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Post by dupersuper on Feb 9, 2015 17:50:05 GMT -5
I should stop checking this thread: my "watch later" playlist on Youtube is insanely long as it is...
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Post by robsuperfriend63 on Feb 9, 2015 21:31:18 GMT -5
Now lets move on to some western serials. I always liked Ghost Of Zorro with Clayton Moore.
I always found it ironic that after this Moore would be well known to play another masked hero, The Lone Ranger.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Feb 9, 2015 22:37:21 GMT -5
Now lets move on to some western serials. I always liked Ghost Of Zorro with Clayton Moore. I always found it ironic that after this Moore would be well known to play another masked hero, The Lone Ranger. Are you watching these, or just making suggestions? |
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Post by robsuperfriend63 on Feb 9, 2015 23:01:11 GMT -5
Now lets move on to some western serials. I always liked Ghost Of Zorro with Clayton Moore. I always found it ironic that after this Moore would be well known to play another masked hero, The Lone Ranger. Are you watching these, or just making suggestions? Watching, but I'm watching from my own video collection. One thing I found interesting is when Moore is masked as Zorro there is a different voice coming from the masked figure. Not sure why Republic did that. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Feb 9, 2015 23:05:03 GMT -5
Make sure to list it man, I'd love to see what theme you'd choose
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Post by Jesse on Feb 10, 2015 9:57:14 GMT -5
One thing I found interesting is when Moore is masked as Zorro there is a different voice coming from the masked figure. Not sure why Republic did that. In The Green Hornet (1940) Gordon Jones played Britt Reid but when he wore the mask it was Al Hodge's voice. |
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Post by robsuperfriend63 on Feb 10, 2015 13:05:53 GMT -5
One thing I found interesting is when Moore is masked as Zorro there is a different voice coming from the masked figure. Not sure why Republic did that. In The Green Hornet (1940) Gordon Jones played Britt Reid but when he wore the mask it was Al Hodge's voice. I forgot about that. I think Hodge was also the voice of The Green Hornet on radio as well. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2015 15:08:37 GMT -5
In The Green Hornet (1940) Gordon Jones played Britt Reid but when he wore the mask it was Al Hodge's voice. I forgot about that. I think Hodge was also the voice of The Green Hornet on radio as well. I have the DVD of these series as well the radio recordings too. I inherited the radio recordings of the GREEN HORNET when my great-grandfather passed away 30 years ago. About three years ago - I transferred those recordings on a DVD for my own enjoyment(s) and gave copies away to my brothers and close friends. |
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Post by robsuperfriend63 on Feb 10, 2015 15:19:24 GMT -5
This might be a little off topic, but I just realized something on the topic of "Movie Serials".
If you are like me, and you grew up in the 70's on Saturday Morning Cartoons, movie serials might have been a strong influence to the creators of children's television shows of that time.
I think about it for a second. When Hanna-Barbera made The Banana Splits Show they had a live action segment called Danger Island where they had cliffhangers of each episode till the story was finished.
In Filmation's Tarzan & The Super 7 they had a live action segment called Jason Of Star Command where the first season was done like a 16 Chapter play like Flash Gordon. Speaking of which, I believe when Filmation did a cartoon of Flash Gordon it's first season was done in Cliffhanger chapter style. I also briefly remember a kids show called Skatebirds that had a live-action segment called Mystery Island that was done with cliffhangers. My memory on that show is foggy except that it had a robot that was a rip-off from Lost in Space and the villain was called Dr. Strange. (Marvel should be offended.)
Anyway, it just interests me how much movie serials influenced TV in the 70's & early 80's.
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Post by robsuperfriend63 on Feb 10, 2015 15:26:59 GMT -5
I forgot about that. I think Hodge was also the voice of The Green Hornet on radio as well. I have the DVD of these series as well the radio recordings too. I inherited the radio recordings of the GREEN HORNET when my great-grandfather passed away 30 years ago. About three years ago - I transferred those recordings on a DVD for my own enjoyment(s) and gave copies away to my brothers and close friends. I have a few recordings from Radio Spirits. Al Hodge is great but I think my favorite voice actor was Bob Hall. That may be because when I first started collecting radio shows he was the first Green Hornet I listened to. |
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Post by robsuperfriend63 on Feb 10, 2015 22:00:47 GMT -5
Oh my god! Do you guys want to hear something funny? In my last post I pointed out how some old kid shows like Danger Island were done in the style of old movie serials..... Well just cause I was bored, I Googled the words "Danger Island" and I found out it was also the name of a 1931 serial... Danger Island (1931)
I've never seen this so I don't know if it's out on video, but I thought the coincidence was so funny, I had to share it with you! LOL
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Post by coke & comics on Feb 12, 2015 14:50:59 GMT -5
Got my first one finished, at an average rate of an episode a night. The Adventures of Captain Marvel was an excellent film, and I think historically important as the first supherhero film based on a comic book. Is it perhaps even the first film based on a comic book?
It was a fun pulp adventure, with all the elements you expect to see, and a setup that suited the serial format well, with criminals going after pieces of a powerful relic that have been hidden in different places. My main wish would be that Billy Batson were younger. I like the idea of a child turning into a superhero.
And not really a complaint, but something that amused me was the cliffhangers. Many ended with Captain Marvel in some form of deathtrap, leaving the question of how he'll survive. But he's invulnerable. And the next episode always began with the death trap not killing him, because he's invulnerable. There were some more interesting ones, basically any time Billy Batson was in the deathtrap, and it seems like he may not have had the opportunity to turn into Captain Marvel.
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Post by gothos on Feb 12, 2015 16:58:07 GMT -5
This might be a little off topic, but I just realized something on the topic of "Movie Serials". If you are like me, and you grew up in the 70's on Saturday Morning Cartoons, movie serials might have been a strong influence to the creators of children's television shows of that time. I think about it for a second. When Hanna-Barbera made The Banana Splits Show they had a live action segment called Danger Island where they had cliffhangers of each episode till the story was finished. In Filmation's Tarzan & The Super 7 they had a live action segment called Jason Of Star Command where the first season was done like a 16 Chapter play like Flash Gordon. Speaking of which, I believe when Filmation did a cartoon of Flash Gordon it's first season was done in Cliffhanger chapter style. I also briefly remember a kids show called Skatebirds that had a live-action segment called Mystery Island that was done with cliffhangers. My memory on that show is foggy except that it had a robot that was a rip-off from Lost in Space and the villain was called Dr. Strange. (Marvel should be offended.) Anyway, it just interests me how much movie serials influenced TV in the 70's & early 80's. Actually, I think the influence goes back to some of the earliest TV-cartoons. I'm old enough to remember watching the first Hanna-Barbera TV-toon, RUFF AND REDDY, and most of those short cartoons have a serial-like structure. Still remember being creeped out by Ruff and Reddy traveling to the moon and meeting-- THE CREEPY CREA-TURE!! |
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Post by Prince Hal on Feb 12, 2015 19:34:33 GMT -5
This might be a little off topic, but I just realized something on the topic of "Movie Serials". If you are like me, and you grew up in the 70's on Saturday Morning Cartoons, movie serials might have been a strong influence to the creators of children's television shows of that time. I think about it for a second. When Hanna-Barbera made The Banana Splits Show they had a live action segment called Danger Island where they had cliffhangers of each episode till the story was finished. In Filmation's Tarzan & The Super 7 they had a live action segment called Jason Of Star Command where the first season was done like a 16 Chapter play like Flash Gordon. Speaking of which, I believe when Filmation did a cartoon of Flash Gordon it's first season was done in Cliffhanger chapter style. I also briefly remember a kids show called Skatebirds that had a live-action segment called Mystery Island that was done with cliffhangers. My memory on that show is foggy except that it had a robot that was a rip-off from Lost in Space and the villain was called Dr. Strange. (Marvel should be offended.) Anyway, it just interests me how much movie serials influenced TV in the 70's & early 80's. Actually, I think the influence goes back to some of the earliest TV-cartoons. I'm old enough to remember watching the first Hanna-Barbera TV-toon, RUFF AND REDDY, and most of those short cartoons have a serial-like structure. Still remember being creeped out by Ruff and Reddy traveling to the moon and meeting-- THE CREEPY CREA-TURE!! Don't forget Crusader Rabbit and Rocky and Bullwinkle, which both featured cliffhanger episodes. Even the wonderfully cheesy Marvel Superheroes episodes stretched one cartoon into three segments. And let's not forget Batman on Tuesday and Wednesday nights... (or was it Wednesday and Thursday?) |
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Post by coke & comics on Feb 13, 2015 2:26:20 GMT -5
Watching Batman now.
"Since a wise government rounded up the shifty-eyed Japs..."
Wow.
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