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Hey, Karl. Don't sell Warren Stevens short. He had another Voyage role - arguably his best - in Season 4's "Cave of the Dead" as ghostly Com. VanWyck.:)

The "In COLOR(!)" intro to network programs was one of the quintessential features of 60s TV (that, and the instantly immobilizing karate chop to the back of the neck, wielded by protagonists and antagonists alike!) As a little kid, I couldn't understand why the networks "IN COLOR!"...

Fortunately, Richard, the CBS news item that Mark posted about a possible Voyage re-boot is several months - if not more than a year - old. I'm hoping they will leave Voyage alone, and my suspicion is they will. BUT WE MUST REMAIN VIGILANT AND CONTINUE TO WEIGH IN ON THREADS LIKE THIS TO LET...

Yes, Mark. The late Mike Bailey's vttbots.com site is terrific. It's sad that he is no longer with us and his wife has been unable to find anyone to update the site.

Thanks a lot, Rob. (No wonder I couldn't remember. "Timelock" had to be one of the very worst Voyage episodes!)

Good Lord!! As a middle-aged fart, I continue to be amazed at the stuff one can discover floating around the electronic ether! You're my hero for the day, Harry, because so far, I wasn't finding the pages I'd printed out. This is fantastic, thanks! I think DVD S., Regulus, Joe, Mark, Francis...

Well, I'm sad to say I think this thread has finally petered out. There is one thing I'd like to tack on IF (1) anybody is still interested (2) I can find the hard copy (3) and I can figure out how to reformat it and post it here: A Ms. Sara Stephens (don't know her, never met her) in 1998...

Damned if I can leave this thread alone! Just wanted to chime in about the monsters on Voyage. I loved the monsters, though some of them looked a little ersatz. (When I was a kid, I changed the channel if I didn't see a monster within the first 10 minutes of an episode!) I even liked the...

I liked "The Cyborg," too, Joe. I will admit, though, it was so campy I half expected the Caped Crusader and the Boy Wonder to swing down on their bat-ropes and help Admiral Nelson fight the onrush of faceless cyborgs (!) I, too, think Season Two was the best. Color, introduction of the...

I think you're dead right, Tony, and that's all I'm going to say as far as comparing and contrasting the original series on this thread I swore I'd never revisit. I will say, though, that it is amazing the anger that this thread has generated on both sides. Fans of the newer series seem to be...

Gary - I'd be interested to hear what you think of "Secret of the Deep." I knew when I watched it it was going to feature the often-used, bug-eyed seaweed beast, but that was OK. I always loved that monster and its first two appearances - "The Condemned" and "Deadly Creature Below!" - were...

I don't see this thread continuing much longer, now that we Voyage fans have Season 4-Vol.2 in our hot little hands and have likely already viewed the final 13 episodes at least once. It's been very enjoyable - AND, I would argue, efficacious - interacting with you, and I think the interest...

Having watched the last 13 episodes again, I have to say that "Edge of Doom" was a vastly underrated episode. I love monster episodes and episodes with guest stars, but episodes carried by the regular cast - like this one - often worked very well (though I didn't appreciate them as a pre-teen...

Earlier on this thread (or it may have been on the older "When are we going to see..." Voyage thread,) I said it would be a dream come true if a new Voyage mini-series were made with the same production values AND cultural values of the original series. That is, full of patriotism, machismo...

Oh, HELL yeah! Now that's what I'm talking about, Harry N!. . .Let me forthwith scratch Monique Lemaire (whoever the hell she was!) from my list, add Barbara at the top and push the rest of the ladies down in descending order.

My biggest letdown from VttBotS Ssn. 4, Vol. 2 was the episode "The Abominable Snowman." I front-loaded my viewing of the set to get the lesser episodes "out of the way." I didn't expect much from "The Abominable Snowman" because it had pretty much been panned by most critics. But the...

You are SO right about Barbara Bouchet, DVD S. Judging her based solely on the episode - in which she wears a stewardess uniform throughout - some of her finer assets are not in evidence. In the special features mode still photos (on one of the DVDs, I think it's Season 2-V2), she is wearing a...

I got my shipping confirmation e-mail from MoviesUnlimited last Friday, saying VttBotS Season 2, Vol. 2 would arrive Jan. 11 (tomorrow.) It's time to get the peanut butter& jelly sandwiches, Coca-Cola and other comfort foods ready to devour as soon the package arrives. Less than 24 hours, and...

I will confess, DVD S, the "ViewMaster" factor did help cement "Deadly Creature Below!" as my favorite episode. I guess Basehart's dual role and the way he devoured it is what pushed "Day of Evil" into my top 10. You're right, Season 1's episodes were the best because the target audience...

As promised in September, here's my ranking of the top 10 VttBotS episodes - (I know you've all been holding your breath!): 1. "Deadly Creature Below! (Season 2)" - Great guest stars (Nehemiah Pershof, Paul Comi), a great (if often-used) monster, danger around every corner (mechanical...

Movies Unlimited, from which I've purchases every Voyage set to date, now lists the release date as Jan. 11, 2011. That cinches it, for me. Disappointing. But I guess I can wait.

Still awaiting word on VttBotS Season 4, Vol. II, and while I'm waiting, I'm going to relieve the tension by whipping up a formula for determining and ranking the greatest (and worst) Voyage episodes. Once I've settled upon the best criteria, I'm going to apply same, assign a numerical value to...

Hey, one of you guys (or gals) who has the 3rd season on DVDs do me a favor: Please go to the episode "The Heat Monster" and tell me if Crane doesn't refer to Kowalski and Patterson as "kowalski and Malloy"?

For those of you who aren't aware, Tooleman87 has most (but not all) of the 30-second "next week" previews on his YouTube channel. They're pretty rough, but still enjoyable. "No Escape from Death" is a much maligned episode, but if you can overlook the reuse of canned material, it works...

Cool. Let's "sail on" with a fanciful idea: A genuine remake - NOT reimagining - of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea"? I could just salivate at the idea of a Voyage mini-series remade in the old series image, with 60s production methods and 60s cultural motifs. No politically correct crap, just...

I'd like to apologize for pulling the conversation into directions the site owner and most of those commenting didn't want it to go. I thought comparing the original series to the recent one was relevant to the discussion, but I (and Jack) seem to be in the minority. So I'm done here now, I...

Jack, you said it better and more succinctly than I. The "sneering contempt" you note is dead on accurate. Absolutely ZERO "respect" or "fondness" for the original Battlestar. They could have done the newer series, with a different title and different characters, and the fans could have...

I notice a few people took issue with my dubbing the "re-imagined" series "Battlestar Politically Correctica." Probably not the best name, but it had a certain lilt to it. Let me apologize and explain a bit about my objections. Please understand, I am likely a generation older than most of...

I have to assume you are chatting about the "re-imagined" series, not the original Battlestar Galactica. To avoid confusion, I refer to the more recent series as "Battlestar Politically Correctica." (For a stinging and dead-on critique of "BS P-Correctica," check out Wikipedia's article on...

A reboot of Voyage? Gaggg!! How right you are, Jack. If the reimagined "Voyage" comes about, you can bet either Crane or Nelson will be a female character, there will be no cigarette smoke on the Seaview, Nelson will never utter a verse of Scripture (as he did from time to time in the series...