tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post4821555792641671789..comments2024-03-28T14:49:36.133-04:00Comments on John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV: Cult-TV Blogging: The Immortal: "The Queen's Gambit" (November 12, 1970)John Kenneth Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-62238051962299988282018-02-23T03:11:58.960-05:002018-02-23T03:11:58.960-05:00John,
At the rate Ben Richards is going, he's...John,<br /><br />At the rate Ben Richards is going, he's most likely to have major trust issues in 100 years.<br /><br />I'm not sure how I felt about the Los Angeles reveal. I really enjoyed the fact that there was literally no way out for Ben...if he was cut off from civilization, which he wasn't. However, the show has budgetary limitations, and has to work within those boundaries, so with that in mind, I can give this plot device a pass.<br /><br />I can't agree more regarding Lee Meriwether. She is so gorgeous and compelling in this episode. I had a chance to meet Ms. Meriwether at a book signing several years ago (for The Time Tunnel Companion), and she was so sweet and charming. I enjoy her performances and she was really outstanding here.<br /><br />At the very least, we were teased that Ben might have been shot for real, and I wanted to see how that would be explained. I'm still wondering if they'll ever go as far as to have Ben incur a fatal injury that his body recovers from.<br /><br />This may seem like a digression, but I'm an anime fan from way back, and my favorite anime is called Giant Robo. One of its characters, Kenji Murasame, is a man who cannot be killed, and thus, the creators of GR think of all sorts of colorful ways to end his life, and he always bounces back, good as new. I'd love to get a taste of that with The Immortal, but I'm resigned to the fact that I probably never will.<br /><br />Not that I'm complaining, because I'm enjoying watching these episodes. They're slick, stylish, groovy, and colorful. The helicopter chase was nice, and I'm pretty certain that it was Don Knight, and not a stuntman, in that spectacular shot of the helicopter coming within inches of the car, also driven by Christopher George and Lee Meriwether, also not stunt people. To say this was gripping and suspenseful almost seems to understate how great this entire sequence was...but let's face it, we knew how it was going to end for Brent from the moment we met him.<br /><br />Steve Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13101722769411384962noreply@blogger.com