E.E.Doc Smiths Lensman Series might work
The books themselves were so shallow, hammy, and utterly pulpy sci-fi that a glossy shallow TV adaptation might end up being better than the books.
Obviously with Robert Downey Jr as the lead.
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My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Wed 26 Aug 2020, 17:25,
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I really must get around to reading those. They sound gloriously bonkers.
Edit: found the first two as part of a kindle bundle for 69p. That'll do.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Wed 26 Aug 2020, 17:47,
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"Our velocity is faster than the speed of light
looks like Einstien was wrong!"
And so on.
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My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Thu 27 Aug 2020, 1:17,
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There was an anime version of Lensman
I was dead into the books when I was younger, so I jumped at the chance to see an animated version. Manga released it on VHS. Even then it was shallow as hell and ignored 90% of the novel's content, but it was fun.
Terrible american dub here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-td8Jp0hJVA
For extra bonus nostalgia points, the first time I saw a clip of the anime, it was being used as a 'aren't the Japanese mental' clip on the Clive James show.
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