I recently bought season one of Wild Wild West and seasons one and two of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea on DVD. These series ran during the mid-1960s and I remember watching them as recent reruns on our black-and-white TV.
I'm a huge fan of the Wild Wild West movie (Will Smith). Everyone involved did a great job of modernizing the original without disrespecting it. As I watched a few original episodes from the DVD it became apparent just how faithfully they adhered to the details. Kudos!
Voyage has been a lot of fun to revisit, too. I must have built the Flying Sub model kit half a dozen times when I was a kid. Nowadays, those old Aurora model kits sell for several hundred dollars on eBay - when you can find them. The DVD brought back a lot of memories. While the Seaview (the submarine which was the focus of the show) was really cool, I always liked the Flying Sub best. It was a 2 - 4-person mini-sub that could fly (as the name suggests).
Now I've gotta see if Land of the Giants is available yet. :-)
Updated Feb. 04, 2007: GOOD GOD, MAN! What have I done?!!? As the self-anointed worldwide protector of correct apostrophe usage, I have myself committed the very sin I so loathe. I've dutifully removed the offending symbol which, until now, followed the word series in the first paragraph. I humbly thank my lovely wife for pointing out this most unforgivable act of punctuary oversight. And no. 'Punctuary' probably isn't a word, but I'm sure you know what I mean. :-)
Yeah, there's a fair amount of smoking, which seems like a bad idea in an environment where air is recirculated. I don't think I've seen any ashtrays, but Adm. Nelson appears with a cig every now and again. Very odd by today's standards, but I guess it was the norm back then.
Posted by: Mark Mischke | Friday, January 12, 2007 at 03:59 PM
quick funky question -- are they smoking much in the sub on the TV series? Ash trays, etc? I recently caught the movie on cable that I believe was the basis for the TV show (early 60's). The sub was way cool, but the smoking ...
Posted by: Ken Barrett | Thursday, January 11, 2007 at 06:42 PM