With the amount of backlash from both critics and fans alike, there was very little chance that Velma was going to get a third season – the fact that it had a second season had more to do with the economics of creating an animated show rather than the quality of season one – but…
Category: TV
The Incredible Hulk: The Snare (1979) – Review
Richard Connell’s 1924 short story “The Most Dangerous Game” has inspired many adaptations. Yet, none have come close to capturing that premise as a certain episode of a long-running television did back in the late 70s, one that featured Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno, because if you were to imagine a “Most Dangerous Game” you’d…
Charlie’s Angels: Angel Hunt (1979) – Review
When Richard Connell penned “The Most Dangerous Game” back in 1924 I doubt the idea that his short story would become an often-used trope in film and television had ever crossed his mind — especially considering the fact that film was a new medium at the time of publishing and television was decades away —…
Lost in Space: Hunter’s Moon (1967) – Review
If you spend enough time “lost in space” as the Robinson family were – three full seasons – it’s not surprising that they’d run into one of the oldest story tropes in fiction and that would be adaptations of Richard Connell’s short story “The Most Dangerous Game.” In this third-season episode of Lost in Space,…
“It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane…It’s Superman!” (1975) – Review
The first Richard Donner/Christopher Reeve Superman movie was three years away when this Broadway musical adaptation was forced on the unsuspecting public and despite being well-reviewed on Broadway it was the biggest flop to hit “The Great White Way” at that time. This led to the creation of a heavily reworked TV special which was…