subject? If Glen Larson does indeed seek out Gene Coon's advice, it certainly won't move him away from them.phx1138 said:"Galactica" the show had its flaws, prime among them making Earth & humans more important than I thought we deserved, & the usual bad "space fighters" (treated like they were in atmosphere), but nothing that couldn't be cured by a little more awareness by the producers & writers.
To be fair, "Sean Cassidy" is about as stereotypically Irish a name as you can get, so it's only natural for the name to show up in comics.phx1138 said:No, it just struck me an odd coincidence (especially if you know the comics character is a fan of country music), & for some reason always I always think Shaun was on the show...
Yes, that's the one. Is there any particular reason you're emphasizing his role so strongly?phx1138 said:You mean the one voiced by Paul Soles?
Would you also consider the OTL (first two) Superman movies an example of what you're looking for?phx1138 said:Actually, I had in mind live action adaptations treated as like "X-Men" was lately, or "Lois & Clark" awile ago: fairly straight, with a dose of humor.
I have a sneaking suspicion I would find all ten of them on this list, which at least tells you that you aren't alonephx1138 said:That's one approach. Most of the shows I've liked the best would make a Top 10 list of "fastest cancellations". If they go one whole season, it's often a miracle.
I do think that "pulp" would do well. Even Star Trek indulged in it from time to time; and, needless to say, we have an example from that genre becoming a seminal blockbuster megahit a few years down the line IOTL. And at the end of the day, pulp is fun!phx1138 said:That's what I'd intended all along, 'cause I got the sense you wanted "pulpy" SF to go with the really good stuff to be done by the Trek alumni.
Ordinarily, I'd ask why Adam West would be willing to keep up this charade for more than four decades, but really, the fact that it's Adam West is enough to answer that question. Granted, it does make a good anecdote to share at conventions, but come on, alreadyphx1138 said:I doubt the producers ever seriously considered an American any more than you did. My suspicion is, they did it to throw everyone off while they did their interviews & cut their deal.
By most indications, he felt that "slumming" on a "kiddie sci-fi" show was beneath her. Now, what that says about him...phx1138 said:I'd forgotten about that... Then again, do we know why he warned her off?
Sorry, I don't think I was terribly clear. What I was driving at was specifically a response to just this line:phx1138 said:Did I drop a "Brit" in there, somewhere? I haven't ever been a particular fan of Brit SF at all, from Triffids or On the Beach to The Doc, nor any since, & I was quite young watching "UFO" & "1999"; by "1999", I was already watching more to get good ideas from it than because it was good. (I especially liked the idea of Alpha as a place {& do still, which may help explain why I liked "DS9" so much}, & the Eagles.) I don't think I'd yet really figured out what "good" should look like. I did like the Tripods (also Brit IIRC), but it's been long years since I read those...
plus the fact bad SF beat no SF.
I've decided to add a third rule to the That Wacky Redhead drinking game: Any time you find a link to TVTropes, take a shot! (I apologize for inebriating most of you with this post.) In other news, it looks like the 1970-71 season overview will be ready tomorrow. So until then!