tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post4181723832325013153..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Indians in The Time TunnelRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-57482788199746767312008-04-04T21:46:00.000-07:002008-04-04T21:46:00.000-07:00DMarks answers:"Lost in Space."I think it was Indi...DMarks answers:<BR/><BR/>"Lost in Space."<BR/><BR/>I think it was Indian stereotype-free, come to think of it. But it did have a few cowboys.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-46010696569411228212008-03-22T03:18:00.000-07:002008-03-22T03:18:00.000-07:00Writerfella here -- Um, Rob, you're supposed t...Writerfella here --<BR/> Um, Rob, you're supposed to WATCH TV, not eat it!<BR/>All Best<BR/>Russ Bates<BR/>'writerfella'writerfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00111681906238053379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-15520890672013983062008-03-21T07:10:00.000-07:002008-03-21T07:10:00.000-07:00Time magazine picked "The 100 Best TV Shows of All...Time magazine picked "The 100 Best TV Shows of All-TIME." Here are their choices:<BR/><BR/>http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/completelist/0,,1651341,00.html<BR/><BR/>Almost every show I would've named--<I>I Love Lucy</I>, <I>All in the Family</I>, <I>The Simpsons</I>, <I>The Sopranos</I>, <I>Six Feet Under</I>, <I>Hill Street Blues</I>, <I>The West Wing</I>, <I>My So-Called Life</I>, <I>Lost</I>, <I>24</I>, <I>Star Trek</I>, <I>Battlestar Galactica</I>, <I>Roots</I>, <I>Prime Suspect</I>, <I>Saturday Night Live</I>--made the list. About the only shows I would've named that didn't make it were <I>thirtysomething</I> and <I>ER</I>.<BR/><BR/>Oddly, <I>The Time Tunnel</I>, <I>Lost in Space</I>, <I>Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea</I>, and <I>Land of the Giants</I> didn’t make the list either. Based on this, I conclude I have great taste in TV shows. ;-)Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-70730112023250676322008-03-21T06:56:00.000-07:002008-03-21T06:56:00.000-07:00I wasn't counting The Time Tunnel because I'd alre...I wasn't counting <I>The Time Tunnel</I> because I'd already discussed its mediocrity. But have it your way, Russ. You learned from the writers of <I>four</I> of the most mediocre shows in TV history.<BR/><BR/>I guess you have nothing to say about the inconsistencies in <I>The Time Tunnel's</I> "logic." Perhaps you didn't even realize there <I>were</I> inconsistencies. Perhaps that's why you haven't risen above the mediocre shows you learned from.<BR/><BR/>I watched <I>The Time Tunnel</I>, <I>Lost in Space</I>, and <I>Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea</I> recently, DMarks. They weren't very good. Have you watched any of them recently? If not, you may want to view them again before you form your final opinion.<BR/><BR/>But I can't stand the suspense. Of <I>The Time Tunnel</I>, <I>Lost in Space</I>, <I>Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea</I>, and <I>Land of the Giants</I>, which was "one of the best TV shows of all time"? Television historians await your answer with bated breath. ;-)Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-78037717070367625262008-03-20T15:30:00.000-07:002008-03-20T15:30:00.000-07:00Not only that, one of the best TV shows of all tim...Not only that, one of the best TV shows of all time was on the "mediocre" list and did not belong. Nor, for that matter, did the other fine shows.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-56880938805917725862008-03-19T10:43:00.000-07:002008-03-19T10:43:00.000-07:00Writerfella here -- Learn to count, Rob. Your...Writerfella here --<BR/> Learn to count, Rob. Your own topic, TIME TUNNEL, makes FOUR shows, not three.<BR/> Writerfella only can counter that popular culture only is that, popular. 'Popular,' therefore means it never was or is intended to be art or literature or landmark human achievement. It is escapist entertainment and as ephemeral as the morning paper or even what you had for breakfast Tuesday. You perfectly are free to claim that this item or that was "mediocre," but what you fail to see is that you have mistaken 'illusion' for 'allusion." And that, Rob, is a blindness perfectly suited to your own levels of achievement...<BR/>All Best<BR/>Russ Bates<BR/>'writerfella'writerfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00111681906238053379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-7543384114612983292008-03-19T05:03:00.000-07:002008-03-19T05:03:00.000-07:00Viewers may have "missed" the rule that Doug and T...Viewers may have "missed" the rule that Doug and Tony couldn't change the past because the show's writers missed it also. Or rather, the writers applied the rule inconsistently. More often than not, I'd say, Doug and Tony tried to change the past by warning key figures what was going to happen. If they truly thought their words would have no effect, they were acting foolishly and pointlessly.<BR/><BR/>P.S. You learned from the writers of three of the most mediocre shows in TV history? Somehow that doesn't surprise me. ;-)Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-54227024834718692922008-03-18T04:46:00.000-07:002008-03-18T04:46:00.000-07:00Writerfella here -- TIME TUNNEL is one of writ...Writerfella here --<BR/> TIME TUNNEL is one of writerfella's many best memories of TV SF efforts. It was hindered by the stringent characteristic that time could not be changed, only encountered. That lesson mostly is missed by any and all who remember it. Two of its principal writers, Bob and Wanda Duncan, became writerfella's teachers at Oklahoma University, as they also had written for LOST IN SPACE, VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA, and LAND OF THE GIANTS. They became regarded influences for writerfella's Emmy-winning episode of STAR TREK, "How Sharper Than A Serpent's Tooth," and writerfella has acknowledged same since on the internet...writerfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00111681906238053379noreply@blogger.com