Tales from the Front - Page 6

finbar · July 23, 2003, 09:24

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Originally posted by Carolus Rex
Synopsis of the first period (pilote), Only the Young Die Good (1), of Good Guys Bad Guys:

When his stepfather receives death threats and the police are unwilling to do anything, ex-cop Elvis Maginnis must get involved.

Shorter, harder... The flowering 70s have given place to the colder second half of the 90s...

Carolus

Good grief again. That was - or became - the telemovie (90 minutes) pilot. Originally, it wasn't going to be an ongoing TV series, but 3 telemovies. I wrote the second of the telemovies. When they decided to turn it into a series, the first telemovie - above - became the pilot and my telemovie was cut in half and shown as two episodes - part 1 and part 2. It was called "One Point Eight Million Reasons To Change Your Name". You'll find it listed, probably on the same site where you found the above. It was a fun show. I remember we got fan emails from your part of the world - I just can't recall whether it was Sweden or Denmark.

Alexander's Horse · July 23, 2003, 09:25

I loved Matlock.

finbar · July 23, 2003, 09:29

The good thing about those shows - Matlock, Homicide, et al - was that the writers had to develop their own stories. So the writers learned how to plot and how to tell a story. They had to. These days, with so many serials around, writers no longer have to plot and tell their own stories. They're generated by committee. Thus, sadly, there are very few television writers in this country who can tell a story.

Alexander's Horse · July 23, 2003, 09:35

Homicide and Division 4 were very good too.

I imagine Matlock could be seen as the inspiration of a lot of shows set in country towns, not just cop shows. It showed the potential. Bellbird would be another but I never watched it.

finbar · July 23, 2003, 09:45

Bellbird came a few years before Matlock. Bellbird was pretty much the inspiration for A Country Practice many, many years later. The chap who created A Country Practice was the EP of Bellbird all those years earlier.

Carolus Rex · July 23, 2003, 11:47

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Originally posted by finbar

I remember we got fan emails from your part of the world - I just can't recall whether it was Sweden or Denmark.

To many people there's no difference!

It was only broadcasted for two seasons (at least according to the site I visited)... Seems Matlock Police was more popular?

Carolus

Carolus Rex · July 23, 2003, 11:49

Oh, before I forget. Does Mono still rule?

Carolus

finbar · July 23, 2003, 20:54

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Originally posted by Carolus Rex

To many people there's no difference!

I've been to both. I know there's a difference.

Oh, and friends of mine are choofing off to Norway for two weeks on Sunday.

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It was only broadcasted for two seasons (at least according to the site I visited)... Seems Matlock Police was more popular?

Carolus

There were only two seasons of "Good Guys Bad Guys" - 26 episodes in all, two series of 13. The network here wanted more, but the distributors who sold it overseas had great trouble trying to put a label on it for marketing purposes. It didn't fit one particular genre, it was an off-beat mixture of comedy and drama. So, unfortunately, because our domestic market/audience here is so small, most of our TV series need overseas sales to recoup the costs. Thus, unfortunately, because the distributor said they couldn't recoup enough overseas, that was the end of it.

Matlock Police, OTOH, was made 30 years ago, when costs were a lot less, and the local networks could afford to carry the fiscal burden. It ran for about 7 years, with about 40 episodes made a year, so there were roughly 280 eps made.

finbar · July 23, 2003, 20:56

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Originally posted by Carolus Rex
Oh, before I forget. Does Mono still rule?

Carolus

My word it does! Even though my idol Phil Spector is in just a tad of bother at the moment - charged with murder - I will not hear a word against him!

The nutter.

Alexander's Horse · July 23, 2003, 21:43

He had provocation - she was hogging the spoon.

atawa · July 24, 2003, 14:45

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Originally posted by Carolus Rex
Oh, before I forget. Does Mono still rule?

Carolus

Well, depending on settings... er.. sorry, thought this was getting back on topic

atawa · July 24, 2003, 16:22

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Originally posted by finbar

First series I ever wrote. Many, many years ago.

You wrote that?

Loved that show

atawa · July 24, 2003, 16:24

/me looking further back into the thread and can barely resist to go for the record

DrSpike · July 24, 2003, 17:10

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Originally posted by atawa
* atawa looking further back into the thread and can barely resist to go for the record

Hopefully someone wont post in the middle.

Hydey · July 24, 2003, 18:14

I think they should make a new series of matlock police.

and follow it with a new series of solo one.

I know , "Hydey" has gone too far again

finbar · July 24, 2003, 19:22

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Originally posted by atawa

Well, depending on settings... er.. sorry, thought this was getting back on topic

How are you exploit Phil Spector for a cheap joke and a +1 !

Alexander's Horse · July 24, 2003, 19:46

I'm afraid Mr wall of sound has seen better days.

finbar · July 24, 2003, 19:53

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Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
I'm afraid Mr wall of sound has seen better days.

He's been seriously off the planet for 30 years. Some would question whethere he was ever even on it. I've just about worn out the boxed CD set. Better replace it.

Carolus Rex · July 25, 2003, 03:01

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Originally posted by finbar

My word it does! Even though my idol Phil Spector is in just a tad of bother at the moment - charged with murder - I will not hear a word against him!

The nutter.

Ok, revealing my ignorance here, but I always thought (really!) the quote refered to "Monotheism rules!"... Can someone please explain how Phil Spector enters the picture???

Mono as opposed to Stereo is the only thing I can come up with?

Carolus

Carolus Rex · July 25, 2003, 03:02

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Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
He had provocation - she was hogging the spoon.

"There is no spoon..."

Carolus

finbar · July 25, 2003, 03:29

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Originally posted by Carolus Rex

Ok, revealing my ignorance here, but I always thought (really!) the quote refered to "Monotheism rules!"... Can someone please explain how Phil Spector enters the picture???

Mono as opposed to Stereo is the only thing I can come up with?

Carolus

Yes, most around here thought it referred to Civ. It didn't. It's mono as opposed to stereo. "Mono Rules" is one of Phil Spector's many mottos. He worked in mono when he created the "Wall of Sound" style of music in the early and mid-1960s. At its best, it's still a thrilling sound today.

Alexander's Horse · July 25, 2003, 03:33

It is thrilling - probably more appreciated now than at the time. How does it translate to CD?

I was watching a doco recently where various musos were lamenting the loss of "live" recording to disembodied digital mixing. Similar laments about the move from vinyl to CD. Not sure if this is a myth or not.

Carolus Rex · July 25, 2003, 06:26

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Originally posted by Sparrowhawk

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You mean you take a persons previous actions into account when playing them in future games

? I would think the idea of civ is that each game is a new game, do all of you take past actions into account in each game

[LURKER]

While I agree with you in principle, it's difficult not to have vicious

feelings against someone who has betrayed you in an earlier game.

Wouldn't you love to crush someone who has stabbed you in the back? Maybe even by using the same means?

Shoving crusader after crusader down his/her throat while filling the King's Chat with "Remember the Alamo?"

Carolus

finbar · July 25, 2003, 07:27

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Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
It is thrilling - probably more appreciated now than at the time. How does it translate to CD?

Yes, now it's appreciated for the technical - and artistic - achievement that it was using the primitive equipment Spector had on hand. Back then - well, "River Deep Mountain High", one of the greatest examples of the style, barely dented the charts. On CD, with good speakers, it sounds extraordinary.

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I was watching a doco recently where various musos were lamenting the loss of "live" recording to disembodied digital mixing. Similar laments about the move from vinyl to CD. Not sure if this is a myth or not.

The other night I saw Elton John saying that modern recording technology only slows down the recording process. Back in the days of "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", they knocked off four songs a day. The whole vinyl -v- CD debate is interesting. When CDs first appeared, they said vinyl was dead because of the sheer clarity of CDs. Now the same people are calling CDs sterile, wanting the "atmosphere" of vinyl. Naturally, I kept my massive 60s vinyl collection.

Alexander's Horse · July 25, 2003, 07:44

ya I tend to think there is "something" about vinyl, a depth to the sound, an intangible body to the sound. But it could be all imagination.

I saw the Elton John doco. He's not the only one saying it. A lot of classic tracks were put down in one incredible take.

finbar · July 25, 2003, 07:48

Bizarre that Bernie can't remember writing "Candle In The Wind", can't remember Elton first playing it. And it wasn't because of the drugs.

Hydey · July 25, 2003, 08:21

I have my massive vinyl colection aswell

because I am too poor to replace 563 albums

Makeo · July 30, 2003, 15:52

ahh these one nighters are a little bit of fun.
same as the other game, i was getting my ass kicked.
the baddies were researching gunpowder.

this is an earlier screenshot

Makeo · July 30, 2003, 15:52

see

rah · July 30, 2003, 18:27

Surprised you allow gw in a duel