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| Laughing Gravy | Mar 24 2014, 08:10 PM Post #1 |
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This is the list of serials we've watched on FNF with the current group of attendees (mostly)... 2004-05 The Spider’s Web Batman and Robin 2005-06 Zorro’s Black Whip Spy Smasher Jungle Girl 2006-07 Radar Men from the Moon Daredevils of the Red Circle 2007-08 The Spider Returns Flash Gordon The Phantom Empire 2009-10 The Adventures of Captain Marvel Mysterious Island 2009-10 Mysterious Doctor Satan The Shadow 2010-11 G-Men vs. the Black Dragon Undersea Kingdom 2011-12 Secret Service in Darkest Africa Terry and the Pirates 2012-13 Zorro’s Fighting Legion The Green Hornet Captain Midnight 2013-14 Drums of Fu Manchu The Lost City ??? Taking suggestions for our next one. I was thinkin' Gang Busters, Radio Patrol, or maybe The Master Key. Possibly The Tiger Woman or King of the Rocket Men. The Vanishing Shadow, maybe. I don't think they'd like a cowboy serial. And I want to keep it 12 (or 13) chapters. We could just go for laughs and show The Phantom Creeps, too. Anyway, votes? Suggestions? |
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| Bulleteer | Mar 24 2014, 08:12 PM Post #2 |
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What's FNF? |
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| Laughing Gravy | Mar 24 2014, 08:17 PM Post #3 |
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This: http://inthebalcony.com/FNF/ |
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| The Batman | Mar 24 2014, 08:25 PM Post #4 |
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It's been about 7 years since you showed RADAR MEN FROM THE MOON, so I vote for KING OF THE ROCKETMEN, with GANG BUSTERS a close second. |
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| Laughing Gravy | Mar 25 2014, 05:04 AM Post #5 |
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By the way, next season we've got The Green Hornet Strikes Again and Batman and whatever Olive Films releases on Blu-ray, serial-wise, tentatively scheduled. |
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| Todd 3D | Mar 25 2014, 06:01 AM Post #6 |
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Assuming you don't want to do two Republics, I suggest The Vanishing Shadow. It's good loony fun. So is The Phantom Creeps, but I tend to remember you not liking that one (unless I'm misremembering, which is possible). |
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| Laughing Gravy | Mar 25 2014, 06:10 AM Post #7 |
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I do remember The Vanishing Shadow being good. I remember The Vanishing Legion being not too good. Is there a serial with Boris Karloff as "The Voice"? I mean, I know there is, but somebody be my google and tell me which one that is. My homies are enjoying those Crime Does Not Pay shorts so much ("This is your MGM Crime Reporter!") that I'm thinkin' Gang Busters or Radio Patrol would be popular. I have seen them, and I think they're both pretty good, as I recall. Radio Patrol is the one that has a portion of Los Angeles looking like the market in an Egyptian movie, or so I recall, but I get 'em mixed up. |
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| Todd 3D | Mar 25 2014, 06:27 AM Post #8 |
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The Vanishing Legion is the one with Karloff as the Voice (as well as Eddie Hearn molesting Frankie Darro). Radio Patrol is the one with Little Egypt. |
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| outerlimit | Mar 25 2014, 10:36 AM Post #9 |
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Hoe about The Phantom (1943) altho it may be 15 chapters. |
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| Bulleteer | Mar 25 2014, 11:49 AM Post #10 |
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That sounds like fun. |
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| CliffClaven | Mar 26 2014, 08:04 PM Post #11 |
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The Phantom -- Interesting in how it manages to stay fairly true to the strip. Strange in that they make you sympathize with the henchmen in one episode, trying to save one of their number. Red Barry -- Buster Crabbe in seriously two-fisted detective story. Tim Tyler's Luck -- Gorillas, an armored tank full of gangsters and other fun First 13 episodes of Disney's Zorro. Darn near a serial, except no cliffhangers as such. Although evil plots or particular problems -- an innocent man in jail, for example -- may take a few weeks to sort out, individual episodes end on an up note. The first 13 weeks cover Don Diego arriving in Los Angeles and toppling the corrupt rule of Commandant Montesario. After that a new continuity kicks in, with various baddies connected to a mysterious mastermind. |
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| Laughing Gravy | Mar 27 2014, 06:10 AM Post #12 |
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Well, what with this thread and an even-longer thread on my FB Balcony page, it's looking more 'n' more like either Gang Busters or Radio Patrol. I may flip a kern. |
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| JazzGuyy | Mar 27 2014, 06:17 AM Post #13 |
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There's a lot of silly stuff in Radio Patrol, like regularly letting a kid drive the patrol car in chases but it's more fun overall than Gang Busters. GB is rather grim, as I remember it. So it depends whether you want to emphasize fun or not. |
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| The Batman | Mar 27 2014, 06:44 AM Post #14 |
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It's the opposite for me. Checking my ratings, I gave GANG BUSTERS a 9/10 (wow, I enjoyed that one), and gave RADIO PATROL only a 6/10 (I do remember that one had a tendency to drag in places). It's been a couple of years, at least, since I've seen either, so these ratings help refresh the ol' Bat-noggin. |
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| JazzGuyy | Mar 27 2014, 07:07 AM Post #15 |
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I didn't say anything about the quality of the two serials. Neither are among my personal favorites though I understand why a lot of people like Gang Busters. |
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