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crashtestdummy

crashtestdummy

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I'm trying to imagine the pitch session:

Producer: "It's like The Love Boat, except on a train."

Exec: "That sounds dull. On the love boat you could visit exciting places."

Producer: "Wait! It'll be a nuclear powered bullet train! We all know that's the future of American transport!"

Exec: "Brilliant! This will run for a decade!"
 
PottedMeat

PottedMeat

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crashtestdummy said:
I'm trying to imagine the pitch session:

Producer<snorts cocaine>: "It's like The Love Boat, except on a train."

Exec<snorts cocaine>: "That sounds dull. On the love boat you could visit exciting places."

Producer<snorts cocaine>: "Wait! It'll be a nuclear powered bullet train! We all know that's the future of American transport!"

Exec<snorts cocaine>: "Brilliant! This will run for a decade!"
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phucheneh

phucheneh

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T9D said:
holy crap how did I miss all these movies :D

These need to be on bluray stat
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When I think about the decline of TV and cinema, all the new stuff that just makes me facepalm...I have to remind myself that old shit like this exists. It makes comic book movies and reboots and comic book movie reboots and whatever seem like minor gripes.

Also, did anyone notice who was in that 'Supertrain' montage at like 2:00?

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D

dighn

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at least they weren't just rehashing old ideas. that's what we need today, more cocaine.
 
Meghan54

Meghan54

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dr150 said:
70's = bad TV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3GpxAyM6yc
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And you think it's any better now?

At least there were some really good programs (well, depends on your point of view--but I'd take any of these over the "reality shit" today) back then, like MASH, Taxi, All in the Family, WKRP, Battlestar Galactica, The Waltons, Hawaii Five-0, Mannix, Monday Night Football, SNL, Rockford Files, Kojak, etc., etc. '70's TV wasn't all horrible....not like it is today.
 
AyashiKaibutsu

AyashiKaibutsu

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Meghan54 said:
And you think it's any better now?

At least there were some really good programs (well, depends on your point of view--but I'd take any of these over the "reality shit" today) back then, like MASH, Taxi, All in the Family, WKRP, Battlestar Galactica, The Waltons, Hawaii Five-0, Mannix, Monday Night Football, SNL, Rockford Files, Kojak, etc., etc. '70's TV wasn't all horrible....not like it is today.
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There is quite a bit of non-reality shit on TV still you know...
 
AdamantC

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How in the nine hells did this cost $37 million?
Doing some quick googleing, apparently that would be a little over $103 million today. Please correct me if I'm wrong. :eek:

For comparison Miami Vice spent a little over $1 million per episode while Game of Thrones spent $50-60 million for the first season.
 
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uhohs

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AdamantC said:
How in the nine hells did this cost $37 million?
Doing some quick googleing, apparently that would be a little over $103 million today. Please correct me if I'm wrong. :eek:
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supertrains don't build themselves. :colbert:
 
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