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Z meet The Three Musketeers?

posted 16 years ago by red_rackham_77
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He should have meet with the Phantom of the Opera, Erik would joke to Zorro about wearing masks when he has no ugly face to hide. I think they would get along wonderfully.

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[–] atomicseasoning 9 years ago

LOL That would've been funny, I agree. As far as the Three Musketeers episode, I've always thought that episode was a failed pilot for a TV series about those Musketeers by the same company that produced Zorro back then. Obviously that series never made it into production past that episode...unless it did? Still it made for an interesting episode arc on Zorro, nonetheless. lol

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[–] Stratego (30509) 4 years ago

Such a stupid episode.

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[–] Crocodile (3127) 4 years ago

It was an interesting idea altough the 3 musketeeers existed like a century before. But its funny how characters like the musketeers,Zorro,Tarzan were basically the first superheroes of the story (probably Hercules comes first though)

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[–] Stratego (30509) 4 years ago

A tv show about the Three Musketeers obviously has potential, but it was a dumb idea to have Zorro be a part of it.

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[–] kwestmo (4385) 4 years ago

It's called a back door pilot. They happen all the time.

The Andy Griffith Show was an early one. It was an episode of the Danny Thomas Show.

All in the Family spawned The Jeffersons, which makes more sense.

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/61621/15-backdoor-pilots-never-became-tv-shows

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[–] Stratego (30509) 4 years ago

Yes, I got that. But those things are stupid and in this case it didn't even make sense.

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[–] kwestmo (4385) 4 years ago

We agree for the most part

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[–] kwestmo (4385) 4 years ago

Look like that wasn't the first time someone had this bad idea. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057720/

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[–] Stratego (30509) 4 years ago

Yikes!

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[–] kwestmo (4385) 4 years ago

When I read the synopsis of the two part episode, I understood these were the great-great grandchildren of the Musketeers

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[–] Stratego (30509) 4 years ago

Hmm, I didn't remember that. But what's the point if they're not even the real Musketeers? In Zorro's time there wasn't even a royal guard anymore.

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[–] kwestmo (4385) 4 years ago

If I understood, they became protectors of their village who also had a corrupt mayor/alcalde.

Also great-great grandsons having the same names was a stretch, too.

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[–] Stratego (30509) 4 years ago

I just remember the episode being very cringeworthy. Bad acting, bad writing, not one person with a bit of charisma. No wonder nothing came of it.🤷‍♀️

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[–] janelsenor (2044) 4 years ago

Yep. That is correct.

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