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The constant "mindless camp" reviews get tiresome

posted 10 years ago by crmfghtr
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Funny how people review shows without watching the entire series, they watch one of the sillier campy episodes and just gut it in a review. Yes there were plenty of silly or campy ones, but there were just as many good Sci-Fi episodes. The first season was loaded with good stuff, not silly and campy. As for the second and third season, of course there was a decline but there is still some good solid adventures. Check out AntiMatter Man or Space Creature, are those ridiculous camp?

A proper informed review title would say, "a steady mixture of the serious, camp and bizarre." But then I guess anyone can write anything they want and post a review on it here, right or not.

[–] IveGotASecret 10 years ago

Some of my favorite episodes featured the focus on John Robinson. Some of my least favorite episodes featured Dr. Smith.

Overall, I thought it was a great show. I have the entire series on DVD. I wouldn't describe the show as camp. I suppose you could also pin that label on Star Trek because some of its episodes could be campy, as well.

Captain Kirk aka The Space Stud could be considered a milder more tamer version of Smith. While Smith's driving force was his greed, Kirk's was libido. Whenever he saw a woman come into his vision, I could swear his hips would start twitching in reaction.

[–] trollomatic 9 years ago

<<<I wouldn't describe the show as camp. I suppose you could also pin that label on Star Trek because some of its episodes could be campy, as well.

"Spock's Brain"

[–] dpcole7 9 years ago

Agreed.

Season 3, for example, has the best mix of serious, camp, and bizarre. But using one episode from it (such as the infamous yet fantastic vegetable one) to claim all 3 seasons were the same is just being stupid.