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I don't get the zombie craze either *scratches head*...or werewolves, or vampires, or who knows what's next. XD No offense to anyone who enjoys that kind of thing.
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I haven't seen "MacGyver's Women" yet.
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The one about Lisa's drinking problem. No matter how much older I get, watching that one feels like I'm back in that assembly we all had in high school with the guy who killed his own kid in a DUI wreck preaching to us to never, ever touch a beer or we'll ruin our lives too.
I actually like "MacGyver's Women", but I'm starting to wonder if I'm the only one who does. As for "The Coltons," I don't really consider that a MacGyver episode at all. But if I did, that'd probably be the worst.
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I think TV has actually gotten better than it was in the 80s. The production values, acting and writing tend to be much better these days.
I watched the first season of "Walking Dead," and even though I'm not into zombies, I thought the show was really well done. I should watch the other seasons one of these days. I'm currently watching "Breaking Bad," which is excellent. "Mad Men" is another really well made show, as is "Homeland." Going back a bit, "24" was a great action show (and I'm really excited that they're bringing it back!!), and I thoroughly enjoyed "Lost," in spite of a few bumps along the way. So there's definitely some good stuff out there! I think the main difference is that the shows have become a bit more mature. There's maybe less good stuff out there for kids, which is a shame.
Back on topic... My least favorite episodes. Hmm.. It's been a while since I watched the series, but here are some that come to mind, in no particular order:
-Honest Abe: I don't think this requires any explanation.
-MacGyver's Women: Such a disappointment after "Serenity"
-Good Knight, MacGyver: (1) it was a dream, which is lame, and (2) I actually felt embarassed for the cast. The whole thing was just staggeringly corny.
-Split Decision
-Thin Ice: Seemed too self-indulgent, and I just didn't care about the plot.
-Target MacGyver: I guess this one isn't too bad... at least it falls into the "so bad it's funny" category.
-Friends: Bleh, a recap episode.
-Twenty Questions: Felt like an after-school special. And pitting Mac against a bunch of highschool kids? Seriously?
-Harry's Will: I have no idea what they were all smoking when they made this episode, but I do know it was some POWERFUL stuff!
-Hindsight: Bleh, another recap episode.
-Deadly Silents: "The brainy dude!" Enough said.
-Off The Wall: Can't remember much about it, other than that I didn't like it.
Wasn't there also an episode in which Mac was a race-car driver? I didn't like that one either. Just like "Thin Ice," it felt too self-indulgent, and also a bit too random.
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Interesting there is a show called The Walking Dead and we have our own Walking Dead episode.
What that episode is concerned, it's one of my favorites of the seventh season. I think it's one of the harder episodes. Also I read something about zombies on wiki a while back. They say the origin of the 'zombie' lays somewhere in the vodoun religion. Actually forget what George A. Romero did with zombies in his movies. The way it's presented in the Mac-episode comes close to what I've read. Zombies are in fact soulless peoples serving their masters. Just what Cherine was supposed to become. At least that's what I read, 'but those are myths. Ar- aren't they? ' Maybe we just have to open our minds.
Now back on topic: Thief of Budapest, Ugly Duckling, To Be A Man, The Escape Twice Stung, Jenny's Chance, The Lost Amadeus, MacGyver's Women, Split Decision are amongst my least favorite episodes.
Some though I've learned to appreciate like The Prodigal, Fire and Ice, Deep Cover, Deadly Silents... Just like MacJackson I was never into sting episodes. I think the best one was Fire and Ice.
Earlier this year I watched the series mixed and it might be odd but by getting older, I understand some episodes better than when growing up. This mostly with Live and Learn and Twenty Questions. It's like been there done that. In my case Live and Learn.
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Actually, I quite liked MacGyver's Women, it was one of the first episodes I ever saw. It's not the best episode, but I don't think it's the worst. The same goes for The Lost Amadeus...
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My Least Favorite Episodes?
Thief of Budapest Flames End Every Time She Smiles Ugly Duckling Slow Death The Escape Twice Stung The Road Not Taken Soft Touch Friends For Love or Money Thin Ice Second Chance The Lost Amadeus Twenty Questions MacGyver's Women Hind Sight Honest Abe The Hood The Coltons Good Knight MacGyver Split Decision Off the Wall The Mountain of Youth
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I'm not a big fan of Legend of the Holy Rose part 2, but least favourites for me have to be the couple in the first season where they used big chunks of footage from other films. Thief of Budapest used the Mini chases from The Italian Job and another one (forget which now) used a lot of Funeral in Berlin. It's the one with the coffin-jetski anyway. Recognising a bit of something else spliced into the episode takes me clean out of the story at hand Interesting that they seem to poach most from Michael Caine films...
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My least favorites (in no particular order):
Lost Amadeus- Lulu makes Penny look like a freaking genius... ugh Deadly Silents- Pinky is just ANNOYING! The Penny Parker episodes, with the exception of Secret of Parker House and Cleo Rocks... the latter mostly because it's a Murdoc episode. Oh, and Penny's OK in Friends, too. The "dream sequence"/alternate reality/undercover episodes, with the exception of Passages... not sure why, just don't care for them Honest Abe- Abe was funny for maybe two minutes, then he *really* wore on me!
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Truth be told, the best episodes were of Mac in the DXS. Flowing into the Phoenix Foundation, Mac started to slowly take on less "Bond" style missions and more proactive duties for the envrionment. Toward the 7th season, Mac's adventures were not as great as they used to be.
Yes, the infamous Coltons episode was a disappointment. Further to that, Trail to Doomsday movie as also terrible. If I had to endessly watch episodes from a particular season, I would probably choose the early seasons.
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I'm hard pressed to pick one. But there aren't that many that I don't like. I seriously watch episodes from every season regularly. "The Coltons" really doesn't bother me that much. And "MacGyver's Women" is ok. But some I don't like are "Harry's Will" (Ridiculous characters and terrible acting. Thought it was going to be promising with Henry Winkler at the beginning but nope.) "There But For the Grace" (Has a nice message but is very boring.) "The Mountain of Youth" (Not entirely sure why I dislike this episode. Mac and Jack back together again after a long time. Should be good. I just don't like it. The whole Kabulstan setting bothers me.) And there's probably a couple episodes from season 2 I don't care for but can't think of them. Other than that, I can watch pretty much any episode on any disc I pop in the dvd player.
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There But For The Grace is not so bad at all. It's a little more depressing though. The Mountain of Youth well is set in a fictional country, just like some others like Black Rhino, it's indeed not exactly specified where Kabulstan is located. Supposed to be in a tropical area. I think the military aspect adds to the adventure.
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Might be interesting to find out which MacGyverisms he would do to defeat actual zombies. Zombie bodies are I think much softer than human bodies so probably something with considerable force might take their heads off anyway. There you have your MacGyverness and gore in one.
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The Madonna (weights for wheels)
Thin Ice (fixed Mr. Kirby's machine)
Early Retirement (smoke screen in train car)
Simple, quick fixes but MacGyverisms nonetheless.
Can't agree more on Split Decision though.
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I dont think there is an episode that I dislike. Thief of Budapest is one that sort of bores me but I still like it. The first season is probably my least favorite because Mac's character had not yet developed and was too smooth. I like later when we see his side that gets annoyed and frustrated at times.
I do have scenes that I hate and at the top of my list is in Squeeze Play when he throws the ball for Novis and knocks the sign down to stop the bad guy. I also cant stand yhat stupid bear joke in (cant remember the name of episode) and the girl says "thats an old joke" and he says "im an old boyfriend". Makes me want to puke everytime.
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I'll have to go with - The Lost Amadeus. It's not that is was so bad, it's just that the script had sooo much potential ... and then there was Lulu and all that slapstick. It could/should/would of in a perfect MacGyver world have more appropriate guest casting and with a more serious/cultured/sexy tone. They really missed the boat on this opportunity.
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QUOTE (John Litteral @ 22 May 2014 - 02:32 AM)
I dont think there is an episode that I dislike. Thief of Budapest is one that sort of bores me but I still like it. The first season is probably my least favorite because Mac's character had not yet developed and was too smooth. I like later when we see his side that gets annoyed and frustrated at times.
I do have scenes that I hate and at the top of my list is in Squeeze Play when he throws the ball for Novis and knocks the sign down to stop the bad guy. I also cant stand yhat stupid bear joke in (cant remember the name of episode) and the girl says "thats an old joke" and he says "im an old boyfriend". Makes me want to puke everytime.
Squeeze Play was more like: 'Yeah, right!' How about just knocking the ball over the scoreboard instead and make it land on the car?
The episode you're talking about is The Endangered. I think it wasn't so bad, there's a lot cheesier stuff in it like Penny's forced crying and screaming.
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I have to admit that I have not yet attempted to watch Good Knight MacGyver - Part 2 ... that's because the flowery lines and lack of action in Part 1 has put me to snore - the three times I tried to watch it. I haven't given up entirely on it yet though .... and will try, try again!
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QUOTE (Makedde @ 4 June 2014 - 12:09 PM)
MacGyver's Women and that other episode in which he dreamed about being in the wild west. Must have been so crap I forgot the name.
And any episode in which we have nothing but flashbacks. Like 'Friends'. Dreadful.
Serenity is one of the best episodes in the fifth season.
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Definetly The Madonna and Target MacGyver.
In Target MacGyver the bad guys shooted everything which exploded, it somehow looked ridicilous, and the bullets didn't made holes to that small tin grill... oh my god just probably bad acting.
In Madonna, I think, I missed some kind of action, because I've get used to it, that every episode will have it, but the way and the story was different so thats why, it was that kind of what it was.
I also didn't liked those dream episodes like Goodknight MacGyver and Serenity, those Native American episodes were fine, like Trail Of Tears.
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The Madonna is kind of cheesy in my opinion. But I think it's because it's the Christmas episode.
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