Agent 13 Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 Re: '70s TV Supers Recommended Reading: http://www.70slivekidvid.com/ http://www.poobala.com/crossoverlist.html http://www.tvparty.com/sat.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clonus Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 Re: '70s TV Supers Hulk also had Daredevil and Thor show up (at different times) in his made for TV movies. Yeah. Guest stars weren't rare at all but they only showed up one at a time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenn Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 Re: '70s TV Supers So is the Bigfoot of the "Bionic" universe compatible with the Bigfoot of Sid and Marty Kroft's "Bigfoot and Wildboy"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenn Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 Re: '70s TV Supers This is important... It never became in vogue for cards to become front-wheel drive. A cra can be stopped from driving off by lifting the rear end of the car off the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCoy Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 Re: '70s TV Supers Of course' date=' this is all just an intellectual excercise for me, anyway, as it seems I'll probably never get a group together to play this or any other campaign.[/quote'] Which is why we have Hero Central. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrestlinggeek Posted February 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 Re: '70s TV Supers Which is why we have Hero Central. I've tried to run a couple games on HC, but it never seemed to work for me. Play-by-post just doesn't mesh with my style. I tried to run a play-by-chat game once, but couldn't find a time when everyone could log on at the same time. No, what I really need is a face-to-face game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Baloo Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 Re: '70s TV Supers This is important... It never became in vogue for cards to become front-wheel drive. A cra can be stopped from driving off by lifting the rear end of the car off the ground. I can easily imagine a superhero of that era transported to the present. He smugly grabs the rear bumper of a modern car to prevent the bank-robbers from getting away... and is promptly dragged down the street as the wheel-man floors it. "What-the...?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gideon Posted February 3, 2008 Report Share Posted February 3, 2008 Re: '70s TV Supers Of course as far as "feel" goes you run into the problem that a fundamental structural element of the shows was that you didn't have more than one hero working together as more than a guest star except for Michael Knight's gig as Kitt's sidekick. That way they could be outnumbered without an actual army of mundane goons. So if you've got a solo game it works fine but if you've got an actual play group... In the live action shows yes, but remember, there were more than a few cartoons of the same era that featured superhero teams. And while the power level of those characters was significantly higher than that of their live-action counterparts, the storytelling style, themes, plots, and ideals shown were significantly similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba smith Posted October 21, 2008 Report Share Posted October 21, 2008 Re: '70s TV Supers So is the Bigfoot of the "Bionic" universe compatible with the Bigfoot of Sid and Marty Kroft's "Bigfoot and Wildboy"? SASQUATCH was an alien robot that was used to frighten campers from a hidden compound used by alien explorers in the california mountans. col. steve austin discovered it while investigatind the disapperance of two government scientist kidnaped by the masters of the robot sasquatch [named after the native american term for the creature] BIGFOOT on the other hand was a living creature who teamed up with an abandoned orphan aside from physical appearance i dout there is any connection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egyptoid Posted October 21, 2008 Report Share Posted October 21, 2008 Dibs! I get to be the Pharaoh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Major Tom Posted October 22, 2008 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 Re: '70s TV Supers As long as we're talking '70s-type movie/TV superheroes, let's go ahead and add Electra-Woman and Dyna-Girl and Exo-Man to the mix, as examples of tech-based superheroes from that time period. Major Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenn Posted October 22, 2008 Report Share Posted October 22, 2008 Re: '70s TV Supers I'm pretty sure if they did the character today' date=' it would probably be [i']The Six Billion Dollar Man.[/i] I mean, he was a government project, and you know how over-inflated those prices get. "I know we spend thousands on toilet seats, but now we've paid how much to replace this astronaut's @$$h*le with a robotic rectum?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitruvian23 Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 Re: '70s TV Supers Strength probably caps off around 50 at most; everything the Hulk, Steve Austin or Wonder Woman lifted had to be movable on a 70s TV SFX budget. The exception would be live action giant characters from the period (Ultraman, Ambasador Magma, Inframan, etc; though while those shows were on air in the 60s-70s, many were set in an imagined version of the 1990s), if you choose to allow them at all. Personally, I love the idea of Steve Austin and Diana Prince in America while Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong have to deal with constant giant monster attacks. Wonder Woman might be a bit stronger than that, though reluctant to use her STR to full effect on most foes; I recall her stopping a tank cold in one episode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitruvian23 Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 Re: '70s TV Supers Actually' date=' 300 might be perfect, especially if I could get players to stick to the KISS thoery of character creation.[/quote'] The one where you play the members of KISS as portrayed in KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park, c.1978? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DusterBoy Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 Re: '70s TV Supers KISS, as in Keep It Simple, Stupid. And "The Incredible Hulk" TV series was one of the highlights of my childhood. PS: the TV Hulk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JmOz Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 Re: '70s TV Supers RE Wonder Woman, I remember that episode, I would say she was pushing her STR for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrestlinggeek Posted June 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 Re: '70s TV Supers OMG, whos' the necromancer? The bad thing is, reading all this again puts the idea back in my head. Maybe I'll have to ask my players what they think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kahuna's bro Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 Re: '70s TV Supers OMG' date=' whos' the necromancer? The bad thing is, reading all this again puts the idea back in my head. Maybe I'll have to ask my players what they think.[/quote'] not me this was brought up day before yesterday and i posted then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddHat Posted June 26, 2010 Report Share Posted June 26, 2010 Re: '70s TV Supers The modern TV Darna is a real pain to stat. In one episode she picks up two tree trunks in a lumber camp, and fights with them as if they were escrima sticks. Fun, goofy CGI. They must weigh something like 1000 pounds each, and she shows no strain at all. In other episodes, she seems to have trouble breaking the grip of an ordinary thug, at least for a second or two. Insane stat flux is always part of Serial Fiction characters with multiple writers, but it gets really bad with some TV series. I'm seriously considering the STR Slot in MP answer, but I've never really liked using that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjalund Posted June 26, 2010 Report Share Posted June 26, 2010 Re: '70s TV Supers I'm hanging out for "That 70's Supers Show" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt the Bruins Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 Re: '70s TV Supers You know, this kind of reminds me of a League of Extraordinary Gentlemen for the 1970s. I'd like to do it for the 80s, given that I am in that age cohort. The group could have, let's see, Knight Rider, one of the Misfits of Science, the Fall Guy, McGyver, and the kid from Back to the Future. Plus, of course, Manimal. Was the Man from Atlantis 1970s? Vestnik, have you seen this? I can easily imagine a superhero of that era transported to the present. He smugly grabs the rear bumper of a modern car to prevent the bank-robbers from getting away... and is promptly dragged down the street as the wheel-man floors it. "What-the...?" Oh man, now THERE'S a game concept. Make some of the characters be displaced 70s era heroes in the modern world Austin Powers-style, with the others grittier ones native to the current campaign setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starblaze Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Re: '70s TV Supers Reminds me of Last Action Hero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobGreenwade Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Re: '70s TV Supers Reminds me of Last Action Hero.I watched that film for the first time last year. It's a better film now than it was when it was made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted July 11, 2010 Report Share Posted July 11, 2010 Re: '70s TV Supers I remeber a couple of Spiderman movies back in the day on TV. But are they from the '70s? And how would you do a stretching character on a '70s tv budget? Or is that impossible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kahuna's bro Posted July 11, 2010 Report Share Posted July 11, 2010 Re: '70s TV Supers I remeber a couple of Spiderman movies back in the day on TV. But are they from the '70s? if memory serves the are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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