Discuss Time Rider
Notes: One of the shows
I've watched recently for inspiration and time travel ideas is the
classic 1960's TV show
Time Tunnel
from Irwin Allen. It's much better than I first considered. It's
amazing how entertaining some shows are without commercial
interruption and when you are sitting still focusing on nothing but
the story in front of you. I highly recommend both of the available
Time Tunnel
DVD sets. The
second volume comes with a never before seen TV pilot for a
modern Time Tunnel done just a few years ago starring Ghost
Whisperer star David Conrad. Make sure you watch the original for a
while before watching this one. It makes the experience a lot more
fun seeing a modern looking Time Tunnel that seems to take some
inspiration from
Stargate
SG-1 . It's amazing what kinds of shows fail to even reach the
airwaves that are head and shoulders above normal television. The
only argument I had with the pilot was turning one of Time Tunnel's
major characters, Tony Newman, into a girl, and sending two women
dressed as combat troops into World War II. It still manages to
work, but you have to know that when the characters are worried
about changing time, and being undetected by individuals that were
living through
World
War II that 2 women dressed as combat soldiers would
automatically raise eyebrows.
But aside from that goof, the
pilot was fun, dramatic, and seemed to have great production values.
It also threw in some sci-fi elements to the story that were very
fascinating like the idea that the world the main character Doug
Philips was living in was actually one that had been altered by a
time storm where red means go, and green means stop and he has a
family whereas originally he was a complete loner. Also the small
comedic tribute to
Hogan's Heroes
was a great comedy relief from the drama. The heroes, while
pretending to be Nazis while confronted by German soldiers, claimed
the names Colonel Klink and Sgt. Schultz. And that is just the
pilot, the old classic show itself while it may take a little
getting used to by modern audiences is extremely creative, and a
whole lot of fun.
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