Boll Weevil Posted January 20, 2004 Report Share Posted January 20, 2004 Hiss, put it on my luggage!! Originally posted by tkdguy Okay, I went into IMDB. The movie is "The Specials." Rob Lowe's character is The Weevil. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181836 The Weevil. Now THAT'S a great name. Notice how it rolls off the tongue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Agenda Posted January 20, 2004 Report Share Posted January 20, 2004 Pigeon Man? I am terribly, terribly old and was a child at the time so my recollection is inexact, but I remember a TV Series featuring Pigeon Man or Captain Pigeon, who could fly by flapping his arm-flaps. This was probably in the mid or late sixties. Like Captain Nice, he took drugs. I also remember a TV Movie featuring a Captain Chameleon who had a holographic suit given to him by a wannabe hero, the Parakleet of Justice. The Parakleet died and the would-be sidekick wound up being the main character. I can't remember the name of the movie, though, unless it was Captain Chameleon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherSkip Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 Oh where the Frell did you get a list of the Characters for the tommorow people? *crosses fingers and hopes for a website* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rechan Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 The Huntress (From the short lived Birds of Prey). That vampire cop from Forever Knight. Middle Aged Man (SNL Skit) The woman from Profiler (Who seems to have Precognition). TheAuthoirty: You **** I was gunna put Brimstone. I LOVED that show. I wished it was still on. Anotherskip: The man he killed was his wife's Rapist, not killer; she did not die (Infact she showed up in an episode). He did not commit suicide, he was killed two months later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakboy6117 Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 birds of prey is technically based on the dc comic of the same name though hideously mutilated. as huntress was the daughter of batman and catwoman i'd probaly have to say she was prior art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sethwolffe Posted January 24, 2004 Report Share Posted January 24, 2004 Originally posted by McCoy Captain Nice Mr. Terriffic Captain Nice and Mr. Teriffic were Golden Aged Comic book herpes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sethwolffe Posted January 24, 2004 Report Share Posted January 24, 2004 I haven't seen the complete list but has Automan been added yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCoy Posted January 24, 2004 Report Share Posted January 24, 2004 Originally posted by sethwolffe Originally posted by McCoy Captain Nice Mr. Terriffic Captain Nice and Mr. Teriffic were Golden Aged Comic book herpes. But the TV shows were totally different in powers, personality, and origin from the Golden Age characters. And while I do remember Mr. Terriffic from the Justice Society, are you sure about Captain Nice? The Silver Age comic was from the show, not vice versa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Agenda Posted January 28, 2004 Report Share Posted January 28, 2004 I'm pretty sure the Captain Nice TV show spawned the comic book. The vampire detective in Forever Knight was Nicholas (Nick) Knight. Mr. Terrific was on TV? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShinDangaioh Posted January 28, 2004 Report Share Posted January 28, 2004 Jason of Star Command/Space Academey. You want to tell me Drago isn't a supervillian? Or the cadets from the academy aren't a group of supers? Small Wonder-A robot 6 yera old girl. Can't remember the name of the show, but the character was an Angel named Ehtel Methel Mcdurmin Wonderbug. Okay so the superhero is a car. (Speed Buggy was the cartoon) Lost Saucer. The two bumbling androids Bigfoot and Wildboy Mr. Roarke from Fantasy Island. Considering that Love Boat is in the same world as the 1st Fantasy Island series.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomGM2602 Posted January 29, 2004 Report Share Posted January 29, 2004 Originally posted by Southern Cross Does nobody but me remember The Tomorrow People? Yes a show about five kids exhibiting mental superpowers. Yeah that qualifies way up there with another Nick tv series called "Animorphs" the seires was based on a book series that recently ended on a high note and left me with a lot of questions. Oh yes, don't forget the live action version of the TICK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherSkip Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 I would not call the Tomorrow People "five kids exhibiting superpowers" since one of the "new recruits" was a female black art teacher IIRC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badger3k Posted February 13, 2004 Report Share Posted February 13, 2004 Originally posted by sethwolffe Originally posted by McCoy Captain Nice Mr. Terriffic Captain Nice and Mr. Teriffic were Golden Aged Comic book herpes. Gone for a few weeks and now superheroes with STDs???? sorry - just saw the typo and had to respond Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Champsguy Posted February 13, 2004 Report Share Posted February 13, 2004 Eric Cord from the Fox TV show Werewolf. That guy from the show Viper (hey, his Viper could change into an armored form--that's pretty cool). The character Johnny from the short-lived UPN show Pig Sty had a "look" he could give to women that made them automatically want to sleep with him. That's a rockin' power. There was also a short lived UPN show with that guy from Star Trek. It was called "Legend" or something. Very Wild Wild West. And ALF is, of course, super-powered. There was another mid-80s sitcom involving a man who created a robot daughter. Don't remember much else about it. The kid from the made-for-TV Disney Channel movie "Not Quite Human" was also a robot. He had super-strength and other robot stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted February 13, 2004 Report Share Posted February 13, 2004 I don't believe anyone has mentioned the Night Stalker, but I very well could have missed it. I'll assume that sci-fi anthologies such as Twilight Zone and Amazing Stories are out...(too bad, loads of good stuff there) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Cross Posted February 13, 2004 Report Share Posted February 13, 2004 Has anyone mentioned the classic Quatermass tv series?If Quatermass isn't a gadgeteer who is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted February 13, 2004 Report Share Posted February 13, 2004 So Do we have a comprehensive list yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Posted February 13, 2004 Report Share Posted February 13, 2004 I would add the TV version of the Hulk. Even though nominally derived from the Marvel character, he is different enough to rate an entry here, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farik Posted February 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2004 Originally posted by Enforcer84 So Do we have a comprehensive list yet? Nightmask updates the list on page 6 occasionally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzzy Gnome Posted February 14, 2004 Report Share Posted February 14, 2004 Ta Ra (Maryam D'Abo ) from Something is Out There (made for TV miniseries that was made into a series) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Major Tom Posted February 14, 2004 Report Share Posted February 14, 2004 I don't know if either of these groups fits into this topic, but how about the guys from the two "Weird Westerns" of the 80s -- Outlaws from CBS and Wildside from ABC? Major Tom The Poster formerly known as Space Cadet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted February 14, 2004 Report Share Posted February 14, 2004 Did anyone mention Early Edition? from IMDB: Plot Outline: His name is Gary Hobson. He gets tomorrow's newspaper today. He doesn't know how. He doesn't know why. All he knows is when the early edition hits his doorstep, he has twenty-four hours to set things right. (more) or Now and Again? also from IMDB: When Michael Wiseman is killed in a tragic subway accident, the U.S. government covertly makes him an offer he can't refuse; they "keep his brain alive" and place it into a new, genetically bio-engineered body. The doctor in charge of the experiment has grand plans for him, but all Michael wants is to get back to his grieving wife and daughter. For security reasons, the government forbids such contact... not that Michael is going to let that stop him. I've seen several episodes of both at odd times, and liked them. There was also a show with a girl whose father was an alien. She talked to him with a glowing crystal ball thing, and had powers. Forgot the name of the show. Then there's the Girl, Gold Watch and ......(Dynamite, Everything, etc.) series. I think they were all done for TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted February 14, 2004 Report Share Posted February 14, 2004 And don't forget the Fonz... he clearly had super powers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PennStud77 Posted February 14, 2004 Report Share Posted February 14, 2004 Pattern Ghost: Out of this World was the name of the show where the girl could stop time by putting her fingers together. Man, I was gonna mention Greatest American Hero, till I see someone else beat me to it. There was a movie when I was a kid about a guy who could run really fast unless he saw the color red. I think it was called "The Fuzz" How about "The Bandit" from a show of the same name from the early 90's (same 'Action Pack' show that Team Knight Rider was on if memory serves.... on second thought it might have been Knight Rider 2010 or something like that, not nearly as good as TKR) You've GOTTA put The Sentinel on there.... excellent show. (I thought I had a few while I was reading the post, now they've all been said or left my brain) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Major Tom Posted February 15, 2004 Report Share Posted February 15, 2004 PennStud77, the title of the movie you're trying to think of is Superfuzz, and the only things that I can remember about it are that Ernest Borgnine was the super-cop's partner, and that when the super-cop got married at the end of the picture, the bride-to-be was either wearing red or was holding some- thing colored red (which completely frelled the super-cop's powers). Other than that, the major thing that I know about this is that it was a weird Italian flick. Major Tom The Poster formerly known as Space Cadet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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