Is there a serial you just couldn't finish?

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Is there a serial you just couldn't finish?
Topic Started: Jul 3 2009, 11:27 AM (324 Views)
mcr07376	Jul 3 2009, 11:27 AM Post #1
Balcony Gang, Foist Class Posts: 61 Group: Members Member #313 Joined: December 9, 2007	I recently got The Black Coin and honestly gave up after the fifth chapter. (I also got cheap and got the Alpha Video version, so the muddy image didn't help.) It was confusing and really boring. The only other serial I ever did that with was The Shadow of the Eagle. Again it got slow and despite John Wayne, uninteresting. Is there any serials you couldn't get through?



cquigley	Jul 3 2009, 12:03 PM Post #2
Balcony Gang, Foist Class Posts: 59 Group: Members Member #164 Joined: January 9, 2007	I actually liked Shadow of the Eagle, although it is the weakest of Wayne's three Mascot serials.. I have never seen The Black Coin. The only serial I gave up on was the Lost City of the Jungle. Jungle Girl and Chandu were pretty bad, but I got through them. I have the Houdini serial, as well. Unfortunately the second half is not nearly as good as the first part.



toddgault	Jul 3 2009, 12:19 PM Post #3
Balcony Gang, Foist Class Posts: 156 Group: Members Member #339 Joined: January 21, 2008	I have never met a serial I couldn't slog my way through eventually.
	Todd Gault..........Serial Buff


panzer the great & terrible	Jul 3 2009, 12:45 PM Post #4
Mouth Breather Posts: 10,340 Group: Members Member #13 Joined: September 3, 2005	Ah, but that's because you never tried to slog your way through The Clutching Hand or Young Eagles. I gave up on Hand after about the third chapter. With Eagles I lasted a little longer because the first chapter was OK; well, it was fair anyway.
	We Wear Short Shorts Flying Purple People Eater


Chandu	Jul 3 2009, 05:16 PM Post #5
Knowledge Seeker and rascal at large Posts: 10,276 Group: Members Member #297 Joined: October 19, 2007	I, as Todd, have yet to meet the serial I can't get through. That includes the aforementioned Clutching Hand, Black Coin and yes, even Young Eagles! I'm told I seem to have a high pain tolerance.
	Not plane, nor bird, nor even frog. It's just little ol' me...


panzer the great & terrible	Jul 3 2009, 07:05 PM Post #6
Mouth Breather Posts: 10,340 Group: Members Member #13 Joined: September 3, 2005	You must. I used to say I would watch anything that moves, but then I saw The Clutching Hand -- first three chapters anyway.
	We Wear Short Shorts Flying Purple People Eater


toddgault	Jul 4 2009, 06:55 AM Post #7
Balcony Gang, Foist Class Posts: 156 Group: Members Member #339 Joined: January 21, 2008	I have sat through The Clutching Hand, I think I've watched it maybe three times over the past fifteen years. I haven't seen Young Eagles yet, it is on my Netflix cue, but amazingly enough it is currently out being watched by someone else. Go figure!
	Todd Gault..........Serial Buff


Brick Bradford	Jul 4 2009, 08:07 AM Post #8
Balcony Gang, Foist Class Posts: 61 Group: Members Member #43 Joined: September 9, 2005	I and 39013 have the dubious record of watching The Clutching Hand in one sitting....I liked the serial because of all the fights involving what looked like everyone in LA and the hero was good and his helper was good...39013 has recovered after many hours of therapy..I just used Brickford Mansion Magic Elixir and Paint Remover.... Brick Bradford (Handsomest Hero in Serials and Glutton for Punishment)



Pa Stark	Jul 4 2009, 12:15 PM Post #9
Charter Member Posts: 479 Group: Members Member #30 Joined: September 5, 2005	I have sat through THE BLACK COIN, CUSTER'S LAST STAND, YOUNG EAGLES, and QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE. 40+ years ago when I was a gung ho serial fan, a local televison show played THE CLUTCHING HAND, and I watched the first 12 chapters, before getting a job, and missed the rest. A few years ago a friend loaned it to me so I could finish it, but I didn't have it in me to see any more of it, and I returned the tape without watching any of it.
	Honest and Lovable Pa Stark


Barcroft	Jul 4 2009, 07:20 PM Post #10
Charter Member Posts: 239 Group: Members Member #37 Joined: September 7, 2005	Like Pa Stark I have watched The Black Coin, Custer's Last Stand, Queen of the Jungle and The Clutching Hand but God help me I could not get beyond Chapter 4 of the Young Eagles. Maybe one day but not in the foreseeable future. Barcroft



Pa Stark	Jul 5 2009, 03:29 PM Post #11
Charter Member Posts: 479 Group: Members Member #30 Joined: September 5, 2005	YOUNG EAGLES is just terrible, but what got me through it was here were two boy scouts lost somewhere in a jungle, really in deep trouble, and I wanted to see how they managed to survive and be rescued. That is the only positive thing I can say about it. THE LOST CITY used to be thought of as about the worst serial ever, but it's star has risen somewhat over the last 30 years. One thing in it's favor is it certainly isn't boring. A couple of years ago at SerialFest we screened a chapter in our hotel room, and Fury Shark sat there in shock, mumbling, "Did I just see what I thought I saw?"
	Honest and Lovable Pa Stark


panzer the great & terrible	Jul 5 2009, 06:16 PM Post #12
Mouth Breather Posts: 10,340 Group: Members Member #13 Joined: September 3, 2005	Hey, that's a good thing. I'm all for anything that astonishes me, for any reason. What I hate is boring stuff like The Clutching Hand, where people are always peeping around corners for no reason at all.
	We Wear Short Shorts Flying Purple People Eater


JazzGuyy	Jul 6 2009, 02:54 AM Post #13
Balcony Gang, Foist Class Posts: 2,177 Group: Members Member #110 Joined: June 1, 2006	So far I have gotten through everything I have started, including "The Clutching Hand" (though I remember absolutely nothing about it). I can almost always get through just about anything (especially if I have had an adult beverage or two before or during watching). The only movie I found unwatchable in recent years was "Tobacco Road".



Pa Stark	Jul 6 2009, 02:46 PM Post #14
Charter Member Posts: 479 Group: Members Member #30 Joined: September 5, 2005	I have started JUNGLE MENACE (Thank you, Rodney) and have only managed to watch two chapters. Problem is it breaks every serial rule there is. No cliffhangers, a plot about rubber plantation in the jungle. Groan.
	Honest and Lovable Pa Stark


toddgault	Jul 7 2009, 07:02 AM Post #15
Balcony Gang, Foist Class Posts: 156 Group: Members Member #339 Joined: January 21, 2008	For me, if I've spent money buying a serial, whether I like it or not I have to watch the whole thing otherwise I feel like I wasted the money.
	Todd Gault..........Serial Buff


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