Legends of the Superheroes

Started by mirth, March 26, 2016, 12:26:11 PM

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mirth

Live action DC superhero specials aired in primetime in 1979. Mercifully, I didn't watch them.


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Staggerwing

What superhero is Mark Twain supposed to be?
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Barthheart

Screw Mark, who are the babes on the far right?  :D

mirth

^yeah. Apparently it wasn't all bad.
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

Tpek

Quote from: Barthheart on March 26, 2016, 01:15:44 PM
Screw Mark, who are the babes on the far right?  :D

Apparently The Huntress and Black Canary, or do you mean the actual actresses?

EDIT: Found the actresses:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1466139/?ref_=tt_cl_t12
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3150591/?ref_=tt_cl_t15

DoctorQuest

Quote from: mirth on March 26, 2016, 01:50:29 PM
^yeah. Apparently it wasn't all bad.

I'm not so sure. I couldn't even get through the YouTube clip.
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JasonPratt

I vaguely recall watching both of those on their original broadcasts. I also recall turning both off before completion, out of frustrated disgust.

Fun horrifying trivia: the actress playing Giganta, who looks the part pretty well, is a native of Tennessee named Alfred Brevard Crenshaw. H/she did not get much work other than this part. (Or not in TV or film anyway.)
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