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Line 1: {{work}} [[File:Gemini.jpg\|frame~~\|link=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-143885161322585207~~\|Turn invisible now. [[Fashion Dissonance\|Please.]]]] {{quote\|"Special Federal Agent Sam Casey was assigned to Operation Royce Explorer, to retrieve an unidentified satellite from the ocean floor. During the course of the salvage operation, the submerged satellite exploded. The radiation from the blast left Casey alive but invisible. The [[Law Enforcement, Inc.\|Intersect]] Radiation Lab fitted him with a 'DNA Stabilizer'. This enables Casey to both become invisible and to materialize. The complete details are Top Secret: File #487384."\|'''[[Opening Narration]] to ''''''''Riding With Death'''''}} '''''Gemini Man''''', based ~~VERY~~''very'' loosely on [[H. G. Wells]]' ''[[The Invisible Man]]'', was a [[Live Action TV\|TV series]] from 1976 which followed the adventures of government operative Sam Casey, who worked for a CIA -like agency known as INTERSECT. After a radiation accident in the first episode, he was rendered invisible, but he was supplied with a watch-like device called a "DNA Stabilizer" that allowed him to control the invisibility -- with the catch that he could only stay invisible for 15fifteen minutes per day or else he'd die. The series was canceled after only five episodes. Most mid-70s action series with a lifespan that short would quickly fade into obscurity. However, a [[Compilation Movie\|TV movie ~~compiled~~created from two episodes of the show]] entitled ''Riding with Death'' was released five years later that continued to run on television for many years. The episodes used were the series premiere "Smithereens" along with "Buffalo Bill Rides Again", the latter of which didn’t air in the network run, and are linked via the common themes of vehicles [[Made of Explodium]] and country singer [[Jim Stafford]]. For the ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' version of ''Riding With Death'', please go to the [[Mystery Science Theater 3000/Recap/S08/E14 Riding With Death\|episode recap page]]. Line 13: * [[Adventure Towns]]: We don't remember their names, and neither will you. * [[Applied Phlebotinum]]: the DNA Stabilizer, an LCD wristwatch Casey uses to become visible again. * [[~~You~~Artistic ~~Fail~~License Biology ~~Forever~~]]: Apparently people have an invisibility gene. Who knew? * [[Bald of Evil]]: Dr. Hale, the patent-paper wielding villain. * [[Blessed with Suck]]: If Casey stays invisible too long, he dies or [[Power Incontinence\|gets stuck that way]]. He can monitor how long he's been invisible with a display on top of his DNA stabilizer. [[Oh Crap\|The stabilizer turns invisible, too...]] Line 36: * [[Inspector Javert]]: Whiny Scientist Guy thinks Leonard Driscoll is one of these, because of his devotion to busting (The Elusive) Robert Denby. {{spoiler\|He's wrong.}} * [[Inspired By]]: [[H. G. Wells]] ''[[The Invisible Man]]''. Very, very, ''very'' loosely. * [[Invisibility]]: But remember, if Casey spends more than fifteen minutes invisible, he stays that way [[Power Incontinence\|~~FOREVER~~''forever'']]! Or dies. Sources conflict. Maybe he dies and nobody can find the body. * [[Jive Turkey]]: Casey * [[Large Ham]]: Driscoll. Line 61: * [[Recycled Script]]: One of the original five broadcast episodes shared a script about a look-alike infiltrator with ''[[The Bionic Woman]]''. * [[Red Scare]]: Turns out Denby had his bomb-car outfitted in [[Commie Land\|East Germany]]. * [[Rummage Sale ~~Rejects~~Reject]]s: Gaze upon the page pic and despair! * [[The Seventies]]: ''And how''. In fact, it was in 1976 when truckers and CB radios were a popular fad, with C.W. McCoy's "Convoy" being a #1 hit, and the kid's board game "10-4 Good Buddy" released as well. * [[Springtime for Hitler]]: The inventor of the faulty fuel additive in ''Riding With Death'' planned to fake his own death while Casey was driving the truck he was hidden in. Line 79: [[Category:Short Runners]] [[Category:American Series]] [[Category:~~Gemini Man~~{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:TV Series]]