Has a visual flair. However I don't think that alone, or the fact Summer Glau is in it, will make it succeed any better than the majority of original superhero shows of the past such as M.A.N.T.I.S. or Exo-man.
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Originally Posted by Father Xmas
Has a visual flair. However I don't think that alone, or the fact Summer Glau is in it, will make it succeed any better than the majority of original superhero shows of the past such as M.A.N.T.I.S. or Exo-man.
One of the City's last honest cop, framed as the City's big bad, believed killed but taken in by a group of circus performers, taught various skills to craft a superhero persona similar to his son's favorite comic book hero. Summer Glau is the young honest reporter who teams up with him while he tries to bring the real bad guys to justice and clear his name. |
Manimal, an American actionadventure series that ran from September 30 to December 17, 1983 on NBC. The show centers on the character Dr Jonathan Chase (Simon MacCorkindale), a shape-shifting man who possessed the ability to turn himself into any animal he chose. He used this ability to help the police solve crimes.
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Night Man aired in syndication from 15 September 1997 to 17 May 1999. Johnny Domino is a well-known San Franciscan jazz musician who is accidentally struck by a lightning bolt in a freak cable-car accident. The strike allows him to telepathically recognize evil but robs him the ability to sleep. Although Night Man has no other superhuman powers on his own, he owns a special bulletproof bodysuit that gives him several abilities, including flight, holographic camouflage-style invisibility and advanced sight functions through the round red lens over his left eye including the ability to see in the dark and fire a laser beam.
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Well don't forget the Tron inspired Automan.
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Good find lol; looks horribly cheesy...I love it.
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The really creepy thing is that Night Man is based on an actual comic book, published by Malibu comics back in the Ultraverse days.
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Originally Posted by CrazyJerseyan
Night Man aired in syndication from 15 September 1997 to 17 May 1999. Johnny Domino is a well-known San Franciscan jazz musician who is accidentally struck by a lightning bolt in a freak cable-car accident. The strike allows him to telepathically recognize evil but robs him the ability to sleep. Although Night Man has no other superhuman powers on his own, he owns a special bulletproof bodysuit that gives him several abilities, including flight, holographic camouflage-style invisibility and advanced sight functions through the round red lens over his left eye including the ability to see in the dark and fire a laser beam.
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Yep. If you've read the book (as I did for the first half of its run, or so---before they gave him powers beyond the "hearing evil" thing), it's freaky to flip it on at random and see him stand-flying in cheesy fashion through San Francisco and saying "That guy and the big red wig looks a little like Night Man" before flipping it right back off.
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Originally Posted by Eisregen_NA
The really creepy thing is that Night Man is based on an actual comic book, published by Malibu comics back in the Ultraverse days.
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Originally Posted by Father Xmas
Has a visual flair. However I don't think that alone, or the fact Summer Glau is in it, will make it succeed any better than the majority of original superhero shows of the past such as M.A.N.T.I.S. or Exo-man.
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I'll watch it. From what I've seen... at the very least.... it looks somewhat interesting.
Besides, it also has Keith David in it. And I'm hoping he is allowed to keep some of his zen-like awesomeness from Pitch Black.
Looks cheesy , and the villians Scales and Cain , pfft . I'll give it a shot though
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Originally Posted by CrazyJerseyan
Good find lol; looks horribly cheesy...I love it.
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Originally Posted by Rock_Crag
Blasphemy! I should strike you down where you stand!
I'll watch it. From what I've seen... at the very least.... it looks somewhat interesting. Besides, it also has Keith David in it. And I'm hoping he is allowed to keep some of his zen-like awesomeness from Pitch Black. |
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Now, if only there were a way to just show a series of photos of Summer Glau, with an awesome voiceover by possibly the best voice in any medium (behind James Earl Jones,) I would buy that!
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Originally Posted by Father Xmas
One of the City's last honest cop, framed as the City's big bad, believed killed but taken in by a group of circus performers, taught various skills to craft a superhero persona similar to his son's favorite comic book hero. Summer Glau is the young honest reporter who teams up with him while he tries to bring the real bad guys to justice and clear his name.
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The first thing this synopsis reminded me of was Lord Valentine's Castle.
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Some of the clips I have watched have really bad music to them, so hopefully they can keep that stuff to a minimum.
Summer Glau's character is named Orwell. I get the reference!
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Originally Posted by Eisregen_NA
The really creepy thing is that Night Man is based on an actual comic book, published by Malibu comics back in the Ultraverse days.
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The Manimal and Night Man series crossed over as The Manimal made ana ppearance in a 2 part story on the Night Man series.
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That's part of the genre of super vehicle shows. Airwolf, Knight Rider, The Highwayman (think Airwolf meets Knight Rider), Thunder in Paradise. Pretty much ended with Viper until the Knight Rider remake.
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Anyone remember Street Hawk?
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Looks cheesy , and the villians Scales and Cain , pfft . I'll give it a shot though
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^ This.
It looks okay and so I'll record the first few episodes and see where it goes...
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Although the names sounded cool, I always wondered why they switched animals: Streethawk, Airwolf. Of course, it would be redundant to have Airhawk and Streetwolf.|
Originally Posted by Father Xmas
That's part of the genre of super vehicle shows. Airwolf, Knight Rider, The Highwayman (think Airwolf meets Knight Rider), Thunder in Paradise. Pretty much ended with Viper until the Knight Rider remake.
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I think there was a whole subgenere of Super RVs on Saturday Morning TV back in the '70s, too.
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I think you are thinking of Ark II with their Landmaster lite vehicle.
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Didn't see this here, but did see ads for it while watching the 'Boys play tonight. It's a new superhero TV series coming to NBC on Jan 9. Just curious if anyone else has seen anything about it, and what y'all's opinions are. I haven't seen much so I'm kind of on the fence about it atm.
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