be seeing you.

[thehefner]

Coming in late to the McGoohan mourning, but at least I come bearing goodies. First:

Patrick McGoohan: Son of a Bitch--an astute analysis as to the awesome prickitude of this great character actor. Now I definitely need to see DR. SYN, ALIAS THE SCARECROW if I can track down a copy. It's on DVD, yet Netflix does not yet seem to carry it! What the crap?

In related business, courtesy of another great misanthropic bastard, evandorkin:



Furthermore, anyone remember the 90's-tastic show REBOOT? I could never stand to watch it as a kid, but now I'm starting to realize that amid the terrible early CGI there were bits like... well, I can't help but admire any kids show that would do a whole episode of this:

As I only recently watched THE PRISONER from start to finish, I think that REBOOT clip helped finally wipe away any residual "what the FUCK?!" bitterness that held over from watching the last episode. See also, my initial reaction of the final TWIN PEAKS episode, which I now bloody love.

Comments

[treyhawk.livejournal.com]

In its day, REBOOT was a great visual cartoon, as well as some excellent storywriting (for cartoons, at least). The episodes where Enzo turns the world 8-bit, as well as the X-Files parody episode (where Gillian Anderson voiced her counterpart Data Nully), were lots of fun. They also spiked a few episodes with Wallace and Grommit characters, especially the penguins.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Oh dear lord, those all sound like must-sees. Especially Data Nully, I love it.

Because I really loved the series...

[treyhawk.livejournal.com]

One of the things the REBOOT writers liked to do was to point out all the things they couldn't do because of the network's Broadcasting Standards and Practices (BSP). For example, you could not have a character break through a glass window because kids might try to do that at home. So, Bob sorta morphed-oozed through a window with the BSP command.

The best one of these moments was with Enzo and his pet dog. Enzo had a bazooka and fired it at the bad guys. Big no-no with BSP, as kids should never be firing guns. Instead of explosives, a rubber raft popped out - the S.S. BSP, according to the name written on the side of the raft - and inflated.

Of course, the network BSP didn't say anything about dogs using bazookas. So the dog picks up the same bazooka, fires it at the bad guys, and it shoots off rockets which mows the enemy down.

Re: Because I really loved the series...

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

As one who very much remembers the effect of Standards and Practices (Lederhosen-wearing German villagers shooting laser canons at Nightcrawler! Bwuhhh?!) on my Saturday morning cartoons, this trivia fills me with endless bits of joy. Magnificent.