I love this ad, from the Planet of the Apes Magazine, circa 1975:
Geek, Geek Ephemera
Starlog previews the new show “Quark”
Hindsight being 20-20, we know that the sitcom Quark was an obscure failure in the late seventies, a show that attempted to capitalize on the Star Wars fever that gripped America by doing a sci-fi sitcom. It had a good pedigree (Buck…
Geek Ephemera
Classic Ad: Welcome to the Marvel universe
When the Incredible Hulk TV show came out and was a surprise hit in the late 70s, Marvel cashed in by releasing a black and white (and later color) Hulk magazine. The Rampaging Hulk (later renamed “The Hulk”) featured a lengthy Hulk…
Geek, TV
Happy 50th Anniversary to The Man From U.N.C.L.E.!
“Open Channel D.” This is a heck of a week for spy fans. Last week was the 50th anniversary of the release of Goldfinger, and today marks the 50th anniversary of the first episode of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. U.N.C.L.E.…
Geek, Geek Ephemera, Movies
Science Fiction’s greatest moments are yours! In 8mm!
CINEMARAMA! Yes, you too can relive your favorite sci-fi moments through the magic of your 8mm film projector!!! These days, we are SOOO spoiled. You can see a movie in theaters, and four months later you can get a blu-ray that…
Geek, Geek Ephemera, Trek
Star Trek: The Coloring Book!
I had great fun at the recent Star Trek Las Vegas convention giving people printouts of scans of some classic Star Trek coloring books. The reactions were priceless, because some of these coloring book pages were… well, INSANE. Here’s a sampling! Print…
Geek, Geek Ephemera
The TARDIS control console!
Next time you are stuck in a TARDIS and need to figure out how to pilot it, fear not! Just print out the following helpful instructions from the Doctor Who Technical Manual and be sure to have them on-hand! Of…
Geek, Geek Ephemera, Trek
Welcome to Geek Ephemera!
It’s another time-wasting project from yours truly! Geek Ephemera (aka GeekEphemera.com) will collect the odd, the weird, and the stuff that was never designed to last. Coloring books! TV ads! Posters! Other oddness! You’ll see it here, thanks to my…
Geek, Movies
Happy 50th Anniversary Goldfinger!
Fifty years ago today, the third James Bond film – Goldfinger – was released to the world. It was a smash hit, and while recognized by many as the “best” Bond film… it actually made less money than the follow-up Thunderball made a year later. I’ve written about Goldfinger before – here’s my critical appraisal – and so I won’t add too many words on top of that, except to say that I can’t believe it’s been half a century since it came out. Wow.
Here’s the title sequence, and the amazing Shirley Bassey belting out that classic theme song:
And here’s a great documentary on the making of the film:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvWHehyNBag
Geek, Movies
My contributions to the awesome #ExplainAFilmPlotBadly hashtag
Twitter exploded with lots of witty tweets using the #ExplainAFilmPlotBadly this weekend and I had to join in. Here’s my favorite: https://twitter.com/StarWarsReact/status/508179293722386432 Here are my contributions… https://twitter.com/JosephDickerson/status/508293480796262401 https://twitter.com/JosephDickerson/status/508293277594816512 https://twitter.com/JosephDickerson/status/508292804708036608 https://twitter.com/JosephDickerson/status/508291790810525697 https://twitter.com/JosephDickerson/status/508291127787524096 https://twitter.com/JosephDickerson/status/508290649557200896 https://twitter.com/JosephDickerson/status/508290346606800896 https://twitter.com/JosephDickerson/status/508289934331883520 https://twitter.com/JosephDickerson/status/508289307375718400 https://twitter.com/JosephDickerson/status/508287995640700928 https://twitter.com/JosephDickerson/status/508286458105307137 https://twitter.com/JosephDickerson/status/508285376264298496 https://twitter.com/JosephDickerson/status/508284027246108672 https://twitter.com/JosephDickerson/status/508283624190255105…
Apple, UX Articles
UX, nude selfies, and the cloud
If you were paying attention to pop culture news this past weekend you’ll have seen that a whole lot of photos of female celebrities, in various levels of undress, leaked onto the Internet. The photos, illegally taken from the iCloud…
Family
Taking a break for a while…
I’m moving into a busy time of year, both personally and professionally… and this means I need to focus on my priorities. This blog has shifted to one of the less important things in my life, for good or ill……
My Quora answers, Twin Peaks
There was a scene in Twin Peaks where Cooper has grey hair and a subtitle reads "25 years later." Why 25?
Why not? Here may be some reasons: The number of 25 has a lot of symbolism… Number 25 Symbolism, 25 Meaning and Numerology Or maybe it is a because it is a perfectly cromulent number: 25 (number) Whatever the reason,…
Geek, Trek
More on Creation and the #STLV convention: A volunteer speaks out
After I wrote my rant about Creation and the Star Trek Las Vegas convention last night, I got an anonymous e-mail from a volunteer at the convention: I created this email anonymously to remark on your Creation blog post. It…
Geek, Trek
A rant about Creation Entertainment and Star Trek Las Vegas #STLV
I’m kinda done with Creation Entertainment. Creation runs the official Star Trek conventions, the biggest of which I just attended in Las Vegas. This is the fifth Vegas con I have attending, and almost certainly it will be the last.…
Geek, TV, Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks The Complete Mystery is a revelation and a must buy
WOW BOB WOW. I’ve been diving in and revisiting one of my favorite shows ever, Twin Peaks, thanks to the just released Bluray set. Titled The Complete Mystery, the set has every episode of the series, the Fire Walk With…