Tag: romance
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STAR TREK REWIND: “The Price”
“Just tell me there’s some chocolate here.” It never fails that when an underutilized character is given the spotlight, it more often than not results in that character’s undoing. Like “The Galileo Seven” with Spock, “The Price” nearly destroys Counselor Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis). The same thing happened two episodes earlier with “Booby Trap” and…
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“Blade Runner, 1982”
“Quite an experience to live in fear, isn’t it? That’s what it is to be a slave.” Blade Runner, 1982 (Harrison Ford), The Ladd Company I knew I had to end my Vintage Cable Box series with, what I regard to be, one of the greatest movies ever made. Nothing can prepare you for Blade…
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“The Lady In Red, 1979”
“I have two arms. Two legs. And I know all the words to ‘Yes, We Have No Bananas’.” The Lady In Red, 1979 (Pamela Sue Martin), New World Pictures You have a simple farm girl in Polly Franklin (Pamela Sue Martin) singing show-tunes while she’s getting the eggs for transit into town. She stops and…
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Monkees Vs. Macheen: “Monkees Get Out More Dirt”
The Monkees Love Catwoman! “Monkees Get Out More Dirt” is one of the episodes I’d put into a “most memorable” category. It’s the one with Julie Newmar, and the one where they all compete with each other instead of working together. The episode first aired April 3, 1967, and the writers were Gerald Gardner and…
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Vintage Cable Box: Rhinestone, 1984
“All right, we’ll go to your place and you can show me your organ. But I’m warning you, it’d best be having music coming out of it.” Rhinestone, 1984 (Dolly Parton), 20th Century Fox Sylvester Stallone is a smart guy. Betraying his brutish looks, muscular physique, and propensity for violence, Stallone understands his incredible history,…
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Vintage Cable Box: Little Darlings, 1980
“Do you realize that I am almost the only virgin in camp? Every girl knows this secret life except me. Look at it this way. It’d be a learning experience.” Little Darlings, 1980 (Kristy McNichol), Paramount Pictures On a strange hot summer night, I pop in the old Paramount tape of Little Darlings. I remember…
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Vintage Cable Box: The Woman in Red, 1984
“Come and get it, Cowboy.” The Woman in Red, 1984 (Gene Wilder), Orion Pictures I had not planned to cover The Woman in Red until next year, but Gene Wilder’s passing prompted me to look at the movie again. As far as I know, the movie did not premiere on HBO until 1986 when we…
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Vintage Cable Box: “Summer Lovers, 1982”
“When there is not enough space, there is pressure.” Summer Lovers, 1982 (Daryl Hannah), Filmways Good-looking young couple Peter Gallagher and Daryl Hannah take a summer house on the Greek island Santorini. Fresh from college graduation, I gather Gallagher is itching to settle down, but he becomes infatuated with a French archaeologist named Lina, on…
Misadventures in Blissville 