Nostalgia

[calliopes_pen]

First, I want to take a moment to everyone that recommended the shows in my last post.

Now, for some nostalgia: Who here remembers a special that aired every Halloween for years on Nickelodeon, called The Mystery Magical Special? It starred Marc Summers. Well, I’ve found three scenes from it (sadly, not the entire thing) thanks to X-Entertainment. You can find it here—a recap of the entire special is there, and at the end you should find the three scenes for download.

Some random trivia: the little girl is Shiri Appleby, and the blonde boy is Jonathan Brandis.

And over on Youtube, I found a clip from when Ernie Hudson was on The Super Mario Brothers Super Show. If anyone cares, he’s playing Winston in this brief scene. This was actually the only episode of that series that I was able to remember vividly. Cheesier (and dumber) than I remember, too.

I’ve managed to find a few scenes from Dracula: The Series, over on Youtube. In this next clip, I believe that’s the guy from Forever Knight. Geraint-Wyn Davies. I’ve also found a scene with Mia Kirshner as Sophie.

By the way, is Forever Knight worth tracking down? I’ve never seen it, and always wondered.

Also, I remember once finding a website that it told when horror movies from certain actors would air year-round. There was a section on Vincent Price, Boris Karloff, Christopher Lee, etc... Does anyone on my friends list happen to know what that site was? I mostly would like to know, so I would be able to find out what horror stuff will air around Halloween this year.

Comments

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

You've never seen Forever Knight? OMG! I guess I just assumed you'd seen it. It's the best! Probably my biggest fandom overall ever :)

[calliopes_pen]

I think the closest I ever got to it was when Geraint-Wyn Davies guest-starred in an episode of Highlander. That, and running into a dozen or so crossovers between Forever Knight and Highlander when I was first discovering fanfic all those years ago.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

That, and running into a dozen
or so crossovers between Forever Knight and Highlander when I was first
discovering fanfic all those years ago.

[cough] guilty [g]

[calliopes_pen]

*laughs*

I mostly kept finding fanfic where Richie ended up turned, rather than decapitated, I think.

*thinks*

No, that was a Kindred: The Embraced crossover. Never seen that either, but I know it occasionally pops up on the Sci-Fi Channel.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

The first non pron fic I ever posted publicly was a Forever Knight/Highlander crossover. I adore writing LaCroix and Methos. The fic was called 'A Ghost of Winter's Past' and it was something of a holiday story. 12 odd years later, and I'm still writing them :)

[calliopes_pen]

I thought it sounded familiar, so I checked--that's definitely one of the first ones I read years ago. I loved it, even though I had no idea who LaCroix was at the time.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

Why thank you :) I'm still very fond of that story.

[scarfman]

I've not written a lot of LaCroix but he's a joy to get right.

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

HOLY SHIT THAT WAS YOU??!

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

Errr... yeah. I'm afraid so :)

[wabbitseason.livejournal.com]

Forever Knight was one of my first online fandoms back in the bitnet/usenet era. The episodes follow a similar thread as Highlander (i.e. past deeds influencing present), so if you hated the HL flashbacks, it's more of some with FK. The first two seasons are pretty good. By the end of the series, I've heard it fell apart and none of the fans that I know particularly liked the series finale.

[calliopes_pen]

I liked the flashbacks on Highlander (except for Duncan's wild hair at times) so I might enjoy that part.

By the end of the series, I've heard it fell apart and none of the fans that I know particularly liked the series finale.

If I manage to find the series anywhere online, I'll try to stick to early seasons, in that case. Then again, I'm someone that actually liked the first Ahriman episode (it was the first episode I saw of the series) of Highlander, so you never know with me.

[scarfman]

If you want to stick the early seasons of Forever Knight then you want the episodes when his partner is Don Schanke.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

There are some excellent episodes in S3. The beginning of the season wasn't so great due to the involvement of USA Network, but once they'd pulled out, the last part of the season had some of their best episodes, like Fever and Ashes to Ashes. As for the last episode, I actually don't hate it. But I was always a fan of LaCroix and not so much Nick, so your mileage may vary :)

[malicehaughton.livejournal.com]

I love Forever Knight. It was my first true fanodm, and it took me forever to track down, but now have all three seasons on the DVD box sets.

Well worth tracking down, especially when Don Schanke was Nick's partner. And I liked the last episode, it was just completely and utterly depressing. The entire episode was full of depressing things. The whole mood was different from all other episodes.

[malicehaughton.livejournal.com]

*headdesk* fandom, not fanodm...

[liz-marcs.livejournal.com]

Forever Knight was a fun show that I enjoyed immensely at the time. I haven't seen it since first run, 'tho, so I honestly can't tell you how well it's held up.

Let me echo the others: the first two seasons are cheesy fun in a Highlander kind of way, with some fairly solidly written shows in between. Interesting characters, interesting situations...plus Canadian Actor Bingo FtW. \0/

Last season...I remain meh about it. That said, I actually didn't mind how the final episode ended, because I thought it was very much in character for everyone.