Tuesday, August 24, 2010
The Cult-TV Faces of: Dad
award-winning creator of Enter The House Between and author of 32 books including Horror Films FAQ (2013), Horror Films of the 1990s (2011), Horror Films of the 1980s (2007), TV Year (2007), The Rock and Roll Film Encyclopedia (2007), Mercy in Her Eyes: The Films of Mira Nair (2006),, Best in Show: The Films of Christopher Guest and Company (2004), The Unseen Force: The Films of Sam Raimi (2004), An Askew View: The Films of Kevin Smith (2002), The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film & Television (2004), Exploring Space:1999 (1997), An Analytical Guide to TV's Battlestar Galactica (1998), Terror Television (2001), Space:1999 - The Forsaken (2003) and Horror Films of the 1970s (2002).
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Last year at around this time (or a month earlier, perhaps), I posted galleries of cinematic and TV spaceships from the 1970s, 1980s, 1...
O.k, let's give it a try (I'll just write the name of the shows- dunno specific eps)-
ReplyDelete1) Lost in Space
2) Star Trek TOS
3) Land of the Lost
4) Dunno
5)Hmm.. Buck Rogers?
6)I think it's The Greatest American Hero.
7) Otherworld
8) Dunno
9) Beuty and the Beast
10)Dunno
11)MST3K
12)Picket Fences
13)American Gothic
14) Earth 2 ?
15) Millenium
16) DS9
17) Smallville
18) Dunno
19) Alias
20) Lost
21) Dunno
22) Veronica Mars
23) Dunno
24) Fringe
18) Farscape
ReplyDelete5) Battlestar Galactica (original incarnation)
ReplyDeleteThanks John for putting both Joel and Sisko in there (two of my top 5TV characters).
ReplyDeleteAvery Brooks made me want to be a great father. . .I intend to name my first son Avery because of him (I have a daughter and my ex-girlfriend and I decided on Elizabeth).
No guessing for me. . .I believe the previous comments got all of them right, yes?
Okay here, Nir, you got 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 11 - 17, 19, 20, 22 and 24. Wow! Nice job!
ReplyDeleteThen, Woodchuckgod, you got number 5 (BSG original) and 18 (Farscape). (Farscape was a toughie, in my opinion...) Nice work!
That leaves, 4, 8, 18, 21 and 23.
Any takers? :)
Best,
JKM
21 is Dexter?
ReplyDelete23 is BSG (new)?
8 is V (original)
ReplyDeletenumber 4 is the one and only:
ReplyDeleteFANTASTIC JOURNEY!!!
the dad played in the pilot only!
I am extremely surprised no-one's got 10 Twin Peaks yet!
ReplyDeleteJohn, I found this blog a few weeks ago when looking for some De Palma reviews and I've since been back and read everything you've posted here. I just wanted to say what a fascinating, insightful and and considered collection of criticism it is. You're now a daily priority visit for me when online.
Will: Yep - you got Dexter (James Remar), and Edward James Olmos as Adama on the new BSG, 21 & 23 here. Well done!
ReplyDeleteHenry -- You got another super obscure one there, my friend. That's Michael Durrell playing father to the star child on the original V.
N -- amazing! Another super tough one. That's Dr. Paul Jordan from the pilot episode of The Fantastic Journey! Nicely done.
Strange Powers: Last but not at all least, you got Ray Wise on the one and only Twin Peaks (#10). Excellent!
And Strange Powers, thank you so much for your kind words about m writing. They mean a lot to me; and your comment started off my morning right! :) Seriously, I am glad you are enjoying the blog. Stick around!
Best to all,
JKM
Unique assemblage of screen saves! Is THAT what Kent McCord looks like these days? The guy can probably still chase down a purse snatcher!
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