Two of my pop culture obsessions are Star Trek and the Planet of the Apes series. In a just world there would be Apes conventions around the world just like there are ones for Trek… but, alas, the world does…
Here’s an unintentionally funny article from the great Six Million Dollar Man comic magazine that was published during the time the series was on the air. Why are they such a great team? Because they are the first bromance: “They have…
This is a month of geek anniversaries… Today, 50 years ago, the first episode of Lost in Space aired. While it was – and is – very much a “kids show” compared to shows like Star Trek or The Twilight…
To celebrate Star Trek’s 49th birthday, why don’t you read my thoughts on the franchise? I’ve written a lot on the series over the years, and here’s an index of the best of those posts… Wow, I’m prolific… A look…
Because of the Labor Day holiday weekend, I completely forgot a very big anniversary. September 4th was the 40th anniversary of the UK airing of “Breakaway,” the very first episode of Space: 1999. I was a HUGE fan of this…
Here’s an ad from Starlog magazine, circa 1977. When I first saw this, I thought “Wow, this is totally illegal now.” But after doing some research I found that, yes, you totally can put a different “face” on the US…
I’m still stunned that it’s actually happening. On Friday, a big-budget version of the classic TV show The Man from U.N.C.L.E. will be released. It’s been over 50 years since the original series first aired, and I first discovered over…
When is a convention not a convention? When they cancel most of the guests from the show that they are named after. This is what happened in Seattle this past weekend, when Galacticon 4 ended up canceling almost all of the…
So, this extended trailer for the new Man from U.N.C.L.E. film was just released… And it sold me. I am a HUGE fan of the original series (I even kinda like the horrible third season… kinda) and I was incredibly…
At a loss for words right now, but I would be remiss to not express my profound grief at the loss of the wonderful actor director and writer Leonard Nimoy. The last time I was this affected by the loss…
In 1976 Jack Kirby created an adaptation of 2001: A Space Odyssey. It was quite an odd choice, in that the movie was over seven years old at the time. The adaptation, which ran for issues, is analyzed in depth…
A big chunk of America saw this ad from Nationwide Insurance last night… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRVslkan08U …And went WFT? The ad is one of the darkest advertisements ever made, and the very idea of the ad is off-putting and misguided. There were a lot…
I should be taking a victory lap. Roberto Orci, the writer/producer, has apparently been kicked off Star Trek 3 – a movie he was originally signed to both co-write and direct. Me and Mr. Orci, well… we have a history.…
First, Elvira and Vincent Price guesting on The Tonight Show… Vincent in a dramatic reading of Poe’s The Raven… A documentary on the making of the movie Halloween… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGeGU2tbdck And here’s a full Vincent Price movie, Madhouse! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61Aoh_W6EdI
I’m a fan of The Prisoner – it’s one of my top 10 favorite shows of all time – so I have always been on the lookout for items associated with the show. In that search, I found this: An…
When Twin Peaks exploded as a pop culture phenomenon in 1991, ABC and Lynch/Frost Productions took full advantage by releasing the show’s soundtrack, The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer, a Guide to Twin Peaks, and – of course – by starting a fan…