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Jan 16, 2025 8:14 AM
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frontpage Posted by Discombobulated | Staff • Jan 16, 2025
Jan 16, 2025 8:14 AM
The Greatest American Hero: The Complete Series (1981) (Digital SD TV Show)
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Always trying to re-live that childhood, but it's never the same.
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It hasn't aged well, but it is still great. At the time, it didn't have a big budget for special effects because Culp and Seleca were most of the budget. Even then, you could clearly see he was lying on a table when he was "flying" and a HUGE amount of the comedy comes from William Katt amazing physical comedy at pulling off basically the aftermath of some offscreen "super skill" and then the fantastic chemistry of the cast.
That said, still a blast to watch. Not always for the same reasons. I sat my kids down years back to watch the pilot episode and they were rolling with laughter. Not because of the script, but at the special effects which my adult eyes can now see are just plain hilariously bad. He crashes through a wall and the "stone" visibly bounces like a rubber ball. The green screen edges around his "flying" are completely visible. Still loved it. It was meant to be a comedy, and if you can say that the aged special effects are part of the comedy (much like the original Beetlejuice), then you'll enjoy it.
Plus you're getting one of Mike Post's greatest hits, I think the only one of his that actually made it to #1 on the pop charts. Post had pretty much every memorable 1980's TV show theme. I used to have albums of them - they were that popular.
Always trying to re-live that childhood, but it's never the same.
Though I can always say as a small child I lived literally a few blocks away from the highway where many of the scenes were filmed in Simi Valley
Either no one understood this reference, or they didn't think it was very clever. I suppose I could've over interpreted it as well. Either way, bravo!
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He also took over the Paul Drake role on the Perry Mason movies.
Used to love it too, but every time you saw a bunch of junker vehicles on the freeway at the same time you knew an accident was going to happen.
He also took over the Paul Drake role on the Perry Mason movies.
Used to love it too, but every time you saw a bunch of junker vehicles on the freeway at the same time you knew an accident was going to happen.
That's where the more predictable that wwe comes into play. My young brain 40 years ago thought somehow never figured that out and was always shocked when they crashed
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Knight Rider
A-Team
I don't think we realized how good we had it with our limited options. I wonder what are the popular shows that kids of today will be able to collectively reminisce on 20 years from now. Though they have n+1 options to choose from, I don't envy them.
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