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Title: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: MacGyver on November 08, 2011, 07:12:40 PM
Hey - I was just thinking about this. As sort of a leap off from the Book Club Discussion threads, I was wondering if anyone would be interested in doing something similar for the various media appearances of The Hardy Boys.
Due to the limited availability of some items, I realize the discussion might also have to be limited to certain things.
For instance, The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure serial from The Mickey Mouse Club has been released to DVD, whereas The Mystery of the Ghost Farm has not. (Though I hope it still will be at some point.) The 1967 pilot, The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk has not been released to DVD yet either and I would still love to see whatever studio has the rights to it to do an official release for this. The Hardy Boys cartoon series has not been released to DVD and I would love to see that come to DVD as well. Seasons 1 and 2 of The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries have been released to DVD, but Season 3 still has not been released yet. (And I still want to see that released as well.) The 1995 The Hardy Boys series has been released to DVD.
(I know this is primarily a Hardy Boys site, but since Nancy Drew has made many crossover appearances with The Hardys and is their "literary sister", I would be fine with including Nancy's other solo appearances as well- which would include the 1930s movies- Nancy Drew...Detective, Nancy Drew, Reporter, Nancy Drew, Troubleshooter, Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase and the 2007 movie, Nancy Drew. And then there is also a 2002 Nancy Drew TV-movie. And the 1995 Nancy Drew TV series. And for that matter, since The Hardy Boys have also crossed over with Tom Swift, who could be considered a "literary brother", we could also include the 1983 pilot, The Tom Swift and Linda Craig Mystery Hour. But herein we also have the problem of both this pilot and the 2002 Nancy Drew pilot not being released to DVD yet.)
          So anyway, I would say it would be easiest to stick with The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure from The Mickey Mouse Club, The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (at least Seasons 1-2 anyway) and The Hardy Boys ('90s series).
Just an idea- I don't know what would be a good timeframe for this or if anyone else would be interested. Maybe we could at least have a dedicated thread for each series though and then just go through each episode from there?....
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on November 08, 2011, 07:26:03 PM
I'm game for something like this. :) 8)
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: AlwaysAJoefan on November 08, 2011, 07:40:53 PM
I like the idea. :D
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: MacGyver on November 08, 2011, 08:22:59 PM
Cool! Would you prefer an actual viewing schedule for the month or more of just a dedicated thread which would systematically go through each series?
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on November 08, 2011, 09:02:08 PM
Quote from: MacGyver on November 08, 2011, 08:22:59 PM
Cool! Would you prefer an actual viewing schedule for the month or more of just a dedicated thread which would systematically go through each series?

Viewing schedule :)
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: MacGyver on November 08, 2011, 09:29:25 PM
okay- I'll have to ruminate on it more and let some others weigh in... we'll see how it goes. (If it works out though, it will give me a great excuse to go through and rewatch all The Hardy Boys shows, etc. that I have access to again. Not that I need one- lol. ;D)
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on November 08, 2011, 09:31:04 PM
Quote from: MacGyver on November 08, 2011, 09:29:25 PM
okay- I'll have to ruminate on it more and let some others weigh in... we'll see how it goes. (If it works out though, it will give me a great excuse to go through and rewatch all The Hardy Boys shows, etc. that I have access to again. Not that I need one- lol. ;D )

Sounds like me. I haven't watched them in while and now can have an excuse to. :) 8)
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: MacGyver on November 09, 2011, 12:39:10 PM
okay- one other question. Assuming we go forward with this, would this be something that would be easier and/or better to start fresh next year or do you all want to try to dive in right away? I figured with Thanksgiving (in America anyway) coming up and then Christmas (and Hannukah for any Jewish members we may have on here or Kwanzaa for any...um, Kwanzaaians... ;D) - there will be a lot going on and it may be hard to keep up with. On the other hand, a lot of folks may also have some free time being on break from school and/or work for those holidays, so it could be kinda good timing too...
  Maybe we can work on a schedule for discussion for next year and get started watching stuff in preparation during any of the down time we may have in the next few weeks...
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on November 09, 2011, 12:45:01 PM
Quote from: MacGyver on November 09, 2011, 12:39:10 PM
okay- one other question. Assuming we go forward with this, would this be something that would be easier and/or better to start fresh next year or do you all want to try to dive in right away? I figured with Thanksgiving (in America anyway) coming up and then Christmas (and Hannukah for any Jewish members we may have on here or Kwanzaa for any...um, Kwanzaaians... ;D) - there will be a lot going on and it may be hard to keep up with. On the other hand, a lot of folks may also have some free time being on break from school and/or work for those holidays, so it could be kinda good timing too...
  Maybe we can work on a schedule for discussion for next year and get started watching stuff in preparation during any of the down time we may have in the next few weeks...

Dive in straight away. 8) You're in change, right?   
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: MacGyver on November 09, 2011, 02:27:15 PM
Uh, I guess...lol ;D
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: AlwaysAJoefan on November 09, 2011, 03:31:25 PM
Quote from: MacGyver on November 09, 2011, 02:27:15 PM
Uh, I guess...lol ;D

We can call you "Master MacGyver" or "Big Mac". Which do you like? ;D ;D
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on November 09, 2011, 05:10:54 PM
Quote from: AlwaysAJoefan on November 09, 2011, 03:31:25 PM
We can call you "Master MacGyver" or "Big Mac". Which do you like? ;D ;D

Good one. ;D
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: MacGyver on November 09, 2011, 10:03:00 PM
lol- um, let's just stick with MacGyver or Mac. ;D
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on November 09, 2011, 10:16:52 PM
Quote from: MacGyver on November 09, 2011, 10:03:00 PM
lol- um, let's just stick with MacGyver or Mac. ;D

All right. ;D So any idea when this might start? Just what I need. more time on this site. 8)
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: AlwaysAJoefan on November 10, 2011, 09:27:26 AM
Quote from: MacGyver on November 09, 2011, 10:03:00 PM
lol- um, let's just stick with MacGyver or Mac. ;D

Aw, you take the fun out of everything. ;) ;D
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: MacGyver on November 10, 2011, 12:12:16 PM
sorry- I like simple. ;) ;D
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: Olivia on November 11, 2011, 10:25:13 PM
I could be up for this. I'll try, anyway :)
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: AlwaysAJoefan on November 11, 2011, 10:31:00 PM
What show version would we start with? I only have access to seasons 1 and 2 of The Hardy Boys Mysteries, but if I have enough time in advance, I can probably find a way to get the other versions that are available. :)
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: Olivia on November 11, 2011, 10:46:10 PM
Probably whatever most people have access to for now. (I have everything except the '50's stuff, but I have seen it.)

I'm going to guess and say the '77 series would probably be easiest. Or the '67 pilot that was put up a little while ago.

(I like your photo, btw, AlwaysAJoefan: "Your anger makes me happy" - with that bunny.)
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: AlwaysAJoefan on November 11, 2011, 10:49:48 PM
Quote from: Olivia on November 11, 2011, 10:46:10 PM
Probably whatever most people have access to for now. (I have everything except the '50's stuff, but I have seen it.)

I'm going to guess and say the '77 series would probably be easiest. Or the '67 pilot that was put up a little while ago.

OK, that sounds good. :)

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(I like your photo, btw, AlwaysAJoefan: "Your anger makes me happy" - with that bunny.)

Thanks. I love Happy Bunny. :D
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: MacGyver on November 13, 2011, 01:40:44 AM
Yeah, I was afraid we would run into this issue. The main problem is that not all of the media (pilots, TV-movies, movies, TV shows, etc.) related to The Hardy Boys are officially released and even for what is- not all of it is necessarily readily available to everyone...
So anyway, here's kinda what I was thinking on this- we could have an assigned viewing piece each month (or perhaps every two weeks or so- it doesn't take nearly as long to watch a 1 hour show or 2 hour movie, etc. as it does to read a book- for most people anyway ;) ;D - so we don't necessarily have to do just one show per month. Of course, if we did that would really stretch things out for a long while- but I think we can do a bit more than that and speed it up some.)
      But perhaps the best way to do it would be to just assign certain shows to those members who have access to them. And then we can aim for a new post hopefully every week with a review of said show. Those who have it could watch at their leisure and chime in on the review and those who don't can get an idea of what it's like and whether it's worth seeking out.
      And hopefully that way we could get most every media appearance for The Hardy Boys covered in some fashion at least once.
Sound like a plan?
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on November 13, 2011, 08:42:30 AM
Quote from: MacGyver on November 13, 2011, 01:40:44 AM
Yeah, I was afraid we would run into this issue. The main problem is that not all of the media (pilots, TV-movies, movies, TV shows, etc.) related to The Hardy Boys are officially released and even for what is- not all of it is necessarily readily available to everyone...
So anyway, here's kinda what I was thinking on this- we could have an assigned viewing piece each month (or perhaps every two weeks or so- it doesn't take nearly as long to watch a 1 hour show or 2 hour movie, etc. as it does to read a book- for most people anyway ;) ;D - so we don't necessarily have to do just one show per month. Of course, if we did that would really stretch things out for a long while- but I think we can do a bit more than that and speed it up some.)
      But perhaps the best way to do it would be to just assign certain shows to those members who have access to them. And then we can aim for a new post hopefully every week with a review of said show. Those who have it could watch at their leisure and chime in on the review and those who don't can get an idea of what it's like and whether it's worth seeking out.
      And hopefully that way we could get most every media appearance for The Hardy Boys covered in some fashion at least once.
Sound like a plan?

That's fine with me. :)
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: AlwaysAJoefan on November 13, 2011, 01:45:30 PM
Quote from: MacGyver on November 13, 2011, 01:40:44 AM
Yeah, I was afraid we would run into this issue. The main problem is that not all of the media (pilots, TV-movies, movies, TV shows, etc.) related to The Hardy Boys are officially released and even for what is- not all of it is necessarily readily available to everyone...
So anyway, here's kinda what I was thinking on this- we could have an assigned viewing piece each month (or perhaps every two weeks or so- it doesn't take nearly as long to watch a 1 hour show or 2 hour movie, etc. as it does to read a book- for most people anyway ;) ;D - so we don't necessarily have to do just one show per month. Of course, if we did that would really stretch things out for a long while- but I think we can do a bit more than that and speed it up some.)
      But perhaps the best way to do it would be to just assign certain shows to those members who have access to them. And then we can aim for a new post hopefully every week with a review of said show. Those who have it could watch at their leisure and chime in on the review and those who don't can get an idea of what it's like and whether it's worth seeking out.
      And hopefully that way we could get most every media appearance for The Hardy Boys covered in some fashion at least once.
Sound like a plan?

Sounds pretty good. :)
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: MacGyver on November 13, 2011, 07:26:25 PM
Cool.  8)
Well, if we want to proceed with that, there are two weeks and a few days left in November and Thanksgiving will be here soon. Shall we try to pick something for viewing and a review by the end of the month? (I'm kinda leaning toward the 1967 The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk pilot myself.) That's the only pilot TV-movie of its nature for The Hardy Boys. I think we may want to wait to tackle something like the serials on The Mickey Mouse Club [which admittedly, at this point, we could only really cover the first one anyway.] And unless The Hardy Boys cartoon suddenly gets released to DVD or something- I don't know that we'll be able to get to that series... which is honestly probably not a huge loss with its super-condensed-ness, but from the one episode I was able to see a while back- there are still some aspects of it I appreciate.
    So basically, after the '67 pilot and the '50s serials, we'd be looking at the '70s series (at least the first 2 seasons anyway) and then the '90s series. (and perhaps branch out from there to related projects.)
             
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on November 13, 2011, 07:43:23 PM
Quote from: MacGyver on November 13, 2011, 07:26:25 PM
Cool.  8)
Well, if we want to proceed with that, there are two weeks and a few days left in November and Thanksgiving will be here soon. Shall we try to pick something for viewing and a review by the end of the month? (I'm kinda leaning toward the 1967 The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk pilot myself.) That's the only pilot TV-movie of its nature for The Hardy Boys. I think we may want to wait to tackle something like the serials on The Mickey Mouse Club [which admittedly, at this point, we could only really cover the first one anyway.] And unless The Hardy Boys cartoon suddenly gets released to DVD or something- I don't know that we'll be able to get to that series... which is honestly probably not a huge loss with its super-condensed-ness, but from the one episode I was able to see a while back- there are still some aspects of it I appreciate.
    So basically, after the '67 pilot and the '50s serials, we'd be looking at the '70s series (at least the first 2 seasons anyway) and then the '90s series. (and perhaps branch out from there to related projects.)
           

I can't view the 1967 plot. But I could do The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure. I have that on DVD. And the 77' series one and two, and I could the the 90's series. :) We are not viewing the Nancy Drew episodes, are we?  ::)
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: MacGyver on November 13, 2011, 10:53:06 PM
Well, the Nancy Drew episodes are part of the '70s show and I would certainly include them- but you don't have to watch them if you don't want to. By the way, if you want access to the '67 pilot, I'll send you a PM.
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on November 14, 2011, 07:49:56 AM
Quote from: MacGyver on November 13, 2011, 10:53:06 PM
Well, the Nancy Drew episodes are part of the '70s show and I would certainly include them- but you don't have to watch them if you don't want to. By the way, if you want access to the '67 pilot, I'll send you a PM.

Well I guess I can watch the Nancy Drew episodes, even though they aren't my favourite.  Is watching the '67 plot legal? I can't take a risk on getting in trouble.
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: MacGyver on November 14, 2011, 10:51:28 AM
Well, no, not exactly... It's a pilot for a possible TV series that never happened. The pilot was aired once and then lost to time (except for dedicated fans who have kept it preserved via bootleg copies, etc.) It's about the same as taping shows from TV to watch later and trading those around- none of that is really technically legal since it's a breach of copyright. However, with this pilot, it seems highly unlikely the copyright owners are ever going to release it to any kind of media and thus it's rather impossible to watch otherwise. (Though I'd love to get it on DVD if it ever were released.) So I'll let everyone make their own judgment call on that one- if you don't feel comfortable with it, then you can skip that one. We've kinda reviewed it already in the thread (http://www.hardyboyscasefiles.com/forums/index.php?topic=2237.0) for it anyway.
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: AlwaysAJoefan on November 14, 2011, 06:14:15 PM
Mac, how can I access the '67 pilot? :)
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on November 14, 2011, 07:20:25 PM
Quote from: AlwaysAJoefan on November 14, 2011, 06:14:15 PM
Mac, how can I access the '67 pilot? :)

You can't view that on dial-up, can you?
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: AlwaysAJoefan on November 14, 2011, 08:57:27 PM
Quote from: Katie on November 14, 2011, 07:20:25 PM
You can't view that on dial-up, can you?

Well, there's my laptop at work. :) And my dad is getting us something really cool for Christmas, if you get my drift.  :D :D
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: MacGyver on November 14, 2011, 10:09:57 PM
I'll send you a PM.
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: MacGyver on November 15, 2011, 08:56:02 PM
Okay- so if this will work for everyone interested, I vote for doing The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk pilot for this month. I know that only leaves a little over two weeks but hopefully that's a do-able goal. I think for this one we can just leave reviews in the thread (http://www.hardyboyscasefiles.com/forums/index.php?topic=2237.0) already open for the pilot.
That will serve for the November 2011 opener. Then maybe December 2011 could be our other entry that's not a TV series- The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure serial from The Mickey Mouse Club.
Then by the new year we could start in on the '70s and '90s series. Is that cool with everyone?
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on November 15, 2011, 09:34:04 PM
Quote from: MacGyver on November 15, 2011, 08:56:02 PM
Okay- so if this will work for everyone interested, I vote for doing The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk pilot for this month. I know that only leaves a little over two weeks but hopefully that's a do-able goal. I think for this one we can just leave reviews in the thread (http://www.hardyboyscasefiles.com/forums/index.php?topic=2237.0) already open for the pilot.
That will serve for the November 2011 opener. Then maybe December 2011 could be our other entry that's not a TV series- The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure serial from The Mickey Mouse Club.
Then by the new year we could start in on the '70s and '90s series. Is that cool with everyone?

Sounds fine to me! :)
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: AlwaysAJoefan on November 15, 2011, 10:27:07 PM
Quote from: MacGyver on November 15, 2011, 08:56:02 PM
Okay- so if this will work for everyone interested, I vote for doing The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk pilot for this month. I know that only leaves a little over two weeks but hopefully that's a do-able goal. I think for this one we can just leave reviews in the thread (http://www.hardyboyscasefiles.com/forums/index.php?topic=2237.0) already open for the pilot.
That will serve for the November 2011 opener. Then maybe December 2011 could be our other entry that's not a TV series- The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure serial from The Mickey Mouse Club.
Then by the new year we could start in on the '70s and '90s series. Is that cool with everyone?

Sounds good! 8)
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: MacGyver on November 15, 2011, 11:33:45 PM
Cool. 8)
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: MacGyver on November 28, 2011, 08:01:18 AM
Just a reminder for the November 2011 viewing- The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk 1967 pilot- leave your reviews in the thread (http://www.hardyboyscasefiles.com/forums/index.php?topic=2237.0) already established. By the end of the week, we'll be in December and starting in on The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure serial from The Mickey Mouse Club.  :)
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on November 28, 2011, 08:09:03 AM
Quote from: MacGyver on November 28, 2011, 08:01:18 AM
Just a reminder for the November 2011 viewing- The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk 1967 pilot- leave your reviews in the thread (http://www.hardyboyscasefiles.com/forums/index.php?topic=2237.0) already established. By the end of the week, we'll be in December and starting in on The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure serial from The Mickey Mouse Club.  :)

All right. Do we watch those all at once and then post our reviews or do we post after watching every episode? :-\   
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: MacGyver on November 28, 2011, 09:24:30 AM
Hmm- good point. I think since everyone will have different schedules for when they can watch the serial, I'll just leave it open to every individual on when they want to post and what to cover. So basically, if you get the first 4 episodes watched in one week, say- then you can just post an update for that week on those first few episodes. If you can watch 4 episodes for each week of December, then you should make it through the whole thing on schedule. Or you may just like to take a Saturday afternoon or something and watch the whole thing straight through. (Remember that each episode is only 11 minutes long- at least according to this site (http://www.originalmmc.com/applegate.html), which sounds about right as far as I can recall. So overall the whole thing runs 209 minutes or about 3 1/2 hours. [or about 4 1/2 hours if you watch the complete episode of The Mickey Mouse Club included on the DVD as well.])
          So for those who want to watch it as it originally aired, you can watch an episode each weekday during the weeks of December, or just do one a day over the course of 19 days. I'll leave that up to everyone's individual preference. And then just post as you go along- with a review of whichever episodes you've watched that week- or the whole thing. If you're watching episode by episode, then I suggest we try to cover at least 5 episodes per week for reviews. That should get us through the whole thing before Christmas (assuming we start in this weekend.) For those who prefer to just watch the whole thing straight through, then perhaps you could reserve a full review of the serial for the end of the month, so as to avoid spoilers for those seeing it for the first time.
Thanks and hope that helps.
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: MacGyver on November 29, 2011, 08:43:33 PM
Well, I've left a few more thoughts on The Mystery of the Chinese Junk pilot in its thread.
It'll be fun to jump into The Mickey Mouse Club serial, The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure next month. :)
(I'd still love to see The Mystery of the Ghost Farm too- wish Disney would release it to DVD.)
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: MacGyver on December 20, 2011, 04:32:50 PM
Well, the new year will soon be here and I was wondering what you all wanted to do with this discussion club then. The only feasible Hardy Boys productions we have available to watch and review at this point are the '70s and '90s shows. (If someone has access to The Mystery of Ghost Farm serial and/or The Hardy Boys cartoon series, then I'll be happy to devote one of our designated months to those productions, as I still have some impressions on both, even with the limited access I've had to either. It'd be great to see these both come to DVD, but until such time, we'll probably have to skip these for the most part- though we could still have a dedicated thread for each one just to talk about impressions of both, regardless of whether you've actually seen either one.)
        Anyway- I'm mainly wondering how we want to break this up for the new year. The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries has 46 episodes (36 of which are available on DVD.) The Hardy Boys ('90s series) has 13 episodes, all of which are available on DVD. And if we want to throw it in for fun (and I'd like to anyway :)), Nancy Drew ('90s series) has 13 episodes as well, all of which are available on DVD. So no matter which series we pick, do we want to limit just one episode per month? We could do that but we wouldn't even be done with the '90s series in a year's time at that rate. I'm kind of thinking that it would be better to do an episode per week. At that rate we could complete the entire '70s series and still have 6 weeks left over to start in on the '90s series. For those wanting to participate, let me know what you prefer and we'll get it set up for January. I'm kinda leaning toward doing the '90s series first just because we can get through the whole series rather quickly. But I'm fine with doing the '70s series first too. It's all good.
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: Olivia on December 22, 2011, 08:12:30 PM
We can try one per week. I'm just wondering what would happen if after a while, people are away or not able to keep up. Though if we have a dedicated group, even small, it should be fine. Plus a lot of us have already seen the episodes, and might not have to necessarily re-watch to discuss.

So it looks like it could work!
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on December 22, 2011, 08:16:03 PM
I say do the '90s series first. I've seen all the Hardy Boys ones.
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: MacGyver on December 22, 2011, 10:24:46 PM
Okay- so we have a vote in for one per week and to start with the '90s series first. Sounds fine to me- since it's a lot shorter series, and only half-hour long episodes at that, we should be able to review that one pretty quickly. Plus I haven't seen that series in quite a while, so that's another reason I'm leaning toward it.  ;)
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: MacGyver on January 01, 2012, 07:16:01 PM
Okay- so I've been behind in getting this started but the new year is here! So- there are 13 episodes of The Hardy Boys ('90s) series and I guess we'll start in with the show in order as listed on the DVD. So this week we will review the episode "All That Glitters". I will lead discussion on that one. Would everyone like to take an episode and post a new thread each week and lead the discussion? I can post all the threads if no one else wants to, but I'd rather give everyone else a chance to lead discussion on favorite episodes and all. Let me know- thanks.

Here is a list of all the episodes:

All That Glitters
Jazzman
A Perfect Stranger
Say Cheese
Smart Drugs, Stupid Mistakes
Telling Lies
The Debt Collectors/All in the Family
The Curse
R.I.P.
Play Ball
Lovebirds
The Last Laugh
No Dice
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: JoeHardyRocks on January 01, 2012, 07:57:58 PM
Is the discussion club only for hardy boys episodes?
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: MacGyver on January 01, 2012, 09:35:52 PM
It's for any media appearance of The Hardy Boys, including the two serials on The Mickey Mouse Club (The Mystery of Applegate Treasure and The Mystery of Ghost Farm), the 1967 pilot The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk, the 1969-1971 The Hardy Boys cartoon series, the 1977-1979 The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, and the 1995 The Hardy Boys series. We covered the 1967 pilot in the first month this started (November 2011) and then went on to the first Disney serial for December 2011 (since that's the only one released on DVD thus far). And for the next few months, we're covering the '90s Hardy Boys TV show. We may branch out to include the 1995 Nancy Drew show as well, especially since the show crossed over with the '90s Hardy Boys show. Beyond that, we'll probably just do the '70s live action series and then from there, the options are pretty limited, since some things are not readily available...
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: MacGyver on January 09, 2012, 01:32:36 AM
Okay- well, since I haven't heard from anyone else, I guess I'll go ahead and post the thread for this next week's episode too.
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: MacGyver on February 28, 2012, 09:04:48 PM
Well, we are moving through The Hardy Boys (1990s show) pretty well. In another 4 weeks, we'll finish reviewing the episodes of the whole series. (There are only 13 episodes after all.) So that means we'd start in on something else for April. I'll keep posting the threads for the rest of the '90s Hardy Boys show through then. Does anyone have any thoughts on what to do for April? I'm thinking I'd like to keep going with this continuity and go ahead and do the 1990s Nancy Drew show (since it is a sister series after all and Nancy Drew did cross over with The Hardy Boys in this continuity too). That would take us through to about July or so. We could start in on the '70s series from there probably. If anyone has any preferences on this, let me know. If I don't hear anything otherwise, I'll probably move forward with this plan then (and I guess we'll be posting out of the Nancy Drew forum for a while for The TV Show/Media Club during that time too.)
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: MacGyver on April 03, 2012, 03:21:50 PM
Okay- look for review threads for the 1995 Nancy Drew TV series in the Nancy Drew forum for the next media production for review. :)
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: MacGyver on June 17, 2012, 06:00:18 PM
Okay, well we are almost wrapped up with the 1990s Nancy Drew show. So at this point, we have done threads to cover The Mickey Mouse Club serial that ran in the 1950s, The Mystery of Applegate Treasure, which is basically an adaptation of the first Hardy Boys book, The Tower Treasure. We have also covered the 1967 pilot, The Mystery of the Chinese Junk. We have covered the 1990s series, The Hardy Boys. And two weeks from today, we will have covered the 1990s version of Nancy Drew as well.
     I personally like the Nancy Drew productions alongside The Hardy Boys and wouldn't mind covering the rest of them. This would include the 4 Nancy Drew movies from the 1930s, the 2002 Nancy Drew pilot and the 2007 Nancy Drew movie.
For The Hardy Boys side, I'd still like to review The Mystery of Ghost Farm- the other serial from The Mickey Mouse Club, but unfortunately it has not been released officially in its entirety. I would still like to be able to view this at some point. And the same applies for The Hardy Boys cartoon- I'd love to see this in its entirety at some point too, if it were ever to get released on DVD.
And of course, I've kinda been saving one of the most beloved media versions of both The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew- that being the classic 1970s The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries. So I guess the question now is- does anyone want to review the other Nancy Drew productions first? We can dedicate the month of July to covering all those movies at once, or break it up into separate threads, perhaps covering the '30s movies in the month of July and compare the 2002 pilot and 2007 movie versions in August. And then we could start in on the '70s series in the fall. Or we can just dive straight into the '70s series. (Which may only cover the first 2 seasons as those are the only ones currently released to DVD. Hopefully the third season will still be released eventually. We can still cover the 3rd. Season episodes in review for those who have been able to see them though.)
       Anyway, for anyone interested on this, let me know which you prefer. If I don't hear something by the time July rolls around, I think I probably will go with the former plan I suggested above.
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: tomswift2002 on June 18, 2012, 09:17:42 AM
Well the 2002 pilot hasn't been released on DVD yet.  So far it has only been aird on TV (the only way that I have it is that I recorded it from TV).
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: MacGyver on June 18, 2012, 11:12:29 AM
Well, that's true. I have a copy recorded from TV as well. Of course, someone has posted it on Youtube, so fans can watch it readily enough on there for the moment...
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: MacGyver on July 30, 2012, 02:02:39 PM
Okay- August will be here in a day, so I will plan to post a new thread soon for discussion of the 2002 Nancy Drew pilot and the 2007 Nancy Drew movie. It should be interesting to compare these more modern day versions of Nancy Drew with the 1930s movies version. And after that, we'll plan to cover The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries in the fall! :) 8)
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: MacGyver on August 27, 2012, 11:16:49 AM
Well, we have a few more days of August and then it will be September by the end of the week! We've covered most everything else that is available to cover in these reviews- (unfortunately, some things have still not made their way to DVD- namely, The Mystery of Ghost Farm Hardy Boys serial from The Mickey Mouse Club, the 1967 pilot, The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk, The Hardy Boys cartoon series, the 2002 Nancy Drew pilot, the 1983 The Tom Swift and Linda Craig Mystery Hour pilot, and of course, season 3 of The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries. I'd love to see all of these get released to DVD some time soon.)
     So starting next week, right after Labor Day, we'll start covering Season 1 of The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries. Yay!!!! I've been really excited for this one. I love all the various media incarnations of The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew, but this series is definitely one of my favorites. There are 14 episodes in Season 1, so my question now is, "How do we want to cover this?"
We could talk collectively about Season 1 for the entire month, but I think it might run better to have a week dedicated for each episode. If we do it that way, that will carry us all the way to the first week in December. We can move on to Season 2 from there, which has 22 episodes. And that will carry us all the way to the first full week in May 2013. And if we wanted to cover Season 3 despite it not being released to DVD yet, for those who have been able to watch the episodes in the original run or in reruns, etc.- we could move forward with that and wind up the whole series in the middle of July 2013 or so.
       If anyone has any comments on this or any other ideas, please let me know in the thread. Otherwise, if I don't hear anything different, I'll plan to post a new thread somewhere either during or right after Labor Day weekend, for Season 1 episodes of THBNDM, starting with the pilot episode for The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries series, "The Mystery of the Haunted House" (featuring The Hardy Boys). :) 8)
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: Olivia on August 28, 2012, 11:45:47 AM
That sounds fine :)
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: MacGyver on August 28, 2012, 01:31:26 PM
Cool- thanks for the input, Olivia. :) 8)
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: tomswift2002 on August 28, 2012, 08:36:42 PM
You also forgot the 1960 Hardy Boys pilot as not having hit DVD yet.
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: MacGyver on August 29, 2012, 08:00:40 AM
Thanks for the reminder- can't believe I remembered the Tom Swift/Linda Craig pilot but forgot the '60s Hardy Boys pilot- well, that's corrected now in my original post.
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: MacGyver on November 12, 2012, 06:52:51 PM
Well, as announced on TVshowsonDVD.com (http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Hardy-Boys-Nancy-Drew-Mysteries-Season-3/17726), we have recently heard the exciting news that the 3rd. Season of The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries will finally be released on February 12, 2013!!!
      That will fit pretty well into our projected timeline for reviewing the whole series. I know not every fan will be able to get this release as soon as it comes out, but hopefully everyone would have a chance to get it by May 2013 (which is when we should be scheduled to start in on Season 3 reviews.) I imagine we may have a separate thread for reviewing Season 3 when it releases in the "General Discussion" area, but I would still like to continue with dedicated, in-depth reviews of each episode and stay on track with the schedule already in place. (I'm sadly behind on that right now, but trying to catch up.) I trust that is cool with everyone.
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: MacGyver on December 03, 2012, 11:59:35 AM
With this week, we will wrap up reviewing Season 1 of The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries. Sadly, I have fallen woefully behind on doing reviews of the episodes- something I do still hope to rectify soon. However, with Christmas soon approaching, I am thinking of waiting until after the New Year to start in on Season 2. This may hopefully give me some time to catch up on Season 1, for one, and also allow time for Christmas and other holiday celebrations and such. Does anyone have any opinion on this? I can keep posting a new thead each week and move forward into Season 2, if that's what everyone wants. If I don't hear anything though, I think I may just hold off until the New Year then. I'm excited to soon get Season 2 and then Season 3 underway though. :) 8)
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: MacGyver on December 11, 2012, 11:52:11 AM
All right- I've decided I'm going to move forward with posting new threads and hopefully I will eventually get caught up on reviewing episodes....
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: MacGyver on February 22, 2013, 10:37:10 AM
Sorry I've been behind in posting threads for the last two weeks or so- things have been busy lately. So many things I want to accomplish and so often it seems they just don't all happen when I'd like them to......... oh well. It's all good- it's all in God's hands- I'll get to everything in His time. :D 8)
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: MacGyver on March 07, 2013, 04:00:29 PM
Again- I apologize that this week's thread was posted so late.... as I said before, some things have been kinda crazy lately and it seems hard sometimes to catch a moment's break. And like I said before- God's still in control- keep breathing slowly and relax- keep trusting. :) 8)
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: Hardy Sleuth on March 07, 2013, 09:51:58 PM
Quote from: MacGyver on March 07, 2013, 04:00:29 PM
Again- I apologize that this week's thread was posted so late.... as I said before, some things have been kinda crazy lately and it seems hard sometimes to catch a moment's break. And like I said before- God's still in control- keep breathing slowly and relax- keep trusting. :) 8)

I think I'll take a slice of your wise advice there, MacGyver. :) 8) Good words that are very true. 8) And don't worry, no need to apologize, I'm sure everyone on here fully understands being really busy at times! :) This is for fun and relaxation, not stress or pressure. 8)
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: MacGyver on March 08, 2013, 09:31:58 AM
Thanks, Hardy Sleuth. :) 8)
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: Hardy Sleuth on March 10, 2013, 04:31:26 PM
Quote from: MacGyver on March 08, 2013, 09:31:58 AM
Thanks, Hardy Sleuth. :) 8)

You're welcome, MacGyver and thank you for sharing your wise reminder there about breathing and trusting, doesn't hurt to be reminded of that. :)
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: MacGyver on March 10, 2013, 05:07:28 PM
For sure- we sang a great hymn at church that very succinctly sums up the Christian life and walk with Christ- Trust and Obey. "Trust and obey- for there's no other way to be happy in Jesus but to trust and obey." :) 8)
Title: Re: TV show episode discussion club?
Post by: MacGyver on June 10, 2013, 10:28:15 AM
Well, that's all, folks! :) 8)
We now have threads up for every episode of The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries- all three seasons of which have finally been released to DVD! And we have also done threads for The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk (1967 pilot), The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure serial that aired as part of The Mickey Mouse Club, and the entire 1995 series The Hardy Boys as well as its companion show, the 1995 Nancy Drew series. We've also done threads for all four of the 1930s Nancy Drew movies and the 2002 Nancy Drew pilot and the 2007 Nancy Drew movie.
        So at this point we have covered most every Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew related media appearances, whether in movies, TV series, pilots, etc. Of course, if Disney would ever release the second Hardy Boys serial from The Mickey Mouse Club, The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of Ghost Farm, to DVD I would gladly add a thread for that. And if somehow the 1969-1971 Filmation cartoon series The Hardy Boys ever got a DVD release, I would also gladly add threads for those episodes.
         Until such time, I think this will be it for this TV episode review club. Thanks to all those who participated. I have really enjoyed maintaining this. I wish I had been able to better keep up with regular reviews of episodes and all, but those pesky real life issues keep getting in the way- lol. ;D
         Anyway, the threads are still up in this forum of course and you can feel free to add to review threads at any time. I hope to eventually keep going through the various series and give more thorough reviews. And hopefully eventually we'll have some of these other series to add to this as well. :) 8)