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You not watched Sign it death yet xeb?
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Jun 9, 2020 - 8:49 AM
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Xebec
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I think Michael Jayston is vastly underrated! He excels like few others at assaying sly, sleek and downright unwholesome personalities with that deceptive velvet voice of his – a voice he puts to great effect in the TOTU episode: “The Best Chess Player in the World”.
I'm a massive fan of Jayston in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
I met him at a Comic Con-type event - we actually talked about his voice. I mentioned that he was the king of advert voiceovers in the early 80s. He said that type of work eventually dried up towards the nineties.
It was the best celebrity meet I've had. Absolutely top-class likeable guy. No pretensions whatsoever.
The meeting inspired me to write a faux TV theme, "Guillam", for a spin-off from Tinker Taylor.
If you're into that kind of theme, maybe have a listen: https://soundcloud.com/jehannum/guillam
That's a nice story. I'll check out the music in a bit, too.
I recognise his voice from ads. Just assumed he was always doing them, as half the ads sound like him. Very smooth voice. I'd forgotten he was in Tinker, Tailor, as i only saw it once about10 years ago. Will have to revisit. I may have liked him in it and forgotten. I just don't think i saw him play proper bad guys before, and he excels at it, despite (or helped by) his mild looks.
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Mmm. Out of the three I've seen so far only Sign it Death cuts the mustard with me. I enjoyed that episode, so Lady Killer was a disappointment, and now after last night I'm afraid so is Someone at the Top of the Stairs. The weird acting looks odd on video, in both these episodes.
SATTOTS was intriguing until we got to the guy in the painting. I just couldn't buy all the rubbish explanation he gave us. And what we ended up with wasn't satisfactory enough to make the phony acting on everyone's part, barring Donna Mills, worth sticking with. Something very illogical about it all. This and Lady Killer.
It's rather addictive though so I'm ploughing on. Hope it gets better though. I mean Someone was at the top of your dozen ZS.
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Mine are:
A killer in Every Corner
the Eyes have It
Death in Deep Water
Someone at the top of the stairs
A Coffin For the Bride
The Next Voice You See
A Midsummer Nights Murder
Ring once For Service
In the Steps of a Dead Man
Kill Two Birds
File it Under Fear
Night is Time For the Killing
Kiss Me and Die
Lady Killer
I'm in danger of naming 80% of the ones I've seen. The top five are my top five.
@ Mr. Xebec: Thanks for the list. I'll be on it this evening.
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Hi, paul h.
The Region 2 DVD set on THRILLER has a few special features, one of which is Mr. Clemens himself talking about the show. In this short interview, BC cites "Someone at the Top of the Stairs" as one of his personal favourites. [other faves of his include "The Echo of Theresa", "One Deadly Owner" & "I'm the Girl He Wants to Kill"]
This Brian C. interview short may not be on YouTube, which is where most folks posting in this thread are likely viewing the segments, so this is why I mention it here. We are all free to disagree with each other and each of us has our own tastes. When an episode is highly-regarded by its creator/writer, such as SATTOTS is, multiple criticisms of it may very well indicate that its core characteristics will not sit well with some sensibilities.
Hoping for something better? I don't think there is ...
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Hi, paul h.
The Region 2 DVD set on THRILLER has a few special features, one of which is Mr. Clemens himself talking about the show. In this short interview, BC cites "Someone at the Top of the Stairs" as one of his personal favourites. [other faves of his include "The Echo of Theresa", "One Deadly Owner" & "I'm the Girl He Wants to Kill"]
This Brian C. interview short may not be on YouTube, which is where most folks posting in this thread are likely viewing the segments, so this is why I mention it here. We are all free to disagree with each other and each of us has our own tastes. When an episode is highly-regarded by its creator/writer, such as SATTOTS is, multiple criticisms of it may very well indicate that its core characteristics will not sit well with some sensibilities.
Hoping for something better? I don't think there is ...
I wouldn't say that. I watched Possession last night and thought it was an improvement. It's really just personal taste. I mean, just because Clemens IS the writer and creator doesn't actually mean mine and his opinions are the same. I totally respect his memory. I LOVE The Avengers, and other things he's done. It's just that even though SATTOTS was on your top ten and highly regarded by BC, for me it had issues that made me like it less than (now) two others.
At the end of the day I can see that as with any series, there are going to be ones I like and some I'm not so impressed with. As a series I think it's great. So far I've liked two, and had issues with two. That's not bad really.
And I am really enjoying Laurie Johnson's music. I wish his Avengers soundtracks were more readily available. I have the ones that have been issued but it's sadly very small potatoes. And I'd invest in a Thriller soundtrack too in heartbeat.
So, Zardoz, all is not lost!
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So last night's was The Colour of Blood. Another reasonable episode even if the coppers were pretty slow. I'm definitely getting the Herrmann vibe in some of Laurie Johnson's music. Another reason to stick with this.
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So, Zardoz, all is not lost!
Nice to know we shall have some glowing reviews to look forward to.
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I watched one that was a bit of a Wicker Man type situation, with a doctor and young blonde wife new to a creepy village. It wasn't bad and had a well maintained tone of creepiness throughout. Sort of in the middle of the pack or bottom third, though. The main guy was in at least one other episode. Nice to see Glynn Edwards as a villager, though.
This is "A Place to Die". For whatever reason, the occult-themed episodes appeal much to me.
Don't recommend this one to Graham Watt, though, because there is one non-speaking character who engages in - gasp - the dreaded pantomime (of the arm-flailing variety).
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So last night's was The Colour of Blood. Another reasonable episode even if the coppers were pretty slow. I'm definitely getting the Herrmann vibe in some of Laurie Johnson's music. Another reason to stick with this.
Would smarter/faster cops make the episode better? 
I've been pondering for years about any record producer approaching composers such as Laurie Johnson or Kenneth V. Jones (while they are still with us) to asses whatever recordings might exist in their personal archives that could be restored/preserved for potential album releases.
We've lost Gerard Schurmann recently. Cloud Nine did a CD on Gerard in 1993 based upon his composer copies as the source. Silva Screen might be the last hope in this regard, unless a label such as Quartet or Caldera could spearhead a Laurie Johnson 'project' as well.
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Watching an episode called Once the Killing Starts which I quite like. Not Bruce Boa, an actor who was a killer architect in Columbo, has topped his wife but gets letters saying from someone saying they know he did it. Michael Kitchen is in it, and is good as expected. There's a mint-eating detective on the case too. Not bad but pretty basic for a Thriller ep. Quite liked the ending.
Also are these filmed before tv allowed showing people in bed together? Every married couple has separate beds. Though I'm sure in other eps Bradford Dillman was rolling around on a bed with a lass.
"Once the Killing Starts" comes very close to being on my list of faves in my initial post, but doesn't manage to reach it due to unnecessarily lengthy shots of a rotary telephone being dialed by remote control ... one number at a time.
Patrick O'Neal plays the lead and he was no stranger to anthologies. He starred in "Wolf 359" - one of my favorite episodes from THE OUTER LIMITS. Also, he appeared in the 5th season of TWILIGHT ZONE and 1st season of COLUMBO.
This story appeals to me because the protagonist is agnostic/atheistic. Hardly any of the vintage shows that I've watched address non-believers. Perhaps producers and sponsors wish to avoid such notions altogether that could potentially divide audiences?
Regarding separate beds, this was formerly a hot-button topic in television censorship since its beginning. I am unsure when single beds became standard. Bed separation may have continued over from conventional common practice, but, after cinema's 1968 MPAA rating system went into affect, the climate by mid-'70s witnessed relaxations on permissions.
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