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oldmanster	87th Precinct	Lead	[-]
Jun 28 12 3:04 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Yeah!!! The box set arrived today. I counted 8 of 30 episode titles taken right from the McBain/Hunter novels. I'll post my thoughts on each episode as I view them. ... Reed
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clore103051		#1	[-]
Jun 28 12 3:17 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	You'll have to see if you can dig up a copy of THE PUSHER, a Hunter adaptation by Harold Robbins that pre-dates the series and stars Robert Lansing. I saw it many years ago on a triple bill with THE MASK and I BURY THE LIVING. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054219/
oldmanster		#2	[-]
Jun 29 12 10:55 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Watched the first ep last night. Very satisfying. Implied violence and kinkiness with Robert Culp playing a psycho killer. Understated performances by Lansing and Culp -- Lansing almost smiled once. A very young Gena Rowlands plays Teddy, which could have been a very thankless role except she is featured throughout the episode. Only 30 eps but I think this release might rank up there with the Johnny Stacatto series. ... Reed
kcor.tylerandjacksmo...		#3	[-]
Jun 29 12 6:57 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Feel free to post at length on these, at the time I doubt I saw any and have never seen them in the interval. I'll read 'em. I became enamored of the books when they showed up in used paperback shops, and that was probably when they first made sense to me. I learned a few years later about the same-titled tv show. Was very pleased to see an adaptation of the 87th Precinct stuff in an earlier movie (Robert Loggia as Carrella). I started watching unwittingly, not paying any attention to any opening credit that made clear what it was based on. I felt like an insider when I figured out what I was watching.
oldmanster		#4	[-]
Jun 29 12 10:19 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I found the McBain books in the early 60s with The Pusher and never looked back. Read 'em all; have most of them in my collection, paperback and hardcover. The first episode of the series features Bert Kling and his girlfriend, Claire. Not a big part for the lady, but those of us like myself who've read Lady, Lady, I Did It probably felt a twinge when she showed up. That title is also on one of the later episodes in the series. I remember nothing about it, so I'm really anxious to see how close to the book the series came. I don't remember the Loggia film, though I've probably seen it. Just found the two(?) Dale Midkiff versions on Netflix and will revisit them soon. I'm probably one of the very few who enjoyed Burt Reynolds in the Carella role with Fuzz. Yul Brynner as El Sordo? Not too bad a casting, I guess. More comments on the series will be forthcoming. ... Reed Last Edited By: oldmanster Jun 29 12 10:24 PM. Edited 1 times.
telegonus		#5	[-]
Jul 2 12 6:13 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I was a fan of the 87th Precinct when it was on, have never seen it in reruns, wonder how it holds up.
oldmanster		#6	[-]
Jul 2 12 6:42 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I've watched 3 episodes now. Number 2 is entitled "Lady in Waiting" and is based on the McBain/Hunter novel, Killer's Wedge. Guest star is Constance Ford, who overacts to the point of parody. Third ep, "Lady Killer," based on the novel of the same name, is better, not as static, and structured much like the novel, with numerous interviews that may or may not lead to a possible killer. Not too bad. Overall, it seems quite dated in terms of acting and directing. The dialog is played very heavy and melodramatic for the most part. Lansing stays away from that almost to a fault, muttering and growling his lines, looking very hard. Gena Rowlands did not show up as Teddy in the third ep, wasn't given any billing, so I don't know if she's gonna reappear off and on in the remaining 27 eps. Based on these three eps, I rate Johnny Staccato higher. I still have to get further into the Darren McGavin Mike Hammer series to determine if the tone changes. ... Reed
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PeteFitzgerald		#7	[-]
Jul 3 12 3:16 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I finally received my set from DVD Planet, and was checking the opening moments/credits for the 5 episodes on Disc 1 to see what the quality was (decent... not THRILLER-sharp/clean --a little soft-looking-- but better than typical 'public domain' vintage TV material) and as 'teasers' before I actually dive in and watch full episodes... and saw that episode #4, "The Modus Man", was directed by cinematography maestro James Wong Howe! Neat! "I say ALL you scientists are CRACKPOTS! Nothing is going to happen..." My current damage at DVD Aficionado See some of my artwork at My ComicSpace page I'm a sometimes-contributor to the "Limerwrecks" blog (I post there as "Backthrow")
Wich2		#8	[-]
Jul 3 12 3:32 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Well... He also directed THE INVISIBLE AVENGER, which is deadly - in the wrong way. Let us know how MODUS is!
kcor.tylerandjacksmo...		#9	[-]
Jul 3 12 4:46 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Still readin' the posts. Is Fuzz the film with the "fingers"?
Robert Laughlin		#10	[-]
Jul 3 12 8:57 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The final shot in FUZZ is a freeze-frame of the deaf man's hand reaching up from the river to seize his floating hearing aid. Is that what you meant by "fingers"?
kcor.tylerandjacksmo...		#11	[-]
Jul 4 12 7:10 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I was thinking of a movie which I saw one time only which was surprisingly well-written and moody despite starring Burt Reynolds and there is some finger action, it was Sharkey's Machine. I was just being lazy. In my defense that movie was also based on a well-written thriller.
oldmanster		#12	[-]
Jul 4 12 4:15 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Fuzz contains story elements also found in the Dale Midkiff film version, Ice. While there is no Deaf Man in the latter, there is a sequence with a female undercover cop going after a serial rapist in a park. Raquel Welch played the role in Fuzz, Andrea Parker in Ice, but Parker's role relative to her budding relationship with Kling is much more sexy and emotional than Raquel.. ...Reed
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