tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788875373841955612.post8780793028103265991..comments2024-03-27T00:26:22.316-05:00Comments on The MacGyver Project: #98: Off The WallNicholas Sweedohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00437092592253460266noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788875373841955612.post-7927601946274627342019-04-02T20:37:24.021-05:002019-04-02T20:37:24.021-05:00Who is the guy snooping around in the legal office...Who is the guy snooping around in the legal office at the beginning of the episode? I do not recall seeing him ever again throughout the remainder of the episode. Ridge Bristownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788875373841955612.post-75847149750936586012016-04-27T21:06:29.163-05:002016-04-27T21:06:29.163-05:00I made the switch with Spoilers on your ranking pa...I made the switch with Spoilers on your ranking page. Nicholas Sweedohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00437092592253460266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788875373841955612.post-86129320876912928862016-04-21T04:00:23.055-05:002016-04-21T04:00:23.055-05:00CBS Action has now finished season 7 on UK tv and ...CBS Action has now finished season 7 on UK tv and its starting at the beginning (again) so its wall-to-wall-MacgYver still! I recorded this one and watched again this week.<br /><br />I like this one, too. Totally agree that the beginning could be condensed into 20 seconds but I guess it was cheap filler. I had forgotten about the tattoo artist/ex forger scene and Macgyver sneaking around the landlord's offices at night (great headfirst flip over the chain link fence from RDA!) and enjoyed the suspense and the shout from MacGyver as the goon surprises him in the creepy tenement. I didn't see it coming at first that the Housing agent is the villain as he seemed too mild mannered and the lingering shot of him after Macgyver and Lobo left was not the usual shot of of 'obvious-villain-with-sinister-smile'! Interesting that the dog and the fraudulent company were called Lord Jim' presumably after the Conrad novel but I was hard pushed to find a relevance in the name other than that the Housing agent (Ferris?) had fallen short of the standard expected of him (by a long way!)like the Lord Jim character.<br /><br />I too liked Lobo, a cool young upbeat sidekick and didn't mind the, slightly annoying, lawyers too much. <br /><br />Overall, I think I rated this one a bit low at 94 and would move it up a bit by swapping with 'Spoilers' at no 88.Alnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788875373841955612.post-49478275189048312012014-09-29T23:13:05.138-05:002014-09-29T23:13:05.138-05:00Considine wrote for two other syndicated series af...Considine wrote for two other syndicated series after MacGyver that were produced by Stephen Downing, the executive producer of MacGyver. They were "Robocop: The Series", which I thought was awful....and "FX: The Series", which I enjoyed. He had fantastic bad guy appeal as an actor, particularly with that sinister smile and handlebar mustache.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04953380288384883179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788875373841955612.post-22354781499377069722014-09-28T23:50:26.507-05:002014-09-28T23:50:26.507-05:00I did not know that John Considine was a writer! ...I did not know that John Considine was a writer! I like him as an actor, I think he did a nice job in all his roles on the show. Nicholas Sweedohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00437092592253460266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788875373841955612.post-2245199681977633182014-09-28T23:30:27.875-05:002014-09-28T23:30:27.875-05:00This episode is not a particularly popular one wit...This episode is not a particularly popular one with most MacGyver fans but I have a soft spot for it. MacGyver had aired on Monday nights for its final six seasons and this was the last one before it went on hiatus, airing during Christmas break 1991. I really savored the whole MacGyver experience that one last Monday night probably give this episode a little bit more acclaim than it may deserve because of it. But it is a decent episode by most metrics. Lobo was a fantastic sidekick as you say, the music was great all-around, and the story was cleverly put together. As for John Considine, did you know he also wrote four episodes of the series along with one of the two TV movies? Within the realm of seven years of MacGyver awesomeness, this episode is admittedly a minor pleasure with lots of dull filler scenes dragging things out, but I still think it's far better than its numerous critics--who believe it was one of the series' weakest episodes--suggest. I rank it #91.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04953380288384883179noreply@blogger.com