Devil or Saint ?
Well I guess either side is a bit extreme, but i'm wondering ........
If it wasn't for JNT taking over as producer of the Classic Series back in 1980, would the series have survived past 1981 ?
I tend to believe it would have survived, but no more than a year or so.
It was going downhill in popularity, no doubt.
I think the trickle down effect of this ....... Love him or hate him, without JNT exending the series to 1989, today I think the classic series would be looked upon in a whole different light.
By far not as popular, and perhaps even as a wink-wink joke--- considering most decent SFX on the series was introduced in the 80's.
I think Turner took a lot of liberty's with the mythos and premise of the classic series, but stayed in bounds enough to make the classic series the legend that it today.
I would put JNT in the same catagory as Freiberger.
Frieberger was King Midas in reverse, but he did extend the run of many classic shows and stayed enough in bounds where most of his stuff isn't really hated... Just snickered at sometimes.
Well I guess either side is a bit extreme, but i'm wondering ........
If it wasn't for JNT taking over as producer of the Classic Series back in 1980, would the series have survived past 1981 ?
I tend to believe it would have survived, but no more than a year or so.
It was going downhill in popularity, no doubt.
I think the trickle down effect of this ....... Love him or hate him, without JNT exending the series to 1989, today I think the classic series would be looked upon in a whole different light.
By far not as popular, and perhaps even as a wink-wink joke--- considering most decent SFX on the series was introduced in the 80's.
I think Turner took a lot of liberty's with the mythos and premise of the classic series, but stayed in bounds enough to make the classic series the legend that it today.
I would put JNT in the same catagory as Freiberger.
Frieberger was King Midas in reverse, but he did extend the run of many classic shows and stayed enough in bounds where most of his stuff isn't really hated... Just snickered at sometimes.
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