| 15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 18 Sep 2014 4:02 p.m. PST |
Used to watch this show on Saturday mornings in my 'formative' years along with 'Shazam!' If I say I didn't have a crush on Joanna Cameron I'd be lying.
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| Sundance | 18 Sep 2014 4:09 p.m. PST |
Definitely – she was almost as hot as Wonder Woman Lynda Carter. |
| Great War Ace | 18 Sep 2014 4:20 p.m. PST |
Ah, now I see why "Isis" was familiar. Forgotten mythology. Sitting here feeling forgetful and silly. It was the all-caps that threw me…. |
| Coyotepunc and Hatshepsuut | 18 Sep 2014 4:37 p.m. PST |
I loved that show, she was hotter than Wonder Woman to me… |
| Redroom | 18 Sep 2014 4:42 p.m. PST |
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| Redroom | 18 Sep 2014 4:42 p.m. PST |
Although, Sigfried and The Sea Monsters was probably my fav then. |
The G Dog  | 18 Sep 2014 4:58 p.m. PST |
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79thPA  | 18 Sep 2014 5:10 p.m. PST |
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| tberry7403 | 18 Sep 2014 5:12 p.m. PST |
There is a woman, named Isis, in south Florida (Hey Smokey!) that wants ISIS to be referred to as ISIL. link |
| Buck215 | 18 Sep 2014 7:45 p.m. PST |
"Oh, Mighty Isis…" That is pretty much all I remember from that show. |
| nsolomon99 | 18 Sep 2014 8:44 p.m. PST |
Raises an interesting point – do they realise they've chosen to name themselves (once the rest of the world translates their initials from the Arabic into English) after an idolatrous Egyptian God – the Mother of Horus and Goddess of the Artisans?? |
| Porkmann | 18 Sep 2014 11:22 p.m. PST |
I suspect the acronym is of Western origin. |
| Martin Rapier | 19 Sep 2014 2:41 a.m. PST |
ISIS/ISIL are western inventions. Islamic State calls itself al-Dawlah al-Islāmīyah fī al-ʻIrāq wa-al-Shām (written in Arabic). An Arabic acronym might be DAISH. That can be transated into English as Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (greater Syria), or ISIS. But they really don't care what we call them, they just want to exterminate their religious enemies. It is like the Thirty Years War all ovefr again. |
 ochoin | 19 Sep 2014 3:21 a.m. PST |
Minor quibble: she doesn't look that Egyptian. |
| Big Martin Back | 19 Sep 2014 3:53 a.m. PST |
Read in this morning's paper about a beauty parlour somewhere in England that are getting hate mail because they're called Isis.
I konw some of these beauty regimes can be a bit drastic, but… |
| Hayseeds | 19 Sep 2014 4:58 a.m. PST |
With respect to you 28mm Fanatik, I find myself at a loss to understand how your non-wargaming/miniatures post that includes reference to your 'crush' on an actress has been allowed to remain, while another TMP member who spoke in a similar way about an Italian actress was removed because it was NOT linked to the hobby? What is the difference, what is the secret? I do not want to see your post removed but Editor can you return the other post or explain your thinking here? Both posts are/were not without humour. |
| 7th Va Cavalry | 19 Sep 2014 5:31 a.m. PST |
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 Legion 4  | 19 Sep 2014 6:49 a.m. PST |
Oh my !  |
| combatpainter | 19 Sep 2014 6:54 a.m. PST |
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| tberry7403 | 19 Sep 2014 9:05 a.m. PST |
Didn't she drive around in a VW "Thing" (i.e. Kubelwagon)? Hayseeds: There's your gaming link!  |
 Editor in Chief Bill  | 19 Sep 2014 10:15 a.m. PST |
Hayseeds, the "media" boards are open to discussion of television shows with wargaming potential. Although wouldn't Isis be fantasy, not sci-fi? |
| GarrisonMiniatures | 19 Sep 2014 4:04 p.m. PST |
How much did you all like the show? In the US, will cost you $17.86 USD when it's next available! link Or $29.98 USD according to here: link |
| Redroom | 19 Sep 2014 6:17 p.m. PST |
Martin Rapier – thanks for the explanation, heard that France called them something like "dash", but did know know why. |
| Legion 4 | 20 Sep 2014 12:11 p.m. PST |
Good points Ed. in Chief … |
