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I don't have the 2nd season DVD set yet -- what's different about the main title?
-- Jon
Jon,
The season 2 main title is slightly different:
it opens with an animation of an explosion then the usual running jeeps and the characters are introduced alive inside medallions (no more fixed pictures) in front of moving pictures. It's more dynamic.
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I finished watching my season 2 set and I noticed something odd about the cast. Actor Justin Tarr --playing Tully-- is replaced in four episodes:
"The Fatal Reunion Raid" with replacement actor Mac McLaughlin as Andy
"The Field of Death Raid" with replacement actor Darwin Joston as Peterson
"The Double Jeopardy Raid" with replacement actor Mac McLaughlin as Andy (again)
"The Tug of War Raid" with replacement actor Bo Hopkins as Bo Randall--Peckinpah fans will like it because he clumsily shaves Hitchcock and cuts him four times with his razor (sic!).
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A word to the wise, don't miss Sutton Roley's episodes:
(season 2)
"The Truce at Aburah Raid"
"The Trial by Fire Raid"
"The Hide and Go Seek Raid"
"The Life for a Life Raid"
"The Pipeline to Disaster Raid"
"The Decoy Raid"
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A word to the wise, don't miss Sutton Roley's episodes:
For "Combat!" fans, you will like "The Life for a Life Raid" which remind the film-making style and the setting (devastated cellar, doomed town) of the season 2 "Combat!" episode:
"Glow Against the Sky".
Alright, move out!
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The Rat Patrol - Collectible 'Clothing-Style' Package Revealed for Complete Series DVDs
Marches into stores on May 13th
Posted by David Lambert (3/02/2008)
A couple of weeks ago, MGM Studios and distributor Fox Home Entertainment announced the May 13th release of The Rat Patrol - The Complete Series on DVD. Now we've got your first look at the special packaging for this release, which has some seams which reminds one of the troops' trousers, eh? Or maybe a jacket sleeve, considering the show logo is designed like a shoulder patch. Backback? Hmmm...can't wait to see the studio's press release on this one!
Link to this page:
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Rat-Patrol-Complete-Series-Box-Art/9100
All news for this show:
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/shownews/Rat-Patrol/3480
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Here's a funny story from "The Outer Limits Companion":
Gary Raymond was the first choice to play the lead role in the Outer Limits episode "The Sixth Finger." (The producers were looking for a young Brit.) However, he turned it down, because "he was a 'serious' actor," and didn't want to act in 'monster' makeup.
Consequently, the producers turned to David McCallum -- like Raymond, a relative newcomer to Hollywood, who accepted the role. McCallum did a great job (and was seen in the later episode "The Forms of Things Unknown"); the role largely launched his U.S. TV career (and served as the springboard for "The Man from UNCLE," which gave him superstar status.) And of course, McCallum was (and is) pleased to have acted in a TV show that has cult status; his dome-headed persona from The Outer Limits is one of the most iconic images in TV science fiction.
Years later, McCallum ran into Gary Raymond, who said (laughing, but still ruefully), "You know -- I was a FOOL to have turned down that part!"
Anyway, FYI...
-- Jon
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Now that we have a CD out of Dominic Frontiere's "Rat Patrol" music, I thought I'd resurrect this thread. Here's an interesting "Rat Patrol" fact: During the first season, a three-part episode was broadcast called "The Last Harbor Raid."
This episode has a very odd feel to it, with its narration and strange (for the series) locale. It's got a somewhat epic scope, but for my money, the show works best on format.
It's a shame the show didn't last longer, I really enjoyed it. But it's also a pretty limited format. I have some 16mm film prints on VHS around somewhere. One with original commercials. The sponsor bits were, as usual, cut from the opening credits, hence the edited opening theme music. The pilot episode on the DVDs has the regular credits, I think (been a while since I ran these). The show title was in a different font for the first episode.
Check out all sorts of posters for Masscre Harbor:
http://www.moviepostershop.com/massacre-harbor-movie-poster/AE8486
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That's what I figured, but I think it's the narration that makes the biggest difference. You'd think with the extra money, they'd have filmed a couple of establishing scenes rather than a voice over explaining why the guys were at the meeting in the beginning. I'll go back in time 45 years and ask.
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