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Dawn Bertot
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Message 55 of 72 (590677)
11-09-2010 12:10 PM
Reply to: Message 52 by New Cat's Eye
11-08-2010 9:44 PM


Re: one to watch with a girl
No, I'm all in it for the fun... and the lulz, just because everything is for the lulz.
I dont know if anyone has brought it up yet but I would like to elect Rod Serling as the master of time travel.
What impressed me the most about his series, especially the time travel ones was the dialogue and verbage used in those episodes and many others. No one that I have seen since has been able to capture your attention or turn a phase like Rod and his writers
The one that comes to mind immediately is the Episode, "No time like the Past", where the individual is at the table haveing a debate with another local for that time period, concerning matters of the future. In which he verbally demolishes the other fellow
At some point, his partner in time travel assures him that the past is, "inviolate"
The master displays his genius by demonstrating that while trying to stop the fire which he knew about ahead of time, was actually caused by himself to begin with
Had he never traveled, there would have never been a fire to prevent
Anywho my favorite series is and always will be the The Zone. It has not been matched since
Favorite episodes in order are:
'Walking Distance'. Absolute favorite of all time. Favorite line. "one summer to a customer"
'One hundred yards over the Rim'.
'The Changing of the Guard'
"Back There"
Close second: "Obsolete Man" 'Deaths Head Revisited', Masterfully done
But then the space ones are cool also
Least favorite espisode. 'Mr Mcbeevy'. Not only is it my least favorite, it was the most painful to watch. Watching him slde down that stairwell rail only to hit a huge post at the end, must have been painful for even the stuntman
Ive seen so many Movies that are clear highjacks of his work
Yeah I know its lame by you fellas standards but is simply the best show ever on television, excluding the Stooges perhaps
Dawn Bertot
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Dawn Bertot
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Message 59 of 72 (590720)
11-09-2010 4:35 PM
Reply to: Message 56 by ringo
11-09-2010 12:47 PM


That reminds me of the TV series Early Edition. The hero gets tomorrow's newspaper today and tries to prevent the bad events from happening. He inevitably finds out that it's harder to change the future than he thought. Cause and effect isn't always simple.
The other day I was in the store getting some paint and the young fellow behind the counter, very talkative, about 18 said he was in school for criminal justice, i replied that is nice.
The irony, I said to him, was that he looked like someone one the opposite side of the law and i said you would be a good undercover agent. to which he said he wants to work for the FBI.
Somehow the conversation turned to legalization of Pot, to which he agreed and I disagreed. We talked very nicely for a long while on the topic
For some reason dragnet poped in my head, specifically the episode Where Joe and Bill spent the whole espisode with the college teacher guru, debating the use of drugs. One of the best episodes I have ever seen and a good debate to boot.
Anywho, when i brought up dragnet I saw a blank look on his face and i asked if he had ever seen it and he said i have never heard of it
Ringo are you unaware of the series or just that particular episode?
I would recomend the series to anyone for the dialogue alone. The table debate in that one is excellent, 'No time like the past'
I love the phraseology, "Where I will have to endure another one of your vacuous speeches"
I saw the previews for early addition a long time ago and told myself I will watch that, but of course i forgot. thanks for reminding me
Dawn Bertot
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Dawn Bertot
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Posts: 3571
Joined: 11-23-2007


Message 65 of 72 (590727)
11-09-2010 5:12 PM
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11-09-2010 4:45 PM


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Dawn Bertot
Member (Idle past 114 days)
Posts: 3571
Joined: 11-23-2007


Message 66 of 72 (590728)
11-09-2010 5:14 PM
Reply to: Message 62 by ringo
11-09-2010 4:45 PM


I remember Dragnet but not that particular episode.
Maybe we need a thread on old TV shows.
Sorry that was due to my second language english again. I meant the Tzone series and the 'No time like the past" episode, not dragnet'
DB

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Dawn Bertot
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Posts: 3571
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Message 67 of 72 (590730)
11-09-2010 5:29 PM
Reply to: Message 63 by dronestar
11-09-2010 4:49 PM


Re: travel back in time to dated TV drug scripts . . .
It is funny you mentioned it now, I just watched it a few days ago. The episode was nearly all non-stop verbal sparring from commercial to commercial. Talk about an aberration of typical televison scripts. The lines, though dated, were smart, so I bet it was a good and fun challenge for them. You can almost tell Jack Webb was smiling underneath some of the non-stop banter.
I use this episode in debate class as a fun filler, then ask questions about the disputants tecnique and rationalization
its a blast
DB
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