MacGuyver
Watching the pilot episode, I realized that the "Knight Rider Effect" is applicable (The Knight Rider Effect: All 20-something Sri Lankans agree: Knight Rider now looks a lot dumber than it used to). But MacGyver's not quite so bad -- the dialogs and filming may be a little out of date, but in terms of scientific accuracy, it's way ahead of most of today's shows.
Oh by the way, did you know that a lot of us used to call the Swiss Army knife the "MacGyver knife" back then? Apparently the term died with my generation -- I asked a younger guy in office this morning and he didn't know what a "MacGyver knife" was...
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Ah I loved that show. Was too young to understand the scientific concepts behind stuff but all those things he pulled off were utterly cool. He was the MAN.
Btw I have this faint memory of one episode about killer ants. I remember one guy being eaten with only the specs left behind. Finally MacGuyver comes with a flame thrower sorta thing and burns 'em all. Not sure if its only my imagination though. Maybe you could confirm after watching all SEVEN seasons!
ah, the army ant episode. i still remember that one. yes, you're not imagining it.
BTW: is it just me or are blogger word verification strings becoming increasingly more difficult to read and type out?
Oh yes. McGyver was THE show those days.Thanks for bringing out those memories man!
I wonder if any video shops has it?
McGyver was awesome. Looked a lot like Stefan Edberg. I distinctly rememeber him not being too lucky with the ladies. There was a McGyver movie too "rose something..."
And it's not you; I struggled to post this comment.
niroshan: try that DVD shop in colpetty (near prawnies).
sloth: the fact that the guy refuses to use a gun is a bit of a downer for me... other than that he's fine
True, but at least that was one of his unique traits. I remember an ep where his buds were hypnotized into killing some important African chap. Good one.
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