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| riddlerider | Nov 17 2007, 07:55 AM Post #361 |
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I acquired a taste for Horne serials more than 30 years ago, but I still don't like his Western serials as much as the non-Westerns. IMO, DEADWOOD DICK and WHITE EAGLE are okay -- just okay, mind you -- and PERILS OF THE ROYAL MOUNTED is the weakest of his ten solo Columbias. |
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| Don Daredevil | Nov 17 2007, 07:57 AM Post #362 |
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Don't know if it's the same print or not, but Fred Shay also sells it. |
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| Black Tiger | Nov 17 2007, 03:10 PM Post #363 |
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This isn't a true spoiler in that it isn't an actual cliffhanger, but the same thing happens in Captain Video. Video and his Ranger leap out of an interplanetary rocketship as it plummets to earth and are saved when they land safely in a haystack (!). The cliffhanger is that the haystack is set afire by the bad guys (!!). Will they escape? Tune in to Captain Video to find out. |
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| panzer the great & terrible | Nov 17 2007, 03:25 PM Post #364 |
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They leap out of a spaceship and land in a haystack and the bad guys are right there to set it on fire? And you ask me why I like serials? |
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| Sgt Saturn | Nov 19 2007, 07:14 AM Post #365 |
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Of course! It was the only haystack on the planet! |
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| Laughing Gravy | Nov 19 2007, 07:57 AM Post #366 |
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Well, let's think about this... Where are they GOING to stand? I mean, c'mon... if you were an intelligent henchman, wouldn't you think, "If Cap'n Video falls out of the rocketship, he's going to be squashed flat and out of our hair for good. Unless... hmmm... what if he JUST HAPPENS to land on that haystack over there? That would be his ONLY chance of survival. Let's go stand over there so that if he DOES land there, we'll be ready!" |
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| Sgt Saturn | Nov 19 2007, 08:07 AM Post #367 |
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Except, the number of serials with intelligent henchmen can be counted on the fingers of on hand.
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| Laughing Gravy | Nov 19 2007, 08:17 AM Post #368 |
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I agree... while as a rule they dress nicely, they're all dumb as posts. Particularly if you get one who's played by somebody who is usually a hero. Clayton Moore was the dumbest villainous henchman EVER. Besides, the thought has occurred to me that the villains had better oughtta not stand next to the haystack, lest Cap'n Video and his Video Ranger fall on THEM. Ouch! |
| "I'm glad that this question came up, because there are so many ways to answer it that one of them is bound to be right." - Robert Benchley | |
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| Laughing Gravy | Nov 20 2007, 06:37 AM Post #369 |
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In the sixth episode of The Red Rider, Buck treats an injured pig and Ed Cobb sings. The greatest serial chapter ever? Has to rate consideration. Buck's advice on women: They're like liquor. A little bit is fine, but too much and you'll end up with a headache! |
| "I'm glad that this question came up, because there are so many ways to answer it that one of them is bound to be right." - Robert Benchley | |
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| Black Tiger | Nov 20 2007, 02:57 PM Post #370 |
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Buck is the Sage of the Sagebrush |
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| Barcroft | Nov 20 2007, 04:06 PM Post #371 |
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Gordon of Ghost City and the Red Rider are my favorite Buck Jones serials. I'm may drop in the Red Rider tonight and take a look see. Barcroft |
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| Laughing Gravy | Nov 24 2007, 06:46 AM Post #372 |
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Okay, so I'm watchin' episode nine of the Squadron's wonderful presentation of King of the Mounties, and we get another of those daffy "only in a serial" moments that I love so much... In this case, a wave of terror sweeps Canada as the villains blow up a variety of civilian establishments in preparation for the upcoming Axis invasion, right? So the Mounties discern that the bombs are made from a rare mineral that comes from only one mine, at Bear Creek. So they descend in force, hundreds of men, guns a-blazin', and... well, no. Sgt. King decides to saunter up to the mine all by himself. Sheesh. Who is he, the "Die Hard" guy? Shouldn't he be court-martialed for being a ninny? |
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| Black Tiger | Nov 24 2007, 08:38 AM Post #373 |
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Serial heroes aren't know for their smarts. Just grit and determination. Hard heads, too. |
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| KanSmiley | Nov 24 2007, 08:57 AM Post #374 |
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That is one of the elements of a serial that I have always found interesting. The hero and sometimes the heroine will go to the hideout, the cave, the warehouse by themselves when we all know they will get into some kind of huge fight. The heroine will wind up unconscience on the floor. When all the hero needs to do is call for backup and wait for the SWAT team to get there and then rush the evil doers. Has there ever been an example of the hero waiting for his pals to get to the hideout before he rushes in to capture the bad guys? But if he did wait for back up before he rushed in to capture the bad guys we would lose nearly all the cliffhanger endings and would not have over 200 serials to watch. Also, Tom Steele and Dale Van Sickle would have been out of work. Most serial heroes are combinations of the Die Hard guy, the Energizer bunny and a Timex watch. They take a lickin' and keep on going and going and going and..... Kan |
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| Laughing Gravy | Nov 24 2007, 12:15 PM Post #375 |
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And as I've mentioned before, in Radar Men from the Moon, we determine our planet is under attack from heavily-armed superior forces from outer space bent on invading and conquering the Earth. So what do we do? Send three guys to fight 'em. |
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