What are you watching?

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

'Smatter, Miguel? Not scary enough? Didn't you see when Count Floyd came out of that coffin and, and ---

Awright -- it wasn't scary! They didn't even have the movie that week. But here's a really scary one: "Dr. Tongue's Evil House of Wax". A truly scary classic!

And, if that's not scary enough, there's "Dr. Tongue's Evil House of Pancakes":

SCAARY STUFF!

Ow-ow-aWOOOO!

 

[Miguel]

 

[Starbrow]

I have gotten totally sucked into this show again.

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

I have the DVD set!

Too bad it was sabotaged by the Fox suits.

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Well, that's interesting -- I had a couple of their LP's, in the late 70's, but didn't know they went back so far.

Is it just a coincidence that ATC happened to run a story on them today? 🤔

Kraftwerk And Our Computer World

In a new book, writer Uwe Schütte takes up a close examination of the unique context that gave rise to one of the century's most influential art projects.

www.npr.org

You might want to give it a listen.

 

[Ealdwyn]

I have the DVD set!

Too bad it was sabotaged by the Fox suits.

But it is perfect as it stands: one series and a movie, always leaves us wanting more

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

That's one way of looking at it.

I suppose.

 

[Ealdwyn]

That's one way of looking at it.

I suppose.

There's not a bad episode. No filler. No shark-jumping. No extending it long past it's sell-by date.
Of course I'd love to have more. But I'd rather have one perfect season than any number of mediochre episodes.

 

[The Golden Flower]

I just started Shadow and Bone on Netflix after heaving read the book. Not too bad but rather strange. Anyone else seen it?

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Footwork:

But note the fan work too -- especially at 1:25. Amazing.

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Oh, my, I was mistaken in thinking the dancer in my previous post was MARiA, the singer/songwriter responsible for the song. Blame it on inability to read either Chinese or Japanese. Also on having to watch everything on a tiny phone screen. Also aging eyes!

Should I have recognized the 1930's Shanghai dress style, however modified by videogame/anime/cosplay? Oh, well.

In any event, here's the official dance video, with MARiA (center, purple) and two friends:

There are captions for that one.

For comparison, here's one of many MMD covers, featuring vocaloids Haku, Teto, and Miku:

(I guess I should except Miku, as she's a real girl now. 😁)

 

[Rivendell_librarian]

Just to be different the French Open tennis. There have been some great matches already both in singles and doubles.
I know it's predictable but I can't see anyone stopping Nadal winning his 14th title though I hate the interminable ball bouncing - Djokovic is just as bad
The women's is more open but again I think last year's winner Iga Swiatek is hard to beat.

On the drama side of things I'm re-watching The Prisoner (1967/8) and it is just as fresh now as when I first watched it over 50 years ago.
Ok some of the episodes are a bit muddled but it's a unique one of a kind series with fantastic opening and closing sequences.

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

 

[Halasían]

On the drama side of things I'm re-watching The Prisoner (1967/8) and it is just as fresh now as when I first watched it over 50 years ago.
Ok some of the episodes are a bit muddled but it's a unique one of a kind series with fantastic opening and closing sequences.

Love that show! Oddly, I just fished out my DVD set of 'Dangerman' to watch durung my late nights. I think it was called 'Secret Agent Man' in the USA. It predated The Prisoner, and the opening sequence of The Prisoner hints at the catylist of him being abducted was because he resigned. Patrick McGoohan was no longer John Drake, but #6.

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

I think it was called 'Secret Agent Man' in the USA.

Just "Secret Agent". The "Man" part was in the title of the Johnny Rivers song done for the US version's intro:

I guess he needed an extra syllable in there. It was released as a 45, BTW, and was pretty popular, IIRC.

 

[Halasían]

Just "Secret Agent". The "Man" part was in the title of the Johnny Rivers song done for the US version's intro:

I guess he needed an extra syllable in there. It was released as a 45, BTW, and was pretty popular, IIRC.

The show was literally reworked for the U.S. audience.
That is quite different from the original British intro/outro for Dangerman...

The reworked show was brought back a couple years after its original cancellation when the 'Bond Craze' led to several 'Spy' shows being created in the wake of the Bond popularity, like The Avengers,The Man From U.N.C.L.E., and later, Mission Impossible. When the series started to get too much like 'Bond' Patrick McGoohan 'resigned' from the show and created 'The Prisoner'.

That Johnny Rivers song shows up on the 'misquoted lyrics' list a lot (Secret 'Asian' Man).

A point of trivia... John Drake and Dangerman predated the release of the first James Bond film 'Dr No'.

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

How reworked was it? The few Danger Man episodes I have are as I remember Secret Agent (the memories are admittedly distant).

They eliminated the "Negative Man" opening, but kept the opening sequence, followed by the US Titles. Then, commercials. But then they'd return with the "Danger Man" musical harpsichord opening sequence, just as here:

About that, I'm sure, because I learned it on the piano (didn’t have a harpsichord). Were there other changes?