On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 20:30:34 +1000, "User" <nunya@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>G'day!
>
>I don't see many posts in here for MI lately, so i thought I'd start up a
>thread about the newer series of the classic show.
>
>Having been born in 1973, I missed out on the older series (Have seen it
>now....) and my introduction to the show was the 88-90 series....which I
>LOVED!!!
>
>it was ultra-modern and at the time, a lot of the technology used was
>amazing (I'm from an electronics background so it was very interesting to
me
>also). Seems a lot of the "far-fetched" gadgets used on the show are now
>obsolete!! how about that!
>
>I also thought that the cast/crew worked well together with jim to lead
the
>group as their figurehead.....some very good (and some corny)
episodes....
>
>What do you guys/gals think???
I agree, though being born in 1962, I did catch it on the air when it
was on originally a few times.
The thing is that when it was on TVLand a couple of years back, I
found I absolutely loved Steven Hill's character best! It's that
awful?! <g> Here I was at the age of 40 or so when it ran realizing
that although Peter Graves was the man behind MI I'd always known (I
missed out as a kid on the first season), that the better actor for
the role was Steven Hill! Go figure.
But I, too, caught it again in the second series and I liked it very
much though, unlike the original series, the new one felt more
contrived. Did anyone else get that? It's like it was all too
predictible. But that doesn't mean I didn't enjoy it. I've always
loved sci-fi shows and this one was on the edge of sci-fi.
Cheers!
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