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Post by Cyggy on Mar 5, 2022 3:48:39 GMT
Please rate and discuss this story here.....
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Post by Cyggy on Mar 6, 2022 1:08:24 GMT
Watched this one again - or perhaps really properly for the first time - recently and was finally able to follow the plot (more or less). It wasn't too bad actually imo. I can understand why Tom had zero memories of making it though when he had to comment on each and every story he had been in when he did that double-tape "The Tom Baker Years" VHS thing though in the '90's. All that CSO! I was pleased to finally get through it as a viewer with at least some comprehension. I don't think I had even previously been able to get into the Target Book of it when that came out, so the story was uncharted territory for me really.
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Post by Black Orchid on Apr 3, 2022 16:36:05 GMT
The first episode is okay, but the rest is a bit dull and easily the worst Tom Baker story up to this point. Things are not helped by an overuse of CSO and silly looking robots.
Haven't seen this story in a while - don't intend to.
4/10
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Post by GC on Apr 5, 2022 1:31:25 GMT
I recall the last time I attempted to watch this (on DVD) I ended up being carted off to hospital halfway through it with severe chest and stomach pains. Have to say it came as a welcome relief...
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Post by Cyggy on Jul 9, 2022 14:00:38 GMT
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Post by Future-Diver on Jan 21, 2024 10:46:12 GMT
'Underworld' - Episode 1. "We're being buried alive. If it wasn't for this layer of debris, the asteroid belt would have smashed us to pieces. Still, you can't have everything, can you?"Well, I usually avoid watching this particular serial but when I do watch it, I'm always impressed with the excellent first episode. The set of the bridge of the Minyan space ship looks like a bit of money's been spent on it, we have a proper Sci Fi adventure tale for a change and I like the warm and funny interaction between the Doctor and Leela (even K9 gets to be useful). I love the way Leela looses her temper with everyone: "You're all laughing at me. I'll smash your stupid grins off your stupid faces". Unfortunately, there's a definite drop in quality from Episode 2 onwards. More later...
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Post by profh0011 on Jan 21, 2024 17:41:09 GMT
I can never quite remember what in the heck was going on the first time I saw most of these. Philly's Channel 12 (PBS), after a false start with one episode a week Fridays at 9:30 PM, began running one episode a day from Monday-Friday about 6:30 PM (if memory serves). And somehow, I kept missing the odd episodes here and there. It was infuriating.
I came in "Underworld" with part two. Try to imagine THAT! So I had no idea WTF was going on.
On top of that, the episodes were slightly cut for commercial time (RRRRRRR). Also, does anyone remember the Howard Da Silva intros and outros that first year in America? I HATED his voice. He was always explaining things, yet more often than not, doing it in such a bad way that he made it harder to understand rather than easier. And at the end of each episode, they'd have "coming attractions" (a trailer) for the NEXT episode, effectively blowing plot points before you had a chance to see them.
I didn't really "get" what was going on with the CSO, I just knew something didn't look right.
I was more bugged by the completely-INSANE attitude of the ones in charge of the underground lack-of-civilization. If it was supposed to be a sci-fi equivalent of "Colchis", it made the people in the Ray Harryhausen movie seem very reasonable by comparison. I always remember thinking the head thug reminded me of Rod Steiger.
James Maxwell, who played "Jason" (sort of), I've also seen in the MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION adaptation of "Dracula", as "Dr. Seward". He has a bit part as a fanatical lunatic priest in THE EVIL OF FRANKENSTEIN. He was also in 2 episodes apiece of DANGER MAN, THE SAINT and THE AVENGERS. For me, the most-memorable was "The Outside-In Man", where he plays agent "Mark Charter", who'd been a prisoner for several years and then came back to collect his back-pay. It's the only episode where Ronald Radd plays Steed's boss "Quilpie", whose office is hidden behind a butcher shop (shades of UNCLE-- before-the-fact). Everyone is worried about whether Charter has gone rogue or not, and to make matters worse, Steed disappears for half the story! This doesn't make Cathy Gale feel any better, since she's dropped into the deep end trying to figure things out. It's an episode I give my highest reccomendation to. (I only wish seasons 2 & 3 were available on BLU-RAY. I love the episodes more each time I watch them, but it would be nice to see them BOTH uncut AND running at the correct speed.)
The other day, I looked down the Wikipedia page on BLU-RAYs. It goes on and on and on and ON about technical things, but-- I swear-- NEVER ONCE mentions that Blu-Rays play at the correect speed in EVERY country. You'd think that would be one of the biggest selling points!!!
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Post by profh0011 on Jan 21, 2024 17:52:24 GMT
THE AVENGERS: The Outside-In Man
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