tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788875373841955612.post8760275029802953547..comments2024-03-27T00:26:22.316-05:00Comments on The MacGyver Project: #64: Lost LoveNicholas Sweedohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00437092592253460266noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788875373841955612.post-18553004183758928712023-02-25T11:49:47.044-06:002023-02-25T11:49:47.044-06:00Yes! I’m watching it now on H&I! 😁Yes! I’m watching it now on H&I! 😁Sonyab1974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788875373841955612.post-10896745106549355452023-02-25T11:42:59.711-06:002023-02-25T11:42:59.711-06:00Showing on H&I today. Good episode.Showing on H&I today. Good episode.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788875373841955612.post-56472348081791226752019-11-12T15:01:00.870-06:002019-11-12T15:01:00.870-06:00After watching it nowadays I feel the plot is a li...After watching it nowadays I feel the plot is a little too contrived. But watching it as a kid or just for fun it's good action and being a two parter almost feels like a movie. Also Jack seems to wallow from being quite sharp and clever to being pretty dense and helpless. But a still fine performance from him. And MacGyver even does that "Exactleh" Jack's signature exclamation. I would also bet that some of Jack's dialogue is unscripted. There were moments but I can't remember where it seemed like Bruce came up with it on the spot.Mykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425166821300360716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788875373841955612.post-52582237788691221522019-04-28T16:06:02.937-05:002019-04-28T16:06:02.937-05:00Part 2 is far superior to Part 1. There are some e...Part 2 is far superior to Part 1. There are some exciting twists in the second part, along with a lot of action and funny dialogue between Jack and MacGyver, and counted by itself it ranks as one of my favourite episodes.<br /><br />I don't mind the fact that Lisa was fooling MacGyver all along, but her character was perhaps not developed enough. And when - SPOILER ALERT! - she died at the end I felt they didn't make it dramatic enough - MacGyver got over it pretty quickly.Svenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03623528205533251641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788875373841955612.post-74435242969783527072017-09-30T23:46:10.931-05:002017-09-30T23:46:10.931-05:00A few things I noticed upon rewatching:
-- In the ...A few things I noticed upon rewatching:<br />-- In the proposal flashback, he puts a ring on her right index finger, and even then it's too big.<br />-- The chase at the end of part one goes through an old steel mill, and it's the same mill from Log Jam. You can even see in the background the big conveyor belt that MacGyver and Glass fight on (I went back and watched that part of Log Jam and confirmed it's the same).<br />-- Seems silly of General Racoubian to destroy one of his surely-valuable necklaces just to prove to MacGyver that they explode.Nicholas Sweedohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00437092592253460266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788875373841955612.post-11558545691857787222016-11-08T09:51:37.408-06:002016-11-08T09:51:37.408-06:00"Lowlight: the back story between MacGyver an..."Lowlight: the back story between MacGyver and Lisa is underdeveloped and confusing: he meets a contact on a mission in the Baltics and has time to fall in love and propose?"<br /><br />Oh wow!!!! I feel the same way! Back then and still now, I wonder how long they were together!!! Yes their relationship is so under developed and confusing I agree. sonyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13188318119543067012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788875373841955612.post-22998120728882826892015-01-14T18:40:52.879-06:002015-01-14T18:40:52.879-06:00I like it too when he picks apart the poor guy'...I like it too when he picks apart the poor guy's security system in front of everyone. Nicholas Sweedohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00437092592253460266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788875373841955612.post-63584759893002449262015-01-14T12:34:20.391-06:002015-01-14T12:34:20.391-06:00I was hoping you weren't going to put this one...I was hoping you weren't going to put this one above the other two-parter as I way prefer this one but never mind ( although I do agree that the relationship and story behind Lisa's various allegiances were a bit confused). <br />Things I liked; MacGyver trying out his Mandarin, the scene where he shows them that the security for the dragon is basically, rubbish, Jack's 'How in God's name do you know Arnold Palmer's birthday?' and MacGyver's 'Doesn't everyone?', the heist and subsequent escape and the double lock pick - first the hairpin to pick the handcuffs then the handcuffs to pick the door lock. I hadn't guessed the ending with the swapping of the dragon and enjoyed that including MacGyver once again getting Pete to stump up for 'expenses' incurred along the way. Things I didn't like; MacGyver dramatically saying he'd killed Lisa when he really hadn't - he must stop blaming himself for everything, his terrible beige jacket, the awful Tonya, Jack being so stupid when MacGyver is trying to tell him the code, and his romantic interest dying just when she is definitely on his side! Although I didn't like Tonya, her death seemed quite shocking. For a basically anti-violence series, some of the minor characters do meet gruesome or horribly casual deaths along the way.<br />One of the more enjoyable Jack Dalton episodes, with a reasonable amount of action, suspense and humour in the dragon stealing scene, some interesting politics around the start of the thawing of the cold war and a trade-mark hopeless romance. Ranked in the 40's for me.Alnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788875373841955612.post-51576329718021168802015-01-13T08:14:02.027-06:002015-01-13T08:14:02.027-06:00I didn't know that about USA - that's inte...I didn't know that about USA - that's interesting. De Longis is great - I ready online that he is a bullwhip expert and has advised actors like Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer. Nicholas Sweedohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00437092592253460266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788875373841955612.post-61813760844573553232015-01-12T23:30:27.509-06:002015-01-12T23:30:27.509-06:00Guess I missed the writeup about the music the fir...Guess I missed the writeup about the music the first read through. Not sure if you were aware but USA chose to air this as their two-hour "debut" of MacGyver back in September 1990 rather than the pilot episode. Not sure why since it was the third season premiere and they otherwise showed the episodes in succession. I also forgot to mention that I loved Anthony DeLongis.....fantastic sinister 80s villain appeal.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04953380288384883179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788875373841955612.post-5694409013383713682015-01-12T22:54:42.924-06:002015-01-12T22:54:42.924-06:00I did mention liking the romantic theme music, and...I did mention liking the romantic theme music, and I do like the overall soundtrack in this one. Am not surprised it's Edelman as his stuff seems to be the best (though the other composers are good too). I forgot to mention the message by bird part - that was a nice touch. Nicholas Sweedohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00437092592253460266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788875373841955612.post-7712635976611700992015-01-12T21:35:33.255-06:002015-01-12T21:35:33.255-06:00I generally agree with most of your review here an...I generally agree with most of your review here and also that Part 2 was quite a bit better than Part 1, even though I liked both parts. In that sense there's an upside to your rating all of the two-parters as one episode, as this one played out better as a "movie" than two divided episodes. Nonetheless I rated them separately, ranking Part 1 as my #31 episode and Part 2 as my #19 episode. There is a real epic feeling to the whole production and I'm disappointed you didn't reference the melodramatic soap opera-ish Randy Edelman score, Edelman's final major musical contribution to the MacGyver legacy. However, I will say I didn't much care for the wussed-up theme music used occasionally in Season 3 including on part 1 of this episode.<br /><br />Back to the episode itself, the opening scene set the stage nicely for the rest of the episode with the killing of the guard in the elevator shaft and the message sent by way of falcon, although I'm not sure why they chose to expose Nikolai as a villain right away as they did. I guess we were still to believe Lisa was an innocent pawn all along (and at least at age 10 they had me going!). I feel like you're overthinking Lisa's back story a bit as I felt they handled it pretty well all things considered, knowing that by faking her death, she could credibly return to the Soviet Union as one of their double agents and could be used later to do the very thing she did--slither back into MacGyver's heart and help her score another win for Team Red! And there's no reason to assume "Kohler" was her real last name for that matter either. I actually thought it was a pretty compelling Cold War spy story all around, another reason I loved it as I get all nostalgic for that sort of thing having grown up with it. The story generally started slow but there was still some good action in Part 1 with the lengthy motorcycle chase and the Vancouver woods being taken advantage of right away with the series' first episode filmed there.<br /><br />Part 2 was where the episode really shined though and I agree that MacGyver and Dalton getting past MacGyver's own security was simultaneously intense and hilarious. Sometimes I cringe at this series' sillier moments but I thought they nailed the Ming Dragon theft scene. Also agree that James Hong was terrific in this episode, but was less impressed with the actress who played Tonya (Leslie Bevis) who delivered some of her lines very poorly. And agreed also that the Ming Dragon can have as good of a security system as ever devised and it wouldn't do much good if the Phoenix Foundation's guard all swarm at once to the theft location and leave the place wide open for the thieves to escape undetected. The parade scene was fantastic as was the hiding of the dragon in the trinket shop, leading to the surprise revelation that the heavies stole the wrong dragon and the fantastic closing scenes at Recubian's mansions. At least at the time, I didn't anticipate Lisa's double-cross and while I can understand why you didn't really care for her, the passing of the lock picks in her hair as they kissed was an epic moment and accompanied with that teary music, I felt genuine sadness for her when she died in his arms at the end. Comparatively, I was much less saddened about Tonya's darkly humorous explosive finale in the tool shed.<br /><br />A really solid episode as far as I'm concerned and set the stage for the new season with a more serious tone that I enjoyed more than the cheekier tone of Season 2. I'm glad this show got a few good years in before the Cold War ended so it could feed off of that dynamic as it did here, in my opinion its most epic spy thriller.<br /><br />Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04953380288384883179noreply@blogger.com