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vr_trakowskiI've been rewatching the Magnificent Seven series from 1997, and I've only gotten partway through the first season, but ohh my, it holds up pretty well. Some obvious and timeworn tropes, but the characterization is mostly still superb, and it's so much fun.
I like Ezra now more than I did before, and Mary less. JD is mostly irritating, in part because what they do with him is so obvious, but he has his moments. Nathan is a dear as ever, and Josiah is pure delight.
And while I find Vin the sexiest, I simply adore Buck. Adore. Back when Dale Midkiff was doing Time Trax, his character confessed to having always dreamed of being a cowboy, and it was clear then that Mr. Midkiff himself had the same dream. And here he is playing one (strictly speaking, he's not a cowboy in the classic sense, but close enough) and he is obviously having the time of his life.
The show's a role-call of great sci-fi/fantasy, too, starting of course with Ron Perlman and Michael Biehn. Mr. Midkiff has several such credits to his name, and Eric Close and Rick Worthy do too. Plus, there are at least two people guest-starring who were also in Plymouth with Mr. Midkiff...
Also, everything is authentically dusty. Netflix has it on streaming as well as disc, and I recommend it.
I like Ezra now more than I did before, and Mary less. JD is mostly irritating, in part because what they do with him is so obvious, but he has his moments. Nathan is a dear as ever, and Josiah is pure delight.
And while I find Vin the sexiest, I simply adore Buck. Adore. Back when Dale Midkiff was doing Time Trax, his character confessed to having always dreamed of being a cowboy, and it was clear then that Mr. Midkiff himself had the same dream. And here he is playing one (strictly speaking, he's not a cowboy in the classic sense, but close enough) and he is obviously having the time of his life.
The show's a role-call of great sci-fi/fantasy, too, starting of course with Ron Perlman and Michael Biehn. Mr. Midkiff has several such credits to his name, and Eric Close and Rick Worthy do too. Plus, there are at least two people guest-starring who were also in Plymouth with Mr. Midkiff...
Also, everything is authentically dusty. Netflix has it on streaming as well as disc, and I recommend it.
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Date: 2011-11-07 08:42 pm (UTC)Eric Close in Now & Again such a great show.
I also have a thing for Westerns
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Date: 2011-11-20 07:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-04 05:01 am (UTC)If you like him, have you seen Plymouth? That one's on YouTube, in sections, since it was never released in hard copy form.
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Date: 2012-02-10 11:10 am (UTC)Thank you, for your comment, now I know where I can find it )))
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Date: 2011-12-11 03:12 pm (UTC)Dark Skies was freaky. It scared me more than X-Files.