| OT: The Wild, Wild West tv show on dvd [message #240485] |
Do, 16 März 2006 17:56 |
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Release date is 6/6/06, for the first season of episodes, according to
tvshowsondvd.com.
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| Re: OT: The Wild, Wild West tv show on dvd [message #240496 ] |
Do, 16 März 2006 23:01 |
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At 8:56am -0800, 03/16/06, Mark <trustmeimalawyer2 [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
>Release date is 6/6/06, for the first season of episodes, according to
>tvshowsondvd.com.
Not so off topic, considering that the series was meant as a Bond parody
set in the West, emphasizing well-choreographed fight scenes. How the same
henchmen resurrected week after week as James killed them was never
explained.
I loved that show, from Conrad's emotionless tough guy to Ross Martin's
over the top performance, the mostly excellent bad guys, etc. They did
start running out of ideas by the last season, though, and if the show had
been renewed for a fifth season, it may not have been so memorable.
Lots of horse stunts!
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| Re: OT: The Wild, Wild West tv show on dvd [message #240514 ] |
Fr, 17 März 2006 07:12 |
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<< ... the series was meant as a Bond parody set in the West ... >>
Parody? I see "Get Smart" as a parody of Bond; WWW--while a
favorite--was a bit more like flat-out plagerism. I mean, much of the
series is lifted directly from Bond and simply transposed to the
American Frontier.
<< They did start running out of ideas by the last season ... >>
To some extent, I have to disagree. WWW found itself hamstrung by the
prevailing "anti-violence" sentiment spawned in the late 60's. I think
the writers ran out of ideas for a western where guns and fisticuffs
had been banned; it would have survived another season if the original
premise were allowed to stand.
I loaned some episodes to a friend not long ago who had never seen the
show. He came away thinking it was awfully talkie. And it's true, WWW
wouldn't make it today; despite all the action, it's much too dialogue
driven for today's market.
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| Re: OT: The Wild, Wild West tv show on dvd [message #240517 ] |
Fr, 17 März 2006 08:51 |
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At 10:12pm -0800, 03/16/06, Poor Man's JB <poormansjb [at] sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>Adam wrote:
>>... the series was meant as a Bond parody set in the West ...
>Parody? I see "Get Smart" as a parody of Bond; WWW--while a favorite--was
>a bit more like flat-out plagerism. I mean, much of the series is lifted
>directly from Bond and simply transposed to the American Frontier.
Well, let's say it was parody and used numerous Bond elements. There's no
way to take that show as straight drama.
>>They did start running out of ideas by the last season ...
>To some extent, I have to disagree. WWW found itself hamstrung by the
>prevailing "anti-violence" sentiment spawned in the late 60's. I think
>the writers ran out of ideas for a western where guns and fisticuffs
>had been banned; it would have survived another season if the original
>premise were allowed to stand.
Could be. That show was "violent" in the same way that "Kung Fu" was
violent and Jackie Chan movies are violent. You watched it for the
choreography of the fight scenes. Somebody tell the do-gooders that those
weren't actual gang bangers in "West Side Story", but dancers.
I remember when "Columbo" was ranked among the most violent shows on tv,
idiotic considering that exactly one murder was committed on each episode.
It would be nice of network programming executives ignored such criticism.
>I loaned some episodes to a friend not long ago who had never seen the
>show. He came away thinking it was awfully talkie. And it's true, WWW
>wouldn't make it today; despite all the action, it's much too dialogue
>driven for today's market.
Hm. Interesting criticism. Is that why we have no Westerns at all?
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