tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893206653438189717.post5452139842922890511..comments2024-03-28T03:19:12.867-04:00Comments on space1970: BUCK ROGERS (1981) "The Satyr" Network PromoChristopher Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15978811373546110421noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893206653438189717.post-76769252963297599542012-05-25T23:09:09.794-04:002012-05-25T23:09:09.794-04:00I really wanted to see this episode back in the da...I really wanted to see this episode back in the day (that laser whip looked pretty cool when I was ten), but I ended up missing it because I wasn't home that night. The premise definitely owes plenty to Battlestar's The Lost Warrior, which itself was pretty obviously based on Shane (with a little High Noon thrown in for good measure). BG certainly had its share of episodes "borrowed" from pre-existing sources, but this was mainly due to the whole series being incredibly rushed. BG began production as a seven-hour miniseries, then transitioned into a regular weekly series halfway through. When this happened, the show's writers--lacking the extra time necessary to properly develop stories for a weekly show--ended up working like crazy just to deliver scripts on time, much less make them great.Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893206653438189717.post-78956617694993088052012-05-18T05:34:40.863-04:002012-05-18T05:34:40.863-04:00I think the strike-rate of good episodes on most o...I think the strike-rate of good episodes on most of these series is actually pretty high. Even the first season of the original 'Star Trek' had a few clunkers. It's inevitable when you consider the budget and time constraints involved in making a series of 20+ episodesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893206653438189717.post-33965738808727180272012-05-16T15:43:13.358-04:002012-05-16T15:43:13.358-04:00I'm sure it had less to do with laziness than ...I'm sure it had less to do with laziness than it did with money. It was cheaper to pay someone to revise a script the studio already owned than commission a new one.Christopher Millshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15978811373546110421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893206653438189717.post-21893342023159743252012-05-16T15:37:13.256-04:002012-05-16T15:37:13.256-04:00I know that it boils down to lazy writing, but giv...I know that it boils down to lazy writing, but given the circumstances that these writers probably worked under, I can't blame them too much for borrowing some ideas. Can you imagine working with those deadlines and no Internet? LOLStevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04157952529413529997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893206653438189717.post-53611569708040525382012-05-14T20:50:20.209-04:002012-05-14T20:50:20.209-04:00Christopher, that is priceless. I thought those st...Christopher, that is priceless. I thought those stories sounded familiarMaurice Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15338165486757095191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893206653438189717.post-2686431460439895862012-05-14T18:51:37.444-04:002012-05-14T18:51:37.444-04:00Thanks for the clip. I remember being freaked out ...Thanks for the clip. I remember being freaked out by Buck's transformation at my tender age but now of course it's just delightfully cheesy.Erik J Kreffelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16600501989135593427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893206653438189717.post-85121885281008847902012-05-14T15:31:45.084-04:002012-05-14T15:31:45.084-04:00I think I'll write and submit a script for &qu...I think I'll write and submit a script for "The Walking Dead" that is about Rick Grimes, who has taken refuge at a isolated human colony and finds himself protecting a farm-dwelling widow and her hero-worshiping young son from the fleah-eating zombie that was once her husband.Frederickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11868719487717506764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893206653438189717.post-35889553619811079692012-05-14T13:16:16.896-04:002012-05-14T13:16:16.896-04:00I always had a soft spot for the 'Lost Warrior...I always had a soft spot for the 'Lost Warrior' episode of 'Galactica'. It's clearly not one of the best but it kinda workedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893206653438189717.post-61243976757515383602012-05-14T12:57:59.766-04:002012-05-14T12:57:59.766-04:00I actually saw all those episodes and even as a ki...I actually saw all those episodes and even as a kid thought Hollywood kept recycling things too much. But I did like the Cylon gunfighter!Patrick D. Boonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01829764615798275775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3893206653438189717.post-68422688352926492312012-05-14T12:01:21.134-04:002012-05-14T12:01:21.134-04:00The worst “re-script” that I have seen was in Star...The worst “re-script” that I have seen was in Star Trek 6, where they announce over the 1MC that the two assassins that killed the Klingons are in sickbay and that they will be giving statements after Kim Cattrall killed them by phaser fire. I remember seeing this on a black and white episode of Sherlock Holmes played by Basil Rathbone. He came upon the body of a murder victim, placed a handkerchief over the man’s hand and said he wrote something in the dust. Well the murderer had to come back and wipe it away, thereby giving himself away.<br />If you kill someone, and you know it, why do you fall for this trick?Andynoreply@blogger.com