Comments on: Adventures of Captain Marvel http://cycling.finial.com/blog/2006/01/25/adventures-of-captain-marvel/ Cycling, articles, sites, and thoughts Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:58:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: John http://cycling.finial.com/blog/2006/01/25/adventures-of-captain-marvel/#comment-1062 John Thu, 26 Jan 2006 14:42:38 +0000 http://cycling.finial.com/blog/?p=256#comment-1062 Man, those things really took advantage of the audience, didn't they? After seeing a few too many of those revisionary endings, I might have gotten mad enough to start hobbling people too. Man, those things really took advantage of the audience, didn’t they? After seeing a few too many of those revisionary endings, I might have gotten mad enough to start hobbling people too.

]]> By: todd http://cycling.finial.com/blog/2006/01/25/adventures-of-captain-marvel/#comment-1061 todd Thu, 26 Jan 2006 14:38:39 +0000 http://cycling.finial.com/blog/?p=256#comment-1061 They did have a "Play All" but it was play <i>all</i> from the opening theme song to the FBI warning for each episode. The recap was a series of photos with captions telling where we are in the story. Like, a picture of Captain Marvel with a caption saying "Captain Marvel rescued Betty from $latest_peril". I didn't mind those since I didn't watch it straight through (it's 3-1/2 hours long). The photos were followed by a replay of the cliffhanger. Except there were a couple of times when they use the cheap plot device of changing the cliff hanger. Like, Billy Batson is flying his plane and Whitey is trying to get him on the radio to tell him there's a bomb in the plane set to go off at 8:01. (Why 8:01?!?). Cliffhanger version: plane blows up, fade to black. Replay version: at the last minute Billy Batson sees the radio wires have been cut, splices them together, hears Whitey's warning, and jumps out of the plane (yelling "Shazam!"), plane blows up. They did have a “Play All” but it was play all from the opening theme song to the FBI warning for each episode. The recap was a series of photos with captions telling where we are in the story. Like, a picture of Captain Marvel with a caption saying “Captain Marvel rescued Betty from $latest_peril”. I didn’t mind those since I didn’t watch it straight through (it’s 3-1/2 hours long).

The photos were followed by a replay of the cliffhanger. Except there were a couple of times when they use the cheap plot device of changing the cliff hanger. Like, Billy Batson is flying his plane and Whitey is trying to get him on the radio to tell him there’s a bomb in the plane set to go off at 8:01. (Why 8:01?!?).

Cliffhanger version: plane blows up, fade to black.
Replay version: at the last minute Billy Batson sees the radio wires have been cut, splices them together, hears Whitey’s warning, and jumps out of the plane (yelling “Shazam!”), plane blows up.

]]> By: John http://cycling.finial.com/blog/2006/01/25/adventures-of-captain-marvel/#comment-1059 John Thu, 26 Jan 2006 13:35:19 +0000 http://cycling.finial.com/blog/?p=256#comment-1059 Had a thought this morning. (I know, stop the presses!) Seeing that you got that serial from Netflix, it's gotta be on DVD. I'm wondering why they didn't arrange the chapter stops so that there was an option to "Play All", which would include the recapping and forecasting between episodes, and a "Segments Only" that would cut those out. (The DVD for Season One of the TV show "The Ultimate Fighter" did just that, and it cut down on a lot of the redundant crap. I thought that was a nice feature.) Then I was thinking that the reason this was ommitted might have been just what made <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100157/" rel="nofollow">Annie Wilkes</a> so gosh-darn mad. After all, HE DIDN'T GET OUT OF THE COCKADOODIE CAR! Had a thought this morning. (I know, stop the presses!)

Seeing that you got that serial from Netflix, it’s gotta be on DVD. I’m wondering why they didn’t arrange the chapter stops so that there was an option to “Play All”, which would include the recapping and forecasting between episodes, and a “Segments Only” that would cut those out.

(The DVD for Season One of the TV show “The Ultimate Fighter” did just that, and it cut down on a lot of the redundant crap. I thought that was a nice feature.)

Then I was thinking that the reason this was ommitted might have been just what made Annie Wilkes so gosh-darn mad. After all, HE DIDN’T GET OUT OF THE COCKADOODIE CAR!

]]> By: todd http://cycling.finial.com/blog/2006/01/25/adventures-of-captain-marvel/#comment-1052 todd Wed, 25 Jan 2006 21:27:04 +0000 http://cycling.finial.com/blog/?p=256#comment-1052 The fights were okay. It's kind of tough fighting a superhero, though. I mean, it's not like you can get in more than one punch. There was also a lot of driving to and fro. Quick! Let's go to your office! Quick! Let's go to the professor's lab! Quick! Let's go the secret hideout! Worth watching, though. The fights were okay. It’s kind of tough fighting a superhero, though. I mean, it’s not like you can get in more than one punch. There was also a lot of driving to and fro. Quick! Let’s go to your office! Quick! Let’s go to the professor’s lab! Quick! Let’s go the secret hideout!

Worth watching, though.

]]> By: John http://cycling.finial.com/blog/2006/01/25/adventures-of-captain-marvel/#comment-1051 John Wed, 25 Jan 2006 20:41:46 +0000 http://cycling.finial.com/blog/?p=256#comment-1051 The only serial I've seen is the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6302213266/103-2012468-5701441?v=glance" rel="nofollow">Crimson Ghost</a> which I bought on VHS, well... <a href="http://www.misfits.com" rel="nofollow">because</a>. Man, the fights in that thing are out of hand! People punching each other over desks, through windows. It's totally insane. The only serial I’ve seen is the Crimson Ghost which I bought on VHS, well… because.

Man, the fights in that thing are out of hand! People punching each other over desks, through windows. It’s totally insane.

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