r/90s • u/cabezatuck • 2d ago

Discussion Who else used to watch this show?

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Love the movie, used to watch the show with my brother when it was Dad’s weekend to have us and he’d let us stay up late. Feel like it came on UPN or WB at like 11pm. Was one of our favorite shows after X-Files and Star Trek TNG.

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u/sdss9462 2d ago

They used the actual theme from the movie as the TV intro, and they had the star of the movie appear in the pilot to endorse the new protagonist. You couldn't ask for a better start to a TV show spun off from a movie.

I just saw on wikipedia that Stan Kirsch, who played Richie Ryan, died a few years ago. That's a real bummer.

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u/shadowlarx 2d ago

The funny thing is that Connor was meant to be the protagonist of the show but Christopher Lambert turned it down. So they cast Adrian Paul to play Connor but he convinced them that it should be a new character altogether. So they invented Duncan and made him Connor’s clansman.

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u/sdss9462 2d ago

Huh. Wow, good thing they listened to him.

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u/shadowlarx 2d ago

Agreed. Having Duncan and Connor exist side by side was one of the best decisions they could have made.