Do You Remember The Man From Atlantis?

[@JenniferWitchcat]

I remember loving watching this series, even though I don't remember much about it now. I remember being fascinated with the story of Atlantis and a lost civilisation and wished I could breathe underwater. Love the theme music too. Thanks for the memories.

[@jdsundstrom]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@cfdshark797]

OMG Yesss!!!! Loved Man from Atlantis!! Dude, get out of my head!!

[@robertricobaldi7781]

Great show. As a kid, I enjoyed everything super hero, and remembered this show. Thanks for the memories!

[@vincentrobinette1507]

Me too! The Man from Atlantis, SHAZAM!, Wonder Woman, ISIS(Egyptian goddess of the sky) Airwolf, Night Rider, Automan, The Greatest American Hero, just to name a few. I was a little too old, to appreciate The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, but I do remember, and did like, The Six Million Dollar Man, and Bionic Woman.

[@johnmcjunkin4613]

You're right again Dave. This show was awesome. It came around the time that the Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, Spiderman, Wonder Woman, the Incredible Hulk, Space 1999, and Battlestar Galactica were all a staple of tv during the years 1977-1978. It's possible that's why I'd laugh while everybody watched Dallas and Bobby Ewing had a scene.

[@alisonscott1469]

i love this show as a kid and i still do at 52 years old. i love mark harris and patrick duffy. thanks for posting this. happy xmas🎄

[@jdsundstrom]

Happy holidays to you as well!

[@davisgreen2099]

Yet another show that I loved in the UK back on 1970's. Pity there is not a channel the can re-show these utterly awesome TV shows. Man from Atlantis was amazing!

[@jdsundstrom]

But there is! In fact, there are three of them here in the U.S. MeTV, AntennaTV and Cozi. And the best part is that if you have an over the air antenna, in many states you can get all three channels for free. Hopefully, we'll see "The Man from Atlantis" on one of those networks in the not too distant future!

[@rallypoint1]

Was 7 at the time. Brought back some memories. Haven’t thought of this show for about 40 years! Thanks for the memory refresh!!

[@DavidDatura]

Oh yeah! I remember this show. Another one of my favorites of the time. When Dallas started (my mother loved that show!) I told her...that’s the guy from The Man From Atlantis. Of course she already knew as she watched that show with me too.

[@samsoncrosswood7259]

My friends and I all tried to swim like Harris and wished for webbed hands and feet.

[@lillyward3589]

I would try to swim like him to make my mom laugh. We always watched the shows and movies!

[@derlinclaire1778]

I remember"The Man from Atlantis"from back in 1977 with Patrick Duffy.Unfortunately as you said,the show didn,t run too long.Remember that you said that it only ran forv13 episodes before NBC canceled it.

[@shellyblanchard5788]

@@derlinclaire1778 I thought it ran longer before he went to Dallas.

[@Agwings1960]

Definitely remember this show, I recall the episode where he decided to return to the sea, swam for a little bit then started remembering all of his land bound friends, turned around and came back.

[@jdsundstrom]

I believe that scene is in the first TV movie...unless I'm mixing up my episodes!

[@Agwings1960]

@@jdsundstrom It probably is, I watched it as I was able, we only had about three or four channels on the TV back then.

[@vincentrobinette1507]

I was expecting a wet sloppy passionate kiss between Dr Elizabeth Merril, and Mark Harris. Never happened.

[@kevingiven3463]

I used to watch all the sci-fi and superhero shows of the '60's '70's and '80's. Thanks for this show, I didn't know Patrick Harris had written a novel about the character until I saw this. I appreciate your dedication to bringing us this information.

[@jdsundstrom]

You're welcome, Kevin! BTW, I visited your channel. Great stuff, my friend. I'll checking out the AOD/Bubba Hotep comic as well as the PotA Omnibus. Both of those projects look like a lot of fun!

[@kevingiven3463]

@@jdsundstrom Thanks for the kind words and checking out my channel. I got another show going up tonight on "Tomb of Dracula" if you're interested. Found some awesome interview clips with Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan for it too.

[@eljay345]

I have fond memories of my Dad laughing when as a child I would imitate the swimming stroke underwater of the Man From Atlantis in our pool! It's still one of my most favourite U.S. T.V. shows. It's a shame that it only lasted for thirteen episodes.

[@jdsundstrom]

Awesome memories, Lisa! Thanks for sharing.

[@spliceoncharlie]

"That guy", from DALLAS swims around. I remember his web hands and feet but not much else about the details of the show. This guy always reminded me of Bill Bixby. Not sure if any one else get's that or not. Combine the two and we have the "AQUA-HULK". Now what can that super hero do? Turn green and eat 10 pounds of shrimp in a few seconds. We now have a new super hero. "AQUA-HULK". I don't think that will sell too many comic books, nor make it any where else. Thanks for the flash back Dave. I like how you find these 1970's gems. Good stuff. P.S. Wasn't there some "Man from Atlantis" web hand swim fins you could buy. Maybe I imagined those things.

[@BuckHelton]

Yes, they were basically webbed gloves. I got to visit with Patrick when he was filming the Dallas reboot, and asked him about the original prosthetics. He told me that John Campbell made them, this is the same fellow who did the ears for Spock on the original Star Trek series. Great fun getting to visit with Patrick.

[@spliceoncharlie]

@@BuckHelton Good stuff. Special effects and artist sometimes get overlooked. I remember back in the late 1990's the Sci-Fi channel did a "Special Edition" of the original Star Trek extending it from 60 to a 90 minute show. They had interviews with the original cast and crew and each show was hosted or narrated by William Shatner. He talked about the limited budget and some of the crazy common house hold items used for special effects. I forget the episode but the Enterprise had found a ship with the crew frozen and in some of the scenes they had used a regular shower curtain for ice. For me, the 70's was an amazing time to grow up and the television opened up a magical world. Funny the things you remember and the things you forget. That's what I like about this channel, Dave always has something here to clear out the cob webs in my head.

[@dooleyknoted5951]

Holy crap!!!! Patrick Duffy's name popped right into my head when I saw the thumbnail!!! HELL YEAH I REMEMBER! WOW ! Thank you Dave for a lost memory!

[@jdsundstrom]

Anytime, DK!

[@floydcooley1]

Thanks for the memory. Loved the webbed hands. As a kid, I imagined having them when I went to the pool. Going to the public pool was a thing that everyone seemed to do back then.

[@jdsundstrom]

Yep, the public pool was kind of a magical thing way back when I was a kid. Now, it’s just there to remind me that I need to exercise. 😕

[@celebro469]

I remember him in that indoor pool reading magazines under water and talking to the camera. Of course his style of swimming. I wanted webbed hands.

[@triskellian]

Awesome video man! Yes,1977 thru '79 were my favorite years for SciFi .Also, some other fun SciFi shows from '77:Fantastic Journey,Logan's Run(with Gregory Harris),Space Academy,Quark,ect.Us kids really liked the whoosh,whoosh sound when Patrick Duffy's character would swim!😊Thanks for the memories my friend.

[@jameskerlin6081]

Wow, ask and ye shall receive! Yes, big fan of the show back then, although I remember it lasting longer. Tried to emulate that funky swimming style at the local pool, but it never quite turned out for me. Thank you again!

[@jyesucevitz]

Thank you. One of the shows i was hoping for. Well deserved thumbs up.

[@jeffyoung2890]

Did I ever like this show! This was awesome!!!!!!!

[@TJ-zx4sy]

Of course I remember,I watched his movie “a man from Atlantic “when I was in China in1970’s，I like this film very much

[@CaptainPope1701]

Hi Dave, yes I was a huge fan of the show an movies of " Man From Atlantis " so much I have the movies and tv series on DVD, love Patrick Duffy.

[@YAMISOOLD2009]

I LOVED that show. As a 10 year old I wanted to be the Man from Atlantis. When at the lake in the summer, I would swim all day playing that role. Adults probably thought I was nutty. I was just passionate. Not sure if I saw the four tv movies or not but I probably did. I missed a lot of the TV show because of church obligations on the weeknight it aired. This probably contributed to my dim view of organized religion to this day (lol). I have tried watching the show again as an adult and found it a bit slow. It also seems to be a slightly disguised Star Trek knockoff set underwater. Even shared the same producer, Herb Solow. Thanks for doing this tribute.

[@jdsundstrom]

You're welcome, Ernest B!

[@strangebrew5545]

Only 13 episodes? What? Crazy considering what an impact this show seemed to have!! Thanks Dave!

[@jdsundstrom]

You're welcome, Peaches!

[@strangebrew5545]

@@jdsundstrom My brother used to try to swim like him too lol

[@Etaukan]

I do remember this, absolutely. I really liked the odd submarine they used (the string of spheres design), and I tried my best to swim like mark in my cousin's pool, succeeding only in ripping my scuba mask off my face with my wild flopping about. During a trip to florida at about that time I found one of the novelizations in a drugstore spinner rack (the one about the alien light-spores that rode a returning space probe back to earth), and I think I spent more time reading it on that trip than I did at the actual beach. Great news about the book by Mr. Duffy; I'll definitely give that a read.

[@vincentrobinette1507]

That "quad sphere" submarine, (The Cetacean) is actually a good design. A sphere has the lowest surface area, for the greatest volume, allowing it to operate at depths that would crush any cylindrical hulled submarine. At the bottom of the Marianas trench, the pressure exceeds 16,500 PSI. Spheres are the only shape with any usable interior space, to withstand such pressure.

[@kennethvanwetering692]

I LOVED that program!

[@warbunny13203]

it was an awesome show👍😁👍👍😁👍🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸

[@stratocasterguy]

Holy geez, I haven't thought about this show in forever. I absolutely loved it! I would always try to swim like him at my neighborhood pool, hoping someone might think I was the Boy From Atlantis! I used to stare at my hands and think the little skin between my fingers were webbing like he had! All these childhood memories are flooding back! Thanks for the video!

[@jdsundstrom]

Happy to have helped bring back some awesome memories! Thanks for sharing. 🙂

[@BATMAN-gh1nf]

When Dallas premiered, I remember thinking, "A show with Major Nelson and the Man from Atlantis?"

[@Marigen1971]

I loved the series, my whole family would sit and watch it together. I didn't know there was a book about it, I will try to find it so I can learn all the mysteries that the series left unsolved. Yep, would kill for that lunch box.

[@echozgus]

I remember specially the episode he has a "twin brother" the submarine was cool and the villain Victor Buono, in my country some comics in spanish were published.

[@heedmywarning2792]

yes, i recall the twin brother. He was a gunslinger somewhere, and had to be drenched in water to recall is true heritage? His webbed hands and feet had been mutilated.

[@hanahclaudia]

He is no longer the last . There are more like him..Thank God.. 🙌 He is not alone..

[@melanieshearman4678]

I remember Man from Atlantis and I knew it was Patrick Duffy that played him. Thanks for proving to me that I didn’t imagine it

[@jdsundstrom]

Nope. You weren't making things up, Melanie!

[@camcordernonsense5264]

That's awesome that Duffy is focused on a short lived project and takes it upon himself to work on something that is not that popular with the masses and loved by a smaller mass.

[@eljay345]

Dave in our swimming pool as a child I would try to imitate how ''The Man From Atlantis'' swam to make my Dad laugh. Since he passed away that's become a very special memory for me! I didn't realize that there were movies of it. I had forgotten that there was only thirteen episodes of the TV show with Patrick Duffy.I still enjoy the re-runs/repeats.

[@praktikalnurse504]

Loved the show!! I was in 7th grade, and couldn't wait to try the porpoise swim technique at the local swimming hole in Central Texas.

[@DH-ss4kk]

It is so cool that Patrick Duffy made a novel about the Man from Atlantis decades after the show

[@jdsundstrom]

I can't wait to read it!

[@fuzzywuzzy5749]

Lived and dreamed this show. It was awesome.

[@hansgruber377]

I loved this show growing up. Thank you for the walk down memory lane. Your channel is one of my favorites. Great work as usual. Can't wait for the next video.

[@jdsundstrom]

Thanks for the kind words, Marc!

[@mhansen52]

Everyone in our house loved this one!

[@velinawelch7470]

Oh yes...a big fan of the show & Patick Duffy! I wish I'd known about the lunch box! 😊❤

[@WalterDWormack214]

The Man From Atlantis *Fervently Waiting for the COMPLETE DVD COLLECTION!*

[@jdsundstrom]

Here's the link: amzn.to/2JqrOgR

[@lourdessanchez61]

I loved this series and I wish they would make a new one like it. With all the special effects in the movies these days it would be awesome.

[@keithjohnson2863]

I was really taken with the theme song. I even went the biggest record store in my hometown at that time searching for a recorded copy. I don't think a version by the original artist/composer was ever released.

[@gjmjajaj]

As a kid. I loved this show...

[@PamperedPetz]

YES FINALLY ‼️I vaguely remember this show fantastic show‼️Aqua man 👨 is my favorite besides 🕷 Spiderman‼️I met Actor Victor(KingTut) at my school ‼️I had to leave or miss the school bus‼️

[@Saintnix69]

LOVED THIS SHOW!!!! It was what taught me how to swim! I swam underwater BEFORE I learned to swim up top.

[@richardeller9246]

One of my favorite shows back in the days of my youth. I was so disappointed when the show was canceled.

[@altha-rf1et]

I like the submarine. we have a VCR recorded ever show took photos of the submarine using a Polaroid instance camera to have photos of it. Still got them

[@Uncultured_Barbarian465]

I loved this show as a kid.

[@Vulcanfanatic]

Great video Dave, I really liked Man from Atlantis during it's original run. Been so long since I've seen it, would be nice to rewatch it. Was a shame that it ended so soon .

[@jdsundstrom]

Agreed. Another show that ended way too soon!

[@vincentrobinette1507]

I liked the show well enough back then, I would have faithfully watched at least another couple of seasons. I tried to watch Dallas, but being a young experimenter, and liked science, Dallas just couldn't hold my interest. They turned my pure hearted rescue hero of the water, into a hard drinking son of a back stabbing oil tycoon.(though he was still the "good guy") If I would have seen fractional distillation of petroleum into fuels and lubricants, or if he lapped the face seals on a centrifugal pump that he just replaced the impeller, it might have kept my interest.

[@mokin-rui717]

I have vague memories of the story, but the superhero it represented stuck with me. I remember playing with my friends as The Man From Atlantis. We took turns on being the lead superhero and being the villain. Of course I preferred being the good guy. This was one of my favorite shows from back then and it's a terrible shame it was dissolved so soon. I'm sure if there had been better writers and special effects it would have done better. I still think they could rehash this story and bring it to television today and it would be a hit with today's technology.

[@jdsundstrom]

I would love to see a reboot!

[@vincentrobinette1507]

I agree. I would love to see this, as well as the reboot of The Greatest American Hero that's been talked about for the last 2 decades.

[@skyedragon6379]

I will have to check this one out. I missed seeing a lot of shows because I was in the Navy and out at sea a lot during this time period. Most I knew about and later was able to own on DVD, but this one somehow escaped my attention. So, thanks to you, I have something else to run down. :-)

[@daleidsogood4217]

Patrick Duffy could swin!!

[@jdsundstrom]

Yep, he sure could. I remember trying to swim just like him. 🙂

[@daleidsogood4217]

@@jdsundstrom Me too! Every summer at the community pool since I was 11!

[@DominusTecum316]

I saw this show as a child and even though I was only maybe five, it left an impression to me that he was Aquaman from the Justice League. I never knew it had a short run and what happened till now, thanks for covering it.

[@sunnydae8521]

Oh Lord yes!! Didn’t all of us that were kids in the 70’s try swimming like him when we were in the pool🤣

[@Leadeshipcoach]

I remember when this came out!! I remember thinking “Is this Namor?!” Okay it wasn’t. And surprisingly this was one show I actually never watched!😯 Gonna have to find some episodes and catch up 😊! Thanks Dave!!

[@jdsundstrom]

You're welcome, Mike!

[@vincentrobinette1507]

The effects are very cheesy by today's standards, but Patrick Duffy knocks it out of the park.

[@cloverfield911]

The futuristic submarine is what caught my attention. I loved how it had it's own underwater docking tunnel

[@jdsundstrom]

Yah, it was pretty darn cool!

[@JellicleKat]

So cool! Yes I remember this show, not sure about the series and books and all but I do remember when my Mom and I saw him on Dallas we both said, "Hey, that's the Man From Atlantis!" :)

[@JW...-oj5iw]

JellicleKat ... Jinx.

[@iammwh936]

Great and fun show! Loved Aquaman and Namor. TMFA brought them to life for me. Thanks Dave!

[@hankmessaros1835]

Ok 9 at the time. Loved this show. There were a couple out at that time, captain Nemo was another movie to series that failed.

[@bluevictory1010]

I remember him, I was 9 when the show first aired!

[@Refugeefromcalif]

Oh yeah I Loved that show! I found the series on DVD a couple years ago and bought it. I also still have the original 7 issues of the comic book that came out.

[@PrincessPattyPumpkin]

I loved the show and had a big crush on Duffy!

[@johnmcdougald1238]

The whole reason I watched Dallas when I was a kid (besides we only had 1 big color TV in the house and 1 little B&W one with an antenna and my parents watched Dallas..) was because it had the Man from Atlantis on it. It wasn't until I was a little older that I began to truly "appreciate" the girls on the show.

[@jdsundstrom]

I remember thinking the same thing when Dallas premiered.

[@jimbullard441]

I met Duffy back in that time frame. He was on a talk show (Dinah Shore) that was filming in St. Petersburg. My Mom (I was a kid at the time) wanted to go, so I tagged along. Duffy was unshaven and I talked to him before he shaved and went on. A good memory.

[@jdsundstrom]

Thanks for sharing your memories, Jim!

[@milo14564]

This was one of my favourite series of tv movies. I watched the tv show, but it didn't hold a candle to the movies. I still have the Woodley novels and the comics on my bookshelf and a beautiful rendition of the theme song on my phone. As a kid, I remember stealing a pair of my mother's nylons and putting them on my hands so I would have finger webs. I wear them as I dolphin kicked around our pool. I'm anxious to read the Duffy novel. I've heard, that once upon a time, Duffy was embarrassed by the show and tried to a change the subject whenever the show came up. I'm glad he is re-embracing it.

[@jdsundstrom]

Yah, he has realized that there is nothing to be embarrassed about.

[@TheJlook2000]

I'm a big fan of the first TV pilot . For me it had everything and set the right tone . There was an anti violence campaign of the late 70s which affected a lot of adventure series and it didn't help that one exec probably wanted star trek while another exec wanted batman . What endures is the perfect casting of Patrick Duffy and that pilot movie .

[@markgannett4104]

I really liked the show, Mark's unique undulating swimming style was so cool and everyone was emulating it in the pool.

[@bryanchalker]

I totally remember it as a wide-eyed 7 yr old. Personally, I think this one would make a great reboot. The storyline would fit right in these days :)

[@brandexler]

I don't remember this show when it aired but i do specifically remember a classmate having one of the lunchboxes. I'm a big fan of old school lunchboxes. cheers.

[@DCMarvelMultiverse]

I saw the comic in a used book store. It was pricey. I waited to save up for it, but it was gone when I got back two weeks later. That was a few years ago. I became a fan of the show due to YT having it on at the time. All 13 episodes plus I think movies. The premise reminded me of a series from over ten years ago by Ian Churchill called Marine Man. It's a miniseries you can find on Comixology.

[@jdsundstrom]

Thanks for the tip, LAC! I'll have to check it out.

[@yanie327]

Loved the show!

[@y-mefarm4249]

I loved that show! I remember all us kids at our city pool would try and swim like him. Some did it pretty good, others just kind of floated to the surface appearing to have some whacky gyrating seizure looking super silly, while everybody laughed. Fun times lol

[@jimperry1501]

My memory of the show is hazy. I remember watching it, but did not remember that there were TV movies before the series. I'm probably remembering the movies.

[@johnmcdougald1238]

Just rediscovered him again.He's got a bit part now in the Fox show "The Cool Kids". I like that show. They have a lot of the "Old Actors" that we grew up watching on other shows and I've noticed they seem to have an episode every once in awhile that focuses on those individuals to some degree.

[@jdsundstrom]

I've heard good things about "The Cool Kids". I need to check it out.

[@johnmcdougald1238]

Its not Carol Burnett funny, but More of a Mamma's Family Funny. In a retirement home.

[@roberth.5363]

I loved that show.

[@skullberry9000]

This show taught me how to swim. No joke. To this day I swim better under water using his method than I do any other way.

[@jdsundstrom]

It's a great underwater swimming technique.

[@Rometiklan]

Huge fan of Man From Atlantis! Seriously understated show which should have done better in the ratings. Cool opening theme too. Wish they had a more dynamic villain though...Dr. Shubert didn't seem like the most evil guy around...he was more like Santa's evil twin brother. I didn't even remember Elizabeth Montgomery leaving the show. Thanks for posting!

[@jdsundstrom]

You're right, Rometiklan. The music on the show was great!

[@Rometiklan]

@@jdsundstrom I know, right? I jlooked up the theme on youtube after wtahcing your vid. It still pretty haunting to me. Good memories. Thanks!

[@darrenkrivit6854]

Wow, I had forgotten about this! Thanks for the flashback. Don't remember much about it other than thinking it was "cool"

[@josetheoriginaltoyhunter2132]

I remember the show but I never seen the movies

[@christopherramon-reid2000]

1977... My Dad and I went nuts collecting bicentennial quarters. 😔😌

[@dupaul5429]

A great show from the '70!! I can see Netflix remake this show in the future.

[@evdallas123]

Loved that show

[@MaryHarrell-nu2hu]

Yes I'm a fan of patrick duffy he's a great actor

[@douglashedenkamp1087]

Wow, I always thought this was an 80's show. I remember it well, but I was born in '75, so obviously I was watching reruns thinking it was a current show... Anyway, loved the show.

[@asatruteacher]

Yes! I was a major league fan. And you're right about the awesomeness of 77. Working on my next novel which is set in that year, I went through the television listings for that year, and it was a good year for scifi fans. Man From Atlantis, The New Adventures of Wonder Woman, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew (not scifi but still cool) Logan's Run, The Incredible Hulk, Quark, The Bionic Woman, Operation Petticoat (again, not scifi, but cool), and of course, Ricardo Montalban in his second most famous role as Mr, Roark on Fantasy Island. It's a wonder, I ever got any homework done that year.

[@jdsundstrom]

You got your homework done? 1977 was a year full of lots of C's and a few B's.

[@asatruteacher]

@@jdsundstrom Yeah, I failed first six weeks of science. You have no idea how much grief I caught for that. (My nickname was "Scientist" when I was that age.)

[@vincentrobinette1507]

This was one of my favorite shows growing up. This came out when I was in grade school, about the same decade as Night Rider, Automan, AirWolf, and The Greatest American Hero. I've always been a fan of Aquaman, myself. It took me a while to warm up to Mark Harris, and to think he was "cool".(I'm a guy, so it's hard to fall in love with him) As I watched more and more, I got hooked. I liked Patrick Duffy, so I watched Dallas for a while, but since I was(and am)more interested in science, Dallas just couldn't hold my interest. I was a young experimenter, and didn't really grasp the drama of life. Without seeing fractional distillation of oil into fuel, and lubricants, or even a tanker truck, there was nothing in Dallas, to keep my interest. Yes, I'll admit, I tried swimming the "dolphin kick" like Mark Harris, and I just couldn't pull it off. I met a friend at a municipal swimming pool, who could do it very well, and he was fast! I was totally amazed. He tried to teach me, but I just floundered, because I just couldn't create that sinusoidal serpentine move, that would define a direction of travel.

[@starshiptrooper2354]

The movies were cool. Yes the series was good. What happened to scifi and pilots. Either lost steam or networks got super jittery over ratings. Sad didnt run longer. Always like Duffy. Real decent guy

[@Hoonozit]

I missed this series as well. Another casualty to the party days... I mean "living life days". Thanks for the video though.

[@gregorydelaney5927]

Man I LOVED this show....unlike you I HATED Aquaman because he was a joke character on Super friends..but being a big time comic book guy he reminded me of Namor the Submariner from Marvel comics...I have all the comics myself and the novelization AND a lunchbox in good shape..I highly recommend the Patrick Duffy novel..it is AWESOME..you ROCK as usual...it you ever make it Tennesee we need to grab a coffee and talk about comics and old tv shows!

[@jdsundstrom]

Thanks for the kind words, Gregory!

[@patrickperalta59]

Gregory , Ironically Aquaman back then fans hated now they love him when they updated the character in the comcs his look, lost hand replaced with a spear tip as well as long hair and beared.

[@TurfSurf]

They need to remake the show ASAP, what a great show it was!

[@jdsundstrom]

It was a good one for sure! Especially those first TV movies.

[@TurfSurf]

Dave Sundstrom the show was so much more fascinating compare to shows or movies today because it didn’t use a lot of special effects, and looks like it could happen in real life. Kind like horror movies such as Omen or Sixth Sense or Blair Witch Project that didn’t have a lot of special effects. CGI is way over used these days that really makes movies so artificial and unrealistic. Realistic sci is the best.

[@amaniwolf]

Used to love this show as a kid.

[@yvonnejeanbaptiste4090]

I remember the Man From Atalantis I had a crush on Patick Duffy as a child 👶 we love you man from Atlantis I want the T-shirt

[@jbjc05]

I remember watching this when it aired and I liked it! It also reminded me of an old cartoon called Marine Boy. Although I envied the abilities of Patrick Duffy's character in this show, I was far more envious of his character on the show Dallas, for being married to the very sexy... Victoria Principle!!!😁

[@jdsundstrom]

Yep. Regardless of the show, Patrick Duffy really seemed to have it made!

[@hiramdoup524]

I watched this.And I still have the 7 issue Marvel comics series!

[@jdsundstrom]

I still have them as well, Hiram.

[@archangel5627]

Damn! For whatever reason I never saw this tv show! It sounds like it was right up my ally. I’m definitely going to check this tv show out!

[@darrenphillips1845]

Wow, you're right, Patrick Duffy following through with the book shows he really cared about that character/show. Kind of reminds me of Richard Hatch trying to get together a reboot of Battlestar Galactica to tie up lose ends. It di of course finally happen, just not by him, although he was a character in the reboot which was nice.

[@jdsundstrom]

Yah, I thought about Richard Hatch as well.

[@charlesgordon5219]

I loved it I was about nine years old

[@mtrich8113]

Another good show review from my childhood ,and you're right even lost ateam with me a little later because I felt the character was limited. Perhaps too limited to keep people's interest. But still I really love to show.