MacGyver!

There used to be a show on television way back when called MacGyver. The show was basically about this guy named, MacGyver(Played by Richard Dean Anderson) who managed to get himself out of pretty much any situation using his brains! MacGyver never used a gun, at least in the way you would expect. Apparently guns do a lot more than just shoot out bullets.

This show was on in the 80’s, though had a long run on the USA Network in the form of re-runs! The show had a rather large following, and even if you have never seen the series, it’s a pretty safe bet you have heard of MacGyver in some form.

So, why was MacGyver so special? To begin with, he managed to get out of any situation by making gizmos using whatever items were lying around. These Gizmos later got dubbed MacGyverisms, which is a term still used on occasion today.

Now, I haven’t seen this show in YEARS, not since it was airing on USANetwork, and I was just a wee little tyke then. I didn’t fully grasp how cool the show was until I got older and looked back at shows from my past and thought ‘Jesus christ, that show kicked ass!’ Now, I want to see them all again, that’s just how cool the series really was!

As I said though, I was much younger when I originally watched this series. So, I don’t remember a lot. Many aspects of the series are fuzzy. Take For instance, The Phoenix Foundation! I know MacGyver used to work there, but I have no idea what it was! Was it a government based shadow organisation? Was it an independent contractor? A mercenary group? I’m not sure! Maybe someone who stumbles across this entry will know.

What I DO remember from the show however is this: There is no problem on this planet that can not be solved with duct tape, fertilizer, swiss army knife, Pack of Chewing gum and a paper clip. No kidding! If you ever watched this show, you would know this!

Lastly, and only loosely based on the series. I never could figure out why MacGyver wasn’t taken and turned into a Computer game. I mean, MacGyver would fit in PERFECTLY to a Sierra style point and click adventure title. I mean, that’s what MacGyver does! Go around, gather common items, use them together to form uncommon items and then use the uncommon item, in an uncommon way to solve a seemingly unsolvable puzzle. See? PERFECT Point and Click inventory based adventure game.

Villains Spotlight

Hollywood has created some incredible things. It has bestowed upon the masses everyting from historic recreations to epic end of the world disasters(And of course let’s not forget several zombie plagues) but in the end their villains seem to always lack something. They just aren’t effective!

I mean, correct me if I am wrong here, but I always got the impression that hollywood badguys were supposed to be the ultimate criminals? I mean why else would James Bond, MacGyver or Spider-Man have to be the one to throw down with these Maestros of crime? If so, If they are considered to be Top of the Food chain in the underworld criminal empire, then why do they always suck so badly when it comes to killing their nemesis? Why after managing to knock their enemy out, do they decide to strap their foe into some time delayed killing device? Something like a Car crushing machine, a burning rope hanging over a container of molten liquid or a time bomb strapped to a chair? Why in the name of crime do they do that? Then, to make matters worse, apparently their schedule is so busy that they have to leave the goodguy there alone, because CLEARLY their plan is so fool proof that the hero will die!

Of course in the end, the hero of the tale does manage to get free(Surprise!) and then foil mister baddies plans.

Does any of that sound like something that someone who is supposed to be considered the ultimate evil would do? Seriously? They are top shelf bad guys, yet their method for killing sucks! I mean, the common thug has a better kill ratio than the super dudes. I mean thugs will just shoot the good guy in the face. See? Problem solved, not much chance of him freeing himself, and it’s much quicker, which would give the evil dude more time to make his rounds and reach his appointments, cause as we all know, bad guys always have appointments and are very very busy!