Christopher Lloyd played a video game villain in the short-lived 1995 sci-fi series 'Deadly Games'
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[email protected] (Gil Macias)
Toasted to a respectable shade. No regrets, no crumbs left.
Summary
A nostalgic look back at the 1995 TV series "Deadly Games," executive produced by Leonard Nimoy, which starred Christopher Lloyd as a scenery-chewing video game villain. The show blended sci-fi tropes with video game themes, following a physicist/video game designer whose creation comes to life. The article notes the series was short-lived and reflects Hollywood's early, naive understanding of video games in the 1990s.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledIf you only know Christopher Lloyd as the eccentric Doc Brown from 'Back to the Future' or as the spacey Reverend Jim 'Iggy' Ignatowski from 'Taxi,' you are missing out on one of the most mustache-twirling characters on his resume.
In 1995, Christopher Lloyd chewed the scenery in 'Deadly Games,' a short-lived TV series executive produced by the late Leonard Nimoy that blended zany sci-fi tropes with pixelated mayhem.
Executive produced by Leonard Nimoy, this show could've only been made in the '90s when Hollywood did not understand what video games could and could not do.
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