Feb. 26th, 2017
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My Favorite Martian, Eerie Indiana, and Gravity Falls all part of the same universe?
I'm going to assume no one here knows about the TV series My Favorite Martian because it's even before my time. I first found out about it when the movie was made and my dad pointed out that it was a remake of an old TV series. While Christopher Lloyd played the Martian in the movie, there was a cameo in the movie from Ray Walston, the original actor who played the Martian. It was said in the movie that Ray Walston's character had been stranded on Earth since the 70's the time that the original series aired and he even worn the same space suit as he did in the series.
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I'm going to assume no one here knows about the TV series My Favorite Martian because it's even before my time. I first found out about it when the movie was made and my dad pointed out that it was a remake of an old TV series. While Christopher Lloyd played the Martian in the movie, there was a cameo in the movie from Ray Walston, the original actor who played the Martian. It was said in the movie that Ray Walston's character had been stranded on Earth since the 70's the time that the original series aired and he even worn the same space suit as he did in the series.
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'EERIE, INDIANA': STRANGE SHOW, TRICKY TIME
"Eerie, Indiana" has a problem: Whether it airs at 7 or 7:30 on Sundays -- and it has done both -- it's in a kiddie timeslot. That means producer Karl Schaefer has to keep in mind that viewers as young as 2 may be watching what appears to be a kids' show.
But he says he intended the series for adults, with a heavy dash of social satire and "kind of a twisted sense of humor."
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"Eerie, Indiana" has a problem: Whether it airs at 7 or 7:30 on Sundays -- and it has done both -- it's in a kiddie timeslot. That means producer Karl Schaefer has to keep in mind that viewers as young as 2 may be watching what appears to be a kids' show.
But he says he intended the series for adults, with a heavy dash of social satire and "kind of a twisted sense of humor."
( Read more... )