Lucybespro
It is a performances centric movie
Pacionsbo
Absolutely Fantastic
InformationRap
This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.
Zandra
The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
Livewire242
It's unmistakably a Gerry Anderson show. But what works in Captain Scarlet (half-hour format, colourful props, outlandish action scenarios) utterly fails when you attempt it in live action. The stories are all terrible--I would even venture to say that they are below the level of quality found in Captain Scarlet. I watched as much of the series as I could handle, but couldn't get all the way through. Maybe it improves after season 1. I wasn't willing to stay with it that long. When you compare it to other shows in the same genre from the same era, such as Mission: Impossible or The Man From Uncle, it just doesn't hold up.
uriahms
I couldn't agree with you more Observer 2. There was no television in our home and we had to go watch TV in the window of our neighbor. I must have been about 4 or 5 years old and all I could remember was that theme music the dum-dum-de-dum-dum part. And the lyrics were so vague in my memory until a couple years ago I download the theme song and wow!!! It all came back to me. I remember Harry Rule and the pretty contessa with her long hair and the fast cars and guns and hair raising adventure! I am desperately searching somewhere where I can see an episode! Great show! Does anyone know where I can watch online? I would greatly appreciate a link! Thanks
Desmond Pereira
How could you not resist singing along to Tony Christie's wonderful rendition of "Avenues & Alleyways"? I love this series not for the plots that went nowhere, but for the great cast of Robert Vaughan, Nyree Dawn Porter (deceased) in a pseudo-Italian accent and the very handsome Tony Anholt (deceased) who looked decorative, spoke with a French accent and was always elegantly attired). A special mention needs to be made for Yasuko Nagazumi who plays Harry Rule's talented and elegant personal assistant. Check out her hairstyles and creative costumes!This series epitomised the stylish early 70's when men wore fitted suits, silk neck-scarves and sexy shoes, when women wore outrageous dresses, make-up and very high, creative hairstyles.Another Gerry Anderson production (I'm a fan of his work, especially UFO), this series was very much like "The Persuaders", set all over continental Europe and featuring some interesting guest stars of the day. The locations alone are worth watching for.Watch this series just for the fun and the retro memories. Don't take the story lines too seriously - it was just the early 70's; and that's what mattered!
Observer-2
Don't ask why some things stick in one's head 30 years later, but the opening theme of "The Protectors" went like this:In the avenues and alley-ways Where the soul of man is easy to buy, Everybody's wheelin', everybody's dealin' All the lower living are high.Every city's got 'em, Can we ever stop 'em? Some of us are gonna try...Dum-dumm-DE-Dum-dum..For the cosmic two cents that it's worth.