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...a TV network actually went through and put this pilot out on the air!!!
It would have been up agains Knight Rider, Airwolf, A-Team ect ect...
Thoughts??
Well..it did happen. Heres the intro to the pilot. Awfull
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQb1ZD9W8_c&eurl
It would have been up agains Knight Rider, Airwolf, A-Team ect ect...
Thoughts??
Well..it did happen. Heres the intro to the pilot. Awfull
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQb1ZD9W8_c&eurl
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That show looks terrible...
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People are singing its praises in the "comments" section but I think it has a dorky theme song, a bunch of no-name actors, and a lousy premise.
Gimme KR in any language over this stuff....
I looked at the next video and they had Laura Branigan on the show. She would have been great on KR.
(geez- did you see the HOT PINK lapels on that guy's suit?)
Gimme KR in any language over this stuff....
I looked at the next video and they had Laura Branigan on the show. She would have been great on KR.
(geez- did you see the HOT PINK lapels on that guy's suit?)
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Ah, you younglings
It was more than a pilot. It was a regular series for at least half a season.
Yes, it's true, Automan is VERY dated now. And even when it was brand new it wasn't a great show. But you have to understand, at the time TRON was the coolest movie around (they used computer graphics in a movie! Wow!) and Automan was TV's reply.
Say what you will, but a car making 90-degree turns was, and still is, pretty awesome.
It was more than a pilot. It was a regular series for at least half a season.
Yes, it's true, Automan is VERY dated now. And even when it was brand new it wasn't a great show. But you have to understand, at the time TRON was the coolest movie around (they used computer graphics in a movie! Wow!) and Automan was TV's reply.
Say what you will, but a car making 90-degree turns was, and still is, pretty awesome.
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I vaguely remember this. I think it was one of those that we passed on after like the first show or something as a dud. Sure TRON was big then, but I wasn't too thrilled about it back then so this wasn't really something all that cool to me either.
Funny, in the 80s it was a BIG BIG era for the Video Game market (which I think started the whole TRON thing anyway). We had an Atari 2600, and a ColecoVision. Man, I miss those days! LOL!
Funny, in the 80s it was a BIG BIG era for the Video Game market (which I think started the whole TRON thing anyway). We had an Atari 2600, and a ColecoVision. Man, I miss those days! LOL!
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I still have a recording of the Automan pilot show.
While the show is very cheesy and has plenty of bad acting, I still find it entertaining - I just recorded it to DVD not too long ago.
The guy on the show that changes from being a bad guy to helping out the good guys after seeing Automan is hilarious to me!
The short-lived show wasn't as good as KR but it was still entertaining to me.
By the way, the Commodore 64 was an awesome gaming machine in the 80s!!!
While the show is very cheesy and has plenty of bad acting, I still find it entertaining - I just recorded it to DVD not too long ago.
The guy on the show that changes from being a bad guy to helping out the good guys after seeing Automan is hilarious to me!
The short-lived show wasn't as good as KR but it was still entertaining to me.
By the way, the Commodore 64 was an awesome gaming machine in the 80s!!!
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I can't believe it hasn't been mentioned yet, but Automan was a Glen Larson show (actually the first he put together *after* Knight Rider!!!
There is another Knight Rider connection too -- Heather McNair costarred in Automan; she played Fran in "Junk Yard Dog".
Arden Villa also made an appearance in one episode.
There is another Knight Rider connection too -- Heather McNair costarred in Automan; she played Fran in "Junk Yard Dog".
Arden Villa also made an appearance in one episode.
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Sorry I wasn't clear in m,y initial post, but yes this was a short lived T.V. Show by Glenn A. Larson. Why he did this show is not clear to me haha. KR certainly was such a huge hit, why mess with that formula and try a TRON type of show? I'm too young to remember TRON, but it really didn't catch on with me. Anyhow, my friend sent me the youtube link so I figured id post it. Hope you all enjoyed it!
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"Automan" was shot back to back with "Manimal" - the other dodgy series from that time, which starred Simon MacCorkindale as a Doctor who could morph into animals.
If you look carefully, you see several scenes that are the same in both series!
Both were TERRIBLE and mercifully cancelled very quickly but still remembered fondly today.
If you look carefully, you see several scenes that are the same in both series!
Both were TERRIBLE and mercifully cancelled very quickly but still remembered fondly today.
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Speaking about forgotten 80's shows........What about "The Higwayman", Which was also created by Glen Larson?
The show comprised of a feature length movie (1987) and a single season(1988) and the basis, Was about A group of futuristc US Marshalls, Using special High-Tech trucks, To solve crimes and general mysteries.....Think Knight rider meets Mad Max?
It also has a bigger Australian connection, Wih Ex-Australian Rules Football player and General Aussie icon Mark "Jacko" Jackon As Jetto.......Though he's most well known, For the old Energiser batteries ads, Where he shouts "OI"!
The show comprised of a feature length movie (1987) and a single season(1988) and the basis, Was about A group of futuristc US Marshalls, Using special High-Tech trucks, To solve crimes and general mysteries.....Think Knight rider meets Mad Max?
It also has a bigger Australian connection, Wih Ex-Australian Rules Football player and General Aussie icon Mark "Jacko" Jackon As Jetto.......Though he's most well known, For the old Energiser batteries ads, Where he shouts "OI"!
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Whoa... what the heck is that? A Trans-Am front with a helicopter cockpit all Frankensteined onto... a semi rig?AtariKnight wrote:Speaking about forgotten 80's shows........What about "The Higwayman", Which was also created by Glen Larson?
I had no idea Glen Larson made all this other stuff.
*runs off to Google*
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The Highway Man, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Highwa ... _series%29
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awww!
Aw c'mon guys! that's my childhood you're knockin'!
I remember them all, from the eyes of a kid. and btw, I still have a Automan action figure!
I do agree though, like Battle of the planets (G-force), watching it NOW would be a true letdown.
I remember them all, from the eyes of a kid. and btw, I still have a Automan action figure!
I do agree though, like Battle of the planets (G-force), watching it NOW would be a true letdown.