It comes on in the mornings on tv land. On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 12:28 AM, Tracey de Morsella < tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com> wrote:
> > > The that Barbara Stanwyck western still come on? I kinda like that one > and Bonanza > > > > *From:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *Mr. Worf > *Sent:* Monday, January 18, 2010 6:17 PM > *To:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > > *Subject:* Re: [scifinoir2] Re: "The Invaders" on SyFY > > > > > > They have a western channel that replays all of the old western tv shows > and movies. My father watches it continuously. Its called the Encore Western > Channel on comscum digital. > > On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 6:11 PM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net> > wrote: > > > > On what channel? I have one on Comcast, WSBR (or something like that), that > shows older stuff. One morning I turned on the tube at 2 am, to see "Daniel > Boone"! > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Ellis" <jaxl...@yahoo.com> > > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 9:02:20 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: "The Invaders" on SyFY > > > > Just about every evening, my TV watching ritual starts with Cheyenne, > segues into The Rifleman then Have Gun-Will Travel and finally Gunsmoke. > > > > > > *MarkEllisInk.com > Site of best-selling author Mark (James Axler) Ellis* > > > --- On *Mon, 1/18/10, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>* wrote: > > > From: Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net> > > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: "The Invaders" on SyFY > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Date: Monday, January 18, 2010, 6:15 PM > > > > And back on those guest stars, what a group! So far I've seen the > following: > > Suzanne Pleshette... Michael Rennie ("The Day The Earth Stood Still", The > Keeper from Lost in Space)...Roddy McDowall...James Whitmore (the actor who > reminds me of Spencer Tracy)...the dude who played Spock's rival Stonn on > the Star Trek OS ep "Amok Time"...a character actor I don't know, but who > played a three-eyed alien at a diner in an ep of "The Twilight Zone"... > Susan Oliver (Captain Pike's love interest from the first Star Trek pilot, > "The Cage")...an older British actor whose name espaces me, but who I > remember as one of the original council of leaders on the original > Battlestar Galactica-- > > great stuff. I miss the days when television was loaded with cop, cowboy, > western, suspense, and scifi shows, and you saw the same actors showing up > all over them in various roles. most of the folks I've seen appeared on at > least Twilight Zone or Outer Limits back in the day, not to mention > Gunsmoke, The Big Valley, Bonanza, Police Story, or The Six Million Dollar > Man. I'm seeing a bit more of that guide of journeyman work for character > actors on some of the TNT, USA, SyFy, and A&E shows like "Burn Notice", > "Eureka", etc. Lots of actors from the cableverse are appearing on each > others' shows. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Keith Johnson" <KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net> > To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com > Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 4:47:46 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: "The Invaders" on SyFY > > > > Actually, watching the show again, i find it to be fairly sophisticated and > well done, as I said earlier. This was scifi done the way it was in the old > days: where many of the showrunners/ writers/actors had decidedly non scifi > backgrounds, and simply brought the standards of action and drama they'd > learned from cop shows and Westerns to the scifi genre. It's why I love the > early eps of the original Star Trek: they're very dramatic, full of good > acting and deep themes. > And like I said, I'm enjoying this forty-year old "Invaders" more than > ninety percent of the SyFy Originals dreck we get each weekend! > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Ellis" <jaxl...@yahoo. com> > To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com > Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 12:59:54 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: "The Invaders" on SyFY > > > > It's interesting that "UFOlogy" was in its infancy at that point, but the > writers had obviously done their research, particularly with the Men In > Black. > > *MarkEllisInk. com > Site of best-selling author Mark (James Axler) Ellis* > > > --- On *Mon, 1/18/10, Keith Johnson <KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net>* wrote: > > > From: Keith Johnson <KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net> > > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: "The Invaders" on SyFY > To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com > Date: Monday, January 18, 2010, 12:51 PM > > > > Agreed, I watched it religiously when I was a kid. I dig the vibrant colors > of the sets, and man, i've lost count of all the familiar guest stars! > Still, it had a good core of plot and acting, so it's aged well. > This goes back to my earlier questions: why doesn't SyFy show more stuff > like this? I had no clue they even owned rights to this show. i'm always > looking for Land of the Giants, Time Tunnel, Voyage to the Bottom of the > Sea, etc., and instead I get SyFy Originals crap and Ghost Hunters. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kelwyn" <ravena...@yahoo. com> > To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com > Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 11:53:06 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: "The Invaders" on SyFY > > > > I love, love, LOVED this show when it was on (but then I was a sucker for > the whole Quinn Martin ouevre: "Twelve O'Clock High," "The Fugitive"). > Watching it now is kind of like watching old "Wild, Wild West" episodes > (fake-looking sets, bad wigs, extremely fake-looking fight scenes and > strident, god-awful music!). The aliens did die "cool," though. > > ~rave! > > --- In scifino...@yahoogro > ups.com<http://us.mc375.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com>, > Keith Johnson <KeithBJohnson@ ...> wrote: > > > > Well, this is odd. SyFy is running an all day marathon of the classic TV > series "The Invaders". This was the original "aliens walk among us plotting > to take over the world" show, the forerunner for aspects of everything from > "The X-Files" (on which the lead had a part, I believe), to "Third Wave". > This was a classic '60s scifi series, with the look and great guest stars > that distinguished shows of that era. So far I've seen Roddie McDowall and > Suzanne Pleshette. Check it out. > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > > > > > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! 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