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The Adventures of Sinbad, syndicated
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I'm afraid I don't remember this too well, but I know I saw at least a bit of it. It was one of the shows that I thought of at the time as being sort of influenced by Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. It had some interesting characters, who I don't really remember, and um, y'know, women who we liked. And stuff. Wish I could remember something to say about it.
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, syndicated
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I didn't watch all of this. But it pretty much defined camp television for the 90's, and influenced many shows to be created which weren't nearly as good, except for the direct spin-off show Xena, which was probably even better. Anyway, this was a fairly dumb show in alot of ways, but it wasn't meant to be good. It was meant to be campy and cheesy, and so it was. And pretty damn funny, too. The plot was pretty simple. Based on ancient Greek mythology, but often wildly anachronistic, Hercules and his friend Iolaus wandered all around the ancient world, fighting monsters and villains and whatnot, helping the good folks they met. There were several TV movies before the series started. I don't really remember them, don't think I saw them all. In one of them, Hercules's wife and kids died.
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show, syndicated
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Reruns on Disney Channel.
This show was way better than the movies. Like funnier, better written, and stuff. It was stupid, yes, beyond a shadow of a doubt. But you may notice I like alot of stupid things, if that quality is done properly. And here it was... most of the time. There could be some really bad episodes. But mostly the show was just really wacky, zany, crazy, hilarous, ridiculous, and did I mention funny? And full of pop culture references, often self-referential (like Peter Scolari's character, Wayne, talking about Bosom Buddies, for example). Anyway, you have this inventor, Wayne Szalinski, who of course made a shrink ray as well as a time hopper and countless other brilliant devices (and countless devices which didn't work right). So he and his family have lots of silly and funny and strange and cool adventures. Um, and we definitely like his daughter Amy. And his wife Diane... to say we like her is not enough. If she were Helen of Troy, I'd totally get fighting a war over her. And um... occasionally there are aliens, and there were men in black once or twice, and there was all kinds of magic and stuff sometimes, and even the science generally seems like magic. And all kinds of silly and ridiculous and impossible and hilarious stuff happened. Did I say that? Okay, I'm getting repetitive, as usual, which means it's time to shut up. But it really was a fun show.
Land of the Lost
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I used to watch this in reruns for awhile, many years ago. Of course it originally started before I was born. Um, what to say? This guy Rick Marshall and his son Will and daughter Holly (who for some reason we kinda liked at the time) were on a camping trip and got stranded in some weird place full of dinosaurs, and there were some sort of Saurian humanoids called Sleestaks, and one guy named Enik who looked like a Sleestak but wasn't. Because they were evil, primitive, scary guys, and he was an intelligent, civilized guy who befriended the humans. Anyway, it was an odd little show, not great production values or anything, kinda cheesy and stuff. Of course it was a Sid & Marty Krofft production, and it was many years after seeing this before I ever heard of them, that I recall. And I know they did a bunch of other cheesy shows back in the 70's or whatever, but this is the only one I ever got to see, I think.
Lost in Space
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I haven't seen too much of this, but it is rather a classic. Anyway, mostly it's just absolutely terrible stuff. Atrocious production values and mostly mind-bogglingly stupid stories, and so forth. But it's also cool and kinda funny and weird and stuff. I guess. Of course there is this family, the Robinsons, who are going off in this new ship the Jupiter 2, to explore space, and they get lost. Because of sabotage by Dr. Smith, who is the best character. He's really kinda funny. Kind of evil, but a sniveling coward. Brilliant, but self-centered and stuff. I dunno. He seems to sort of care about the Robinsons' good-natured young son, Will, who's also quite smart, and likes Dr. Smith despite the man's bad nature. There's also the Robot, who has lots of arguments with Dr. Smith. They insult each other all the time, it's great. Will and the Robot are great friends to each other, while Dr. Smith and the Robot hate each other. Those are the three best characters.
The other Robinsons as well as Major West are all quite boring and superfluous, IMO. Necessary for the stories, of course, but that's just a technicality; it's really about the relationship between Will, Dr. Smith, and the Robot. Although of course we do kinda like Judy. And the younger daughter Penny was a pretty cute kid and probably the fourth-best character on the show. Of course, Will was played by Bill Mumy, who's done plenty of other good work, most notably playing Lennier in Babylon 5. And Jonathan Harris, who played Dr. Smith, also did some other good work, such as playing Freakazoid's second butler, Professor Jones, in Freakazoid (cartoons 1)....
Not sure what else to say right now, except there was a remake in movie form in the 90s (see sci-fi films 5), which wasn't great, but I liked it well enough, I guess. Certainly from a production standpoint, it was far superior to the 60s TV series... But even so, the series is still fun for its camp and/or nostalgia value, and justifiably more beloved than the movie.
The New Adventures of Robin Hood, TNT
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Like "The Adventures of Sinbad, this was one of the shows that I thought of at the time as being sort of influenced by Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. I'm afraid I also don't remember this show well, though I'm sure I saw more of it than I did of Sinbad, and must have liked it better. Though it still wasn't great. It also had some interesting characters, I guess, though I don't remember them too well. We definitely liked Marion, as played by both of the actresses who portrayed her at different points in the series, though I don't recall which I preferred. And, I can't really think of anything useful to say about the series....
Swans Crossing, syndicated
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This was a ridiculous, stupid, cheesy, campy little show that I always thought would've been more popular if it'd come out after Hercules instead of a few years before it. Or maybe not. It wasn't very good, but it had some bizarre storylines and a pretty cast. It was a teen soap is what it was, but it was just so stupid. Our favorite character was Sydney Rutledge, played by Sarah Michelle Gellar, who we very much liked and were certain at the time would eventually go on to bigger and better things, which of course she did. Oh, and Mira Sorvino was in it, too.
Xena: Warrior Princess, syndicated
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This was a decent show, but just not one of my favorites. A spin-off from Hercules, and probably even better than that show. We like Xena, but we like Gabrielle even better. Oh yes, we definitely quite like Gabrielle. What else to say? I also thought Joxer was cool. Or something. Funny, whatever. Yes, a pretty decent show, but I didn't see alot of it. Xena used to be a villain, but in this series she travelled around with this girl she met named Gabrielle, who wanted to be a bard or whatever, but ended up learning to fight and stuff. So, basically Xena was helping folks, trying to atone for her evil past and stuff. Of course, like Hercules, there was plenty of Greek mythology, but it was also wildly anachronistic at times. Anyway, I think at first Xena found Gabrielle kind of annoying, but over time they developed a very deep friendship. A relationship which many fans saw as something more, though there is no clear support of such theories... and no clear denial....