Been watching some videos of it on youtube, and discovered that it premiered 20 years ago this month of Beauty and the Beast Tv Series. {April 12, 1987}

Anybody love the romance of this series?  They had me up until Linda Hamilton left, and then...of course, it just wasn't the same. 

The dvd's out now. I loved it too but not sure I'd go to the expense of buying a season set. If it was in re-runs on tv I'd tune in for definite!

The dvd's out now. I loved it too but not sure I'd go to the expense of buying a season set. If it was in re-runs on tv I'd tune in for definite!


Same goes for me

I'm the same here.  That is why I was looking for clips of it on youtube (well...at least until they are removed anyways).  I cannot see Ron Perlman in any movie now without thinking about him as Beast, which is funny because when I see Linda Hamilton, I do not have the same reaction.  It takes me a few minutes (if I stop to think what other things she's been in) to remember she was lead in B&B.  I don't know why, but it always pops into my head way before I think of B&B, is that she was married/divorced to/from James Cameron (director of Titanic - but was also director of Terminator where, presumably, Cameron and Hamilton met.)  I also think of the People magazine article I read of the account of their wedding where it mentioned that Linda got married in a plain white dress in her bare feet.  Why that little factoid chose to stay lodged in my brain all these years later, I have no idea.  Maybe I just wanted (subconciously) to get married in my bare feet too.  :D

My nice image of  Linda Hamilton was ruined by her butch role in the Terminator films.  ;D

Anyway I do like the series so I may buy it somewhere down the line... there'll come a time when I've exhausted all my faves and looking for new ones to fill the void, and B&B would be high on my list. I used to love the thought of living in underground tunnels like them as a kid  :) little did I realise it was the stinky NY sewers.

I always loved the series, and watched it every chance I could.

Yea, I know.  Not the kind of TV series a Marine should be watching.  But I did not care.  The story was captivating, along with the deeper storyline of a love that could never be consumated.

Of course, the TV Network hated the show.  Much like many other "Cult Shows", the demographics were horribly skewed.  The strongest audience was women 20-40.  But everybody knows that the audience you want is men 20-30.  So after 2 seasons, they changed the show.

Catherine became pregnant at the beginning of the 3rd season, and was promptly killed off, with the villian kidnapping her and Vincent's child.  The 3rd season degenerated into absurdity, trying to act like a late 1980's action series.  The old fans revolted and left, and there were never any new fans attracted to the show.

And in an interesting side-note, in one of the Star Trek books, Vincent was connected to the Star Trek universe.  Apparently he was a failed experiment in the genetic project that gave birth to Kahn.

Season 2 is set for release in July.  And there are currently no plans to release season 3.

And in an interesting side-note, in one of the Star Trek books, Vincent was connected to the Star Trek universe.  Apparently he was a failed experiment in the genetic project that gave birth to Kahn.



I didn't know that!  How interesting!

I cannot see Ron Perlman in any movie now without thinking about him as Beast, which is funny because when I see Linda Hamilton, I do not have the same reaction. 

I know what you mean.  In the movie 'Blade II', when Ron Pearlman appeared, I was like, "Hey! It's Beast!" ;D

The dvd's out now. I loved it too but not sure I'd go to the expense of buying a season set. If it was in re-runs on tv I'd tune in for definite!


NETFLIX!

My nice image of  Linda Hamilton was ruined by her butch role in the Terminator films.  ;D

Anyway I do like the series so I may buy it somewhere down the line... there'll come a time when I've exhausted all my faves and looking for new ones to fill the void, and B&B would be high on my list. I used to love the thought of living in underground tunnels like them as a kid  :) little did I realise it was the stinky NY sewers.


She was also in the 'classic' film T.A.G. The Assination Game... I love this cheese fest! 

Holy frak!!!!!!!

Now I feel really frigging old!!!!  ;D

I remember getting up and out of bed, and I'd hear the strains of "Beauty and the Beast" playing on the TV. I could see the images reflecting off our cabinet doors and saw my mom watching it intently. I'd come in on commercial and make her change it to Macgyver reruns on another channel, lol  ;D

Doubled my favorite shows when I was little I still remember it too I was like four years old when it started to bad it was only on for three seasons although really wasn't much of a show after Katherine died..

Doubled my favorite shows when I was little I still remember it too I was like four years old when it started to bad it was only on for three seasons although really wasn't much of a show after Katherine died..


WHAT? Catherine died? No Way  Just kidding I knew that but I am in total denial  :\'(

This was one of my dad's favorite late 80's shows......my mother used to tease him about his crush on Linda Hamilton.  :)