Of Swords and Parasols

62 x Adventures of Sinbad
35 x Fanaa
35 x Jack of All Trades
21 x The Middleman
30 x Painted Skin (2008)
37 x Perfect Girl Evolution (live action)
44 x Queen of Swords

   
  

the rest at my lj

I have now reached episode 17 of Adventures of Sinbad, which features some of the finest crack the 90s had to offer.



And while you can't see it in the cap, it was wearing A GIANT BELL.

( more crack here )

The Adventures of Sinbad is a TV series in the Hercules and Xena vein that ran from 1996 to 1998, and it's based on (shockingly) the voyages of Sinbad, with about as much authenticity as the other two. But with dodgier special effects, questionable accents, hilariously bad dialogue, and some of the most awesomely blatant use of blue screen ever.

This series will make you regret ever requesting good acting of your TV shows. No, seriously, you will watch this and go "Why is everyone so big on good acting? It is so overrated! Who wants good acting when you can have THIS? Who needs good accents when Jacqueline Collen's Irish accent is coming and going as she sets off to seduce the magic sword from the bad guy with absolute glee? How can you complain about scenery chewing villains with Julianne Morris devouring everything in sight with a smirk? One can never complain about corny dialogue if one has watched Zen Gesner deliver awful cliches with a completely straight face! And how can you complain about bad FX after magic fire gives a guy furry gloves that turn people into stone!"

I have only seen six episodes, and three a good while back (And I could not find the caps I took of them! Alas!), but I am ridiculously in love with it, even while frequently wanting to thwap it upside the head. With a spiked club. Why? Let's have an essay in pictures!

( Big pics are big and like commentary. )