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Roomates | The X-Files |
The Dresden Files |
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The Rockford Files |
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![]() stars as Chance Harper, a man whose everyday life is a string of weirdness and coincidence. Strange Luck is right up there with some of the best shows I've seen, but wasn't really given a real shot by the network. The show had an X-Files kind of vibe and I think Mulder was even referenced in an episode. You've never seen so many crazy coincidences in one show before. I love how Chance uses scratch tickets to pay his bill at The Blue Plate Diner where he hangs out. And the episodes that build a mythology for the show surrounding Chance's family are some of my favorites. The third episode, Last Chance, has one of the best endings I've seen for a TV episode too! The rest of the cast is cool too, including Pamela Gidley [from The Pretender and CSI], Frances Fisher [from Law & Order, The X-Files, Titus, The Outer Limits, ER, Grey's Anatomy and Gone In 60 Seconds] and Cynthia Martells [from ER, NYPD Blue, The X-Files, Veritas: The Quest and Gattaca]. For such a short lived show, there were some cool guest stars too, including Alexia Robinson ![]() [from Veronica's Closet, CSI Miami and Total Recall], Bill Dow [from Stargate SG-1, TWO, Kyle Xy and Dead Like Me], Jon Gries [from The Pretender, The Twilight Zone, Quantum Leap, Las Vegas, Lost, Get Shorty, Men In Black and Monster Squad], Jensen Daggett [from China Beach, The Single Guy and Get Real], George Eads [from ER and CSI], and Gregory Itzin [from Voyagers!, Street Hawk, Night Court, Eerie Indiana, Star Trek: DS9, The Practice, 24, Teen Wolf, Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas and Evolution]. As I recall, in the show's original run it was pre-empted and moved around a lot. That's never a good sign for a show's stability and it wasn't surprising that it got axed. The Strange Luck logo links to a fan site. Here are some other cool links:
Strange Luck at the IMDB. Cast list, trivia, quotes and more! Strange Luck episode guide Listen to the show's opening sequence here! Read a cool Wired Magazine article about Strange Luck! Strange Luck fan site Strange Luck wikipedia entry |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Chance Harper - "People say I'm... lucky. It all began in a plane crash thirty years ago. One hundred and six lives ending in a single heartbeat. No one survived... except me." Chance Harper - "There's an old Chinese curse: May you live in interesting times." |
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Roommates | U Turn | Heroes | Magnum P.I. TV Posters |
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Videodrome | Odyssey 5 |
The Matrix |
The Final Cut |
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![]() it's more a depiction of our present day than most TV now. From the first episode, it was obviously not a show that would last long. It wasn't about quality or anything, the show's great. It's just that the show is about the corruption of the media for the profit of the rich and greedy network execs. I doubt that many of the real network executives thought too much of that, even though it's basically true. The great Matt Frewer [from Doctor Doctor, Star Trek The Next Generation, Eerie Indiana, Gargoyles, The Outer Limits, PSI Factor, Taken, Eureka, The Stand, the new Dawn Of The Dead and Desperation] stars as Max Headroom and reporter/videographer Edison Carter. Carter is one of the big stars on the megolithic Network 23. Edison Carter is trusted by the masses to show them the truth in this cyberpunk world. Even uncovering conspiracies and plots put into motion by his very own network. As a result of an attempt on his life, there was a digital copy made of him. This copy took the name Max Headroom [Matt Frewer in makeup, the show was before computer graphics] and lives in the TV version of cyberspace. The rest of the cast is cool too, including the very hot Amanda Pays ![]() [from The Flash and The X-Files], Jeffrey Tambor [from The Twilight Zone, Hill Street Blues, The Practice, 20 Good Years and Hellboy], Chris Young [from Friends, The Runestone and The Great Outdoors], William Morgan Sheppard [from MacGyver, Star Trek: TNG, Quantum Leap, Babylon 5, Gargoyles, American Gothic, Timecop, Needful Things and Elvira: Mistress Of The Dark], Jere Burns [from Street Hawk, Remington Steele, Dear John and Las Vegas]. Like Star Trek, Max Headroom gave us a look at technology we'd all be using every day. The Max Headroom logo links to a cool fan site. Here are some other cool links:
Max Headroom at the IMDB. Cast list, trivia, quotes and more! Max Headroom episode guide Max Headroom fan site Listen to samples from or buy TV Themes, including Max Headroom! Max Headroom's entry at the TV Museum. Lots of info! Max Headroom wikipedia entry |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Max Headroom - "Have you any idea how successful censorship is on TV? Don't know the answer? Hmm. Successful, isn't it?" Announcer - "Zik-Zak... We make everything you need and you need everything we make." |
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2000 AD | The Stand | Videodrome | The Matrix |
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Bicentennial Man [40x30 British Quad] |
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![]() He could be a pilot, flying a heart transplant to a hospital, just as easy as he could be the surgeon who does the operation. He's on the run from The Centre and his friend and ex keeper Sydney [Patrick Bauchau from Earth 2, Kindred The Embraced, Justice League, The Dead Zone, Alias and 24], and Miss Parker [the very hot Andrea Parker from Married With Children, Seinfeld, ER, Coach and Less Than Perfect]. The Centre is an evil organization like The Shop from Stephen King's books, or Phoenix from John Doe. Jerod pretends his way through life, helping people who've been wronged, and searching for his past. He also learns more about the world he was kept from as a child, with each episode giving him a toy or some food to discover. The Pretender is phenominal, and very similar to Nowhere Man, Two, Quantum Leap and John Doe. Miss Parker is especially hot, while being very cold and mean a lot of the time. The rest of the cast is cool too, including Jon Gries [from Strange Luck, The Twilight Zone, Quantum Leap, Las Vegas, Lost, Get Shorty, Men In Black and Monster Squad],![]() Ryan Merriman [from Veritas: The Quest, Taken, Smallville, Halloween Resurrection and Final Destination 3], Richard Marcus [from St. Elsewhere, Space Rangers, 24 and Tremors], Alex Wexo [from The Invisible Man, Alias, The Unit and Dexter], James Denton [from Sliders, Dark Skies, Threat Matrix and Face Off], Harve Presnell [from The Outer Limits, Andy Barker P.I., Saving Private Ryan and Face Off] and Pamela Gidley [from MacGyver, Strange Luck and CSI]. Unfortunately, the last season or so was pretty lame, I hate seeing a great show run out of steam. TNT has made some TV movies since the series was axed, but they were just ok. The show was mostly about whatever Jarod was pretending to be that week, but my favorite stuff was all the mythology of The Centre, Miss Parker's parents and Jarod's family. The Pretender logo links to a cool fan site, here are more cool links:
The Pretender at the IMDB. Cast list, trivia, quotes and more The Pretender episode guide at TV.com The Pretender wikipedia entry. Lots of info Listen to sound files from The Pretender Watch the intro for The Pretender on YouTube |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Jarod - "How's life treating you?" Miss Parker - "Like he caught me in bed with his wife." Jarod - "Karma. Ain't it a bitch?" Miss Parker - "God forgives. I don't." Jarod's brother Kyle - "I decide who lives or dies." |
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