Denny Crane
Posted on 09/16/2018 9:58:26 AM PDT by ETL
I thought about that, but in the pilot he was already king and setting out to battle the Persians. I guess they could have shown the pilot a few episodes in, and shot new ones to establish the intrigue you referenced. I still think there were fewer intrinsic opportunities for variety with that show premise.
Has there ever been a TV show set in ancient times, other than HBO’s Rome or the Flintstones?
Well they are both tall and gangly. And the shows they were in are similar.
I was thinking of the TV shows. The CWS vet in the postwar west. As I recall, Ward Bond’s character on Wagon Train was a Union vet (as was the cook and the second in command), while the scout had been a Confederate. Ironically the two actors didn’t get along on the set because Bond was very right wing and Robert Horton was a big lefty.
Also Western characters were often often identified by the gun they carried. There was a lot of variety.
I met her at a Star Trek con in the 1970s in NYC. Somewhere I have a program sheet of her neat autograph along with Isaac Asimov on the same sheet. She was uh impressive to say the least. RIP Angelique.
Science Fiction is what it is.........You either like it or you don’t. If you like it, you take the good with the bad and just sit back and have fun with it............It ain’t that hard.
That’s what I am doing with Blake’s 7. Horrible production quality by today’s standards actually worse the ST:TOS. Also the quality of he plots are very uneven. Some are quite good even intriguing others are so full of holes you would swear they last every other page of the script!
But it’s fun!
B7 despite the problems wasn’t that bad.
I would say, STNG was mediocre. But yes, STOS was the one I bought on DVD.
I also bought the James Blish books, and the first and second generation novels.
None of those three are my favorites, but Shatner certainly made his mark.
I prefer Niven/Pournelle, Sturgeon, and others.
Jeri Ryan, far and away!
Denny Crane
DS9 was horrible the first couple seasons. Then they shaved Sisko’s head, gave him the Defiant and a pair of balls, brought in the Klingons and gave Quark a bigger role. The later seasons were the best of any Trek except possibly TOS.
I just finished binge watching Boston Legal again. Loved Shatner as Denny Crane and James Spader is also one of my faves. My first husband could have been a stand in for William Shatner.
Too bad they dumped the Show. Ya never knew what Ol’ DC would say or do next.
Saw a commercial for NHL starting soon and when the Player had hold of the Stanley Cup, the first thing I thought of Denny engraving his name in it.
I didn’t realize it only aired for three seasons.
I was in grade school back then and thought the show was stupid and in my 20’s I thought the first movie was stupid too.
From the Wrath of Kahn on I’ve enjoyed all the movies except for Undiscovered Country, which was lame.
Blake’s 7 is a very unusual series when you consider the fact that the namesake of the series Blake disappears after the second season. The as I understand it reappears at the end of the 4th year. What was that all about contract dispute ?
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