- Gemini Man
" had been cancelled after 12 episodes. "Gemini Man" allowed the producers to recycle effects from the earlier series.Fact|date=August 2007
Riding with Death
Two episodes, "Smithereens" and "Buffalo Bill Rides Again", were re-edited into one ninety-minute television movie entitled "Riding With Death", which was released in 1976.
"Riding with Death" used scenes from "" as
establishing shot s for sweeping computer room scenes. The "Guardian" logo ("Guardian" was the Russian version of "Colossus") appears in at least one segment. Though not immediately verifiable, at least one segment uses the "Colossus" speaker/microphone.The film clumsily dealt with the dropping of
Katherine Crawford (Abby Lawrence) from the cast by the latter episode, the length of time between filming (William Sylvester had grown a thick bushy mustache in the intermittent time), and the appearance of an arch-villain in the second "half" who did not exist in the opening of the series (save for a clumsy overdub referring to the villain's elusiveness in the final minutes of the first segment). Both parts feature singerJim Stafford as a trucker named Buffalo Bill who befriends and helps Sam.Mystery Science Theater 3000
In 1997, "Riding With Death" was featured in an episode of movie-mocking television show "
Mystery Science Theater 3000 ". Mike Nelson and his robot friends highlighted the rather thin connection between the two halves of the "movie," and the general incoherence of the plot.Note
Richard Dysart played Leonard Driscoll in the pilot. Sylvester played Driscoll during the series.External links
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