Now don't tell me you never saw it. It was made by the same guy who created Knight Rider. Yeah, it might seem cheesy by today's standards, but at least it was clean and kids could watch it and talk about it the next day at school. Well, at least those of us who were into computers. The electronic body effect was pretty cool by its time, even though it was more blue-green screen than anything.
I never imagined that Walter, the other guy, is none other than the son of Ricky Ricardo, from Lucy. Impressive, huh? Tron meets Magnum P.I. meets "Babaloo!"
I have dim memories of this show... I seem to remember a disco scene. Yes. I'm almost certain there was a disco scene, and that I'm not confusing this show with "Manimal".
"Automan, the world's first fully automated man." It was a blatant ripoff of Tron but it was sort of cool. It looked a lot like Tron and was about as believable. I used to watch it with my mom. I thought is was funny the way Automan would drive the Autocar at about 10000000 mph and the other guy would get smooshed in the opposite direction.
I knew it was the end for La Femme Nikita when they stole the hologram person idea from Automan. That might have been when they jumped the shark. Either that or Quinn. Or Mr. Jones being Nikita's father. Or something.
Sorry for going off topic. Nikita undoubtedly falls in the category of shows that jump the shark the minute they are conceived. And I say this without ever having watched a single episode. Luc Besson's movie was perfectly good. There was no need for an American remake ("Point of No Return"), least of all a TV show. With 96 episodes. And holograms.
Ey, I remember this. Totally forgot the name of the show, thanks for reminding me.
And yes, I belive there was a disco scene in there...have some flashes of it. And it was the first time I heard the word "cursor" as well. Pretty cool name for a dot, I thought, but it never struck me that they referred to a mouse pointer.
Then again, did the mouse even exist in those days?
If you watched Automan during it's short-lived run on prime time TV, you realize that Automan's futuristic car moved in the same manner as that of Syd Mead's polygonal based "Light Cycles" -- at perfect 90 degree angles. And that Automan could generate "on the fly" holograms to stop the "bad guys" from getting away.
The Automan action figure toy line wasn't much...consisted of the top billing "Automan" action figure himself. Goes for a handsome's ransom these days, especially in pristine mint condition. Not that I have such a "Automan" action figure myself, it does exist. Toy stores across the USA sold it when it first came out.
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I can also remember being a fan of the show around the time I was in second or third grade. Memories are vauge but I clearly remember him weaving in and out of traffic in a totally unrealistic way.
Another small screen gem from that era which I also enjoyed was Misfits of Science. Good stuff.
I used to like a show called Otherworld, which was about this family stuck on a strange planet in another dimension. Seems like no one remembers that show. I also vaguely remember a show called Voyagers which had this kid and this guy with a super-duper pocketwatch that could let you travel through time or something. And there was Into The Labyrinth on Nick which had that dude Rothgo trying to get something called the Nidas. That show was the sh1t.
Anyone remember the Dracula TV show? This was a little later, like late 80's or early 90's. I really enjoyed that one. Drac-drac-dracula...
We here shall not rest until we have made a drawing-room of your shaft, and if you do not all finally go down to your doom in patent-leather shoes, then you shall not go at all.
doctorx0079 wrote:I also vaguely remember a show called Voyagers which had this kid and this guy with a super-duper pocketwatch that could let you travel through time or something.
Starring Nino Deluce (SP?) and John Erick Entxum (SP?). John died in an accident while filming a series called "Cover up". His heart was transplanted to a young black man. I loved it. Quantum Leap must have taken inspiration from this.
