tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post5001248835956050383..comments2024-03-27T10:27:59.266-04:00Comments on John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV: Breakaway 2018: "The Metamorph"John Kenneth Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-14859431057684343382018-09-14T12:17:05.035-04:002018-09-14T12:17:05.035-04:00Year 2. Utter garbage. Utter, utter garbage. I ref...Year 2. Utter garbage. Utter, utter garbage. I refuse to acknowledge it exists.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03097420555737415471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-46270725052132781202018-09-14T07:35:22.996-04:002018-09-14T07:35:22.996-04:00Those changes had to happen. The Year One feeling/...Those changes had to happen. The Year One feeling/thing could not go on. It's good for half a dozen episodes at most. Year Two was an improvement: in regards to the <i>commercial television</i> model, it was. Here in Canada the CBC picked up Yr2 for a full network run, one of the few television networks to give the series any kind of consideration.<br /><br />Maya improved the state of interpersonal affairs on the moonbase. While the "metamorph" aspect was a blunder on Freiberger's behalf, Maya the person, all vitality intact, was a standout character that <i>1999</i> so desperately needed.<br /><br />The drone and tinsel inherent in the first season could not possibly carry over into another twenty-four episodes. It produced a few interesting shows, but one can see why network acquisitions people took a pass in 1975.<br /><br />Ask anyone old enough to have watched the series in its first run, and if they remember it at all, and they are female, you may get: "Maya!"<br /><br />I think the first season hit the highest peaks ("Dragon's Domain", ", "Death's Other Dominion") but the second was an overall improvement.<br /><br />Good overview, John. Your series-wide points are well considered and thoughtful. Both years have their good points. I appreciate your admiration for the series, and how you articulate such feelings with aplomb.Simon St. Laurenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02948457860768548876noreply@blogger.com