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I just noticed there’s a tiny little pilot flying the intercepter.

The Saturday morning picture (http://dusty-abell.deviantart.com/art/Sat-Morning-Action-Adv-TV-83825680) is great. Are Dyna-woman and Isis a little chilly?

I recall watching David McCallum’s Invisible Man as a kid, and enjoying each episode immensely. I completely bought his life, his family, and his research situation. I was heartbroken when he self-destructed the beam generator in the pilot episode, knowing that he was dooming himself to permanent invisibility. It all felt completely real, believable, and an original take on a classic idea.

I also recall watching Ben Murphy’s Gemini Man as a kid, and feeling robbed. Somehow as a kid I could immediately accept Daniel Westin’s mask transformations (in spite of the sometimes poor visual effects) but Sam Casey’s stabilizer watch just felt like a cheap gimmick. I was deeply shocked at how many episodes ware thinly-rewritten reworkings of previously-aired Bionic Woman episodes. I kept waiting for Oscar Goldman to show up. It was my first lesson in Hollywood script recycling, and it still leaves a bad taste in my mouth after all these decades.

Sigh, it’s a shame that David McCallum’s Invisible Man episodes aren’t available on DVD. Now I want to rewatch *them* to see how well they hold up!

The woman with the knife in front of the TARDIS was Leela. That was the Doctor’s companion at that time.

The guy in the brown jacket is David McCallum as the Invisible Man. He also played in the 60s show, “The Man fron U.N.C.L.E”.

It also seems that they were all live-action shows, which has me wondering about that Blue/Red ship on the left being from “Battle of the Planets”. Any other possibilities ?

There was a really, really bad Captain America movie where he was dressed as pictured. His red/clear shield mounted as a windshield on the front of his motor cycle

‘Masters of the Universe’ – wasn’t that 1980′s? Same for its female version ‘She-Rah’ & ‘Simba the white lion’ all 80′s in my hazy memory?

I grew up with & was instantly captivated by Battle of the Planets followed by “New Adventures of Flash Gordon’ (animated) then my
all-time childhood cartoon fave ‘StarBlazers’ .. plus ‘AstroBoy’ , Ulysses 3000 (?) ‘Voltron’
& more …

Ah fond memories!

http://dusty-abell.deviantart.com/art/Sat-Morning-Action-Adv-TV-83825680

But there’s a whole other can o’ worms here:

“Short of V, there weren’t anywhere near the amount of memorable sci-fi/superhero shows in the 80’s that there were in the 1970’s. Just my opinion!”

Off the top of my head…
The Powers of Matthew Star
Automan
Manimal
Knight Rider / Airwolf / Street Hawk
Captain Power & the Soldiers of the Future
Starman (TV series)
Quantum Leap
Alien Nation
War of the Worlds
…and of course, V

CR, certified Eagle Nut!

Since you all commented so thoroughly on the foreground characters and ships, let me just say that is an awesome backdrop image, too.

JBS

Um, Christopher George was in the short lived series.

J/P=?

@ Bill… You know you can get the entire series of UFO (and Space:1999) on DVD.

CHARACTERS, from left to right:

The standing madonna: Wonder Woman (Linda Carter)
The guy in yellow shorts: Mark Harris (Patrick Duffy), The Man From Atlantis
The blonde guy sitting on a ship: Starbuck (Dirk Benedict), Battlestar Galactica
The military guy in blue uniform: Quark (Richard Benjamin)
The guy in brown coat: Apollo (Richard Hach), Batlestar Galactica
The chrome robot with the sword: Cylon warrior, Battlestar Galactica
The fella in red sportswear: Steve Austin (Lee Majors), The Six Million Dollar Man
The weirdo on a pedestal: Cylon Immperious Leader, Battlestar Galactica
The whitish guy in the background: SV7 robot (“Robots of Death” episode), Dr. Who
The guy in black uniform: Logan 5 (gregory Harrison), Logan’s Run
The robot with the christmas-tree brain: Cylon Lucifer (Jonathan Harris), Battlestar Galactica
The blonde guy with khaki coat: Daniel Westin (David McCallum), The Invisible Man
The babe in blue shorts: Jamie Sommers (Lindsay Wagner), The Bionic Woman
The guy on the Police Box: Spiderman
The babe with the long legs: Leela (Louise Jameson), Dr. Who
The dog: Max, The Bionic Dog
The white robot with red head: Robot (“Robot” episode), Dr. Who
The hobo-like character: The Doctor (Tom Baker), Dr. Who
The ugly cylindrical robot: Dalek, Dr. Who
The dog-like robot: K-9, Dr. Who
The gorrila on horseback: General Urko (Mark Lenard), Planet of the Apes
The blonde girl with red and blue uniform: Wonder Woman (Cathy Lee Crosby)
The guy in red, white and blue uniform behind her: Steve Rogers (Reb Brown), Captain America
The nice-looking chap with a duffel bag: David Banner (Bruce Bixby), The Incredible Hulk
The fellow in white in a heroic pose above: Buck Rogers (Gil Gerard)
The green fella: Hulk (Lou Ferrigno)
The small robot: Twiki (Felix Silla), Buck Rogers
The blonde in white: Colonel Wilma Deering (Erin Gray), Buck Rogers
The flying guy in red: Ralph Hinkley (William Katt), The Greatest American Hero
The hottie in gray: Maya (Catherine Schell), Space: 1999
The silly-looking guy with the white triangle in his chest: Mork (Robin Williams), Mork & Mindy
The fellow with the orange space suit: Captain John Koenig (Martin Landau), Space: 1999

SHIPS, landed:

In the left: Viper, Battlestar Galactica
In the center: Tardis, Dr. Who
In the right: Thunder Fighter, Buck Rogers
Small orange ship: Spindrift, Land of the Giants

SHIPS, flying (from left to right):

The satellite-like thing: SID, UFO
The white ship with twin pointed noses: Thunder Fighter, Buck Rogers
The blue and red ship: Phoenix, Battle of the Planets
The big one of the left: Eagle, Space: 1999
The disc in the middle: Cylon Basestar, Battlestar Galactica
The bus-like ship: Shuttle, Battlestar Galactica
The white ship with skis: Interceptor, UFO
The disc with small discs all around: Alien ship, UFO
The plane-like ship with red stripes: Viper, Battlestar Galactica
The white ship with twin pointed noses: Thunder Fighter, Buck Rogers
The big grey one in the background: Galactica, Battlestar Galactica
The oval grey ship: Cylon fighter, Battlestar Galactica

I feel SO left out,,,snark,,,

I really, really loves me iMAc. After I downloaded the image I was able to expand the pic large enough to see every detail,,,way cool!

Gary 7

I’d almost completely forgotten about that show, and I LOVED it as a kid! I wanted to be an Interceptor pilot so badly it hurt!

Having said that, though, isn’t there just the tiniest bit of silliness in a ship designed to fly a potentially long distance to it’s target, fire ONE missile, then, hit or miss, fly back home ’cause you only get one shot?

I mean, from a strategic standpoint, this is just dumb. If your fleet is outnumbered against an enemy fleet, you lose. By definition. Even if your pilots have a 100% hit rate, you leave enemies alive and you’re outta ammo.

And please feel free to read my commenting policy. You just violated it.