Escapade - Avengers USA (1978)

Timeless A-Peel · Post by **Timeless A-Peel** » Sat May 01, 2010 4:34 pm

Dandy Forsdyke wrote:It's okay - Emma's got a cricket bat behind her back!

She's just happy that he's not hooking it in her top like in that one of the beach.

bramford · Post by **bramford** » Thu Aug 26, 2010 3:14 am

You can watch the full Escapade pilot episode here:

http://vimeo.com/14434885

Timeless A-Peel · Post by **Timeless A-Peel** » Thu Aug 26, 2010 1:46 pm

bramford wrote:You can watch the full Escapade pilot episode here:

http://vimeo.com/14434885

Oh, wow!

Thank you, Bramford! I shall watch it later and see how it stacks up.

Dandy Forsdyke · Post by **Dandy Forsdyke** » Thu Aug 26, 2010 3:24 pm

Thanks, Bamford. Just watched it.

Cybernowt · Post by **Cybernowt** » Thu Aug 26, 2010 8:43 pm

Brilliant, thank you. I'll have a watch at the weekend.

Post by **dissolute** » Thu Aug 26, 2010 10:11 pm

bramford wrote:You can watch the full Escapade pilot episode here:

http://vimeo.com/14434885

Not any more, it's missing believed wiped.

Timeless A-Peel · Post by **Timeless A-Peel** » Thu Aug 26, 2010 10:35 pm

Darn it. Any chance of getting it elsewhere?

Dandy Forsdyke · Post by **Dandy Forsdyke** » Thu Aug 26, 2010 10:42 pm

Ah, right. That's why I watched it quick - just in case it was pulled down.

I welcomed the chance to have seen it again, so thanks again bramford. The first time I saw this was one Sunday afternoon in 1979 but I didn't really stick with it and went back to my Marvel comics. So I paid special attention to it this time and watched some scenes twice.

The plot is hardly taxing though. I paused it, made a coffee and returned to it. I think Brian wrote this in his sleep to be fair; humour is forced and had that tacky sexual 70's vibe about it.

Apart from the silhouettes and the champagne in the opening credits there was no Avengers-ness. The Joshua character refuses to carry a gun and there is a scene with a brolly - but appropriately so, as it's raining. Oh, there was a teddy bear.

I was right about Morgan Fairchild - she was too frail to do any of the rough stuff. Her threatening karate poses were unintentionally hilarious. Pretty face though. She will always be Chandler Bing's mum in Friends to me, however.

Timeless A-Peel · Post by **Timeless A-Peel** » Thu Aug 26, 2010 11:00 pm

Dandy Forsdyke wrote:Ah, right. That's why I watched it quick - just in case it was pulled down.

I welcomed the chance to have seen it again, so thanks again bramford. The first time I saw this was one Sunday afternoon in 1979 but I didn't really stick with it and went back to my Marvel comics. So I paid special attention to it this time and watched some scenes twice.

The plot is hardly taxing though. I paused it, made a coffee and returned to it. I think Brian wrote this in his sleep to be fair; humour is forced and had that tacky sexual 70's vibe about it.

Apart from the silhouettes and the champagne in the opening credits there was no Avengers-ness. The Joshua character refuses to carry a gun and there is a scene with a brolly - but appropriately so, as it's raining. Oh, there was a teddy bear.

I was right about Morgan Fairchild - she was too frail to do any of the rough stuff. Her threatening karate poses were unintentionally hilarious. Pretty face though. She will always be Chandler Bing's mum in Friends to me, however.

Sounds more or less what I would have expected, but I would have liked to have seen it for myself. Thanks for the review, Dandy.

Dandy Forsdyke · Post by **Dandy Forsdyke** » Thu Aug 26, 2010 11:50 pm

I daresay it will be available again eventually. At least it exists and is in circlation.

You never know it might even be available as an extra one day.