Remington Steele memories.... by chrisisall

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Remington Steele memories....

POSTED BY: CHRISISALL
UPDATED: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 13:24
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Monday, August 11, 2008 3:12 PM

I know it ain't a SF series, but any y'all got fond memories of this show? I just watched the first ep on Hulu.com, and boy was it a fun trip down memory lane!! Now I remember why I wanted him as Bond so badly.

Blastingpastisall

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Monday, August 11, 2008 3:21 PM

FUTUREMRSFILLION

I loved Remington Steele! I love hulu! It is my new friend. I am currently wathcing Air Wolf.

I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"

FORSAKEN original

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Monday, August 11, 2008 3:26 PM

CHRISISALL

You can stop at the end of the first season & switch to RS.

Damn, that show was so good...

Brosnanisall

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Monday, August 11, 2008 3:33 PM

PUMAMANREDUX

I remember being a teen and enjoying the RS mysteries, the character interaction and the second theme tune

.... I enjoy mystery themed tv series (I saw quite a few Murder, She Wrotes and Columbo (the latter title was syndicated at the time)... I wish Universal would release the 1975 Ellery Queen series onto DVD. I have seen many mysteries on TV over the years

But back to Remington Steele ... I was fortunate to find the 4 boxed dvd sets comprising the 5 seasons(the fourth and fifth seasons are on the 4th set) at reasonable prices at deepdiscount.com and Best Buy

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Monday, August 11, 2008 3:36 PM

FUTUREMRSFILLION

I never quite understood the casting of Stephanie Zimbalist

eta - OK WHO thought Barry Van Dyke looked like Jan-Michael Vincent? Anyone? Anyone?

I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"

FORSAKEN original

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Monday, August 11, 2008 3:36 PM

MIIKE

isn't remmington steele a razor blade?never heard of the show, but im a big fan of kitsch 80s american drama like magnum and T.J.Hooker so i'll try and check it out

October 12th, 1985. Dog carcass in alley this morning, tire tread on burst stomach. This city is afraid of me. I have seen its true face. The streets are extended gutters and the gutters are full of blood and when the drains finally scab over, all the vermin will drown.

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Monday, August 11, 2008 3:38 PM

FUTUREMRSFILLION

Run Mike, do not walk, to Hulu.com and experience the RS!

I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"

FORSAKEN original

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Monday, August 11, 2008 3:39 PM

MIIKE

thanks

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Monday, August 11, 2008 4:54 PM

CHARLIEBZ

After Princess Leia, I wanted to be Laura Holt. So smart. And the hats!

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Monday, August 11, 2008 6:55 PM

JEWELSTAITEFAN

At the time, sarcasm in this form was not as hip, refined, or well practiced, in the TV format. Brosnan helped bring this form to the level it is today. Bruce Willis halped as well, but Bruce's dim costar couldn't hold up her weight.

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Monday, August 11, 2008 6:59 PM

FUTUREMRSFILLION

Quote:
Originally posted by jewelstaitefan:
At the time, sarcasm in this form was not as hip, refined, or well practiced, in the TV format. Brosnan helped bring this form to the level it is today. Bruce Willis halped as well, but Bruce's dim costar couldn't hold up her weight.

Yeah especially after "the twins" were born.

I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"

FORSAKEN original

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008 11:09 AM

CHRISISALL

Remington Steele was way cooler than Moonlighting because you could take it in more than one way- comedy, action, mystery, Moonlighting was just the Three Stooges mixed with the Marx Brothers, not much more.

But it made Die Hard possibleisall

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008 11:19 AM

LWAVES

Quote:
Originally posted by miike:
thanks

I'm fairly sure Hulu is for US inmates only. So us outsiders in the UK are screwed (again).

I remember watching the show though, on BBC2 if I remember correctly. Always thought he should be Bond but it wasn't to be at the time. At least it happened later though as he was one of the best.
Good show that should have gotten better coverage over here.

"I don't believe in suicide, but if you'd like to try it it might cheer me up to watch."

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008 11:20 AM

MSB

Remmington Steele was my favorite show ( except for Spenser for Hire) and I think Stephanie Zimbalist was cast on the strength of her father Efram Zimbalist...

Anyway...love that show:)

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008 11:30 AM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by lwaves:

I'm fairly sure Hulu is for US inmates only. So us outsiders in the UK are screwed (again).

So? Do a crime over here & enjoy.

isall

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008 11:41 AM

PLATONIST

RS was well acted and written for an 80's show, one of my favorites, not so much with ML

Bond sings in Mamma Mia

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008 11:49 AM

THESOMNAMBULIST

Yeah it was alot of fun that show. Great idea too. Always loved the closing music to it aswell, very evocative.

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008 12:05 PM

CHRISISALL

It had style all right. Shame that season five's resurrection nixed Brosnan being in Bond & Stephanie being Lewis in Robocop...

isall

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008 2:05 PM

MSB

Well he got to be Bond in the end...but we would have been spared the Timothy Dalton movies...sigh

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008 2:40 PM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by MSB:
Well he got to be Bond in the end...but we would have been spared the Timothy Dalton movies...sigh

Dalton' a fine actor, but he weren't no Bond...

00Chrisisall

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008 2:45 PM

FUTUREMRSFILLION

I liked Dalton

I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"

FORSAKEN original

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Wednesday, August 13, 2008 3:45 AM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by FutureMrsFIllion:

I liked Dalton

He was as good as Craig is, I guess, I just thought Dalton was especially excellent in Rocketeer, and he cracked me up in Looney Toons Back In Action.

BTW, I got Remington Steele's 2nd season yesterday, and man I forgot all the Bond-y stuff they did back then- it's so much fun!!!

The goofy Chrisisall

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Wednesday, August 13, 2008 4:54 AM

CHARLIEBZ

For me, Timothy Dalton will always be Prince Barin. I loved him so...

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Wednesday, August 13, 2008 6:50 AM

MSB

I didn't hate him and he was certainly better than George Lazenby, but he's no where near as good as Pierce.

Oh I did love him in the Rocketeer:)

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Wednesday, August 13, 2008 8:40 AM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by MSB:
I didn't hate him and he was certainly better than George Lazenby, but he's no where near as good as Pierce.

Bondwise there's Connery, and then there's Brosnan...they didn't get Clive Owen to take up after Brosnan, so barring any unknown quantities, I'm pretty much done with Bond, but, I do have lots of eps of Steele to re-discover, and that's the next best thing IMO!

Liscensed to snarkisall

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Wednesday, August 13, 2008 9:27 AM

JAKE7

Ah, Remington Steele. One of my all-time favorite shows. I've got the entire DVD series.

As soon as it came out on DVD, I started getting them and watching them. I was glad that the show didn't come across as really stupid so many years later!

My fantasy (if I win millions in the lottery) car is that Auburn.... sigh.

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Wednesday, August 13, 2008 9:33 AM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by jake7:
I've got the entire DVD series.

What season's your favourite?
I felt that the first season was kinda tame compared to the rest, and I don't remember much from the last season- was it as good as the ones before?

Man of Steeleisall

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Thursday, August 14, 2008 11:01 AM

LWAVES

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Quote:
Originally posted by FutureMrsFIllion:

I liked Dalton
He was as good as Craig is, I guess, I just thought Dalton was especially excellent in Rocketeer, and he cracked me up in Looney Toons Back In Action.

The goofy Chrisisall

Dalton had the darker edge like Craig does. I actually think that his films 'failed' more because the audience and critics were not ready to accept a darker Bond than in the films themselves. Especially for License To Kill.

Dalton is also excellent in Hot Fuzz. A masterclass in how to eat up every scene he's in with a smack of the lips. Delicious.

"I don't believe in suicide, but if you'd like to try it it might cheer me up to watch."

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Thursday, August 14, 2008 12:00 PM

UPPERSON

I absolutely adored that show when I was a kid, and if I remember correctly it wasn't even on in English here! it was dubbed and it was still really cool!
Somehow the tone of shows back then was just different. Quite a surprise to watch them again though!! Watched MacGyver again the other day... I never noticed back then how he was running through girls and that the girls are all totally useless! I just loved the story! Ah, for the return of the innocence of youth!! :)

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Thursday, August 14, 2008 1:46 PM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by Upperson:
I absolutely adored that show when I was a kid,

If you have Hulu.com where you are, watch a second season show- it's still great!

Nice to meet ya mate, I don't think I've had the pleasure before.

"I've always rather fancied a trip to South Africa."- Bond

Chrisisall

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Friday, August 15, 2008 1:30 AM

UPPERSON

Quote:
Nice to meet ya mate, I don't think I've had the pleasure before.

Nice to meet you too!

We have hulu.com, but generally the connection speed is a little slow, so its really annoying to watch. I tried to watch dr. horrible on hulu, but it was so choppy that I had to quit. Very disappointed!

So now I still haven't seen it, and it looked so promising too, even if it had Doogie Houser in it!

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Friday, August 15, 2008 3:24 AM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by Upperson:
I tried to watch dr. horrible on hulu, but it was so choppy that I had to quit.

That sometimes happens here too, but it seems to stop after 5 minutes or so.
But I bought Remington Steele season 2 (used) the other day, so, not so much having to deal with it.

Chri
sisall

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Wednesday, September 17, 2008 6:17 AM

JAKE7

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
What season's your favourite?
I felt that the first season was kinda tame compared to the rest, and I don't remember much from the last season- was it as good as the ones before?

Man of Steeleisall

Sorry I haven't responded before now, I totally lost track of this thread!

I think it holds up with the rest of the seasons.

However, the last season was very short as it got canceled, so they had to rush to get everything in that could tie up loose ends.

I thought all seasons were equally good, but the earlier seasons had the added appeal of learning the mysteries surrounding Mr. Steele and watching him grow into the role of an investigator who could keep up with Laura.

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Wednesday, September 17, 2008 6:39 AM

CHRISISALL

My only pet peeve about season one: my GAWD Pierce looks like a kid in that one.

Binkyisall

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Wednesday, September 17, 2008 6:44 AM

JAKE7

Funny...I never noticed! But then again, I'm female and might not notice something like that where Pierce Brosnan's concerned!

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Wednesday, September 17, 2008 7:14 AM

FARFLY

I used to watch RS when it was on years ago, liked Stephanie a lot but hated Brosnan.

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Wednesday, September 17, 2008 1:24 PM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by farfly:
I used to watch RS when it was on years ago, liked Stephanie a lot but hated Brosnan.

Stephanie is the perfect beautiful tomboy IMO.
But you're part of SPECTRE if you dislike Brosnan.

isall

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