What did you watch?
The Twilight Zone S3E27 'Person or Persons Unknown' - DVR
David Gurney wakes up with a hangover, but that's the least of his problems. (Comcast)
Paying homage to It's a Wonderful Life (1946), David Gurney wakes up to another ordinary day. Except today, nobody knows who he is including his
own wife Wilma. (IMDb)
Trivia: One of the first instances on television to show a couple
sharing a single bed, sleeping next to each other. Around this time, TV
shows could only portray couples sleeping in separate beds due to television's strict standards & practices. In season five's Stopover in
a Quiet Town (1964), a very similar situation occurs. In both cases, the
man is sleeping on top of the covers, is still fully dressed (even
wearing his shoes), and they are hung over from a bout of heavy drinking.
The two phone numbers Richard Long calls are Klondike 5-2131 and
Klondike 5-3472 and may be the first 555 numbers used in television
history.
The Twilight Zone S3E28 'The Little People' - DVR
A space traveler finds an Earth-like civilization the size of ants.
(Comcast)
On a desolate planet, two astronauts discover an entire society
populated by incredibly small beings. One of the astronauts decides to
rule the society as a god.
Trivia: The rocket launch depicted was in reality a test flight of a Mercury-Atlas booster. This was quite timely; this episode aired about a month after NASA's John Glenn became the first astronaut to attain Earth orbit upon such a rocket.
The weapons and giants' uniforms were reused from Forbidden Planet (1956).
The Twilight Zone S3E29 'Four O'Clock' - DVR
An obsessed Oliver Crangle (Theodore Bikel) tells an FBI agent that a
drastic transformation will take place on all the evil people in the
world. (Comcast)
A very obsessed man wants to expose evil in the world, investigating
people he sees as murderers, subversives, perverts and communists, then attempting to ruin their lives. (IMDb)
Credit: Parrot    ...    Parrot (uncredited)   with a link to https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10455435/ giving four credits in 'The Return
of the Pink Panther (1975), Adam-12 (1972), Gilligan's Island (four
episodes, 1964-1966) with this TZ episode as its first credit.
The Twilight Zone S3E30 'Hocus Pocus & Frisby' - DVR
Mr. Frisby impresses quite a few people with his vivid imagination.
(Comcast)
A rural gas station attendant given to telling tall tales about himself
is kidnapped by aliens who believe him to be one of Earth's leading intellects. (IMDb)
Trivia: Having been born on October 16, 1879, Clem Bevans (Pete) was the earliest-born actor to appear on the series. This was also his final
credited role.
Another episode where the Twilight zone benefited from MGM's large
amount of stock props. The domed device on the alien craft is the 'astrogator' from Forbidden Planet (1956). The cruiser C-57-D's steps
are also used in the ship.
At 21:20 the console seen on the alien spacecraft is the same one used
at times in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964)'s headquarters as Mr.
Waverly's overseas relay communicator console.
What Did You Watch?
The Twilight Zone S3E27 'Person or Persons Unknown' - DVR
David Gurney wakes up with a hangover, but that's the least of his
problems. (Comcast)
Paying homage to It's a Wonderful Life (1946), David Gurney wakes up to >another ordinary day. Except today, nobody knows who he is including his
own wife Wilma. (IMDb)
Trivia: One of the first instances on television to show a couple
sharing a single bed, sleeping next to each other. Around this time, TV
shows could only portray couples sleeping in separate beds due to >television's strict standards & practices. In season five's Stopover in
a Quiet Town (1964), a very similar situation occurs. In both cases, the
man is sleeping on top of the covers, is still fully dressed (even
wearing his shoes), and they are hung over from a bout of heavy drinking.
The two phone numbers Richard Long calls are Klondike 5-2131 and
Klondike 5-3472 and may be the first 555 numbers used in television history.
. . .
Elsbeth (CBS) New murder mystery about a quirky detective (I mean
lawyer) named Monk, I mean Mrs. Columbo, I mean Elsbeth, who notices
things other people don't notice and helps police solve crimes whether
they want the help or not. First up she solves the murder of a young
actress by noticing she used two spaces instead of one when she typed
her suicide note, and noting only old people use two spaces. Wait, a
minute, *I* use two spaces when I type! And I'm *not* old! I had *no*
idea when I watched but according to Wiki this is a spin off of "The
Good Wife" and "The Good Fight" two shows I never watched before. Now
I'm wishing I didn't know it was a spin-off because I'm going to assume >there's a lot of background stuff going on that I'm missing.
On 3/10/2024 9:49 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
The Twilight Zone S3E27 'Person or Persons Unknown' - DVR
David Gurney wakes up with a hangover, but that's the least of his
problems. (Comcast)
Paying homage to It's a Wonderful Life (1946), David Gurney wakes up
to another ordinary day. Except today, nobody knows who he is
including his own wife Wilma. (IMDb)
Trivia: One of the first instances on television to show a couple
sharing a single bed, sleeping next to each other. Around this time,
TV shows could only portray couples sleeping in separate beds due to
television's strict standards & practices. In season five's Stopover
in a Quiet Town (1964), a very similar situation occurs. In both
cases, the man is sleeping on top of the covers, is still fully
dressed (even wearing his shoes), and they are hung over from a bout
of heavy drinking.
The two phone numbers Richard Long calls are Klondike 5-2131 and
Klondike 5-3472 and may be the first 555 numbers used in television
history.
I don't really remember this one. But I think 80s Twilight Zone had one
or two episodes with a similar plot.
The Twilight Zone S3E28 'The Little People' - DVR
A space traveler finds an Earth-like civilization the size of ants.
(Comcast)
On a desolate planet, two astronauts discover an entire society
populated by incredibly small beings. One of the astronauts decides to
rule the society as a god.
Trivia: The rocket launch depicted was in reality a test flight of a
Mercury-Atlas booster. This was quite timely; this episode aired about
a month after NASA's John Glenn became the first astronaut to attain
Earth orbit upon such a rocket.
The weapons and giants' uniforms were reused from Forbidden Planet
(1956).
One of the more memorable episodes.
The Twilight Zone S3E29 'Four O'Clock' - DVR
An obsessed Oliver Crangle (Theodore Bikel) tells an FBI agent that a
drastic transformation will take place on all the evil people in the
world. (Comcast)
A very obsessed man wants to expose evil in the world, investigating
people he sees as murderers, subversives, perverts and communists,
then attempting to ruin their lives. (IMDb)
Credit: Parrot    ...    Parrot (uncredited)   with a link to
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10455435/ giving four credits in 'The
Return of the Pink Panther (1975), Adam-12 (1972), Gilligan's Island
(four episodes, 1964-1966) with this TZ episode as its first credit.
This wasn't a good one.
The Twilight Zone S3E30 'Hocus Pocus & Frisby' - DVR
Mr. Frisby impresses quite a few people with his vivid imagination.
(Comcast)
A rural gas station attendant given to telling tall tales about
himself is kidnapped by aliens who believe him to be one of Earth's
leading intellects. (IMDb)
I'm trying to remember the twist on this one, or was being captured by
aliens the twist?
Trivia: Having been born on October 16, 1879, Clem Bevans (Pete) was
the earliest-born actor to appear on the series. This was also his
final credited role.
Another episode where the Twilight zone benefited from MGM's large
amount of stock props. The domed device on the alien craft is the
'astrogator' from Forbidden Planet (1956). The cruiser C-57-D's steps
are also used in the ship.
At 21:20 the console seen on the alien spacecraft is the same one used
at times in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964)'s headquarters as Mr.
Waverly's overseas relay communicator console.
What Did You Watch?
I watched:
Elsbeth (CBS) New murder mystery about a quirky detective (I mean
lawyer) named Monk, I mean Mrs. Columbo, I mean Elsbeth, who notices
things other people don't notice and helps police solve crimes whether
they want the help or not. First up she solves the murder of a young actress by noticing she used two spaces instead of one when she typed
her suicide note, and noting only old people use two spaces. Wait, a minute, *I* use two spaces when I type! And I'm *not* old! I had *no* idea when I watched but according to Wiki this is a spin off of "The
Good Wife" and "The Good Fight" two shows I never watched before. Now
I'm wishing I didn't know it was a spin-off because I'm going to assume there's a lot of background stuff going on that I'm missing.
Ghosts - "Halloween 3: The Guest Who Wouldn't Leave" - The character of "Flower" was written out this season. I don't know if was a mutual
decision or what, but they have been talking about her nonstop all
season. This episode had a lot of subplots but the main plot was
probably an attempt to contact flower via seance which can only be done
on Halloween. In the other plot Pete's annoying widow Carol shows up
for a party and dies on the property so now her ghosts is there too. But
at first no one knows she's dead not even Carol who doesn't realize she
died and sense Sam can see dead people...wackiness ensues.
Family Guy - "Cabin Pressure" - This new episode aired on Wednesday. I guess they changed their air date. Anyway Peter takes his entire neighborhood with him on vacation. What cold go wrong?
Rustin (Netflix) biopic about 60s civil rights leader Baynard Rustin.
Colman Domingo got an Oscar nomination so I had to watch. It was OK.
Only one movie left to watch before the show and I will have watched
every major nominated movie/performance.
I watched:
What did you watch?
--
Let's go Brandon!
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
What did you watch?
Hey, thanks for asking!
TRACKER
No, not this silly uncredited remake that Adam is watching starring Green Aquaman.
The one and only original series from 2001, starring the Highlander versus the vampire from Forever Knight!
An incredibly goofy one season wonder from Canadia’s space channel.
Adrian Paul is Daggon, a.k.a. Cole a prison guard from Cirron who comes to earth chasing 218 prisoners that the Evil Zin released and came exactly 100 light years (sometimes it’s 100,000,000 light years) from their planet SAR TOP in the Migar solar system.
Some of the aliens are Cirronians, some Desserians, some Enixians, some Nodulians, some Orsusians, and some are, of course Vardians, with the occasional prisoner, being of one species and pertaining to be another so
he didn’t get beat up in the prison yard. Apparently, none of these beings are corporeal. So when they landed here, they all inhabited nearby, living beings usually but not always human. Cole tracks them down and puts their life force in a little version of the containment vessel from Ghostbusters, murdering the host in the process. Which is sort of amusing as he goes to these missing peoples families, and promises to help them, find them, not bothering to mention to the grieving mothers, that he’s going to murder their missing sons.
All these characters have different inconsistent abilities. When Cole tells us that Joanne Kelly from Warehouse the 13th the series does not hesitate
to use her Desserian abilities against him, she demonstrates by hitting him over the head with a 2 x 4.
They finally start explaining all this in the show opening about halfway through the series.
[snip]
On Freevee and other services. Freevee seems to have the running order
right; Ian‘s IMDb episode listing is completely wrong, based on people leaving the series and their storylines being wrapped up.
Fred-Bob sez “check it out!â€
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
I watched:
What did you watch?
Hey, thanks for asking!
TRACKER
No, not this silly uncredited remake that Adam is watching
starring Green Aquaman.
The one and only original series from 2001, starring the
Highlander versus the vampire from Forever Knight!
An incredibly goofy one season wonder from Canadia?s space
channel.
Adrian Paul is Daggon, a.k.a. Cole a prison guard from
Cirron who comes to earth chasing 218 prisoners that the
Evil Zin released and came exactly 100 light years
(sometimes it?s 100,000,000 light years) from their planet
SAR TOP in the Migar solar system. Some of the aliens are
Cirronians, some Desserians, some Enixians, some
Nodulians, some Orsusians, and some are, of course
Vardians, with the occasional prisoner, being of one
species and pertaining to be another so he didn?t get beat
up in the prison yard. Apparently, none of these beings
are corporeal. So when they landed here, they all
inhabited nearby, living
beings usually but not always human. Cole tracks them
down and puts their life force in a little version of the
containment vessel from Ghostbusters, murdering the host
in the process. Which is sort of amusing as he goes to
these missing peoples families, and promises to help them,
find them, not bothering to mention to the grieving
mothers, that he?s going to murder their missing sons.
All these characters have different inconsistent
abilities. When Cole tells us that Joanne Kelly from
Warehouse the 13th the series does not hesitate to use her
Desserian abilities against him, she demonstrates by
hitting him over the head with a 2 x 4.
They finally start explaining all this in the show opening
about halfway through the series.
For whatever reason Cole himself didn?t need to snatch a
body; he just built one from scratch based on the
billboard of an underwear model that?s out in the middle
of a field where no one could see it.
He is aided in his mission by a plucky bar owner, who is
the first person he runs into. She is aided in her mission
by an extremely ditzy barkeeper. The running gag is that
she inherited everything, including the bar and the
barkeep from her grandmother, and anytime they break
anything she says she inherited that from her grandmother.
Ha, ha.
Cole has a superpower that he uses surprisingly seldom,
which either allows him to go back slightly in time or to
stop time while he runs around. You?d think you could fix
anything this way. For instance, the bad guy throws a girl
out of a window. Cole stops time and runs downstairs and
catches her (like that would help.) but then looks
upstairs helplessly because obviously the bad guy would
have escaped by now. Why? Hasn?t zero time passed?
Towards the end, they start messing with the series
format. Cole figures out how to use his image projector to
look like anyone, so Adrian Paul can take the week off. In
a very special two part episode, the ditzy barkeep goes to
London to be chased by Jack the Ripper, and an incredibly
young Kathryn Winnick replaces her oh so briefly.
Everybody but the top two characters it disappears from
the opening credits. But the evil forever
night vampire Zin will soon be back. We find out the girl
who owns the bar has been half alien all this time, and
can do some of Cole?s magic tricks. Apparently she
inherited this from her grandmother.
In the conclusion of the evil Zin storyline it turns out
there?s something buried 500 feet under Chicago that will
kill everybody everywhere. Cole stops him by locking him
in the vault with the device. Isn?t that the last place
you?d want him to be?
The senses shattering series finale is both a clip show
and a will they or
won?t they show. Cole figures out that if he just turns
the knob on his Ghostbusters containment vessel to the
left, it will suck in every alien in the world all at
once. But then he only has an hour to get them all back to
prison because reasons so he catches everybody and says
goodbye to the girl and leaves forever.
And then a couple hours later, he?s back because he
decided he?d rather hang around earth and it doesn?t
bother the girl that he?s not even a physical being and
it?s just using an inducer as long as it makes him look
like an underwear model. Then unknown to them his secret
computer in the secret computer room Secretly puts up a
secret screen that secretly shows hundreds of secret alien
presences?
On Freevee and other services. Freevee seems to have the
running order right; Ian?s IMDb episode listing is
completely wrong, based on people leaving the series and
their storylines being wrapped up.
Fred-Bob sez ?check it out!?
On 3/10/24 11:10 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
TRACKER
No, not this silly uncredited remake that Adam is watching starring Green >>Aquaman.
The one and only original series from 2001, starring the Highlander versus >>the vampire from Forever Knight!
An incredibly goofy one season wonder from Canadia's space channel.
Adrian Paul is Daggon, a.k.a. Cole a prison guard from Cirron who comes to >>earth chasing 218 prisoners that the Evil Zin released and came exactly 100 >>light years (sometimes it's 100,000,000 light years) from their planet SAR >>TOP in the Migar solar system. . . .
[snip]
On Freevee and other services. Freevee seems to have the running order >>right; Ian's IMDb episode listing is completely wrong, based on people >>leaving the series and their storylines being wrapped up.
Fred-Bob sez "check it out!"
I asked Anim, but it sounds like this series is in SDTV, not HDTV, which
is a turnoff to me... [shrug]
P.S. I never saw this on Sci-Fi when it originally aired. In fact, I
don't even remember that it existed!!
anim8rfsk wrote:
TRACKER
No, not this silly uncredited remake that Adam is watching
starring Green Aquaman.
The one and only original series from 2001, starring the
Highlander versus the vampire from Forever Knight!
An incredibly goofy one season wonder from Canadia's space
channel. . . .
The premise sounds like "Brimstone" only the good guy
doing the chasing of bad guys on "Brimstone" doesn't
have any superpowers. He's just a dead cop recruited
by the Devil to round up the excapees.
And the equivalent of the barkeeper lady is the clerk
at the two-bit dive the dead cop is sleeping in.
The question becomes: Which series was first and stole
the premise from the other?
Nyssa, who wishes that there were a DVD available (that
doesn't ship from Pakistan) of the 14 filmed (but
not all broadcast) of "Brimstone"
anim8rfsk wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:The premise sounds like "Brimstone" only the good guy
I watched:
What did you watch?
Hey, thanks for asking!
TRACKER
No, not this silly uncredited remake that Adam is watching
starring Green Aquaman.
The one and only original series from 2001, starring the
Highlander versus the vampire from Forever Knight!
An incredibly goofy one season wonder from Canadia?s space
channel.
Adrian Paul is Daggon, a.k.a. Cole a prison guard from
Cirron who comes to earth chasing 218 prisoners that the
Evil Zin released and came exactly 100 light years
(sometimes it?s 100,000,000 light years) from their planet
SAR TOP in the Migar solar system. Some of the aliens are
Cirronians, some Desserians, some Enixians, some
Nodulians, some Orsusians, and some are, of course
Vardians, with the occasional prisoner, being of one
species and pertaining to be another so he didn?t get beat
up in the prison yard. Apparently, none of these beings
are corporeal. So when they landed here, they all
inhabited nearby, living
beings usually but not always human. Cole tracks them
down and puts their life force in a little version of the
containment vessel from Ghostbusters, murdering the host
in the process. Which is sort of amusing as he goes to
these missing peoples families, and promises to help them,
find them, not bothering to mention to the grieving
mothers, that he?s going to murder their missing sons.
All these characters have different inconsistent
abilities. When Cole tells us that Joanne Kelly from
Warehouse the 13th the series does not hesitate to use her
Desserian abilities against him, she demonstrates by
hitting him over the head with a 2 x 4.
They finally start explaining all this in the show opening
about halfway through the series.
For whatever reason Cole himself didn?t need to snatch a
body; he just built one from scratch based on the
billboard of an underwear model that?s out in the middle
of a field where no one could see it.
He is aided in his mission by a plucky bar owner, who is
the first person he runs into. She is aided in her mission
by an extremely ditzy barkeeper. The running gag is that
she inherited everything, including the bar and the
barkeep from her grandmother, and anytime they break
anything she says she inherited that from her grandmother.
Ha, ha.
Cole has a superpower that he uses surprisingly seldom,
which either allows him to go back slightly in time or to
stop time while he runs around. You?d think you could fix
anything this way. For instance, the bad guy throws a girl
out of a window. Cole stops time and runs downstairs and
catches her (like that would help.) but then looks
upstairs helplessly because obviously the bad guy would
have escaped by now. Why? Hasn?t zero time passed?
Towards the end, they start messing with the series
format. Cole figures out how to use his image projector to
look like anyone, so Adrian Paul can take the week off. In
a very special two part episode, the ditzy barkeep goes to
London to be chased by Jack the Ripper, and an incredibly
young Kathryn Winnick replaces her oh so briefly.
Everybody but the top two characters it disappears from
the opening credits. But the evil forever
night vampire Zin will soon be back. We find out the girl
who owns the bar has been half alien all this time, and
can do some of Cole?s magic tricks. Apparently she
inherited this from her grandmother.
In the conclusion of the evil Zin storyline it turns out
there?s something buried 500 feet under Chicago that will
kill everybody everywhere. Cole stops him by locking him
in the vault with the device. Isn?t that the last place
you?d want him to be?
The senses shattering series finale is both a clip show
and a will they or
won?t they show. Cole figures out that if he just turns
the knob on his Ghostbusters containment vessel to the
left, it will suck in every alien in the world all at
once. But then he only has an hour to get them all back to
prison because reasons so he catches everybody and says
goodbye to the girl and leaves forever.
And then a couple hours later, he?s back because he
decided he?d rather hang around earth and it doesn?t
bother the girl that he?s not even a physical being and
it?s just using an inducer as long as it makes him look
like an underwear model. Then unknown to them his secret
computer in the secret computer room Secretly puts up a
secret screen that secretly shows hundreds of secret alien
presences?
On Freevee and other services. Freevee seems to have the
running order right; Ian?s IMDb episode listing is
completely wrong, based on people leaving the series and
their storylines being wrapped up.
Fred-Bob sez ?check it out!?
doing the chasing of bad guys on "Brimstone" doesn't
have any superpowers. He's just a dead cop recruited
by the Devil to round up the excapees.
And the equivalent of the barkeeper lady is the clerk
at the two-bit dive the dead cop is sleeping in.
The question becomes: Which series was first and stole
the premise from the other?
Nyssa, who wishes that there were a DVD available (that
doesn't ship from Pakistan) of the 14 filmed (but
not all broadcast) of "Brimstone"
Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
On 3/10/24 11:10 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
TRACKER
No, not this silly uncredited remake that Adam is watching starring Green >>> Aquaman.
The one and only original series from 2001, starring the Highlander versus >>> the vampire from Forever Knight!
An incredibly goofy one season wonder from Canadia's space channel.
Adrian Paul is Daggon, a.k.a. Cole a prison guard from Cirron who comes to >>> earth chasing 218 prisoners that the Evil Zin released and came exactly 100 >>> light years (sometimes it's 100,000,000 light years) from their planet SAR >>> TOP in the Migar solar system. . . .
[snip]
On Freevee and other services. Freevee seems to have the running order
right; Ian's IMDb episode listing is completely wrong, based on people
leaving the series and their storylines being wrapped up.
Fred-Bob sez "check it out!"
I asked Anim, but it sounds like this series is in SDTV, not HDTV, which
is a turnoff to me... [shrug]
P.S. I never saw this on Sci-Fi when it originally aired. In fact, I
don't even remember that it existed!!
I remember this. Adrian Paul was quite laconic. I have no idea why you'd
want to see this in HD. As you point out often enough, there's an
inadequate signal level to upgrade. The special effects didn't look all
that brilliant at the time and they won't improve output as HD.
On 3/10/24 11:10 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
What did you watch?
Hey, thanks for asking!
TRACKER
No, not this silly uncredited remake that Adam is watching starring Green
Aquaman.
The one and only original series from 2001, starring the Highlander versus >> the vampire from Forever Knight!
An incredibly goofy one season wonder from Canadia’s space channel.
Adrian Paul is Daggon, a.k.a. Cole a prison guard from Cirron who comes to >> earth chasing 218 prisoners that the Evil Zin released and came exactly 100 >> light years (sometimes it’s 100,000,000 light years) from their planet SAR >> TOP in the Migar solar system.
Some of the aliens are Cirronians, some Desserians, some Enixians, some
Nodulians, some Orsusians, and some are, of course Vardians, with the
occasional prisoner, being of one species and pertaining to be another so
he didn’t get beat up in the prison yard. Apparently, none of these beings >> are corporeal. So when they landed here, they all inhabited nearby, living >> beings usually but not always human. Cole tracks them down and puts their >> life force in a little version of the containment vessel from Ghostbusters, >> murdering the host in the process. Which is sort of amusing as he goes to
these missing peoples families, and promises to help them, find them, not
bothering to mention to the grieving mothers, that he’s going to murder
their missing sons.
All these characters have different inconsistent abilities. When Cole tells >> us that Joanne Kelly from Warehouse the 13th the series does not hesitate
to use her Desserian abilities against him, she demonstrates by hitting him >> over the head with a 2 x 4.
They finally start explaining all this in the show opening about halfway
through the series.
[snip]
On Freevee and other services. Freevee seems to have the running order
right; Ian‘s IMDb episode listing is completely wrong, based on people
leaving the series and their storylines being wrapped up.
Fred-Bob sez “check it out!â€
I asked Anim, but it sounds like this series is in SDTV, not HDTV, which
is a turnoff to me... [shrug]
P.S. I never saw this on Sci-Fi when it originally aired. In fact, I
don't even remember that it existed!!
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
I watched:
What did you watch?
Hey, thanks for asking!
TRACKER
No, not this silly uncredited remake that Adam is watching starring Green Aquaman.
The one and only original series from 2001, starring the Highlander versus the vampire from Forever Knight!
An incredibly goofy one season wonder from Canadia’s space channel.
Adrian Paul is Daggon, a.k.a. Cole a prison guard from Cirron who comes to earth chasing 218 prisoners that the Evil Zin released and came exactly 100 light years (sometimes it’s 100,000,000 light years) from their planet SAR TOP in the Migar solar system.
Some of the aliens are Cirronians, some Desserians, some Enixians, some Nodulians, some Orsusians, and some are, of course Vardians, with the occasional prisoner, being of one species and pertaining to be another so
he didn’t get beat up in the prison yard. Apparently, none of these beings are corporeal. So when they landed here, they all inhabited nearby, living beings usually but not always human. Cole tracks them down and puts their life force in a little version of the containment vessel from Ghostbusters, murdering the host in the process. Which is sort of amusing as he goes to these missing peoples families, and promises to help them, find them, not bothering to mention to the grieving mothers, that he’s going to murder their missing sons.
[snip]
He is aided in his mission by a plucky bar owner, who is the first person
he runs into. She is aided in her mission by an extremely ditzy barkeeper. The running gag is that she inherited everything, including the bar and the barkeep from her grandmother, and anytime they break anything she says she inherited that from her grandmother. Ha, ha.
Cole has a superpower that he uses surprisingly seldom, which either allows him to go back slightly in time or to stop time while he runs around. You’d think you could fix anything this way. For instance, the bad guy throws a girl out of a window. Cole stops time and runs downstairs and catches her (like that would help.) but then looks upstairs helplessly because
obviously the bad guy would have escaped by now. Why? Hasn’t zero time passed?
Towards the end, they start messing with the series format. Cole figures
out how to use his image projector to look like anyone, so Adrian Paul can take the week off. In a very special two part episode, the ditzy barkeep
goes to London to be chased by Jack the Ripper, and an incredibly young Kathryn Winnick replaces her oh so briefly. Everybody but the top two characters it disappears from the opening credits. But the evil forever
night vampire Zin will soon be back. We find out the girl who owns the bar has been half alien all this time, and can do some of Cole’s magic tricks. Apparently she inherited this from her grandmother.
On Freevee and other services. Freevee seems to have the running order
right; Ian‘s IMDb episode listing is completely wrong, based on people leaving the series and their storylines being wrapped up.
Fred-Bob sez “check it out!â€
On 3/11/24 7:49 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
On 3/10/24 11:10 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
TRACKER
No, not this silly uncredited remake that Adam is watching starring Green >>>>Aquaman.
The one and only original series from 2001, starring the Highlander versus >>>>the vampire from Forever Knight!
An incredibly goofy one season wonder from Canadia's space channel.
Adrian Paul is Daggon, a.k.a. Cole a prison guard from Cirron who comes to >>>>earth chasing 218 prisoners that the Evil Zin released and came exactly 100 >>>>light years (sometimes it's 100,000,000 light years) from their planet SAR >>>>TOP in the Migar solar system. . . .
[snip]
On Freevee and other services. Freevee seems to have the running order >>>>right; Ian's IMDb episode listing is completely wrong, based on people >>>>leaving the series and their storylines being wrapped up.
Fred-Bob sez "check it out!"
I asked Anim, but it sounds like this series is in SDTV, not HDTV, which >>>is a turnoff to me... [shrug]
P.S. I never saw this on Sci-Fi when it originally aired. In fact, I >>>don't even remember that it existed!!
I remember this. Adrian Paul was quite laconic. I have no idea why you'd >>want to see this in HD. As you point out often enough, there's an >>inadequate signal level to upgrade. The special effects didn't look all >>that brilliant at the time and they won't improve output as HD.
Because SD looks like s**t on an 4k TV.
IOW, not just the "FX", but *everything*!!
I would have figured by 2002 that most everything was filming in HD - >"...Jules Verne" had done so 3 years prior, and even shows on The WB,
like "Babes of Prey" from the year previous, were filmed in HD.
But I guess it took until c.2005 before everything, even stuff like >"Tracker", was filmed in HD.
On 3/10/24 11:10 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
I watched:
What did you watch?
Hey, thanks for asking!
TRACKER
No, not this silly uncredited remake that Adam is watching starring Green
Aquaman.
The one and only original series from 2001, starring the Highlander versus >> the vampire from Forever Knight!
An incredibly goofy one season wonder from Canadia’s space channel.
Adrian Paul is Daggon, a.k.a. Cole a prison guard from Cirron who comes to >> earth chasing 218 prisoners that the Evil Zin released and came exactly 100 >> light years (sometimes it’s 100,000,000 light years) from their planet SAR >> TOP in the Migar solar system.
Some of the aliens are Cirronians, some Desserians, some Enixians, some
Nodulians, some Orsusians, and some are, of course Vardians, with the
occasional prisoner, being of one species and pertaining to be another so
he didn’t get beat up in the prison yard. Apparently, none of these beings >> are corporeal. So when they landed here, they all inhabited nearby, living >> beings usually but not always human. Cole tracks them down and puts their >> life force in a little version of the containment vessel from Ghostbusters, >> murdering the host in the process. Which is sort of amusing as he goes to
these missing peoples families, and promises to help them, find them, not
bothering to mention to the grieving mothers, that he’s going to murder
their missing sons.
[snip]
He is aided in his mission by a plucky bar owner, who is the first person
he runs into. She is aided in her mission by an extremely ditzy barkeeper. >> The running gag is that she inherited everything, including the bar and the >> barkeep from her grandmother, and anytime they break anything she says she >> inherited that from her grandmother. Ha, ha.
I had forgotten about Amy Price-Francis - she wasn't bad looking!
Neither was Leanne Wilson!
Cole has a superpower that he uses surprisingly seldom, which either allows >> him to go back slightly in time or to stop time while he runs around. You’d
think you could fix anything this way. For instance, the bad guy throws a
girl out of a window. Cole stops time and runs downstairs and catches her
(like that would help.) but then looks upstairs helplessly because
obviously the bad guy would have escaped by now. Why? Hasn’t zero time
passed?
Towards the end, they start messing with the series format. Cole figures
out how to use his image projector to look like anyone, so Adrian Paul can >> take the week off. In a very special two part episode, the ditzy barkeep
goes to London to be chased by Jack the Ripper, and an incredibly young
Kathryn Winnick replaces her oh so briefly. Everybody but the top two
characters it disappears from the opening credits. But the evil forever
night vampire Zin will soon be back. We find out the girl who owns the bar >> has been half alien all this time, and can do some of Cole’s magic tricks. >> Apparently she inherited this from her grandmother.
Ha! - "Episode #13" (on Tubi) has baby Rachel Skarsten!!
(I wonder if this would have been before, or after, "Babes of Prey"?!
On Freevee and other services. Freevee seems to have the running order
right; Ian‘s IMDb episode listing is completely wrong, based on people
leaving the series and their storylines being wrapped up.
Fred-Bob sez “check it out!â€
Nyssa <Nyssa@LogicalInsight.net> wrote:
anim8rfsk wrote:
TRACKER
No, not this silly uncredited remake that Adam is
watching starring Green Aquaman.
The one and only original series from 2001, starring the
Highlander versus the vampire from Forever Knight!
An incredibly goofy one season wonder from Canadia's
space channel. . . .
The premise sounds like "Brimstone" only the good guy
doing the chasing of bad guys on "Brimstone" doesn't
have any superpowers. He's just a dead cop recruited
by the Devil to round up the excapees.
And the equivalent of the barkeeper lady is the clerk
at the two-bit dive the dead cop is sleeping in.
The question becomes: Which series was first and stole
the premise from the other?
Nyssa, who wishes that there were a DVD available (that
doesn't ship from Pakistan) of the 14 filmed (but
not all broadcast) of "Brimstone"
Brimstone was broadcast on Fox, fall and winter quarters
1998-1999 television season.
Nyssa <Nyssa@LogicalInsight.net> wrote:
anim8rfsk wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:The premise sounds like "Brimstone" only the good guy
I watched:
What did you watch?
Hey, thanks for asking!
TRACKER
No, not this silly uncredited remake that Adam is
watching starring Green Aquaman.
The one and only original series from 2001, starring the
Highlander versus the vampire from Forever Knight!
An incredibly goofy one season wonder from Canadia?s
space channel.
Adrian Paul is Daggon, a.k.a. Cole a prison guard from
Cirron who comes to earth chasing 218 prisoners that the
Evil Zin released and came exactly 100 light years
(sometimes it?s 100,000,000 light years) from their
planet SAR TOP in the Migar solar system. Some of the
aliens are Cirronians, some Desserians, some Enixians,
some Nodulians, some Orsusians, and some are, of course
Vardians, with the occasional prisoner, being of one
species and pertaining to be another so he didn?t get
beat up in the prison yard. Apparently, none of these
beings
are corporeal. So when they landed here, they all
inhabited nearby, living
beings usually but not always human. Cole tracks them
down and puts their life force in a little version of
the containment vessel from Ghostbusters, murdering the
host in the process. Which is sort of amusing as he goes
to these missing peoples families, and promises to help
them, find them, not bothering to mention to the
grieving mothers, that he?s going to murder their
missing sons.
All these characters have different inconsistent
abilities. When Cole tells us that Joanne Kelly from
Warehouse the 13th the series does not hesitate to use
her Desserian abilities against him, she demonstrates by
hitting him over the head with a 2 x 4.
They finally start explaining all this in the show
opening about halfway through the series.
For whatever reason Cole himself didn?t need to snatch a
body; he just built one from scratch based on the
billboard of an underwear model that?s out in the middle
of a field where no one could see it.
He is aided in his mission by a plucky bar owner, who is
the first person he runs into. She is aided in her
mission by an extremely ditzy barkeeper. The running gag
is that she inherited everything, including the bar and
the barkeep from her grandmother, and anytime they break
anything she says she inherited that from her
grandmother. Ha, ha.
Cole has a superpower that he uses surprisingly seldom,
which either allows him to go back slightly in time or
to stop time while he runs around. You?d think you could
fix anything this way. For instance, the bad guy throws
a girl out of a window. Cole stops time and runs
downstairs and catches her (like that would help.) but
then looks upstairs helplessly because obviously the bad
guy would have escaped by now. Why? Hasn?t zero time
passed?
Towards the end, they start messing with the series
format. Cole figures out how to use his image projector
to look like anyone, so Adrian Paul can take the week
off. In a very special two part episode, the ditzy
barkeep goes to London to be chased by Jack the Ripper,
and an incredibly young Kathryn Winnick replaces her oh
so briefly. Everybody but the top two characters it
disappears from the opening credits. But the evil
forever
night vampire Zin will soon be back. We find out the
girl who owns the bar has been half alien all this time,
and can do some of Cole?s magic tricks. Apparently she
inherited this from her grandmother.
In the conclusion of the evil Zin storyline it turns out
there?s something buried 500 feet under Chicago that
will kill everybody everywhere. Cole stops him by
locking him in the vault with the device. Isn?t that the
last place you?d want him to be?
The senses shattering series finale is both a clip show
and a will they or
won?t they show. Cole figures out that if he just turns
the knob on his Ghostbusters containment vessel to the
left, it will suck in every alien in the world all at
once. But then he only has an hour to get them all back
to prison because reasons so he catches everybody and
says goodbye to the girl and leaves forever.
And then a couple hours later, he?s back because he
decided he?d rather hang around earth and it doesn?t
bother the girl that he?s not even a physical being and
it?s just using an inducer as long as it makes him look
like an underwear model. Then unknown to them his secret
computer in the secret computer room Secretly puts up a
secret screen that secretly shows hundreds of secret
alien presences?
On Freevee and other services. Freevee seems to have the
running order right; Ian?s IMDb episode listing is
completely wrong, based on people leaving the series and
their storylines being wrapped up.
Fred-Bob sez ?check it out!?
doing the chasing of bad guys on "Brimstone" doesn't
have any superpowers. He's just a dead cop recruited
by the Devil to round up the excapees.
And the equivalent of the barkeeper lady is the clerk
at the two-bit dive the dead cop is sleeping in.
The question becomes: Which series was first and stole
the premise from the other?
Brimstone was 20th century; Tracker was 21st century.
Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
On 3/10/24 11:10 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
What did you watch?
Hey, thanks for asking!
TRACKER
No, not this silly uncredited remake that Adam is watching starring Green >>> Aquaman.
The one and only original series from 2001, starring the Highlander versus >>> the vampire from Forever Knight!
An incredibly goofy one season wonder from Canadia’s space channel.
Adrian Paul is Daggon, a.k.a. Cole a prison guard from Cirron who comes to >>> earth chasing 218 prisoners that the Evil Zin released and came exactly 100 >>> light years (sometimes it’s 100,000,000 light years) from their planet SAR
TOP in the Migar solar system.
Some of the aliens are Cirronians, some Desserians, some Enixians, some
Nodulians, some Orsusians, and some are, of course Vardians, with the
occasional prisoner, being of one species and pertaining to be another so >>> he didn’t get beat up in the prison yard. Apparently, none of these beings
are corporeal. So when they landed here, they all inhabited nearby, living >>> beings usually but not always human. Cole tracks them down and puts their >>> life force in a little version of the containment vessel from Ghostbusters, >>> murdering the host in the process. Which is sort of amusing as he goes to >>> these missing peoples families, and promises to help them, find them, not >>> bothering to mention to the grieving mothers, that he’s going to murder >>> their missing sons.
All these characters have different inconsistent abilities. When Cole tells >>> us that Joanne Kelly from Warehouse the 13th the series does not hesitate >>> to use her Desserian abilities against him, she demonstrates by hitting him >>> over the head with a 2 x 4.
They finally start explaining all this in the show opening about halfway >>> through the series.
[snip]
On Freevee and other services. Freevee seems to have the running order
right; Ian‘s IMDb episode listing is completely wrong, based on people >>> leaving the series and their storylines being wrapped up.
Fred-Bob sez “check it out!â€
I asked Anim, but it sounds like this series is in SDTV, not HDTV, which
is a turnoff to me... [shrug]
I found two sources on the gray. One is 512x384.
The other, which says it comes from Tubi, is 640x480.
Then I found a complete German rip at 480 x 272
Then I found 12 seconds of naked Alexa Doig taking a bubble bath from the >tracker 2000
Finally (always the last place you look) I found the compilation movie
alien tracker from 2003. It’s 576 x 320. Which is at least 16:9 aspect >ratio.
P.S. I never saw this on Sci-Fi when it originally aired. In fact, I
don't even remember that it existed!!
Ditto
anim8rfsk wrote:
Nyssa <Nyssa@LogicalInsight.net> wrote:
anim8rfsk wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:The premise sounds like "Brimstone" only the good guy
I watched:
What did you watch?
Hey, thanks for asking!
TRACKER
No, not this silly uncredited remake that Adam is
watching starring Green Aquaman.
The one and only original series from 2001, starring the
Highlander versus the vampire from Forever Knight!
An incredibly goofy one season wonder from Canadia?s
space channel.
Adrian Paul is Daggon, a.k.a. Cole a prison guard from
Cirron who comes to earth chasing 218 prisoners that the
Evil Zin released and came exactly 100 light years
(sometimes it?s 100,000,000 light years) from their
planet SAR TOP in the Migar solar system. Some of the
aliens are Cirronians, some Desserians, some Enixians,
some Nodulians, some Orsusians, and some are, of course
Vardians, with the occasional prisoner, being of one
species and pertaining to be another so he didn?t get
beat up in the prison yard. Apparently, none of these
beings
are corporeal. So when they landed here, they all
inhabited nearby, living
beings usually but not always human. Cole tracks them
down and puts their life force in a little version of
the containment vessel from Ghostbusters, murdering the
host in the process. Which is sort of amusing as he goes
to these missing peoples families, and promises to help
them, find them, not bothering to mention to the
grieving mothers, that he?s going to murder their
missing sons.
All these characters have different inconsistent
abilities. When Cole tells us that Joanne Kelly from
Warehouse the 13th the series does not hesitate to use
her Desserian abilities against him, she demonstrates by
hitting him over the head with a 2 x 4.
They finally start explaining all this in the show
opening about halfway through the series.
For whatever reason Cole himself didn?t need to snatch a
body; he just built one from scratch based on the
billboard of an underwear model that?s out in the middle
of a field where no one could see it.
He is aided in his mission by a plucky bar owner, who is
the first person he runs into. She is aided in her
mission by an extremely ditzy barkeeper. The running gag
is that she inherited everything, including the bar and
the barkeep from her grandmother, and anytime they break
anything she says she inherited that from her
grandmother. Ha, ha.
Cole has a superpower that he uses surprisingly seldom,
which either allows him to go back slightly in time or
to stop time while he runs around. You?d think you could
fix anything this way. For instance, the bad guy throws
a girl out of a window. Cole stops time and runs
downstairs and catches her (like that would help.) but
then looks upstairs helplessly because obviously the bad
guy would have escaped by now. Why? Hasn?t zero time
passed?
Towards the end, they start messing with the series
format. Cole figures out how to use his image projector
to look like anyone, so Adrian Paul can take the week
off. In a very special two part episode, the ditzy
barkeep goes to London to be chased by Jack the Ripper,
and an incredibly young Kathryn Winnick replaces her oh
so briefly. Everybody but the top two characters it
disappears from the opening credits. But the evil
forever
night vampire Zin will soon be back. We find out the
girl who owns the bar has been half alien all this time,
and can do some of Cole?s magic tricks. Apparently she
inherited this from her grandmother.
In the conclusion of the evil Zin storyline it turns out
there?s something buried 500 feet under Chicago that
will kill everybody everywhere. Cole stops him by
locking him in the vault with the device. Isn?t that the
last place you?d want him to be?
The senses shattering series finale is both a clip show
and a will they or
won?t they show. Cole figures out that if he just turns
the knob on his Ghostbusters containment vessel to the
left, it will suck in every alien in the world all at
once. But then he only has an hour to get them all back
to prison because reasons so he catches everybody and
says goodbye to the girl and leaves forever.
And then a couple hours later, he?s back because he
decided he?d rather hang around earth and it doesn?t
bother the girl that he?s not even a physical being and
it?s just using an inducer as long as it makes him look
like an underwear model. Then unknown to them his secret
computer in the secret computer room Secretly puts up a
secret screen that secretly shows hundreds of secret
alien presences?
On Freevee and other services. Freevee seems to have the
running order right; Ian?s IMDb episode listing is
completely wrong, based on people leaving the series and
their storylines being wrapped up.
Fred-Bob sez ?check it out!?
doing the chasing of bad guys on "Brimstone" doesn't
have any superpowers. He's just a dead cop recruited
by the Devil to round up the excapees.
And the equivalent of the barkeeper lady is the clerk
at the two-bit dive the dead cop is sleeping in.
The question becomes: Which series was first and stole
the premise from the other?
Brimstone was 20th century; Tracker was 21st century.
I thought so, but I wasn't certain until Adam set me
straight.
"Brimstone" deserved better treatment than it got from
Fox. They didn't even broadcast the 14th episode. :P~~~
Nyssa who always seems to like shows that get canceled
before they can find the rest of their audience
Nyssa <Nyssa@LogicalInsight.net> wrote:
anim8rfsk wrote:
Nyssa <Nyssa@LogicalInsight.net> wrote:
anim8rfsk wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:The premise sounds like "Brimstone" only the good guy
I watched:
What did you watch?
Hey, thanks for asking!
TRACKER
No, not this silly uncredited remake that Adam is
watching starring Green Aquaman.
The one and only original series from 2001, starring
the Highlander versus the vampire from Forever Knight!
An incredibly goofy one season wonder from Canadia?s
space channel.
Adrian Paul is Daggon, a.k.a. Cole a prison guard from
Cirron who comes to earth chasing 218 prisoners that
the Evil Zin released and came exactly 100 light years
(sometimes it?s 100,000,000 light years) from their
planet SAR TOP in the Migar solar system. Some of the
aliens are Cirronians, some Desserians, some Enixians,
some Nodulians, some Orsusians, and some are, of
course Vardians, with the occasional prisoner, being
of one species and pertaining to be another so he
didn?t get beat up in the prison yard. Apparently,
none of these beings
are corporeal. So when they landed here, they all
inhabited nearby, living
beings usually but not always human. Cole tracks them
down and puts their life force in a little version of
the containment vessel from Ghostbusters, murdering
the host in the process. Which is sort of amusing as
he goes to these missing peoples families, and
promises to help them, find them, not bothering to
mention to the grieving mothers, that he?s going to
murder their missing sons.
All these characters have different inconsistent
abilities. When Cole tells us that Joanne Kelly from
Warehouse the 13th the series does not hesitate to use
her Desserian abilities against him, she demonstrates
by hitting him over the head with a 2 x 4.
They finally start explaining all this in the show
opening about halfway through the series.
For whatever reason Cole himself didn?t need to snatch
a body; he just built one from scratch based on the
billboard of an underwear model that?s out in the
middle of a field where no one could see it.
He is aided in his mission by a plucky bar owner, who
is the first person he runs into. She is aided in her
mission by an extremely ditzy barkeeper. The running
gag is that she inherited everything, including the
bar and the barkeep from her grandmother, and anytime
they break anything she says she inherited that from
her grandmother. Ha, ha.
Cole has a superpower that he uses surprisingly
seldom, which either allows him to go back slightly in
time or to stop time while he runs around. You?d think
you could fix anything this way. For instance, the bad
guy throws a girl out of a window. Cole stops time and
runs downstairs and catches her (like that would
help.) but then looks upstairs helplessly because
obviously the bad guy would have escaped by now. Why?
Hasn?t zero time passed?
Towards the end, they start messing with the series
format. Cole figures out how to use his image
projector to look like anyone, so Adrian Paul can take
the week off. In a very special two part episode, the
ditzy barkeep goes to London to be chased by Jack the
Ripper, and an incredibly young Kathryn Winnick
replaces her oh so briefly. Everybody but the top two
characters it disappears from the opening credits. But
the evil forever
night vampire Zin will soon be back. We find out the
girl who owns the bar has been half alien all this
time, and can do some of Cole?s magic tricks.
Apparently she inherited this from her grandmother.
In the conclusion of the evil Zin storyline it turns
out there?s something buried 500 feet under Chicago
that will kill everybody everywhere. Cole stops him by
locking him in the vault with the device. Isn?t that
the last place you?d want him to be?
The senses shattering series finale is both a clip
show and a will they or
won?t they show. Cole figures out that if he just
turns the knob on his Ghostbusters containment vessel
to the left, it will suck in every alien in the world
all at once. But then he only has an hour to get them
all back to prison because reasons so he catches
everybody and says goodbye to the girl and leaves
forever.
And then a couple hours later, he?s back because he
decided he?d rather hang around earth and it doesn?t
bother the girl that he?s not even a physical being
and it?s just using an inducer as long as it makes him
look like an underwear model. Then unknown to them his
secret computer in the secret computer room Secretly
puts up a secret screen that secretly shows hundreds
of secret alien presences?
On Freevee and other services. Freevee seems to have
the running order right; Ian?s IMDb episode listing is
completely wrong, based on people leaving the series
and their storylines being wrapped up.
Fred-Bob sez ?check it out!?
doing the chasing of bad guys on "Brimstone" doesn't
have any superpowers. He's just a dead cop recruited
by the Devil to round up the excapees.
And the equivalent of the barkeeper lady is the clerk
at the two-bit dive the dead cop is sleeping in.
The question becomes: Which series was first and stole
the premise from the other?
Brimstone was 20th century; Tracker was 21st century.
I thought so, but I wasn't certain until Adam set me
straight.
"Brimstone" deserved better treatment than it got from
Fox. They didn't even broadcast the 14th episode. :P~~~
Ha ha
All produced episodes were broadcast. They didn't order
another season.
On 3/11/24 7:49 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
On 3/10/24 11:10 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
TRACKER
No, not this silly uncredited remake that Adam is watching starring Green >>>> Aquaman.
The one and only original series from 2001, starring the Highlander versus >>>> the vampire from Forever Knight!
An incredibly goofy one season wonder from Canadia's space channel.
Adrian Paul is Daggon, a.k.a. Cole a prison guard from Cirron who comes to >>>> earth chasing 218 prisoners that the Evil Zin released and came exactly 100
light years (sometimes it's 100,000,000 light years) from their planet SAR >>>> TOP in the Migar solar system. . . .
[snip]
On Freevee and other services. Freevee seems to have the running order >>>> right; Ian's IMDb episode listing is completely wrong, based on people >>>> leaving the series and their storylines being wrapped up.
Fred-Bob sez "check it out!"
I asked Anim, but it sounds like this series is in SDTV, not HDTV, which >>> is a turnoff to me... [shrug]
P.S. I never saw this on Sci-Fi when it originally aired. In fact, I
don't even remember that it existed!!
I remember this. Adrian Paul was quite laconic. I have no idea why you'd
want to see this in HD. As you point out often enough, there's an
inadequate signal level to upgrade. The special effects didn't look all
that brilliant at the time and they won't improve output as HD.
Because SD looks like s**t on an 4k TV.
IOW, not just the "FX", but *everything*!!
I would have figured by 2002 that most everything was filming in HD - "...Jules Verne" had done so 3 years prior, and even shows on The WB,
like "Babes of Prey" from the year previous, were filmed in HD.
But I guess it took until c.2005 before everything, even stuff like "Tracker", was filmed in HD.
Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
On 3/11/24 7:49 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
On 3/10/24 11:10 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
TRACKER
No, not this silly uncredited remake that Adam is watching starring Green >>>>> Aquaman.
The one and only original series from 2001, starring the Highlander versus
the vampire from Forever Knight!
An incredibly goofy one season wonder from Canadia's space channel.
Adrian Paul is Daggon, a.k.a. Cole a prison guard from Cirron who comes to
earth chasing 218 prisoners that the Evil Zin released and came exactly 100
light years (sometimes it's 100,000,000 light years) from their planet SAR
TOP in the Migar solar system. . . .
[snip]
On Freevee and other services. Freevee seems to have the running order >>>>> right; Ian's IMDb episode listing is completely wrong, based on people >>>>> leaving the series and their storylines being wrapped up.
Fred-Bob sez "check it out!"
I asked Anim, but it sounds like this series is in SDTV, not HDTV, which >>>> is a turnoff to me... [shrug]
P.S. I never saw this on Sci-Fi when it originally aired. In fact, I
don't even remember that it existed!!
I remember this. Adrian Paul was quite laconic. I have no idea why you'd >>> want to see this in HD. As you point out often enough, there's an
inadequate signal level to upgrade. The special effects didn't look all
that brilliant at the time and they won't improve output as HD.
Because SD looks like s**t on an 4k TV.
IOW, not just the "FX", but *everything*!!
I would have figured by 2002 that most everything was filming in HD -
"...Jules Verne" had done so 3 years prior, and even shows on The WB,
like "Babes of Prey" from the year previous, were filmed in HD.
But I guess it took until c.2005 before everything, even stuff like
"Tracker", was filmed in HD.
Huh?
On 3/12/24 11:12 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
On 3/11/24 7:49 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
On 3/10/24 11:10 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
TRACKER
No, not this silly uncredited remake that Adam is watching starring Green
Aquaman.
The one and only original series from 2001, starring the Highlander versus
the vampire from Forever Knight!
An incredibly goofy one season wonder from Canadia's space channel.
Adrian Paul is Daggon, a.k.a. Cole a prison guard from Cirron who comes to
earth chasing 218 prisoners that the Evil Zin released and came exactly 100
light years (sometimes it's 100,000,000 light years) from their planet SAR
TOP in the Migar solar system. . . .
[snip]
On Freevee and other services. Freevee seems to have the running order >>>>>> right; Ian's IMDb episode listing is completely wrong, based on people >>>>>> leaving the series and their storylines being wrapped up.
Fred-Bob sez "check it out!"
I asked Anim, but it sounds like this series is in SDTV, not HDTV, which >>>>> is a turnoff to me... [shrug]
P.S. I never saw this on Sci-Fi when it originally aired. In fact, I >>>>> don't even remember that it existed!!
I remember this. Adrian Paul was quite laconic. I have no idea why you'd >>>> want to see this in HD. As you point out often enough, there's an
inadequate signal level to upgrade. The special effects didn't look all >>>> that brilliant at the time and they won't improve output as HD.
Because SD looks like s**t on an 4k TV.
IOW, not just the "FX", but *everything*!!
I would have figured by 2002 that most everything was filming in HD -
"...Jules Verne" had done so 3 years prior, and even shows on The WB,
like "Babes of Prey" from the year previous, were filmed in HD.
But I guess it took until c.2005 before everything, even stuff like
"Tracker", was filmed in HD.
Huh?
IOW, even through 2005, a lot of stuff was still filmed in SD. It wasn't until 2005 that even low-rent stuff like "Tracker" was filmed in HD.
On 3/12/24 11:12 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:exactly 100
On 3/11/24 7:49 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
On 3/10/24 11:10 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
TRACKER
No, not this silly uncredited remake that Adam is watching starring Green
Aquaman.
The one and only original series from 2001, starring the Highlander versus
the vampire from Forever Knight!
An incredibly goofy one season wonder from Canadia's space channel.
Adrian Paul is Daggon, a.k.a. Cole a prison guard from Cirron who comes to
earth chasing 218 prisoners that the Evil Zin released and came
light years (sometimes it's 100,000,000 light years) from their planet SAR
TOP in the Migar solar system. . . .
[snip]
On Freevee and other services. Freevee seems to have the running order >>>>>> right; Ian's IMDb episode listing is completely wrong, based on people >>>>>> leaving the series and their storylines being wrapped up.
Fred-Bob sez "check it out!"
I asked Anim, but it sounds like this series is in SDTV, not HDTV, which >>>>> is a turnoff to me... [shrug]
P.S. I never saw this on Sci-Fi when it originally aired. In fact, I >>>>> don't even remember that it existed!!
I remember this. Adrian Paul was quite laconic. I have no idea why you'd >>>> want to see this in HD. As you point out often enough, there's an
inadequate signal level to upgrade. The special effects didn't look all >>>> that brilliant at the time and they won't improve output as HD.
Because SD looks like s**t on an 4k TV.
IOW, not just the "FX", but *everything*!!
I would have figured by 2002 that most everything was filming in HD -
"...Jules Verne" had done so 3 years prior, and even shows on The WB,
like "Babes of Prey" from the year previous, were filmed in HD.
But I guess it took until c.2005 before everything, even stuff like
"Tracker", was filmed in HD.
Huh?
IOW, even through 2005, a lot of stuff was still filmed in SD. It wasn't >until 2005 that even low-rent stuff like "Tracker" was filmed in HD.
Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
On 3/12/24 11:12 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:exactly 100
On 3/11/24 7:49 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
On 3/10/24 11:10 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
TRACKER
No, not this silly uncredited remake that Adam is watching starring Green
Aquaman.
The one and only original series from 2001, starring the Highlander versus
the vampire from Forever Knight!
An incredibly goofy one season wonder from Canadia's space channel. >>>>>
Adrian Paul is Daggon, a.k.a. Cole a prison guard from Cirron who comes to
earth chasing 218 prisoners that the Evil Zin released and came
light years (sometimes it's 100,000,000 light years) from their planet SAR
TOP in the Migar solar system. . . .
[snip]
On Freevee and other services. Freevee seems to have the running order >>>>>>> right; Ian's IMDb episode listing is completely wrong, based on people >>>>>>> leaving the series and their storylines being wrapped up.
Fred-Bob sez "check it out!"
I asked Anim, but it sounds like this series is in SDTV, not HDTV, which >>>>>> is a turnoff to me... [shrug]
P.S. I never saw this on Sci-Fi when it originally aired. In fact, I >>>>>> don't even remember that it existed!!
I remember this. Adrian Paul was quite laconic. I have no idea why you'd >>>>> want to see this in HD. As you point out often enough, there's an
inadequate signal level to upgrade. The special effects didn't look all >>>>> that brilliant at the time and they won't improve output as HD.
Because SD looks like s**t on an 4k TV.
IOW, not just the "FX", but *everything*!!
I would have figured by 2002 that most everything was filming in HD -
"...Jules Verne" had done so 3 years prior, and even shows on The WB,
like "Babes of Prey" from the year previous, were filmed in HD.
But I guess it took until c.2005 before everything, even stuff like
"Tracker", was filmed in HD.
Huh?
IOW, even through 2005, a lot of stuff was still filmed in SD. It wasn't
until 2005 that even low-rent stuff like "Tracker" was filmed in HD.
Filmed in SD? That's not how it works. That's not how any of it works.
The premiere color Western television series for the late 1950s and
early 1960s were filmed on 35 mm film, just like movies. Some were in Technicolor. Even b&w filmed tv series were filmed on 35 mm movie film.
By the mid to late '60s, they were using cheaper Eastman Color, which
faded after three years or so.
I just looked up Tracker: Super 16 mm Arriflex system. That's why it
looked like crap.
That's a method of television production that got worse.
I'm not sure what we count as the first tv series videoed, not filmed,
that didn't look like crap. Not The Secret Life of Jules Verne.
Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
On 3/12/24 11:12 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
On 3/11/24 7:49 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
On 3/10/24 11:10 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
TRACKER
No, not this silly uncredited remake that Adam is watching starring Green
Aquaman.
The one and only original series from 2001, starring the Highlander versus
the vampire from Forever Knight!
An incredibly goofy one season wonder from Canadia's space channel. >>>>>
Adrian Paul is Daggon, a.k.a. Cole a prison guard from Cirron who comes to
earth chasing 218 prisoners that the Evil Zin released and came exactly 100
light years (sometimes it's 100,000,000 light years) from their planet SAR
TOP in the Migar solar system. . . .
[snip]
On Freevee and other services. Freevee seems to have the running order >>>>>>> right; Ian's IMDb episode listing is completely wrong, based on people >>>>>>> leaving the series and their storylines being wrapped up.
Fred-Bob sez "check it out!"
I asked Anim, but it sounds like this series is in SDTV, not HDTV, which >>>>>> is a turnoff to me... [shrug]
P.S. I never saw this on Sci-Fi when it originally aired. In fact, I >>>>>> don't even remember that it existed!!
I remember this. Adrian Paul was quite laconic. I have no idea why you'd >>>>> want to see this in HD. As you point out often enough, there's an
inadequate signal level to upgrade. The special effects didn't look all >>>>> that brilliant at the time and they won't improve output as HD.
Because SD looks like s**t on an 4k TV.
IOW, not just the "FX", but *everything*!!
I would have figured by 2002 that most everything was filming in HD -
"...Jules Verne" had done so 3 years prior, and even shows on The WB,
like "Babes of Prey" from the year previous, were filmed in HD.
But I guess it took until c.2005 before everything, even stuff like
"Tracker", was filmed in HD.
Huh?
IOW, even through 2005, a lot of stuff was still filmed in SD. It wasn't
until 2005 that even low-rent stuff like "Tracker" was filmed in HD.
But tracker is from 2001 and I thought your main complaint was that you couldn’t find it in HD?
On 3/12/24 6:37 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
On 3/12/24 11:12 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
. . .
Because SD looks like s**t on an 4k TV.
IOW, not just the "FX", but *everything*!!
I would have figured by 2002 that most everything was filming in HD - >>>>>"...Jules Verne" had done so 3 years prior, and even shows on The WB, >>>>>like "Babes of Prey" from the year previous, were filmed in HD.
But I guess it took until c.2005 before everything, even stuff like >>>>>"Tracker", was filmed in HD.
Huh?
IOW, even through 2005, a lot of stuff was still filmed in SD. It wasn't >>>until 2005 that even low-rent stuff like "Tracker" was filmed in HD.
Filmed in SD? That's not how it works. That's not how any of it works.
The premiere color Western television series for the late 1950s and
early 1960s were filmed on 35 mm film, just like movies. Some were in >>Technicolor. Even b&w filmed tv series were filmed on 35 mm movie film.
By the mid to late '60s, they were using cheaper Eastman Color, which
faded after three years or so.
I just looked up Tracker: Super 16 mm Arriflex system. That's why it
looked like crap.
That's a method of television production that got worse.
I'm not sure what we count as the first tv series videoed, not filmed,
that didn't look like crap. Not The Secret Life of Jules Verne.
"CSI"?
"Babes of Prey"?
I doubt either were "filmed", but both were HD.
Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
On 3/12/24 6:37 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
On 3/12/24 11:12 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
. . .
Because SD looks like s**t on an 4k TV.
IOW, not just the "FX", but *everything*!!
I would have figured by 2002 that most everything was filming in HD - >>>>>> "...Jules Verne" had done so 3 years prior, and even shows on The WB, >>>>>> like "Babes of Prey" from the year previous, were filmed in HD.
But I guess it took until c.2005 before everything, even stuff like >>>>>> "Tracker", was filmed in HD.
Huh?
IOW, even through 2005, a lot of stuff was still filmed in SD. It wasn't >>>> until 2005 that even low-rent stuff like "Tracker" was filmed in HD.
Filmed in SD? That's not how it works. That's not how any of it works.
The premiere color Western television series for the late 1950s and
early 1960s were filmed on 35 mm film, just like movies. Some were in
Technicolor. Even b&w filmed tv series were filmed on 35 mm movie film.
By the mid to late '60s, they were using cheaper Eastman Color, which
faded after three years or so.
I just looked up Tracker: Super 16 mm Arriflex system. That's why it
looked like crap.
That's a method of television production that got worse.
I'm not sure what we count as the first tv series videoed, not filmed,
that didn't look like crap. Not The Secret Life of Jules Verne.
"CSI"?
CSI was filmed for 16:9, I think from the beginning.
Various Panavision cameras, 35 mm film
"Babes of Prey"?
4:3
Arricam ST and Arricam 435. Both are 35 mm film systems.
I doubt either were "filmed", but both were HD.
Both were filmed. Ian, you're not listening.
On 3/12/24 7:27 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
On 3/12/24 6:37 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
On 3/12/24 11:12 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
. . .
Because SD looks like s**t on an 4k TV.
IOW, not just the "FX", but *everything*!!
I would have figured by 2002 that most everything was filming in HD - >>>>>>> "...Jules Verne" had done so 3 years prior, and even shows on The WB, >>>>>>> like "Babes of Prey" from the year previous, were filmed in HD.
But I guess it took until c.2005 before everything, even stuff like >>>>>>> "Tracker", was filmed in HD.
Huh?
IOW, even through 2005, a lot of stuff was still filmed in SD. It wasn't >>>>> until 2005 that even low-rent stuff like "Tracker" was filmed in HD.
Filmed in SD? That's not how it works. That's not how any of it works.
The premiere color Western television series for the late 1950s and
early 1960s were filmed on 35 mm film, just like movies. Some were in
Technicolor. Even b&w filmed tv series were filmed on 35 mm movie film.
By the mid to late '60s, they were using cheaper Eastman Color, which
faded after three years or so.
I just looked up Tracker: Super 16 mm Arriflex system. That's why it
looked like crap.
That's a method of television production that got worse.
I'm not sure what we count as the first tv series videoed, not filmed, >>>> that didn't look like crap. Not The Secret Life of Jules Verne.
"CSI"?
CSI was filmed for 16:9, I think from the beginning.
Various Panavision cameras, 35 mm film
"Babes of Prey"?
4:3
Arricam ST and Arricam 435. Both are 35 mm film systems.
I doubt either were "filmed", but both were HD.
Both were filmed. Ian, you're not listening.
Try not to be tedious, Adam. I was listening. I just don't know off-hand which shows were filmed and which were shot on tape.
For instance, I didn't list "Smallville", as I am pretty sure that show
was filmed.
I can't think of a good (HD) "videotape" show. Most likely it would be a sitcom (multicam). Was there an early 2000s sitcom that looks decent in
HD even today?
On 3/12/24 7:27 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
On 3/12/24 6:37 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
On 3/12/24 11:12 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
. . .
Because SD looks like s**t on an 4k TV.
IOW, not just the "FX", but *everything*!!
I would have figured by 2002 that most everything was filming in HD - >>>>>>>"...Jules Verne" had done so 3 years prior, and even shows on The WB, >>>>>>>like "Babes of Prey" from the year previous, were filmed in HD.
But I guess it took until c.2005 before everything, even stuff like >>>>>>>"Tracker", was filmed in HD.
Huh?
IOW, even through 2005, a lot of stuff was still filmed in SD. It wasn't >>>>>until 2005 that even low-rent stuff like "Tracker" was filmed in HD.
Filmed in SD? That's not how it works. That's not how any of it works.
The premiere color Western television series for the late 1950s and >>>>early 1960s were filmed on 35 mm film, just like movies. Some were in >>>>Technicolor. Even b&w filmed tv series were filmed on 35 mm movie film.
By the mid to late '60s, they were using cheaper Eastman Color, which >>>>faded after three years or so.
I just looked up Tracker: Super 16 mm Arriflex system. That's why it >>>>looked like crap.
That's a method of television production that got worse.
I'm not sure what we count as the first tv series videoed, not filmed, >>>>that didn't look like crap. Not The Secret Life of Jules Verne.
"CSI"?
CSI was filmed for 16:9, I think from the beginning.
Various Panavision cameras, 35 mm film
"Babes of Prey"?
4:3
Arricam ST and Arricam 435. Both are 35 mm film systems.
I doubt either were "filmed", but both were HD.
Both were filmed. Ian, you're not listening.
Try not to be tedious, Adam. I was listening. I just don't know off-hand >which shows were filmed and which were shot on tape.
For instance, I didn't list "Smallville", as I am pretty sure that show
was filmed.
. . .
To be fair, AT&T had just designated area codes in 1947 and the dialing
plan N(0,1)X NNX-XXXX, which took decades to be adopted throughout the
United States and outlying territories, Canada, Bermuda, and a portion
of the Carribean (and a couple of other places). Even in big cities,
there party lines and six-digit telephone numbers in the 1950s.
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