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The Secret World of Alex Mack was one of the longer running Nickelodeon shows, even if you don't remember it. With 78 episodes over four season, people tuned in to watch this 12-year-old-turned-science-experiment live a secret life and be the target of an evil chemical company. Alex Mack's Larisa Oleynik Joins Hawaii Five-0 Larisa Oleynik has landed a recurring role on Hawaii Five-0, CBS announced Tuesday.The Secret World of Alex Mack and 10 Things I Hate About You star.

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The Secret World of Alex Mack
Genre
Created byThomas W. Lynch
Ken Lipman
StarringLarisa Oleynik
Darris Love
Meredith Bishop
Michael Blakley
Dorian Lopinto
Country of originUnited States
Original language(s)English
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes78 (list of episodes)
Production
Producer(s)David Brookwell
Sean McNamara
Matt Dearborn
Gary L. Stephenson
Greg A. Hampson
Production location(s)Valencia, California
Running time24 minutes
Production company(s)Lynch Entertainment
RHI Entertainment
Hallmark Entertainment
Nickelodeon Productions
DistributorRHI Entertainment/Hallmark Entertainment
Release
Original networkNickelodeon
Original releaseOctober 8, 1994 –
January 15, 1998

The Secret World of Alex Mack is an Americantelevision series that ran on Nickelodeon from October 8, 1994 to January 15, 1998, replacing Clarissa Explains It All on the SNICK line-up.[1][2] It also aired on YTV in Canada, Channel 4 in the United Kingdom and NHK in Japan, and was a staple in the children's weekday line-up for much of the mid-to-late 1990s on the ABC in Australia. Repeats of the series aired in 2003 on The N, but it was soon replaced there. The series was produced by Thomas Lynch and John Lynch of Lynch Entertainment, produced by RHI Entertainment, Hallmark Entertainment, and Nickelodeon Productions, and was co-created by Tom Lynch and Ken Lipman.

Plot[edit]

Alex Mack is an ordinary teenage girl, living with her parents, George and Barbara, and older sister, Annie, in the town of Paradise Valley, Arizona. Animal games nintendo switch. While walking home after her first day of junior high school, she is nearly hit by a truck from a chemical plant, and during the incident, she is accidentally drenched with a top secret chemical called GC-161. She soon discovers that it has given her strange powers, such as telekinesis, shooting electricity from her fingers, and the ability to dissolve into a mobile puddle of water. However, her powers prove to be unpredictable (such as when her skin starts glowing brightly when she is nervous). She confides only in Annie and her best friend Ray, choosing to keep her powers a secret from everyone else, including her parents, for fear of what the chemical plant CEO, Danielle Atron, will do to her if she finds out.

Characters[edit]

Main[edit]

  • Alexandra 'Alex' Mack (played by Larisa Oleynik) - Alex is an average teenager in Paradise Valley. While walking home from school, she is nearly hit by a truck carrying GC-161 and is doused with it, thus; giving her extraordinary powers.[3][4][5][6] Among them are telekinesis, the ability to generate electricity from her hands and the ability to liquify/travel from place to place in the form of a puddle of water.
  • Raymond 'Ray' Alvarado (played by Darris Love) – Alex's best friend and next door neighbor, and the only one besides Annie to know about Alex's powers.
  • Annie Mack (played by Meredith Bishop) – Alex's older sister, and a scientific genius in her own right. Next to Ray, she is the only one who originally knows about Alex's powers.[7] She administers various scientific tests to ensure Alex's safety. She also hopes to one day present her research, in an effort to stop Danielle Atron.
  • George Mack (played by Michael Blakley) – Annie and Alex's father. He is a brilliant chemist who works for Danielle Atron at the Paradise Valley Chemical Plant.
  • Barbara Mack (played by Dorian Lopinto) – Annie and Alex's mother. She is a more down-to-earth woman who works in a public relations firm.
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Recurring[edit]

  • Louis Driscoll (played by Benjamin Kimball Smith) – Alex and Ray's abrasive friend. At first Alex is jealous of Louis, but they eventually become friends.
  • David 'Dave' Watt (played by John Nielsen) – The dim witted truck driver who was driving the truck that accidentally dumped the GC-161 chemical on Alex. As the only witness to the accident, Dave is often forced to serve as a partner to Vince Carter (see below) in trying to capture Alex. After seeing Alex using her powers while she was in high school, Dave keeps it a secret from Danielle to protect her as he knew what kind of horrible experiments Danielle had planned for her.
  • Scott Greene (played by Jason Strickland) – Alex's junior high crush.
  • Jessica (played by Jessica Alba) – Scott's first girlfriend and Alex's first school rival.
  • Kelly Phillips (played by Hilary Salvatore) – Scott's second girlfriend and Alex's second school rival. Kelly deviously discredits Alex at every given turn, much to Alex's dismay.
  • Robyn Russo (played by Natanya Ross) – One of Alex and Ray's neighborhood friends. Though she possesses a sardonic sense of humor and is fun to be around, she suffers from low self-esteem.
  • Nicole Wilson (played by Alexis Fields) – Another of Alex and Ray's friends. An opposite personality to Robyn, has a take-charge attitude and strong-willed demeanor.
  • Danielle Atron (played by Louan Gideon) – The owner/CEO of the Paradise Valley Chemical Plant who is the main antagonist of the series. She wants to market GC-161 as a radical new weight-loss drug, and has made it her mission to find the GC-161 child (who she does not know is Alex) and capture her, as both a test subject and a threat to the secrecy of her plans.
  • Vincent 'Vince' Carter (played by John Marzilli) – The maniacal head of security at the Paradise Valley Chemical Plant, he makes it his obsession to find the GC-161 child (even after he gets fired from the Plant).
  • Lars Frederickson (played by Kevin Quigley) – A skilled chemist hailing from the Paradise Valley Chemical Plant's foreign branch in Vienna. He becomes Danielle Atron's chief subordinate after Vince gets fired. He is named after one of the members of punk rock group Rancid.
  • Hunter Reeves (played by Will Estes) – Hunter comes to Paradise Valley with an agenda concerning the disappearance of his father in relation to GC-161.

Episodes[edit]

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
113October 8, 1994February 4, 1995
220October 14, 1995September 28, 1996
325October 5, 1996March 4, 1997
420September 23, 1997January 15, 1998

Filming locations[edit]

Get minecraft free on computer. The series was filmed in Valencia, California and the Santa Clarita Valley. The Mack home and Paradise Valley Chemical Plant interiors were filmed in a converted warehouse used as a soundstage. The junior high scenes were filmed at Charles Helmers and James Foster Elementary Schools. Castaic Middle School was used for senior high scenes.[8] The house, used for exterior shots, is located in the Westford Place neighborhood of Valencia.

Availability[edit]

The show's first season (consisting of 13 episodes on two discs) was released by Genius Entertainment on DVD format on October 2, 2007.[9] The set is noteworthy for giving Jessica Alba top billing on the package, most likely in an effort to sell more copies, even though she actually only appears in a supporting role, and only in a few episodes. This was then released in Region 2 on April 2, 2012 and in Region 4 on June 6, 2012.

The first and second seasons are available through Amazon.com's Instant Video section and through iTunes. Episodes of the series have been seen on a sporadic basis on TeenNick's 1990s-oriented block, The '90s Are All That.

Mill Creek Entertainment released the complete series on DVD for the very first time on August 1, 2017.[10]

Book series[edit]

A book series aimed at young readers was released along with the series. Shift control option keys mac. The first and last books of the series were novelizations of the first and last episodes, respectively. The rest of the series consisted of completely original stories, tied into the main series through the mentioning of various plot points from the TV episodes.

References[edit]

  1. ^'SHOWS FOR YOUNGSTERS AND THEIR PARENTS TOO : Larisa Oleynik finds the secret is to have fun as 'Alex Mack''. The Los Angeles Times. 1994-10-02. Retrieved 2010-08-24.
  2. ^Mangan, Jennifer (1994-10-05). 'Magic `Mack''. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
  3. ^'Morphing Magic'. Sun Sentinel. 1996-08-03. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
  4. ^'`Alex Mack' Star Just An Ordinary Teen'. Chicago Tribune. 1995-10-19. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
  5. ^'Zap! You're Famous; Tv Show Turns Actress Into A Star'. Chicago Tribune. 1995-08-01. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
  6. ^'Mack Attack For The Star Of The Secret World Of Alex Mack, Life Is More Than Being A Puddle Of Goo'. Sun Sentinel. 1995-08-22. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
  7. ^'Morphing Teen Plays To Kids' Fantasies In `Alex Mack''. Chicago Tribune. 1996-06-10. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
  8. ^Schubert, Mary. 'NICKELODEON SHOW `ALEX MACK' FEELS RIGHT AT HOME'. The Los Angeles Daily News. March 23, 1997, accessed March 15, 2011.
  9. ^'Secret World of Alex Mack - Season 1'. DVD Talk. Retrieved 2011-01-30.
  10. ^'The Secret World of Alex Mack - SCOOP: Press Release Announces 'The Complete Series' on DVD!'. TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on June 8, 2017. Retrieved June 6, 2017.

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https://coolbfiles474.weebly.com/totalfinder-1-11-4.html. Who said being doused in a mysterious chemical was bad? Not Alex Mack! The Secret World of Alex Mack was one of the longer running Nickelodeon shows, even if you don't remember it. With 78 episodes over four season, people tuned in to watch this 12-year-old-turned-science-experiment live a secret life and be the target of an evil chemical company.

Here are something things about The Secret World of Alex Mack that aren't covered in goo.

1. One of a Kind

Over 300 girls auditioned for the role of Alex Mack. Co-creator and producer, Thomas W. Lynch, says he didn't want a girl who 'looked like she worked too much in television, had the kinds of reactions you always see, the smile, the look, the acting with eyes and all that kind of thing.' That's why when Larisa Oleynik auditioned, he knew she was the one.

Larisa had such a great natural instinct,' he said. 'It was stunning. https://pvsn.over-blog.com/2021/01/franzis-projects-complete-collection-download-free.html. She made the character richer and more shaded.'

2. Replacing Clarissa

Clarissa Explains It All was one of Nick's most popular shows. It was the beginning of the classic Saturday night lineup on the network, followed by shows like All That and Are You Afraid Of The Dark? When that show ended, the network decided they needed to replace the slot with another female lead. That's when Alex Mack took over. Eventually, the show would get two new episodes on Nick per week.

3. Welcome, Jessica

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Though she's known now as a movie star and successful business woman, Jessica Alba was a budding child star when she landed a role on The Secret World of Alex Mack. Alba had just made her film debut in Camp Nowhere and was hoping to make it big on the small screen. She only appeared in three episodes of the show, before she left to star in the television reboot of Flipper.

4. Naked Controversy

The pilot of the show caused more controversy than I'm sure it intended. When Alex is reformed back into a human after being turned into goo, she's not wearing any clothing. The writers quickly realized it probably wasn't a great idea to have a 12-year-old girl be naked in every episode, both for the character and the actress, so they gave Alex the ability to keep her clothes on.

'I remember being mortified!' Larisa Oleynik said years later. 'I was just really embarrassed, being that I was 12 or 13 or whatever. I had this towel wrapped around me or something and was behind some boxes. I was so, so embarrassed. They did then end up changing that . which was a good thing.'

5. Banned DVDs

In the United Kingdom, the first season DVD set was released in 2012. But the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) pushed to have an age requirement to purchase it. They said one of the episodes features a 'child character' hiding in a tumble dryer, but never addressed how dangerous this was. The BBFC suggested the scene be cut, but the distributor actually agreed to the rating. They said the DVDs were aimed for 'an adult nostalgia market' anyway, so there was really no risk of kids purchasing the DVDs.

6. No Chemistry

Lynch and fellow creator, Ken Lipman, wrote the pilot script for the show, but many people don't realize that the chemical name used in the show has a sad meaning behind it. GC-161 was named after his parents' divorce. The GC came from 'DNA research', while 161 is a reference to Lynch being 8 years old when his parents split (1 + 6 + 1 = 8)

7. Mrs. Belding?

The evil owner/CEO of the Paradise Valley Chemical Plant, Danielle Atron, which gave Alex her superpowers, may have seemed like a familiar face to some people. The actress who played Atron appeared in an episode of Saved By The Bell as Mr. Belding's wife, who gives birth in an elevator with the help of Zack Morris.

8. Book Smart

If you couldn't get enough of Alex Mack, you could also read the book. Between 1995 and 1998, 32 books were published with original stories. There were two other books that were published without original stories, which were novelizations of the first and last episodes. All the books were written by Diana G. Gallagher, who specializes in writing books based on TV shows.

9. Moving On

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A lot of people assume Alex Mack was cancelled, but it was actually a little shady business from Oleynik that had it end. According to Lynch, the actress was offered 'a ton of money' to continue on for a fifth season, but she said she wanted to keep the character innocent. Plus, she was burnt out and wanted to finish high school. While these are valid reasons, it was a little sketchy when she joined on to the cast of 3rd Rock From The Sun not long after Alex Mack ended.

10. Big Names

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Though the show was short-lived (in TV land), a lot of the staff moved on to big projects. Matt Dearborn, a writer, went on to create the series Even Stevens. Vance DeGeneres, Ellen's brother, was a writer on the show before becoming a corespondent on The Daily Show. Neena Beber went on to write for Daria and the Mandy Moore film How To Deal. Shawn Levy directed on Alex Mack before moving on to Steve Martin's version of The Pink Panther, The Internship, Date Night, and all three of the Night at the Museum films.

11. That Ending.

In the series finale of the show, Alex was given an antidote by her father (a scientist) that would rid her of all her powers. At the end, Alex pulls out the vial and smiles, but it's never revealed what she does. When asked what she thought, Oleynik was pretty blunt.

'You know, I never . and I don't know what acting teachers would say about this, 'cause you're always supposed to have a choice . but I never made that choice for myself when we were doing it,' she confessed. 'Just because I wasn't sure how I wanted the show to end in my mind.'

However, Lynch cleared things up in a 2012 interview: Alex Mack keeps her powers.

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