I've never seen Time Tunnel, but a friend used to say that going down the escalators to the DC Metro (esp Rosslyn or Wheaton stops) reminded him of the Time Tunnel image.
Oh, me too.
Tara: Do you have any books on robots? Giles: Oh, yes, dozens. There's a lot of research to be done in order to--no, I'm lying. Haven't got squat. I just like watching Xander squirm.
'Get It Done'
Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Aug 16, 2005 9:26:16 am PDT #8571 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
DXMachina - Aug 16, 2005 9:31:29 am PDT #8572 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Anyone remember a '70s show called UFO? It took place in the '80s and was about some elite guys who fought evil aliens in spinning UFOs.
Yup. It was Gerry Anderson's first attempt at a show using human actors instead of marionettes. Truth be told, the marionettes were better actors.
Nilly - Aug 16, 2005 9:33:47 am PDT #8573 of 10002
Swouncing
Was The Tripods based on the John Christopher books?
Yup, but only the first two.
I first knew about the tv show, as a kid. There were two separate shows, one for each of the first books. I had no idea there is a book. The second show ended when the second part of the book did, all in the middle. We were crashed. When we discovered that not only there's a book, but also that it was translated into Hebrew so that we can actually read it, and finally find out how everything ends, we were so happy, that had we been a wee version of Angel, we would have immediately become a wee version of Angelus. Um, not unlike his puppet in "Smile Time", probably. But our noses wouldn't come off.
P.M. Marc - Aug 16, 2005 9:34:51 am PDT #8574 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Oh, I got Holocausted out during the 50th anniversary stuff while I was in Jr Hi. I think the current parallel would be the Vietnam era. Kids learn next to nothing about it in school
Kind of OT, but DebetEsse, you were IB, right? What did you guys have to focus on for 20th century world history? (We did a lot on WW1, a bit on the events leading to WW2, and then a lot on the Cold War and Vietnam. We had The End of the European Era and Where the Domino Fell as our main texts senior year.)
Frankenbuddha - Aug 16, 2005 9:41:55 am PDT #8575 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Yup. It was Gerry Anderson's first attempt at a show using human actors instead of marionettes. Truth be told, the marionettes were better actors.
Damn, DX beat me to it. They did learn their lesson on the casting for Space: 1999. Pity that the writing didn't improve, though.
Gudanov - Aug 16, 2005 9:43:34 am PDT #8576 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
Truth be told, the marionettes were better actors.
I dunno, the marionettes were pretty wooden.
Aims - Aug 16, 2005 9:45:43 am PDT #8577 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
And they have all these strings attached to their performance.......
DavidS - Aug 16, 2005 9:47:15 am PDT #8578 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I dunno, the marionettes were pretty wooden.
No way! They had supermarionation!
DXMachina - Aug 16, 2005 9:48:32 am PDT #8579 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I dunno, the marionettes were pretty wooden.
Not as wooden as the actors in UFO.
JZ - Aug 16, 2005 9:54:06 am PDT #8580 of 10002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I always found the marionettes disturbingly Garboesque, especially the later, uncanny valley versions -- I remember reading a contemporary of Garbo talking about her perfect blankness and stillness, and how her magnetism was less about her incredible expressiveness than about her total inwardness and inexpressiveness. She was just so terrifyingly perfect and photogenic and remote that she was a perfect empty vessel into which the audience could pour every conceivable emotion.
The supermarionation puppets are so very much her Uncanny Valley döpplegangers: those unnaturally perfect cheekbones and the eerily flawless skin and perfect hair and Anderson's penchant for endless puppet reaction shots. All those aesthetically perfect, alien faces with those impenetrably deep blank stares. Cree. Pee.