Comments on: Probe http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/03/25/probe/ Independent Opinions on Comics of All Kinds Fri, 25 May 2012 16:50:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Johanna http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/03/25/probe/comment-page-1/#comment-119302 Johanna Mon, 02 May 2011 19:11:18 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/03/25/probe/#comment-119302 I think you're mistaken. The movie called Probe that they're releasing is dated 1972, stars Hugh O’Brian, and became the TV show Search. Our Probe was from 1988. I think you’re mistaken. The movie called Probe that they’re releasing is dated 1972, stars Hugh O’Brian, and became the TV show Search. Our Probe was from 1988.

]]> By: Joe http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/03/25/probe/comment-page-1/#comment-119298 Joe Mon, 02 May 2011 17:44:28 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/03/25/probe/#comment-119298 Just an FYI: the pilot (called "PROBE") is being released on DVD from the Warner Brothers Archive Collection on May 3, 2011! Just an FYI: the pilot (called “PROBE”) is being released on DVD from the Warner Brothers Archive Collection on May 3, 2011!

]]> By: Cynthia http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/03/25/probe/comment-page-1/#comment-115066 Cynthia Sun, 03 Oct 2010 02:50:06 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/03/25/probe/#comment-115066 I loved this show! I would buy the DVD today if I could. The water bill overcharge episode was genius. Now I'm on a mission. If I find the DVD somewhere I will post back! I loved this show! I would buy the DVD today if I could. The water bill overcharge episode was genius. Now I’m on a mission. If I find the DVD somewhere I will post back!

]]> By: Orphan TV DVDs Include Anything But Love » DVDs Worth Watching http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/03/25/probe/comment-page-1/#comment-108005 Orphan TV DVDs Include Anything But Love » DVDs Worth Watching Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:01:59 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/03/25/probe/#comment-108005 [...] the other hand, I’ve found bootlegs of other old favorites, like Probe and Automan, and I loved them, possibly because I kept my expectations low and was pleasantly [...]

[...] the other hand, I’ve found bootlegs of other old favorites, like Probe and Automan, and I loved them, possibly because I kept my expectations low and was pleasantly [...]

]]> By: Automan » Comics Worth Reading http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/03/25/probe/comment-page-1/#comment-52256 Automan » Comics Worth Reading Sat, 31 Mar 2007 12:55:11 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/03/25/probe/#comment-52256 [...] After being reminded of this show by my readers, I was able to find a set of Automan episodes online. There were only 13 [...]

[...] After being reminded of this show by my readers, I was able to find a set of Automan episodes online. There were only 13 [...]

]]> By: Lyle Masaki http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/03/25/probe/comment-page-1/#comment-51557 Lyle Masaki Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:18:18 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/03/25/probe/#comment-51557 Ding! That was it! Ding! That was it!

]]> By: Johanna http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/03/25/probe/comment-page-1/#comment-51551 Johanna Tue, 27 Mar 2007 23:34:08 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/03/25/probe/#comment-51551 Tasters Choice, wasn't it? Tasters Choice, wasn’t it?

]]> By: Lyle Masaki http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/03/25/probe/comment-page-1/#comment-51530 Lyle Masaki Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:04:05 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/03/25/probe/#comment-51530 I was lucky enough to miss the pilot of VR.5 and tuned in with the second episode. That show really charmed me because it essentially was a series about a woman who had a device that let her peek into people's subconsciousness. That show had some interesting episodes that nicely played on how what you see in someone's mind is just their perception of things. And I, too, remember how in those days ASH was the guy from the coffee commercial couple. (What was the brand... Folgers Instant?) I was lucky enough to miss the pilot of VR.5 and tuned in with the second episode. That show really charmed me because it essentially was a series about a woman who had a device that let her peek into people’s subconsciousness. That show had some interesting episodes that nicely played on how what you see in someone’s mind is just their perception of things.

And I, too, remember how in those days ASH was the guy from the coffee commercial couple. (What was the brand… Folgers Instant?)

]]> By: Augie De Blieck Jr. http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/03/25/probe/comment-page-1/#comment-51508 Augie De Blieck Jr. Tue, 27 Mar 2007 17:21:42 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/03/25/probe/#comment-51508 Adam - I always hold out hope for VR.5. It was a show that got maligned for far too much far too soon. It was a much better show than its pilot, but most people gave up after that. There was once a DVD solicited -- like the VHS releases at the time, it would be 2 episodes per DVD, but on 6 or 7 separate releases. They got canceled before they came out. This was before EVERY TV show and its mother had a DVD release, though, so maybe it's possible someone will give it a shot again. Sadly, like the VHS tapes, they'd likely get rid of all the beautiful music -- Dee Carstensen has the voice of an angel -- and replace it with that crappy digital music stuff. Side note: Two Januaries after VR.5's unfortunate demise, a new pilot premiered on another network starring one of the stars of VR.5. What the heck, I thought, let me give this BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER a shot -- it's got Anthony Stewart Head in it! Side note II: I believe Adam Baldwin, another Whedon actor, was in an episode of VR.5 OK, I'm done with the mundane trivia now. Adam – I always hold out hope for VR.5. It was a show that got maligned for far too much far too soon. It was a much better show than its pilot, but most people gave up after that. There was once a DVD solicited — like the VHS releases at the time, it would be 2 episodes per DVD, but on 6 or 7 separate releases. They got canceled before they came out. This was before EVERY TV show and its mother had a DVD release, though, so maybe it’s possible someone will give it a shot again.

Sadly, like the VHS tapes, they’d likely get rid of all the beautiful music — Dee Carstensen has the voice of an angel — and replace it with that crappy digital music stuff.

Side note: Two Januaries after VR.5′s unfortunate demise, a new pilot premiered on another network starring one of the stars of VR.5. What the heck, I thought, let me give this BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER a shot — it’s got Anthony Stewart Head in it!

Side note II: I believe Adam Baldwin, another Whedon actor, was in an episode of VR.5

OK, I’m done with the mundane trivia now.

]]> By: Lyle Masaki http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/03/25/probe/comment-page-1/#comment-51458 Lyle Masaki Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:24:10 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/03/25/probe/#comment-51458 Adam Arnold, Otherworld was a favorite of mine when it originally aired, though it shows its age IMO. Adam Arnold, Otherworld was a favorite of mine when it originally aired, though it shows its age IMO.

]]> By: Dan Coyle http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/03/25/probe/comment-page-1/#comment-51445 Dan Coyle Tue, 27 Mar 2007 03:54:52 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/03/25/probe/#comment-51445 The best part of <I>Automan</I> was when Automan would do a fast turn and it was so obvious they were just having Desi Arnaz Jr. throw himself up against the glass and reversing the film. The best part of Automan was when Automan would do a fast turn and it was so obvious they were just having Desi Arnaz Jr. throw himself up against the glass and reversing the film.

]]> By: Allan http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/03/25/probe/comment-page-1/#comment-51419 Allan Mon, 26 Mar 2007 23:23:09 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/03/25/probe/#comment-51419 If we're talking shows we want to see on DVD, mine would be <b>Search</b> (its pilot was called <b>Probe</b> too). Burgess Meredith and Doug McClure starred in this spy/technological adventure. As a kid growing up in the early-70s, I loved it. Or then there was <b>Manimal</b>... Hey - c'mon, it had Melody Anderson in it! If we’re talking shows we want to see on DVD, mine would be Search (its pilot was called Probe too). Burgess Meredith and Doug McClure starred in this spy/technological adventure. As a kid growing up in the early-70s, I loved it.

Or then there was Manimal… Hey – c’mon, it had Melody Anderson in it!

]]> By: Adam Arnold http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/03/25/probe/comment-page-1/#comment-51410 Adam Arnold Mon, 26 Mar 2007 21:57:40 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/03/25/probe/#comment-51410 Whoa, and here I thought I was the only one that liked that show... I never saw Probe when it first aired, but I got into it when it was on Sci-Fi Channel back in the 90s. There was another show that I really enjoyed that was on either before or after it... Otherworld. That was about this family that taken to this alternate universe or something. Speaking of old sci-fi shows that need to be on DVD... where is my DVD box set of VR-5? Whoa, and here I thought I was the only one that liked that show…

I never saw Probe when it first aired, but I got into it when it was on Sci-Fi Channel back in the 90s. There was another show that I really enjoyed that was on either before or after it… Otherworld. That was about this family that taken to this alternate universe or something.

Speaking of old sci-fi shows that need to be on DVD… where is my DVD box set of VR-5?

]]> By: Barry http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/03/25/probe/comment-page-1/#comment-51408 Barry Mon, 26 Mar 2007 21:46:04 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/03/25/probe/#comment-51408 >>Barry, good point about those heroes becoming more >>common. Johanna, I think it's all part of the "geeks rule the world" vibe that has caught on. Too late to help the teen geek I was, but pretty cool to witness now! BL >>Barry, good point about those heroes becoming more
>>common.

Johanna,

I think it’s all part of the “geeks rule the world” vibe that has caught on. Too late to help the teen geek I was, but pretty cool to witness now!

BL

]]> By: Augie De Blieck Jr. http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/03/25/probe/comment-page-1/#comment-51401 Augie De Blieck Jr. Mon, 26 Mar 2007 19:39:58 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/03/25/probe/#comment-51401 I remember enjoying it when it first aired, but I was a little baby geek at the time, not even reading comics yet, nor my first Asimov short story. It was only years later that I discovered the show's pedigree. I'd love to see it now on DVD, just to see if it was as good as I remembered at the rip old age of 12. But I'm not holding my breath. . . I remember enjoying it when it first aired, but I was a little baby geek at the time, not even reading comics yet, nor my first Asimov short story. It was only years later that I discovered the show’s pedigree. I’d love to see it now on DVD, just to see if it was as good as I remembered at the rip old age of 12.

But I’m not holding my breath. . .

]]> By: Lyle Masaki http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/03/25/probe/comment-page-1/#comment-51387 Lyle Masaki Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:08:48 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/03/25/probe/#comment-51387 Yeah, I think Probe aired on Thursdays at 8 PM, a time slot where ABC has sent plenty of good programming to die until this season. (IIRC, at that time the time slot was dominated by The Cosby Show... with The Simpsons joining the battle a year or two later.) Yeah, I think Probe aired on Thursdays at 8 PM, a time slot where ABC has sent plenty of good programming to die until this season. (IIRC, at that time the time slot was dominated by The Cosby Show… with The Simpsons joining the battle a year or two later.)

]]> By: Chris G. http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/03/25/probe/comment-page-1/#comment-51362 Chris G. Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:42:07 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/03/25/probe/#comment-51362 I'd certainly netflix, at the very least, a DVD release of Probe. Didn't it air in a show-killing graveyard timeslot, like 8 pm on Saturdays? On Automan: A few years ago, a friend gave us tickets he couldn't use for Kiss Me Kate at the Kennedy Center. About halfway through the first act, I recognized Chuck Wagner from Automan and nearly stood up and shouted, "DUDE! It's AUTOMAN!" It's best that I didn't... I’d certainly netflix, at the very least, a DVD release of Probe. Didn’t it air in a show-killing graveyard timeslot, like 8 pm on Saturdays?

On Automan: A few years ago, a friend gave us tickets he couldn’t use for Kiss Me Kate at the Kennedy Center. About halfway through the first act, I recognized Chuck Wagner from Automan and nearly stood up and shouted, “DUDE! It’s AUTOMAN!” It’s best that I didn’t…

]]> By: Johanna http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/03/25/probe/comment-page-1/#comment-51359 Johanna Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:26:43 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/03/25/probe/#comment-51359 I loved Automan, too! I thought about trying to acquire some of those episodes to see if it stood up as I remembered -- all I recall now is his ability to mimic Jerry Lee Lewis. And the inertia-less car and its cornering. Barry, good point about those heroes becoming more common. Dan: Interesting X-Files connection. I noticed several of the fanfic Probe pieces were crossovers with that show, so obviously the similarity was noted. I loved Automan, too! I thought about trying to acquire some of those episodes to see if it stood up as I remembered — all I recall now is his ability to mimic Jerry Lee Lewis. And the inertia-less car and its cornering.

Barry, good point about those heroes becoming more common.

Dan: Interesting X-Files connection. I noticed several of the fanfic Probe pieces were crossovers with that show, so obviously the similarity was noted.

]]> By: Dan Coyle http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/03/25/probe/comment-page-1/#comment-51349 Dan Coyle Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:08:27 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/03/25/probe/#comment-51349 There was a show I watched around the same time, which hasn't aged nearly as well, called <I>War of the Worlds</I>, which of course was based on the Martians taking over and blah blah blah. But one thing that still holds up is Jared Martin's Harrison Blackwood- only rarely did he reveal a beating heart within the cold shell of a man who was very ruthless in his quest to rid the earth of the alien presence. He was a scientist, and approached things as a scientist wood. Martin was never the strongest actor in the world but on that show he was good. It's been alleged that one of Chris Carter's many "influences" for <I>X-Files</I>, was <I>Probe</I>. There was a show I watched around the same time, which hasn’t aged nearly as well, called War of the Worlds, which of course was based on the Martians taking over and blah blah blah. But one thing that still holds up is Jared Martin’s Harrison Blackwood- only rarely did he reveal a beating heart within the cold shell of a man who was very ruthless in his quest to rid the earth of the alien presence. He was a scientist, and approached things as a scientist wood. Martin was never the strongest actor in the world but on that show he was good.

It’s been alleged that one of Chris Carter’s many “influences” for X-Files, was Probe.

]]> By: Barry http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/03/25/probe/comment-page-1/#comment-51345 Barry Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:21:10 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/03/25/probe/#comment-51345 Oh, wow, a blast from the past! I adored this show. As a (fellow) geeky smart kid, I loved the idea that it was possible (theoretically, at least) to grow up and someday be admired and needed for your brains. In a world of Monk and Numb3rs, this show would probably do fairly well if reimagined today. BL Oh, wow, a blast from the past! I adored this show. As a (fellow) geeky smart kid, I loved the idea that it was possible (theoretically, at least) to grow up and someday be admired and needed for your brains. In a world of Monk and Numb3rs, this show would probably do fairly well if reimagined today.

BL

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