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Originally posted by Sparko View Post
I can't find a Nova channel on my roku. Other than some spanish channel.
This is the Nova I'm talking about:
https://www.novatvapk.com/
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Originally posted by Ronson View Post
Roku doesn't allow third-party installations (at least, they didn't when I used it).
This is the Nova I'm talking about:
https://www.novatvapk.com/
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Originally posted by Ronson View PostCinema and Nova (modern versions of Terrarium) are free an can be installed on Firestick. They now contain commercials at the end of any TV episode or movie viewed. They are clunky sometimes and streams are hit and miss, but it's better than watching commercials peppered throughout a single viewing.
I've been watching The Wild Wild West and Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea. I love campiness.
As for Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea... I watched it again in the 90s at my mother's place because it was on the Science Fiction channel (now Syfy) which for some reason was not available in a five square mile area that I lived even though it was the same provider (that continued for a couple of years). After it was over I turned to my mother and apologized for making her and my father having to endure it while my brother and I were transfixed by it.
It. Was. Awful. I cannot think of a single redeeming feature it had. The acting. The sets. The special effects. The scripts. All weren't bottom of the barrel -- the barrel was setting on top of them.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostI loved WWW growing up. It was actually a major influence on me. And I still enjoy the show although I cringe at the horribly choreographed fight scenes.
As for Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea... I watched it again in the 90s at my mother's place because it was on the Science Fiction channel (now Syfy) which for some reason was not available in a five square mile area that I lived even though it was the same provider (that continued for a couple of years). After it was over I turned to my mother and apologized for making her and my father having to endure it while my brother and I were transfixed by it.
It. Was. Awful. I cannot think of a single redeeming feature it had. The acting. The sets. The special effects. The scripts. All weren't bottom of the barrel -- the barrel was setting on top of them.
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostI loved WWW growing up. It was actually a major influence on me. And I still enjoy the show although I cringe at the horribly choreographed fight scenes.
As for Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea... I watched it again in the 90s at my mother's place because it was on the Science Fiction channel (now Syfy) which for some reason was not available in a five square mile area that I lived even though it was the same provider (that continued for a couple of years). After it was over I turned to my mother and apologized for making her and my father having to endure it while my brother and I were transfixed by it.
It. Was. Awful. I cannot think of a single redeeming feature it had. The acting. The sets. The special effects. The scripts. All weren't bottom of the barrel -- the barrel was setting on top of them.
Hey, if you're into sci-fi, watch the "Force of Life" episode of Space 1999. Yeah, cheesy sets and props, but I just watched it (again) recently and it is a good story and scary.
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Originally posted by Ronson View Post
I see Cinema can be downloaded on Roku now. It's about the same thing.
I like the idea of having the ads at the end, so I will try Cinema.
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Originally posted by Ronson View Post
Robert Conrad choreographed a lot of those scenes after he convinced the producers to let him perform his own stunts. Then he got a concussion from falling from a chandelier, and things changed.
The biggest problem was that the scenes were obviously done in one shot, with no reshoots. So when someone missed their mark it was really obvious.
Originally posted by Ronson View PostOh, I know. It's cheesy and dopey. It started off as an underwater espionage show, but morphed into a wet Lost In Space.
Hey, if you're into sci-fi, watch the "Force of Life" episode of Space 1999. Yeah, cheesy sets and props, but I just watched it (again) recently and it is a good story and scary.
While LiS was campy fun, thanks in large part due to the interplay between Will, the robot and Dr. Smith, Voyage was just cringe worthy.
However I did learn from Voyage that if a lethal exposure to radiation is 5 minutes and if you're exposed for 4 minutes and 59 seconds you'll suffer no adverse effects whatsoever. And if you do, you'll likely turn into a werewolf.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
However I did learn from Voyage that if a lethal exposure to radiation is 5 minutes and if you're exposed for 4 minutes and 59 seconds you'll suffer no adverse effects whatsoever. And if you do, you'll likely turn into a werewolf.
Irwin Allen produced Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost in Space, Land of the Giants and The Time Tunnel. Not only did they all seem to use the same monsters and sets but pretty much the same guest stars from week to week. I thought the shows were campy and bad even before I knew what campy meant. Lost in Space was never a "good" sci fi show like Star Trek was. But I still liked to watch those shows as a kid. I remember having a Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea toy submarine I played with in the bathtub.
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Originally posted by Sparko View Post
Well, duh!
Irwin Allen produced Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost in Space, Land of the Giants and The Time Tunnel. Not only did they all seem to use the same monsters and sets but pretty much the same guest stars from week to week. I thought the shows were campy and bad even before I knew what campy meant. Lost in Space was never a "good" sci fi show like Star Trek was. But I still liked to watch those shows as a kid. I remember having a Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea toy submarine I played with in the bathtub.
Lots of shows back then were produced by just a hand full of people. Remember "this has been a Quinn Martin production" at the end of how many shows? But only Irwin Allen's were so cheap and chintzy.
None of those shows were science fiction. They pretty much just used it as a setting (in space, in a sub, in time...).
All my friends loved Land of the Giants. I never saw the attraction. Time Tunnel though I really enjoyed.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostWe have had AT&T TV, and about the only thing we didn't like about it was the interface.
Supposedly, AT&T is morphing into (or being replaced by) DirecTV Stream any day now.
We shall see.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostI still have Uverse. They've been encouraging me to shift but I've got hundreds of movies and shows on my DVR that would be lost.
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Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
All my friends loved Land of the Giants. I never saw the attraction. Time Tunnel though I really enjoyed.
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