Dr. Strange - 1978

[Techwright]

Just learned there was a Dr. Strange TV movie from 1978.  Has anyone ever seen it?  I'm sure it would have to be viewed in the context of its day and era.   I find it odd that I never heard of it, because I'd watched both The Incredible Hulk and the live-action Spider-Man TV show from around that era.

 

(Side note:  I'm perpetually disappointed that the movie Spider-Man: No Way Home didn't include a cameo from Nicholas Hammond, the TV show Spider-Man, which would have then included every English-speaking actor to play live-action Peter Parker.)

 

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[battlewraith]

I remember it being on tv. I think it was typical of 70s tv productions--like 90% exposition and 10% payoff/action (if that). 

[TTRPGWhiz]

Co-starring Jessica Walter (aka, Lucille Bluth of Arrested Development) as Morgan LeFey!

 

[battlewraith]

1 hour ago, TTRPGWhiz said:

Co-starring Jessica Walter (aka, Lucille Bluth of Arrested Development) as Morgan LeFey!

 

 

Which reminds me of the Dr. Strange we could've had:

 

[Scarlet Shocker]

On 6/3/2025 at 1:36 PM, Techwright said:

 

(Side note:  I'm perpetually disappointed that the movie Spider-Man: No Way Home didn't include a cameo from Nicholas Hammond, the TV show Spider-Man, which would have then included every English-speaking actor to play live-action Peter Parker.)

 

 

 

 

There was a Spiderman movie... came out on general release back in about 1975ish... it was weird, set in LA and the fx were very sub par even for then.

[Techwright]

2 hours ago, Scarlet Shocker said:

 

There was a Spiderman movie... came out on general release back in about 1975ish... it was weird, set in LA and the fx were very sub par even for then.

 

Did that lead into The Amazing Spider-Man TV series of 1978-79 by any chance? The one with Nicholas Hammond (one of the "Von Trapp" kids from The Sound of Music)?

 

When Spider-Man: No Way Home came out, a public comment was made that "all the live-action Spider-Man actors were in it".  I immediately thought, if Nicholas Hammond isn't in it, at least for an on-the-street cameo, that statement isn't true.

 

Come to think of it, they didn't have the guy from The Electric Company either...  (catchy tune)

[Scarlet Shocker]

Ok... you may be right

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man_(1977_film)

 

Seems you got a TV series, we just got a crap movie

[Krimson]

2 hours ago, Techwright said:

Come to think of it, they didn't have the guy from The Electric Company either...  (catchy tune)

Danny Seagren was 78 in 2021.

[JKCarrier]

2 hours ago, Techwright said:

When Spider-Man: No Way Home came out, a public comment was made that "all the live-action Spider-Man actors were in it".  I immediately thought, if Nicholas Hammond isn't in it, at least for an on-the-street cameo, that statement isn't true.

 

Come to think of it, they didn't have the guy from The Electric Company either...  (catchy tune)

 

Ah, it could have been glorious.

Scene: Tom, Andrew, and Tobey swing into battle. The camera pans down to show three older gentlemen sitting on a park bench, watching them.
Nicholas Hammond: Huh. Three Spider-Men. That's something you don't see every day.
Shinji Tōdō (fiddling with his bracelet): Should we...?
Danny Seagren: Nah, the kids got it covered. Hey, anyone up for schwarma...?

[Techwright]

3 minutes ago, JKCarrier said:

 

Ah, it could have been glorious.

Scene: Tom, Andrew, and Tobey swing into battle. The camera pans down to show three older gentlemen sitting on a park bench, watching them.
Nicholas Hammond: Huh. Three Spider-Men. That's something you don't see every day.
Shinji Tōdō (fiddling with his bracelet): Should we...?
Danny Seagren: Nah, the kids got it covered. Hey, anyone up for schwarma...?

I assume Shinji Tōdō was from the Japanese version?  I'm aware of such, but have never seen it.

It would completely break the movie, but I'd laugh if they had Danny Seagren rub his chin in thought and a thought balloon would appear.

[Techwright]

20 minutes ago, Krimson said:

Danny Seagren was 78 in 2021.

Right.  Same tactic as with Nicholas Hammond.  Don't put them in the Spidey suits but have them visible on the streets.  Basically a Stan Lee cameo, but with those guys instead.

[Krimson]

15 minutes ago, Techwright said:

Right.  Same tactic as with Nicholas Hammond.  Don't put them in the Spidey suits but have them visible on the streets.  Basically a Stan Lee cameo, but with those guys instead.

I don't disagree, but I don't think he's ever been in contact with Marvel, and he would have been 65 the very year the first Iron Man came out. Not many people even know Seagren's name.

[Ghost]

9 hours ago, Scarlet Shocker said:

Ok... you may be right

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man_(1977_film)

 

Seems you got a TV series, we just got a crap movie

I believe they took all the TV episodes, combined them and made a couple movies out of them.

[Scarlet Shocker]

Apparently Nicholas Hammond had an uncredited cameo in Spider-Man 2