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Is relook a verb?

dissolute wrote:Is relook a verb?

Apparently it is and I think can be used as a noun Piers. Better ask Rodney. But I completely agree we just don't speak right across the pond.

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Just rewatched The Winged Avenger which is great fun and clever. Timeless chose wisely there. Quite a daring episode with its camp pop art. I guess in some ways The Avengers circa 1967 was for UK audiences what Batman was for US ones. Both were hip and fun, and tongue in cheek.

Rodders wrote:Just rewatched The Winged Avenger which is great fun and clever. Timeless chose wisely there. Quite a daring episode with its camp pop art. I guess in some ways The Avengers circa 1967 was for UK audiences what Batman was for US ones. Both were hip and fun, and tongue in cheek.

It was my first-ever episode of the show, and it made enough of an impression that I wanted to watch more! There's a lot to recommend it, and visually it's a real treat. I look forward to going back to my roots of the show for it, so to speak.

Timeless A-Peel wrote:

Rodders wrote:Just rewatched The Winged Avenger which is great fun and clever. Timeless chose wisely there. Quite a daring episode with its camp pop art. I guess in some ways The Avengers circa 1967 was for UK audiences what Batman was for US ones. Both were hip and fun, and tongue in cheek.

It was my first-ever episode of the show, and it made enough of an impression that I wanted to watch more! There's a lot to recommend it, and visually it's a real treat. I look forward to going back to my roots of the show for it, so to speak.

those sequences where comic strip and reality switch seamlessly are stunning and it is such a self-referential episode as the colour Avengerland was becoming increasingly like a playful comic. I can't think of a better writer to do the episode justice.
By mid-1960s, the Batman comic had evolved from serious detective stories to surreal, tongue-in-cheek tales. Sound familiar? The Batman film (1966) to promote the show even looked at Cold War themes such as Polaris missiles.

Rodders wrote:

Timeless A-Peel wrote:

Rodders wrote:Just rewatched The Winged Avenger which is great fun and clever. Timeless chose wisely there. Quite a daring episode with its camp pop art. I guess in some ways The Avengers circa 1967 was for UK audiences what Batman was for US ones. Both were hip and fun, and tongue in cheek.

It was my first-ever episode of the show, and it made enough of an impression that I wanted to watch more! There's a lot to recommend it, and visually it's a real treat. I look forward to going back to my roots of the show for it, so to speak.

those sequences where comic strip and reality switch seamlessly are stunning and it is such a self-referential episode as the colour Avengerland was becoming increasingly like a playful comic. I can't think of a better writer to do the episode justice.
By mid-1960s, the Batman comic had evolved from serious detective stories to surreal, tongue-in-cheek tales. Sound familiar? The Batman film (1966) to promote the show even looked at Cold War themes such as Polaris missiles.

It's particularly effective if you're a comic book fan (I am), because they put so much effort into designing the panels and doing up a mock cover. And there's the surreal aspect of the illustrator knowing exactly how the scene is going to unfold. And it definitely mirrors the feel of the show at the time. I haven't watched much Batman, but I can see the parallels. I shall do my best to do it justice. Thanks for the vote of confidence!

Timeless A-Peel wrote:

Rodders wrote:

Timeless A-Peel wrote: It was my first-ever episode of the show, and it made enough of an impression that I wanted to watch more! There's a lot to recommend it, and visually it's a real treat. I look forward to going back to my roots of the show for it, so to speak.

those sequences where comic strip and reality switch seamlessly are stunning and it is such a self-referential episode as the colour Avengerland was becoming increasingly like a playful comic. I can't think of a better writer to do the episode justice.
By mid-1960s, the Batman comic had evolved from serious detective stories to surreal, tongue-in-cheek tales. Sound familiar? The Batman film (1966) to promote the show even looked at Cold War themes such as Polaris missiles.

It's particularly effective if you're a comic book fan (I am), because they put so much effort into designing the panels and doing up a mock cover. And there's the surreal aspect of the illustrator knowing exactly how the scene is going to unfold. And it definitely mirrors the feel of the show at the time. I haven't watched much Batman, but I can see the parallels. I shall do my best to do it justice. Thanks for the vote of confidence!

No Pressure!

When I was writing my essay on "A Touch of Brimstone" I did something I'd never done before. I watched the episode a couple of times between rounds of research and revision and then I LISTENED to the episode.

It was an extraordinary thing - I so often lose track of the sound of an episode because I'm so focused on the visual (which is how it should be, the sign of a good soundtrack).
Dropping the visual element made me sit up and pay more attention to the careful craftmanship of not only Laurie Johnson but also Jack T. Kinght.

(Which reminds me, Rodney, I may not have named Jack as the sound editor).

Timeless A-Peel wrote:


It's particularly effective if you're a comic book fan (I am), because they put so much effort into designing the panels and doing up a mock cover. And there's the surreal aspect of the illustrator knowing exactly how the scene is going to unfold. And it definitely mirrors the feel of the show at the time. I haven't watched much Batman, but I can see the parallels. I shall do my best to do it justice. Thanks for the vote of confidence!

Well The Winged Avenger clearly was an homage to the Batman TV show. The final fight is a riff on the bat fights. Even the darker elements of the episode are influenced from the other show. The first season of Batman was very dark and heavy in German expressionism