Ernest arrives in Colorado to find things a little . . . odd. No SGC, but there’s a local Mad Scientist with a lightning machine making everything throw off sparks. Even worse, everyone in town knows Ernest – or, rather, Legend – by sight. They follow him around like, well, a mob of fans.


( the importance of being Ernest )

As we begin our tale, Ernest Pratt, inkstained wretch and general soused layabout, is having a crisis. He’s got writer’s block, a recurring hangover*, a cranky publisher and a persistent publicist. Amongst other concerns, Ernest’s publishing contract requires him to dress up as his heroic character and do publicity appearances. Pratt’s own image is used as a basis for the book cover illustrations, and he often gets mistaken for his own character.**


( and you thought the Galaxy Quest crew had it hard )

As threatened promised, here beginneth the recap of Episode 1 of Legend, the show that RDA still calls his favorite.

The role came between MacGyver and Stargate. Although RDA had broken with the Boy Scout image of MacGyver, he still had plenty of room to play against type, and boy, did he.

The show was a Western, at a time when Westerns were completely dead as a genre. It’s pure steampunk, a decade before steampunk became a major trend.  Bad timing!  It lasted only 12 episodes, and hasn’t been released on DVD, making caps of it rare. I won’t recap everything in excessive detail, but the first scene is especially priceless, so here goes.

( Introducing Ernest Pratt )

The Hive-Mind has spoken! I am in the midst of capping the first episode of Legend, and the recap will begin tomorrow.

( Don't miss it! )

Hope this shows up this time :)  I loved Revelations.  Great performance by Rick and he looked HOT

Ack! Sorry! I've been stuck on another planet* for the last couple of days. I hope a stash of scruffy!RDA pics will make up for it...



( Mmm, scruffy... )




* May not be entirely true.

If you haven't yet voted in yesterday's poll(s), please do!  I'll start the capping recap next weekend.

A while back, Pepper did a multi-day capping recap of the movie Ordinary Heroes, and asked at the end if the people on this comm would be interested in more of the same, when either she or I had time to do one. You said yes. (Yay!!)  I'm in the mood to cap something new, so I thought I'd test the waters.
( Polls under cut )

I think this is Sacrifices.  It's been a while since I watched Gate, a long while since I watched any of s8 except Threads.