place@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU (10/28/85)
Okay, all you guys who've been bitching and moaning about "Amazing Stories," where are your comments about last night's episode? I'm glad I videotaped it, because I played parts of it over and over, and still laughed out loud. I know it may not be all that original of an idea, and some of the jokes may have been made before, but it was a great satire of the monster movies, and it was funny! Personally, I liked the first episode with opa? oompa?, too. So there. And I liked the one about the BMOC and the meteor. The problem with some of you is you expect too much. Would you rather watch "Amazing Stories" or something like "Hollywood Beat," "The Insiders," "Stir Crazy," or "Mr. Belvedere?" Or maybe we could bring back "The Dukes of Hazzard?" (I suppose this should be on net.flame, but after all, I am talking about TV and the people who watch it. I also liked the "Alfred Hitchcock" episode last night. I'm sure all of you had the ending figured out way before I did, (I knew the old guy would die and not be able to dig her up; I just thought he'd have a heart attack while digging or on the way out of the prison.) I thought their ending was better than mine. As for being opposite "Murder, She Wrote," I like the show, I like Angela Lansbury, but the show is OK! I love solving the crime along with Jessica, but it's just not the same as it was in 1975-76 solving the crime with Ellery Queen. R.I.P. Ellery.'
terryl@tekcrl.UUCP (10/30/85)
> > Okay, all you guys who've been bitching and moaning about "Amazing > Stories," where are your comments about last night's episode? I'm > glad I videotaped it, because I played parts of it over and over, > and still laughed out loud. I know it may not be all that original > of an idea, and some of the jokes may have been made before, but it > was a great satire of the monster movies, and it was funny! > Personally, I liked the first episode with opa? oompa?, too. So > there. And I liked the one about the BMOC and the meteor. The > problem with some of you is you expect too much. Would you rather > watch "Amazing Stories" or something like "Hollywood Beat," "The > Insiders," "Stir Crazy," or "Mr. Belvedere?" Or maybe we could > bring back "The Dukes of Hazzard?" Gee, someone finally said what I've wanted to say all along, but he didn't go far enough in comparing "Amazing Stories" to other shows!!! <Enter flame-thrower mode> What do you people want??? Another "Dallas" or "Dynasty"??? Jees, we have enough psuedo-sex shows that it's refreshing to see something like "Amazing Stories", even if it's a little predictable. I hate to admit it, but I claim temporary insanity due to the flu, I watched the season premiere of "Dallas". What a crock of garbage!!! Barbara Bel Geddes is back as "Miss Ellie"??? BFD!!! What about Donna Reed and her lawsuit against the producers??? I sure hope she wins!!! She deserves to!!! And two hours???? Everything they did in two hours could have been done in less than a half hour, without losing any important points. And bad acting, and a bad script!!! <Exit flame-thrower mode> In talking with various friends, coworkers, aquaintances, etc., it seems that the people who like "Amazing Stories" are young couples with young children, and the people who don't like it are for the most part single persons. This is not an absolute, but just an observation I've made. The reason I think the young couples like it is because they can let their kids watch it without too much guilt(though episodes like the BMOC are probably too much for little kids to understand).