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by VA_Avenger
Fri Dec 12, 2008 3:35 am
Forum: The People Behind The Avengers
Topic: Patrick in 'The Creature Wasn't Nice'
Replies: 7
Views: 3003

my virus program says that's a site with spyware on it.
by VA_Avenger
Wed Dec 10, 2008 5:13 pm
Forum: The Avengers on Television
Topic: Emma Peel's Best Fight?
Replies: 43
Views: 23377

What I was getting at was that she put him down pretty easily in order to apply the scarf hold. The throw was so bollixed up because he didn't know how to fall that I couldn't put a name on it. She didn't get enough hip in to it for any of the goshi variations. She basically just laid him down. Howe...
by VA_Avenger
Sun Dec 07, 2008 8:21 pm
Forum: The Avengers on Television
Topic: Emma Peel's Best Fight?
Replies: 43
Views: 23377

I'm not sure there was a "good" fight by Emma. For all the hype about her studying gung-fu, Diana pretty much had zero technique, and if she ever saw the inside of a kwoon, I would be much surprised. Besides, her techniques (such as they were) were more of a karate style than a wushu (gun...
by VA_Avenger
Sat Dec 06, 2008 1:46 am
Forum: The Avengers on Television
Topic: Emma Peel's Best Fight?
Replies: 43
Views: 23377

I'm not sure there was a "good" fight by Emma. For all the hype about her studying gung-fu, Diana pretty much had zero technique, and if she ever saw the inside of a kwoon, I would be much surprised. Besides, her techniques (such as they were) were more of a karate style than a wushu (gung...
by VA_Avenger
Fri Dec 05, 2008 9:43 pm
Forum: The Avengers on Television
Topic: The WORST Episode
Replies: 94
Views: 36068

guntram wrote:I agree ...homicide and old lace is Terrible!!!
Amen! It's the only episode that I refused to finish. It was either turn it off, or gouge out my eyeballs. . .
by VA_Avenger
Mon Dec 01, 2008 2:59 am
Forum: The Avengers on Television
Topic: Season Six: an apology
Replies: 55
Views: 21027

Anyone who believes Linda Thorson to be too heavy just needs to re-watch "Stay Tuned," and catch the plaid kilty outfit at the end. I'm guessing 80% of the women on the planet would envy that figure.
by VA_Avenger
Mon Dec 01, 2008 2:49 am
Forum: The Avengers on Television
Topic: When did you discover The Avengers ?
Replies: 114
Views: 34234

I discovered the Avengers when the first broadcasts were made in the U.S in 1966 whilst I was still in college. After the first episode, I was completely, irrevocably hooked. I was (and am) a rabid fan, from Cathy to Emma to Tara to Purdy. When the episodes popped up again on A&E, I watched them...