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« on: <09-20-11/0950:32> »
So I've been watching a bit of '80s cheeze tv. I'm like 4 episodes in and it's amazing how much this show reminds me of SR2-3.
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« Reply #1 on: <09-22-11/0533:29> »
A gritty ,dystopian future where the main character is a investigative reporter who runs into trouble with a camera rather than a gun who's brain patterns are used to create what is basically an artifical intelligence and a hacker/computer geek sidekick?

NAH, nothing Shadowrun-esque about that AT ALL.

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« Reply #2 on: <09-22-11/2009:43> »
Do not forget the use of credit/ID cylinders, terminology like 'Ice', and security companies with the right to use excessive force.  :D
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« Reply #3 on: <09-22-11/2022:47> »
And Pink Mohawk Pirate Broadcasters!
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« Reply #4 on: <09-22-11/2045:16> »
What about the rabid man-eating ghouls who secretly just want to be normal?

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« Reply #5 on: <09-23-11/0104:34> »
So why can't we get great '80's Era TV li,li,li,like that a-a-a-a-anymore?
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« Reply #6 on: <09-23-11/0355:02> »
BTW, has anybody seen my coca-cola?
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« Reply #7 on: <09-23-11/0746:29> »
BTW, has anybody seen my coca-cola?
You mean New Coke? It's right over there, next to the Crystal Clear Pepsi and 7-Up Gold.

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« Reply #8 on: <09-24-11/0315:22> »
Hey I'm just trying to Ca-Ca-Ca-Catch the Wave...
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« Reply #9 on: <09-24-11/1006:46> »
BTW, has anybody seen my coca-cola?
You mean New Coke? It's right over there, next to the Crystal Clear Pepsi and 7-Up Gold.

.....and a mailed in subscription diskette to AOL.
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« Reply #10 on: <09-24-11/1016:32> »
So why can't we get great '80's Era TV li,li,li,like that a-a-a-a-anymore?

Because that requires writers and people who want to be creative, neither of which are available on Reality TV.
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« Reply #11 on: <09-24-11/2250:10> »
I would love to see a re-visualization of that show.  Maybe even one of Robo-cop.
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« Reply #12 on: <09-24-11/2252:08> »
I would love to see a re-visualization of that show.  Maybe even one of Robo-cop.
How many re-visualizations have you seen go right?

Uwe Boll would probably end up making the damned thing.
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« Reply #13 on: <09-24-11/2348:07> »
That is true, but then again they cancelled something before it had gotten good.  I hate it when they do that, I honestly believe if someone who loved the material from the first run was able to do it I think it would be good.
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« Reply #14 on: <09-25-11/1304:05> »
It would be nice to have a reinvisioning which would make use of more modern technology, stripped down typewriters and corded phones kinda date the material.
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