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| Pa Stark | Sep 9 2008, 10:37 PM Post #991 |
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I second Marlin's recommendation of Roan's copy of THE THREE MUSKETEERS, it is excellent. Only minor thing I noticed is in around chapter four which is an economy chapter, the recap footage is missing. |
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| cquigley | Sep 10 2008, 04:55 AM Post #992 |
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I agree the Roan copy is excellent. This is also the Duke's best serial and one of Mascot's best. You get the sense the thing was filmed in the African desert. This was on of the first DVD's I bought. Not realizing it was a double sided DVD, I thought I was missing a disc. I felt quite the fool when the seller told me to turn it over! |
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| Laughing Gravy | Sep 10 2008, 06:47 AM Post #993 |
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Roan's The Three Musketeers was the first serial ever to be released on DVD! |
| "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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| cquigley | Sep 10 2008, 07:03 AM Post #994 |
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Thanks!! I feel a little better now. |
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| Chandu | Sep 13 2008, 10:01 AM Post #995 |
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Champeen of Justice and Seeker of Knowledge, but rascal at heart!
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I finished The Flying G-Men the other night and found it to be a very entertaing serial. I also enjoyed Captain Midnight a lot more than the general opinion, from what I read. These are both Horne serials and the thing I liked about them is their continuity, not the humor he is generally credited for. Of course I haven't had the courage to watch Terry and the Pirates yet!
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| Not plane, nor bird, nor even frog. It's just little ol' me... | |
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| igsjr | Sep 13 2008, 05:56 PM Post #996 |
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Well, I like Captain Midnight and I don't care who knows it. It's fast-paced, well-cast...and just plain silly at times. I'm in the minority because I've always believed that humor can only help a serial. My detractors say it's because I'm not old enough to have seen these chapter plays when they were originally shown in theaters, a fact that I cannot dispute. Nevertheless, the antics of James Craven ("Bah! Patriotic bosh!") provide first-rate entertainment...not to mention Dave O'Brien and his "Tennis, anyone?" persona as Cap. |
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"Life is in color--but black-and-white is more realistic..." -- Samuel Fuller, director So many DVDs...so little time... | |
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| marlin lee | Sep 14 2008, 01:41 AM Post #997 |
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Ditto on liking Captain Midnight. |
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| KanSmiley | Sep 14 2008, 04:47 AM Post #998 |
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Ditto on the ditto!!! |
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http://www.saturday-matinee-memories.com/ intoxicated, adj.: When you feel sophisticated without being able to pronounce it. | |
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| Laughing Gravy | Sep 14 2008, 07:00 AM Post #999 |
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CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT is a very fun serial! In fact, I have a CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT shirt that I wear with pride (depicts a scene from the serial on it). When we showed this on FNF years ago, we served Ovaltine -- which was promptly poured down the sink. Nasty stuff, that. |
| "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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| Pa Stark | Sep 14 2008, 08:50 PM Post #1000 |
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My friend The Black Tiger told me that he met Richard Webb, the television Captain Midnight at a convention, and Webb told everyone that he hated Ovaltine. I don't blame him. Speaking of nasty drinks, Black Tiger loves a drink called Moxie, and I tried it once and it was terrible. Last year at SerialFest we actually had a blind taste test to see which was worse, Moxie or Howling Monkey, and at first I thought Howling Monkey was worse, but a few seconds after trying Moxie, the terrible aftertaste kicked in. Moxie was voted worst drink. See the stuff you miss not attending SerialFest. |
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| Chandu | Sep 15 2008, 09:12 AM Post #1001 |
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My younger brother's a Moxie fan, so I'm familiar with that, but Howling Monkey?
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| riddlerider | Sep 15 2008, 10:01 AM Post #1002 |
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Isn't that one of those Hong Kong chop-socky movies? |
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| Sgt Saturn | Sep 15 2008, 10:49 AM Post #1003 |
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I think it's a rock group. It would certainly be a good name for a rock group. |
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| mort bakaprevski | Sep 15 2008, 11:02 AM Post #1004 |
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Ovaltine! You HAD to buy one jar of it so you could get that damn de-coder. Of course, my mom made me drink the whole thing (something about starving Armenians). Bleccchhhh!!! |
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| Don Diego | Sep 15 2008, 12:54 PM Post #1005 |
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Ovaltine - blah - you need to wash it down with Bosco |
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