tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432116.post2521228781925505814..comments2023-09-01T04:29:54.172-06:00Comments on Maximum Verbosity: Welcome To Another Edition Of "What Betty's Watching."Bettyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06403255764384760662noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432116.post-12841724684924065842008-09-17T03:23:00.000-06:002008-09-17T03:23:00.000-06:00Yeah, U.N.C.L.E. was before my time, although it o...Yeah, <I>U.N.C.L.E.</I> was before my time, although it occasionally occurs to me that maybe I ought to check it out (and more so having seen McCallum in this).<BR/><BR/>I loved the original <I>Avengers</I> but never watched the "new" version.Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06403255764384760662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432116.post-51278253482485249792008-09-17T03:20:00.000-06:002008-09-17T03:20:00.000-06:00:)I'm old enough to remember David McCallum as Rob...:)<BR/><BR/>I'm old enough to remember David McCallum as Robert Vaughn's sidekick in "The Man from Uncle". Joanna Lumley for me is most associated with "The New Avengers" - not that I watched that all tht much.JHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05815857747262576160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432116.post-88746136420853613392008-09-16T16:25:00.000-06:002008-09-16T16:25:00.000-06:00Believe it or not, I this is the first thing I' re...Believe it or not, I this is the first thing I' remember seeing McCallum in, but there's something about him that makes me want to go out and watch pretty much everything else he's done, now.<BR/><BR/>Lumley I'm more familiar with, of course, but she'll always be the 13th Doctor to me, above all. :)Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06403255764384760662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432116.post-65942410544371174862008-09-16T13:46:00.000-06:002008-09-16T13:46:00.000-06:00And I can now test that by apologising for the typ...And I can now test that by apologising for the typo. "haver" should have been "never".JHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05815857747262576160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432116.post-2707121611268936182008-09-16T13:44:00.000-06:002008-09-16T13:44:00.000-06:00I haver watched the show myself - I can't remember...I haver watched the show myself - I can't remember why - but I recall it as having been very popular. Of course, it can't have hurt that it had two such high profile leads as David McCullum and Joanna Lumley.<BR/><BR/>I see that if I don't use my LJ ID but my Google one, I can now get any follow-up comments emailed to me, so I'll do that.JHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05815857747262576160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432116.post-82930770316828776632008-09-16T01:43:00.000-06:002008-09-16T01:43:00.000-06:00I don't think that particular type of time travel ...I don't think that particular type of time travel story exactly <I>originated</I> with <I>Sapphire and Steel</I>, but I'm quite willing to believe that it's had a significant influence, on later British SF shows at least.<BR/><BR/>I'm three episodes into the second story now, by the way, and have just had the pleasure of watching an overly serious alien(?) in a tuxedo stalking around a deserted railway station in the middle of the night, banging on a bucket with a stick and singing "Pack Up Your Troubles" in hopes of attracting a ghost. There is a wonderful absurdity to that, and all the more so because it is played with such utter earnestness. It made me want to go up and ask him whether he knows the Doctor. (Because, in my mind, of course, I can talk to the characters in my TV.) I bet he's at least heard of him. :)<BR/><BR/>That being said, I'm <I>still</I> not at all sure what to make of it. Which, who knows, may very well be part of the appeal. Possibly I'll check out the audios when I'm done, but I haven't even kept up with those for <I>Doctor Who</I>.Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06403255764384760662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432116.post-74499658595445512732008-09-16T01:14:00.000-06:002008-09-16T01:14:00.000-06:00Well, it is influential with a capital 'I'...Well, it is influential with a capital 'I'. For example, the best episode of 'Sarah Jane Adventures' (Whatever happened to Sarah Jane?) would actually fit as a S&S story.<BR/><BR/>(And when you finish watching the series, don't forget to check the audio series. There's this one episode, 'Daisy Chain' by Joseph Lidster, that shows what the show could be like nowadays. Brilliant stuff.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432116.post-82597507522052217192008-09-15T15:22:00.000-06:002008-09-15T15:22:00.000-06:00That's a major reason why I'm watching it, really:...That's a major reason why I'm watching it, really: a desire to close up some of the gaps in my familiarity with the landmark shows in the history of TV SF. I referred to it as "semi-obscure," as it's certainly little known in the US, nor does it seem to have had the kind of staying power in the UK that keeps lots of people talking about two decades later, but it nevertheless does seem like an interesting mark on the TV SF landscape.Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06403255764384760662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432116.post-40839925128703696632008-09-15T07:17:00.000-06:002008-09-15T07:17:00.000-06:00I've only watched the first opening minutes of the...I've only watched the first opening minutes of the first <I>S&S</I> episode, but I definitely saw "creepy" in it. I keep seeing it mentioned among seminal British science fiction shows -- maybe not <I>as</I> seminal as <I>Who</I>, for instance, but it clearly was a favorite for a lot of people. It's on my ever-increasing list of shows to check out.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00277636954260900156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432116.post-38835117333013531752008-09-15T01:37:00.000-06:002008-09-15T01:37:00.000-06:00Well, that sounds... interesting. :)Well, that sounds... interesting. :)Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06403255764384760662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432116.post-74711260290305441902008-09-15T01:28:00.000-06:002008-09-15T01:28:00.000-06:00Just stick with it till assignment 3 and Steel's r...Just stick with it till assignment 3 and Steel's roof fight with swan/pillow. You'll never be the same again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com