tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post1653385733760059780..comments2024-03-29T11:16:07.637-04:00Comments on It's About TV: "Never, Never Say Die"—and the indestructable Christopher LeeMitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-68970702225807102332021-05-30T19:30:23.013-04:002021-05-30T19:30:23.013-04:00A very fun trip down Memory Lane I grew up on rer...A very fun trip down Memory Lane I grew up on reruns of The Avengers and still love them today. The best episodes perfectly balanced the spy aspects with the sci-fi components while presenting the farcical as if it was completely normal. This is a great example. Funny that Lee's close friend and fellow Hammer alumni, Peter Cushing, was the one who brought back the Cybernauts in Return of the Cybernauts that same year. MichaelWDenneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08385982366116957705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-11745735529298039402021-05-24T12:31:59.888-04:002021-05-24T12:31:59.888-04:00As I was reading your review, an LED light went on...As I was reading your review, an LED light went on over my head, and I was thinking "ah yes, I remember this one, what a great episode!" But somehow, despite being a fan of both The Avengers and Mr. Lee, I'd forgotten that it was Lee himself portraying the scientist and the rampaging android! Thanks for the reminder!Brian Schuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08463833554200343247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-41118173213302962292021-05-23T14:32:31.651-04:002021-05-23T14:32:31.651-04:00Fun review, of what sounds like a terrific episode...Fun review, of what sounds like a terrific episode. I'm ashamed to admit I've nevever seen The Avengers, but this review is another reminder that I should start. Thank you very much for joining the blogathon!Barry P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11251536316431708240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-25349531441850828022021-05-23T10:28:55.946-04:002021-05-23T10:28:55.946-04:00Tragically, I have only seen a handful of episodes...Tragically, I have only seen a handful of episodes of The avengers!<br />this sounds like a fun one that I will have to keep an eye out for! John L. Harmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15356443071657836985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-66253763270572419292021-05-22T17:50:40.006-04:002021-05-22T17:50:40.006-04:00Repeats of the Avengers were on very late at night...Repeats of the Avengers were on very late at night when I was growing up, so only stayed up late for a few. Never seemed to be on TV where I live in the decades that passed. Seemed super sophisticated, so the soigné Mr. Lee must have fit in perfectly with the aesthetic! Loved Diana Rigg in many other things, the great Agatha Christie film Evil Under the Sun, a telecast of King Lear with Olivier, and of course Game of Thrones….<br />- Chris angelman66https://www.blogger.com/profile/16471674180789592940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-33597822709432921502021-05-22T03:39:48.174-04:002021-05-22T03:39:48.174-04:00Thanks for joining Mitchell, and thanks for bringi...Thanks for joining Mitchell, and thanks for bringing this TV Role with you. It certainly sounds fun from your description so will be hunting it down! Will be in my Day 2 post out tonight (8pm my time in Finland)Realweegiemidget Reviewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07112425802962283173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-67700930543685750122021-05-21T10:05:21.597-04:002021-05-21T10:05:21.597-04:00I didn't know about the blogathon and love thi...I didn't know about the blogathon and love this one so I'm among the people you've influenced to watch it again!John Berry (he/him)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17980394612113328907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-19567369822288252442021-05-21T09:36:06.575-04:002021-05-21T09:36:06.575-04:00Since I don't particularly like the horror gen...Since I don't particularly like the horror genre, I've seen very little of Christopher Lee. I have, though, seen a couple of his 1978 performances. First of all, I saw him host SNL in 1978 (probably in that summer's rerun, since I first discovered SNL, from what I remember, late that spring). I remember he played Mr. Death w/ Laraine Newman playing a little girl asking him why he took her beloved pet away. There was a funnier bit where he was trying to teach Baba Wawa to speak properly, a la Henry Higgins, but of course he soon ends up speaking like her.<br />Also from that year (but I saw it years later on tv) he appeared w/ Bette Davis in, of all places, a Disney movie, "Return from Witch Mountain". He & Ms. Davis were good in this, but I'm sure it didn't stretch the acting ability of either of them too far.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00483417885845331990noreply@blogger.com