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Can 80s TV hits succeed decades later?
ABC ^ | 1/10/08

Posted on 01/10/2008 10:46:44 AM PST by qam1

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To: winstonwolf33
Lest anyone forget a second time:


81 posted on 01/11/2008 10:28:58 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Bureaucracy is a parasite that preys on Free Thought and suffocates Free Spirit.)
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To: Hyzenthlay
Fortunately, just as Lost was twisting its plot into oblivion, NBC came up with Heroes, and that’s now my long-story-arc-action-adventure-show.

I was hooked on Heroes the first season. Just as the plot started to drone on, they would answer some questions and save it. Since then I get the feeling they are stalling to come up with a direction for the show. Too many characters to follow and the story is all over the place. Some of the time stories do not even make sense (or I missed something).

I like it a lot, but good guys changing to bad and bad guys changing back and not knowing what is good and bad....and oh by the way, meet these new people with "special" powers. I fear it is spinning out of control.

I like the show, but I am losing interest fast.

82 posted on 01/14/2008 4:09:35 AM PST by Tenacious 1 (Racism? There are more than a million people in the world that want me dead because I am American!)
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To: qam1

Laugh at me, but I always liked Dallas. It’s the only soap I ever liked.


83 posted on 01/14/2008 4:11:50 AM PST by caver (Yes, I did crawl out of a hole in the ground.)
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To: RockinRight

“I would KILL for a good pizza right about now. This ‘eating healthy’ and ‘weight loss’ BS is for the birds.”

I’d like a good pizza too. I don’t have a weight problem but I just got out of the hospital a few days ago with what I thought was a herat attack. No heart damage was found, but now I’m on the heart healthy thing. It sucks already.


84 posted on 01/14/2008 4:18:43 AM PST by caver (Yes, I did crawl out of a hole in the ground.)
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To: caver
A little motivation, perhaps?


85 posted on 01/16/2008 3:20:04 PM PST by winstonwolf33 ("Priapus, king and master! Master of the Universe! King of the Jungle!"--Bonfire of the Vanities)
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To: Army Air Corps

Can you imagine Miami Vice with the same cast today? Don Johnson probably weighs 50 pounds more than he did in the 80’s. Phillip Michael Thomas probably can’t remember how to act, since its been so long since he’s worked. and yet I’d probably still watch it. I’d stick with In the Air Tonight, and the 80’s music as well. Today’s music is pure crap.


86 posted on 01/16/2008 3:26:10 PM PST by mainerforglobalwarming
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To: winstonwolf33

When I was a kid I absolutely loved Linda Carter. Waht a babe.


87 posted on 01/16/2008 3:28:27 PM PST by mainerforglobalwarming
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To: qam1

Looks like there won’t be any new scripted shows for a couple years if ever again.


88 posted on 01/16/2008 3:30:13 PM PST by RightWhale (Dean Koonz is good, but my favorite authors are Dun and Bradstreet)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

When I was a young lad watching WKRP, I had a serious crush on Jan Smithers.


89 posted on 01/16/2008 5:39:53 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: Army Air Corps
I had a serious crush on Jan Smithers.

As did/do I. She was reeeeally something.

I'll bet you're a Mary Ann over Ginger man too.

90 posted on 01/16/2008 6:53:58 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Bureaucracy is a parasite that preys on Free Thought and suffocates Free Spirit.)
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To: neb52

I still miss Blaze.


91 posted on 01/16/2008 6:56:26 PM PST by Richard Kimball
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Despite my affinity for redheads, I have always been a Mary Ann fan (I have always liked “girl next door” types).


92 posted on 01/16/2008 6:57:45 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: qam1
What's a retro TV thread without a bizarre picture of Hoff?


93 posted on 01/16/2008 7:01:39 PM PST by Richard Kimball
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To: Richard Kimball
Well Mr. Kimball, I would like to see a revise of The Fugitive, (from the '60s) hands down the best television show ever.
94 posted on 01/16/2008 7:09:57 PM PST by Inyo-Mono (If you don't want people to get your goat, don't tell them where it's tied.)
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To: qam1

I like “Bionic Woman”. The upgraded tech was awesome. Plus, KATEE SACKHOFF!

I also like the pilot for “Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles”.


95 posted on 01/21/2008 5:44:30 PM PST by FierceDraka (I'm not against the government. The government is against ME.)
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To: RockinRight
Compare Tone Loc to modern Hip Hop.

I hear ya. I've got a collection of old rap CD's (along with my huge collection of metal), and the new crap doesn't hold a candle to the old school stuff.

The RIAA are bawling about how hip hop sales dropped by 30% in 2007. The reason is because THE NEW STUFF SUCKS! Take a look at BET when they're running vids - it's all the same old shit: braggarts, bling, booties, and bullshit.

In fact, the best selling genres these days are country and metal - my favorites.

96 posted on 01/21/2008 5:52:33 PM PST by FierceDraka (I'm not against the government. The government is against ME.)
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To: GraniteStateConservative
You obviously meant to write "Superman II," because that was the only good Superman movie made in that decade.

Funny you should mention Superman II.

I was quoting General Zod no more than an hour ago!

"Why do you say such things, when you know that I will kill you for it?"

"Now, son of Jor-El..."

/wathced "Batman Begins" last night, and it was WAY better than I had anticipated

97 posted on 01/21/2008 5:57:25 PM PST by FierceDraka (I'm not against the government. The government is against ME.)
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To: dfwgator
On an episode of Fox’s “Bones” Emily Deschanel was dressed in a Wonder Woman outfit for Halloween.

Her sister Zooey is pretty cute too.

I saw her in "The Hitchiker's Guide To The Galaxy", "Elf", and "Tin Man".

Zooey is a dead ringer for the 28 year old assitant manager who "seduced" me when I was 18...

I can't look at her image on TV without drooling. LOL

98 posted on 01/21/2008 6:54:32 PM PST by FierceDraka (I'm not against the government. The government is against ME.)
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