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Post by drewshi on Sept 26, 2009 18:02:29 GMT -5
One show I neglected to mention and only thought of as I was watching Shakira's She-Wolf video was this early 90's television series. I wish they would bring to DVD. www.imdb.com/title/tt0098909/In this series, the main character is an American who has developed lycanthropy after being attacked by a werewolf in London. She is joined by her English professor as they try to find a cure to her condition. This was a romantic adventure comedy that changed its name to Love and Curses during the final third of its only season. The show changed location and focus by moving the duo to America where they dealt with all manner of supernatural phenomenon. The condition took a bit of a backseat and the humor was slanted more in the vein of Moonlighting.
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Post by james on Sept 26, 2009 18:34:55 GMT -5
I've never seen this show, but I have heard that there was an episode set at a science fiction convention, that supposedly satirized con culture fairly well. (I read this, years ago, on the late great Jump the Shark website...)
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Post by tombitd on Sept 26, 2009 21:16:36 GMT -5
One show I neglected to mention and only thought of as I was watching Shakira's She-Wolf video was this early 90's television series. I wish they would bring to DVD. www.imdb.com/title/tt0098909/In this series, the main character is an American who has developed lycanthropy after being attacked by a werewolf in London. She is joined by her English professor as they try to find a cure to her condition. This was a romantic adventure comedy that changed its name to Love and Curses during the final third of its only season. The show changed location and focus by moving the duo to America where they dealt with all manner of supernatural phenomenon. The condition took a bit of a backseat and the humor was slanted more in the vein of Moonlighting. Yep, I remember this--one of the only shows worth watching during the abortive 'Universal Network' experiment that pre-dated that company's P-TEN block of syndicated shows. The other shows on the Universal Network included Dracula: The Series, a comedic horror show perhaps best known for having more producers (it was a German/English/American co-production) than any other series in existence, and Ghosts of L.A., about a cop who was haunted by the spirits of the newly murdered, who demanded he avenge them. And you're one hundred percent right, John--when it was a co-production with London Weekend Television and set in England, the show was truly creepy and had some frightening episodes (and also a minimalist but effective werewolf make-up that was apparently played by a dancer). When LWT pulled out, taking half of the budget with them, the production relocated to Los Angeles and the show...went down the drain. Oh, and james--that episode set in the con...it's really, really bad. I would not recommend looking for it. Galaxy Quest did exactly the same jokes about con culture better several years later.
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Post by drewshi on Sept 27, 2009 8:11:35 GMT -5
One show I neglected to mention and only thought of as I was watching Shakira's She-Wolf video was this early 90's television series. I wish they would bring to DVD. www.imdb.com/title/tt0098909/In this series, the main character is an American who has developed lycanthropy after being attacked by a werewolf in London. She is joined by her English professor as they try to find a cure to her condition. This was a romantic adventure comedy that changed its name to Love and Curses during the final third of its only season. The show changed location and focus by moving the duo to America where they dealt with all manner of supernatural phenomenon. The condition took a bit of a backseat and the humor was slanted more in the vein of Moonlighting. Yep, I remember this--one of the only shows worth watching during the abortive 'Universal Network' experiment that pre-dated that company's P-TEN block of syndicated shows. The other shows on the Universal Network included Dracula: The Series, a comedic horror show perhaps best known for having more producers (it was a German/English/American co-production) than any other series in existence, and Ghosts of L.A., about a cop who was haunted by the spirits of the newly murdered, who demanded he avenge them. And you're one hundred percent right, John--when it was a co-production with London Weekend Television and set in England, the show was truly creepy and had some frightening episodes (and also a minimalist but effective werewolf make-up that was apparently played by a dancer). When LWT pulled out, taking half of the budget with them, the production relocated to Los Angeles and the show...went down the drain. Oh, and james--that episode set in the con...it's really, really bad. I would not recommend looking for it. Galaxy Quest did exactly the same jokes about con culture better several years later. Now I remember that episode. I have to wonder though how much Galaxy Quest may have been inspired by the Beyond the Beyond series that She-Wolf was spoofing.
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Post by james on Nov 19, 2009 15:42:17 GMT -5
It's now on the way (presumably to catch some of the heat from the upcoming remake of The Wolf Man - advance word of which is unfortunately not great). www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/She-Wolf-London-The-Complete-Series/12994On the negative side, the box set of Werewolf that Shout! Factory was planning to release has been pushed back indefinitely due to issues regarding music licensing. Lose one wolf, gain another.
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