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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2017 17:11:14 GMT
Zorro was a fun show. Very low budget and cheesy at times, but it had a great cast and a lot of heart....
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Post by persephone on Feb 28, 2017 22:15:09 GMT
Along with The Pretender I also loved Profiler! I remember when Saturday nights had shows on. I guess when cable really took over the networks gave up on Friday. I also loved American Gothic and Forever Knight and Silk Stalkings.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2017 22:29:09 GMT
Along with The Pretender I also loved Profiler! I think they had a crossover at one point....
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Post by Courwes on Feb 28, 2017 22:46:53 GMT
Bobby's World
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Post by azzajones on Mar 1, 2017 1:14:22 GMT
Babylon 5 A mini-series from 98: From the Earth to the Moon
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Post by kls on Mar 4, 2017 18:16:33 GMT
Picket Fences.
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Mar 5, 2017 9:23:42 GMT
I too was a fan of The Pretender, the show where everyone had either their first name or last name remain a mystery. I thought Jarod was a really good lead (he managed to make bad guys pay without killing them), and every episode he learned of something 'new' to him that he'd missed out on during his childhood at The Centre. I thought Michael T. Weiss did some really good work in the role (especially when he'd get upset - usually when someone close to him was hurt or killed). I always felt sorry for the guy. Meanwhile, I still couldn't help but love Miss Parker. Andrea Parker made her character one of my most favourite female characters of the 90's (alongside Buffy and Xena). She was just so dry, had some great one-liners and I enjoyed how she, plus Sydney and Broots made up 'The Three Stooges' (I'm almost positive there was an episode where Jarod discovered the Stooges). She played so well off of all the characters, but especially Mr. Raines and Mr. Lyle (James Denton was really good in that role too - I remember being obsessed with the fact he lost a thumb at one point, and all Miss Parker's jibes directed towards him were awesome. Then there was that time it was hinted he had cannibal tendencies , wasn't there? (I'm just testing if this spoiler thing works, as I haven't tried it out here before).I didn't mind how there ended up being 'connections' between some of the characters (all the twisted family ties and whatnot), and I even liked when Jarod and Miss Parker were together. One other thing I'll always remember fondly about this show was its season finals - talk about cliffhangers! Every season ended with me wondering, "How on Earth are they going to get out of/come back from this?!". I never watched Profiler, but did catch both parts of its crossover with The Pretender. Other than Xena: Warrior Princess crossing over with Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, I think The Pretender/Profiler one was the first TV show crossover I can remember ever watching. I anxiously awaited the two TV movies of The Pretender, as we were SO far behind with them here in Australia, but I enjoyed them well enough. Of course, there was never really any true 'finality' to the story, but I'll always remember this show as one of my favourites from the 90's.
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Post by persephone on Mar 5, 2017 12:51:07 GMT
Along with The Pretender I also loved Profiler! I think they had a crossover at one point.... Yeah, I think they had two. Was one with Jamie Luner?
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Post by tavaresmd on Mar 5, 2017 21:27:34 GMT
Probably not too big a hit, but The Flash was good
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Mar 5, 2017 22:16:02 GMT
Zorro was a fun show. Very low budget and cheesy at times, but it had a great cast and a lot of heart.... I'm pretty sure I watched Zorro too when I was real young. I'd come home from school and just be in time to catch it, I think (sadly, I remember very little of the show - but that's due to my poor memory, not a reflection on the show itself). I did think the first Zorro movie, The Mask of Zorro, managed to capture the 'feel' of the show (what I could remember of it, anyway), not to mention it was not long after I'd first been introduced to Catherine Zeta-Jones via The Phantom, so her being in the film didn't hurt either. I never did check out the sequel, though.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2017 22:25:00 GMT
I did think the first Zorro movie, The Mask of Zorro, managed to capture the 'feel' of the show (what I could remember of it, anyway), not to mention it was not long after I'd first been introduced to Catherine Zeta-Jones via The Phantom, so her being in the film didn't hurt either. I never did check out the sequel, though. The Mask of Zorro was a continuation of its own version of the original myth that included elements of many of the previous re-tellings. It did have some elements of the 1990s series in there, as well as the Disney series and others....
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2017 22:48:03 GMT
Dharma & Greg seems to be largely forgotten and down here at least never on re-run.
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Mar 6, 2017 6:07:52 GMT
Due South was another favourite of mine in the 90's (not sure if it'd be classed as a 'hit' either, but it managed to make it to four seasons).
I liked Benton Fraser and Ray Vecchio – I think they were one of my first favourite ‘buddy cop teams'. I was fairly young when the Ray changeover happened, so I didn’t quite ‘get’ what was going on (I think I was as perplexed as Fraser was). It didn’t help that the first episode with New Ray played the beginning like nothing was wrong/out of place/different. I thought I’d missed an episode or something.
It’s so long ago now, I can’t really recall what my initial reactions were other than confusion. I must say that I didn’t take to Callum Keith Rennie’s New Ray straight away. In fact, it probably took me a good long while to warm up to his character and I really missed Old Ray and his dynamic with Fraser – so much so that I think I was hoping he’d return and we’d get the old duo back.
However, by the series’ end, funnily enough I’d grown more fond of New Ray and his dynamic with Fraser. Sure, it was different from Old Ray and Fraser’s dynamic, but over time I guess I’d gotten used to it, because by the time Old Ray returned, I was feeling very conflicted about it. On the one hand, I was very happy to see Old Ray and Fraser back together again, as I’d missed that for a long time.
On the other hand, I did feel a bit sad for New Ray when it seemed like perhaps he’d be forgotten about because Old Ray had resurfaced and I didn’t like the idea of Fraser just forgetting about New Ray and the friendship they’d formed (then again, I would’ve hated for him to have forgotten his friendship with Old Ray too). So, really, I wasn’t wanting either Ray to be forgotten about or ‘chosen’ over the other Ray – which was kind of a funny reaction from me, given that usually when one character replaces another in a show, I have a clear favourite/one that I prefer over the other (then again, I’ve seldom been in the situation that Due South presented me with).
Considering when New Ray first turned up, I couldn’t have fathomed liking him and not wanting Old Ray back with Fraser, I was surprised with myself that my reaction to the end of the show was one of contentment. I was fine the way it ended with Fraser and New Ray, but was glad Old Ray came back for the end of the show. It’s a peculiar case that I haven’t ever found with a show since, and I’ll always remember the unique roller coaster of feelings/emotions I went on regarding the two Rays.
I loved Diefenbaker, Fraser’s deaf wolf, and I also thought that the music used in episodes of the show was really great. Numerous episodes had some really good quality songs used in the background, which accompanied the scenes perfectly. Plus, I also loved the theme music for the opening credits/song for the closing credits.
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Post by fangirl1975 on Mar 16, 2017 20:18:44 GMT
Quantum Leap
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Post by Spike Del Rey on May 9, 2017 16:09:01 GMT
NYPD Blue. Groundbreaking show that is largely ignored now, and Andy Sipowicz's series long character arc and redemption is one of the best in TV history.
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Post by twothousandonemark on May 9, 2017 16:35:04 GMT
Parker Lewis Can't Lose seemed a bit ahead of its time, at the time.
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Post by novastar6 on May 10, 2017 4:03:32 GMT
NYPD Blue. Groundbreaking show that is largely ignored now, and Andy Sipowicz's series long character arc and redemption is one of the best in TV history. "BEEP BEEP!" *smack*
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Post by stefancrosscoe on May 10, 2017 11:19:28 GMT
I always thought it was up there with the big classic sitcoms like Seinfeld, Frasier, Friends and others during the 90s, especially since it always was on TV, and even now it is on TV 5 times a week in Norway, at least. I very was surprised to learn (not sure how accurate Wikipedia is when comes to facts/ratings) that it says the show never broke higher than a 29th place on the Nielsen ratings, during its 11 year run.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on May 10, 2017 11:24:23 GMT
NYPD Blue. Groundbreaking show that is largely ignored now, and Andy Sipowicz's series long character arc and redemption is one of the best in TV history. Good call, I was to young to remember the earlier seasons, but from 7 and onwards I was stuck like glue to the screen, every thursday night from 2001 and up to 2003-04, and I really enjoyed seeing how it all worked out in the end for Andy, both job and personally wise. One of the best characters in modern TV history.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on May 10, 2017 11:48:23 GMT
Pacific Blue (1996-2000) Not sure how this one went down with the american audience, but in my country (Norway) it became so popular that when the TV channel who usally sent it every summer, suddenly decided to take a break, it ended up with quite the uproar of frustrated and angry viewers who called in and wanted the show back on TV, as soon as possible. Baywatch on Bikes was the slogan back then, where you had, what seemed like all the beautiful people stuck together in one place, all the time, cool bike stunts, cartoonish bad guys and some times a "famous" guest would show up. I also remember I had a huge crush on Paula Trickey in the first two seasons, then of course as the ratings I guess began to fall, they felt the need to switch off some of the "old" guard with some new and "cool" kids, but on a positive note, they did introduce Shoanna Moakler in the later ones. Anyway it all ended up with a cliffhanger ending during the last episode and for my part, I only really enjoyed the first two seasons, as I felt the new characters was too "forced" upon you, as the new thing, and they were just too smug and just lacked the same likeability of guys like Marcos Ferraez and Rick Rossovich, who was part of the original gang. Anyway, I still find myself watching it now and then, the opening song is still great to hear.
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