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Rocky Jones
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 9:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bud Brewster wrote:
I'm not familiar with recording method you mentioned. Sounds interesting.

If you're using Windows 7 or 8 you've got Media Center and just have to run through the initial settings to start using it. I hear they're dropping it in 10, though. The only drawback I've found with it seems to be that it incorporates "DRM" tech. I just noticed the new programs I recorded last night have "will be deleted today" warnings on them. I'm looking into work arounds now.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 11:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Ah-ha! I think I have fiddled around with that a little bit, years ago. That "time limit" on recordings was what killed my enthusiasm. Still, I want to hear about how you handle that drawback to this method of downloading shows and movies. Very interesting.
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 9:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Watched the episode last night on MeTV "The Runaway Robot."

Fun episode in spite of the horrible design for the 'bot.

Got me to thinking. Even by 50s standards AOS had a meager budget & was not a network show.

Wonder how much better the series would have looked if it was a network show with a healthy budget?
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 1:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I know just what you mean. I think the talent was there, but there's only so much you can do when the money is that tight.

It's really a shame, because despite the limitations of the series, it's still being enjoyed by millions on people.

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 7:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Adventures of Superman appears to have been shot on a budget equal or less than the old serials.

But I had the best time ever watching it!

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 9:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here's a wild idea.

Imagine a Superman feature film in the 50s with the TV cast.

Now imagine that it had the budget & talent of Forbidden Planet behind it.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 15, 2015 8:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Adventures of Superman still works well today - I must re-watch my dvd box sets. They certainly made a wise investment when they went to filming the episodes in colour after the first two seasons.

Plenty of Daily Planet scenes must have kept the costs down. You don't really need super-villains with CGI special effect powers to keep the audience entertained, you just need Clark, Lois, Jimmy, Perry, and a few scheming crooks who are cruisin' for a bruisin'...


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PostPosted: Wed Dec 16, 2015 2:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

noetic_hatter wrote:
Speaking of Reeves: I love his Clark Kent.

For what I assume were budget reasons, you obviously see very little actual "Superman". The mysteries tend to be solved by Clark and Lois as detectives. He's brave and strong, unlike Chris Reeve's Kent. It makes more sense that a girl like Lois would hang around George's Clark. (or Dean Cain's Clark, for that matter)

A TV show is different from a movie or a comic book. In a weekly TV series, the "wimpy and bumbling" Clark would have worn out his welcome pretty quickly.

How was Superman's alter ego portrayed in the Kirk Alyn serial and on radio by Bud Collyer?
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 01, 2016 12:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Trivia } On the episode "The Deadly Rock,"from 06/02/1956 the guest star was Robert Lowery.

Lowery portrayed Bruce Wayne/Batman in the 1949 serial Batman & Robin.

Looks like Clark & Bruce kinda met.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 06, 2016 8:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

"Noel Neill, Lois Lane in 'Superman' TV series, dies at 95"

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-noel-neill-obituary-idUSKCN0ZL01C
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 21, 2016 2:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Trivia. In The Bowery Boys Meet The Monsters,released in 06/06/1954,one of the monsters is a robot.

That same robot with a few modifications would be reused on the Adventures of Superman.

The episode was "The Gentle Monster"from 03/24/'58.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 21, 2016 4:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Actually, the first pilot for AofS WAS shot as a feature movie!

SUPERMAN AND THE MOLE MEN was shot as a feature (although low budget!) movie and was released as such. It was cut up and broadcast as the only two parter to conclude the first season.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 21, 2016 5:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Here's an idea I'll just toss out for the fun of it.

Anybody interested in a Saturday morning chat with Adventures of Superman? I have the box sets and I'm sure I'm not the only one. Those who don't have them might find them at their local library,= or Netflix.

It could be something we'd do in less than an hour each Saturday morning (two episodes), with a hot cup of coffee for the folks on the West coast. and with Coke and popcorn for the folks on the East coast.

Anyone game for this idea? Very Happy




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PostPosted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 12:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for the pix Orzel-W!
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 12:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's a great picture, for sure. That "robox" could have been the first Transformer... if transforming into some sort of garden waste burner, plus a storage crate or two, would have counted. Optibox Prime...?
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