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| panzer the great & terrible | Apr 20 2010, 07:25 AM Post #1921 |
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Oh, absolutely. The Wizard rocks. All evildoers with wrinkled robes rock. |
| Life is just a bowl of cherries, it's too mysterious, don't take it serious... | |
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| Laughing Gravy | Apr 20 2010, 07:37 AM Post #1922 |
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Batman and Robin, like Radar Men from the Moon and The Lost Planet and Panther Girl of the Congo and probably a few others are all serials that are NOTHIN' but fun, the chapterplay equivalent of Robot Monster or Eegah! or Invasion of the Saucer-Men. I guess "so bad they're good" maybe, or "psychotronic" serials. All I know is, they're non-stop fun, and many "better" serials aren't nearly as enjoyable over the course of 3 months. |
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| panzer the great & terrible | Apr 20 2010, 08:55 AM Post #1923 |
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Mouth Breather
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I totally agree, and I'd include Mysterious Island. |
| Life is just a bowl of cherries, it's too mysterious, don't take it serious... | |
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| mort bakaprevski | Apr 20 2010, 09:08 AM Post #1924 |
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Balcony Gang, Foist Class
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It may have been wrinkled, BUT it sure looked cool to me. Besieds, Leonard Penn was built much more like a super-hero than Robert Lowery!! |
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| Don Diego | Apr 20 2010, 12:27 PM Post #1925 |
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You are right on - When the TV show came out the local theatre was showing the entire serial - I remember skipping school for the day with my buddies to see it. I still like to drag out the DVD every once and a while. |
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| The Batman | Apr 20 2010, 12:51 PM Post #1926 |
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For sure, Don. Both Batman serials are highly enjoyable and rewatchable. |
| Always be yourself! Unless you can be Batman...then always be Batman! | |
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| Barcroft | Apr 20 2010, 01:13 PM Post #1927 |
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I've been plowing through "The Indians are Coming" for our upcoming Sunday chat over at The Serial Family. After finally finishing the serial today I agree with I think Black Tiger that this serial would have played better as a silent. Overall not to bad. Barcroft |
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| The Batman | Apr 20 2010, 06:50 PM Post #1928 |
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I wish I was finished this one, Barcroft. Halfway through for the chat, but the bad sound does make it a bit of a chore to watch. Otherwise, not a bad serial. |
| Always be yourself! Unless you can be Batman...then always be Batman! | |
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| andarius | Apr 27 2010, 02:34 AM Post #1929 |
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Batman's address:- 1910 Hill Road, Los Angeles, California. That's where he lives 'high on a hill over Gotham City' in Batman (1943) and that's where Washington wrote to him - he's helping in the war-effort. Hope they're discreet!
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| Stony Brooke da Mesquiteer | Apr 27 2010, 03:04 AM Post #1930 |
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California? Gotham City? I think you have Coastal Delusional Syndrome
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| It's like Rodney King used to say, "Can't we all get a bong." | |
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| andarius | Apr 28 2010, 01:35 AM Post #1931 |
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That and MPD!
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| Stony Brooke da Mesquiteer | Apr 28 2010, 03:04 AM Post #1932 |
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Okey, I gotta ask. What's MPD? And don't say the Metropolis Police Dept. located in Butte Montana. |
| It's like Rodney King used to say, "Can't we all get a bong." | |
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| The Batman | Apr 28 2010, 07:39 AM Post #1933 |
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Map Placement Disorder |
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| CliffClaven | Apr 29 2010, 12:20 AM Post #1934 |
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Just started Red Ryder; unfortunately may take a while to get back to it. Yes, it's the bad guys grabbing up land to sell to the railroads -- again. I imagine the railroad's agents riding into a town, going to the office behind the saloon where they were told to meet the local big shot, and finding the bodies of an oily guy in a suit and a bunch of generic henchmen. The agents are told the lands have just been "restored to their rightful owners" by a lone vigilante, which seems to have happened in every dang town all the way to the Golden Spike. Anyway, the villains in Red Ryder kill a rancher (expected) . . . AND his teenaged son (not expected -- I had him pegged as the hero's spare sidekick) . . . AND the heroine's father (granted, honest sheriffs do have a short life expectancy in these things) . . . AND the HERO's father (Okay, we get it already! They're BAD guys!). Seeking closure, Red plugs two colorful henchmen while Little Beaver (cue Beavis and Butthead) seems to pick off the bartender with an arrow. And all this happens in Chapter One. I anticipate a scene of Red Ryder whupping the kingpin: "THIS is for my FATHER! . . . THIS is for HER father! . . . THIS is for the KID'S father! . . . THIS is for the kid's BROTHER! . . . And THIS is for the remaining speaking part characters you killed off after that!" The saloon, by the way, has "No Minors" painted on the doors. Was that an issue in the Wild West? |
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| Stony Brooke da Mesquiteer | Apr 29 2010, 02:42 AM Post #1935 |
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They couldn't spell "miners" correctly. Those shaft dwellers are just plain trouble! |
| It's like Rodney King used to say, "Can't we all get a bong." | |
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