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The McFreeds Love The 70s: Sleestak Attack!

nobody@vox.com(Sean & Stefan) — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:22:21 -0700

Sean reminisces...

Lately, Stefan and I have been on a 70s rewind... in case some of you haven't noticed. The "bad" influence of our new favorite TV show, Swingtown (Thursdays, 10pm EST, CBS), has made us look for other ways of remembering the 1970s in all its glory - good and bad. The 70s had a distinctive sound, look, feeling, and angst. It was a time when people woke up and realized they weren't who they thought they were and therapy was born (and died) as were whispy bangs, disco, polyester, theatrical porn, and self-indulgence. It was the adolescence of our culture in a weird way. Over the next few weeks Stefan and I will be revisiting a few things unique to the 1970s that will either amuse or recoil you. So Enjoy!

Land Of The Lost

Today's memory is from that 1974 - 1976 Saturday morning TV series from Sid and Marty Croft, Land of the Lost. I would literally clap and giggle evilly to myself (well nothing has really changed there has it?) when the villains of this show came on screen giving us their distinctive hiss. I'm talking about the Sleestaks people!

Sleestaks and The Marshalls

Those forerunners of the 1978 Battlestar Galatica Cylons would shuffle and zombie walk their way on screen chasing the sickeningly sweet Marshall Family and their hairy caveman boy Cha-Ka. (I swear the Sleestak vibe was on its way back with Project Runway Season 2 contestant Zulema Griffin, who wore the largest sunglasses emulating the Sleestak look!). But the Sleestaks and all their corny nature won me over and now I still giggle when I see an image or sound that reminds me of them. Will Farrell is preparing a parody version of the TV series, so you know it will be ruining the camp nature of the original. So here is a blast to the past! Enjoy this trip down memory lane! Hisssssssss!!!

Sleestak Hiss

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Battlestar Galactica Rap!

nobody@vox.com(Sean & Stefan) — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 09:11:00 -0700

Sean shares...

This really funny rendering in Lego figures of what could happen if Battlestar Galactica reaches Earth came to my attention when I was looking for BSG promos for Season 4! It deserves its own entry! There is some language content here (a lot of use of the word "bitch") so be careful around the kids! Enjoy!

Battlestar Galactica Rap - How will it end (Lego Style)!

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Battlestar Galactica Season 4!

nobody@vox.com(Sean & Stefan) — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:29:50 -0700

Sean says...

In December 2003, Ronald D. Moore and David Eick took on a science fiction sacred cow and recreated it into a TV miniseries and later a brand new cable TV series. Battlestar Galactica was resurrected from its 1978 - 1979 grave and given a new look. Many thought the "recreation" would suck and die hard fans thought it would do a disservice to the original Lorne Greene helmed show. They were wrong. The show became the most popular Sci-Fi Channel original series ever, established itself as a Peabody and Emmy winning show, and built a following that allowed it to become a major seller on the DVD market. It was never a powerhouse show that had people watching and thinking about it like say ABC's Lost, but it was a show that truly took on the idea of genocide, war, technology, and the idea of being human like no other sci-fi show before it.

Battlestar Galactica Seasons 1, 2, and 3 recap... in 8 minutes!

This year is it's last season. I hope you will all will join me April 4th, 2008 in watching and rewatching one of the best TV shows of the last 10 years (if not 20 years!) in its final bow.

Battlestar Galactica Season 4 Trailer

Battlestar Galatica Season 4 Promo 2 - Extended

Battlestar Galatica Season 4 Promo 3 - Power Outage!

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