The climax to the pilot of The Man From Atlantis is like a super - low - budget version of The Spy Who Loved Me . Patrick ( Dallas ) Duffy ’s hunky Atlantean bod distracts a hippie college prof supervillain , allow Duffy to swamp the hippie ’s undersea lab and stop an evil countdown with just 3 second left . The lack of dialog only makes the uncollectible hippy ’s looks of “ I want you , and you ruined me ” more poignant . Computers bollocks up up , bluejacket break away in their submarine , priceless Greek statues are submerged . Click through for more underwater homoeroticism and another Atlantis clipping .
In testimonial to our earlierHulk - vs.-phone - stall clip , here ’s another guy from Atlantis encountering a payphone for the first time and getting totally trapped . Plus a Navy research worker has feed all of Duffy ’s data into a computing equipment , which spit out a shocking say-so . The Man From Atlantis may not even make it into the top 10 tilt of Gayest Scifi Shows of the 70 , but it ’s up there . Duffy spend most of his time wearing tight wet trunk , and there ’s one dandy scene where half a dozen soldier trace up to watch him swim around a lilliputian pool , over and over .
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And then there ’s the coquetry as Evil Hippie taste to convince Duffy to join his , um , side . “ My affliction is a result of a warped adulthood , coupled with an insatiate desire to be friendly , ” the supervillain recite the mostly naked and shiny - wet Duffy . “ And I do desire to be friendly with you . ” He adds , “ I like you when we first met . But now that I eff more about your innards , I really wish you . ” But it ’s all to no avail . It ’s always the cute ones who break your nitty-gritty and blow up your submarine base .
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