tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18038239699956566122024-03-06T02:30:51.877-05:00The Sci-Fi ChronicleVintage Sci-Fi features from the 1930s to yesterday.WT Abernathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07136723968820316132noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1803823969995656612.post-3235663223720327792016-06-02T07:57:00.001-04:002016-06-02T07:57:24.335-04:00Reboot: Evil Brain from Outer Space (1965)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>It
may start with a simple idea, but the development of a serial can be
more exacting than a single film project. Starting in the 1960s, Japan's
film industry took off like the proverbial rocket, supported in part
with highly creative pre-show serials to captivate a growing audience.
Young theater goers were becoming painfully aware of western culture,
and the rebuilding economy of the Land of the Rising Sun was producing
respectable sci-fi flicks to bring in the crowds. Most popular were the
monster movies, ala <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048127/?ref_=fn_al_tt_7" target="_blank">Godzilla</a> and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055198/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" target="_blank">Mothra</a>,
but sub-genre's of alien invaders and super-heroes had their place as
well, hence the Starman serials, which were later edited into a series
of 9 films for US release. Our selection today is one such edit job, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058072/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_dt_dt" target="_blank"><i>Evil Brain From Outer Space</i></a>.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>It's
1965, and Japan is still working things out to find a national identity
in the post-US occupation world. Semblances of Japanese culture have
given way to westernized pop-culture, as evident in the visual shifts
witnessed on screen. Sets have a decidedly European flair, and in <i>Evil Brain</i>,
this is evident. For example, in order to access the secret lairs
beneath the city streets, the agents of the evil brain must activate
hidden levers attached to fountains that open secret doors. These
fountains all seem to have been cast from the concrete molds of Parisian
courtyards, with cavorting nymphs and floral sculptures abound. Stock
footage is painfully bleak of traditional Japanese architecture, instead
showcasing scenes that very well might have been shot in downtown
Burbank. </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Even
the plot lines, which would evolve into the classic Japanese
filmography we know and love, have a serious western flair- comparably,
Starman has many of the same traits and motivations as the early <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044231/?ref_=nm_knf_t1" target="_blank">George Reeves <i>Superman</i></a>
serials. Curious child sidekicks, brilliant doctors in peril who race
diligently to find cures/weapons/communication devices, a paralyzed
military that relies on the local police detective to solve the mystery -
all are present in stereotypical form. This may very well have been
intentional, or it simply may have been that the age-targeting genre was
so pervasive it wasn't reliant on culture.</b></span></span></div>
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of the fight scenes could easily be noted as precursors to the
well-defined-yet-choppy, short and distinct film sequences of the
growing Hong Kong Kung-Fu films soon to make their way across the
planet. Shots are decidedly well framed, and post-production editing
contributes positively to the film's pacing. Rather than illustrate a
fight scene moving awkwardly between water-tower scaffold and roof-top,
the editing utilizes quick cuts, where the actors would simulate a jump
in the direction of the next scene, then appear on their marks in
continued struggle without missing a beat. </span></b></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvybgomLg8IFTwXqv1PrYUDzpk5O5ZWVRMOpsM9xCSgc5gdMDEMjReUA-ESp8ryOOJmMcZPS60QQGTZYgYvBRurmf0JGm6cAdYGKl89yNUGlxGnH7_mn1FkpD_YXDqkJB6crCLObMsxjPC/s1600/super_giant_2_poster.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Film Poster" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvybgomLg8IFTwXqv1PrYUDzpk5O5ZWVRMOpsM9xCSgc5gdMDEMjReUA-ESp8ryOOJmMcZPS60QQGTZYgYvBRurmf0JGm6cAdYGKl89yNUGlxGnH7_mn1FkpD_YXDqkJB6crCLObMsxjPC/s200/super_giant_2_poster.jpg" title="Evil Brain From Outer Space" width="137" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This film was re-edited from the original serial, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0230832/?ref_=fn_al_tt_4" target="_blank"><i>Super Giant</i> #s 7, 8, and 9</a>,
and as such, some edits appear to have been left on the cutting room
floor, giving the film a periodic impression of a chop-job. However, the
sound mixing and audio dubs are spot on, with an original music score
than contemporaries would have found admirable. The original serial was,
as similar films of the period often were, marketed to the preteen
after-school crowd, and as such, plot lines leave much to literary
fill-in-the-blank imagination. Character development is mostly reliant
on a solid knowledge of the genre, and archetype rather than individual
characterizations are used to progress the story.</span></b></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie_y55XP_izmQk2Tmytp5iwilfX8THRD5jlSFfjbbmfPirXOeVOANkjRzaTyw0PciI3zDQF9CwwRwPFNBOuKkgcHmms1HjnS0u6cdO0ATn1_g2j3POL7MJS95RsKwzCUGYuqI5e7DrSGFt/s1600/evil-brain-poster-J.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Evil Brain from Outer Space" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie_y55XP_izmQk2Tmytp5iwilfX8THRD5jlSFfjbbmfPirXOeVOANkjRzaTyw0PciI3zDQF9CwwRwPFNBOuKkgcHmms1HjnS0u6cdO0ATn1_g2j3POL7MJS95RsKwzCUGYuqI5e7DrSGFt/s1600/evil-brain-poster-J.jpg" title="Starman poster" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Notable Quotable</span> </span></b></span><br />
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(1965) was produced by the <a href="http://www.imdb.com/company/co0088822/?ref_=tt_dt_co" target="_blank">Fuji Eiga Co</a>. and distributed by the <a href="http://www.imdb.com/company/co0009183/?ref_=tt_dt_co" target="_blank">Shintoho Film Distribution Committee</a>.
Filming locations unknown. Directed by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0015102/?ref_=tt_ov_dr" target="_blank">Koreyoshi Akasaka</a> and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0411030/?ref_=tt_ov_dr" target="_blank">Teruo Ishii</a>, starring <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0882577/?ref_=tt_cl_t1" target="_blank">Ken Utsui</a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0407508/?ref_=tt_cl_t2" target="_blank">Junko Ikeuchi</a>, and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0847031/?ref_=tt_cl_t3" target="_blank">Minoru Takada</a>. Released in the US 1965. B/W. Run Time 78 Minutes.</span></b></span></div>
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WT Abernathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07136723968820316132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1803823969995656612.post-42095426219302139592016-05-31T09:03:00.002-04:002016-05-31T09:09:41.224-04:00Reboot: Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh299nqSJv6QgcQL8nrWORV-D25lWGKJx7BpMIaGfFr-u3BTZt2KQPYpanqCsgphcG_ke6F9BQNqu6K2tHt160SWb3VwpeZWcFDSWdda8T8aGHmGwQsIUGZ0eTj8c57gjUg-frgO1o18Uo7/s1600/PLANETA-BUR_2.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh299nqSJv6QgcQL8nrWORV-D25lWGKJx7BpMIaGfFr-u3BTZt2KQPYpanqCsgphcG_ke6F9BQNqu6K2tHt160SWb3VwpeZWcFDSWdda8T8aGHmGwQsIUGZ0eTj8c57gjUg-frgO1o18Uo7/s200/PLANETA-BUR_2.jpeg" title="Planeta Bur" width="130" /></a>Let's
roll back a minute and reflect on what 1965 meant to the world. The
Cold War was in full bloom, with bickering and posturing occurring on
both sides of the iron curtain. Johnson was in the White House, and his
pedal was to the metal with the Soviets in the race to reach the moon.
Schlock film productions were criss-crossing the nation, as Americans
sought release from the tensions of the world with monsters, maidens,
and sci-fi adventure. So logically, what better way to move forward than
to strip a Russian-made movie of it's dialogue, splice in <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001651/?ref_=tt_cl_t1" target="_blank">Basil Rathbone</a>, and call it a day? Not once, but twice! Well, two and a half times... </b></span></span><br />
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In some serious post-production editing, the original Russian dialogue
was dubbed, then the film was packaged up and sent to unsuspecting
theaters across the country. Three years later, he would remove the 1965
edits and stuff the original again with Americanized images - psychic
blondes bathing on a beach.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet</i> was 'filmed' at the same time as the more legitimate Harrington creation, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060877/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" target="_blank"><i>Queen of Blood</i></a>. Though he felt <i>Queen</i> was good enough to add his real name to the credits, he again used footage from <i>Planeta</i>
to flesh out the scenes. Production costs for both films are rumored to
be less than $35k. As an aside, Harrington not only dubbed over the
dialogue in <i>Voyage</i>, he also wiped clean the original actors' credits and replaced them with bogus pseudonyms. </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Faith
Domergue was a standard in the sci fi and horror circuit of Hollywood
by the time Corman was making his rounds and revolutionizing the genre.
Her 1955 portrayal of Dr. Ruth Adams in the iconic film, <i>This Island Earth</i>,
marked a shift in how leading women were written into scripts. She was
not the damsel in distress so much as the originator of information. In <i>Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet</i>,
Harrington re-visits this role for Domergue by installing her as the
voice of science - a controller in orbit trying to keep things from
completely going to hell. </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This film was purchased by Corman for one very good reason- it is a great visual art piece. Original director </span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0460246/?ref_=tt_ov_dr" target="_blank">Pavel Klushantsev</a></span></b></span>
used sturdy special effects to bring his story to life, and the
technology, though tame by today's standards, were revolutionary. One
very cool robot, original costume designs, and a flying car that
demonstrates realistic (sort of) physics make this worth watching. The
dialogue does fall flat, as the extended scenes needed to be filled with
mindless prattle. This issue would be resolved, however, in the 1968
psychic beach-bunny re-re-release.</span></b></span><br />
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(1965) was produced by Roger Corman Productions, re-worked from the original Russian production </span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span itemprop="review" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Review">Planeta Bur (Planet of Storms),</span></i> from the </span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/company/co0114172/?ref_=tt_dt_co" target="_blank"><span itemprop="review" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Review">Leningrad Studio of Popular Science Films</span>.</a>
Original filming locations unknown, with American scenes cut in for
stateside consumption. Directed by Pavel Klushansev, with US scenes
directed by Curtis Harrington (film credits read John Sebastian, in
homage to Bach). Starring Basil Rathbone, Faith Domergue, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0947432/?ref_=tt_ov_st" target="_blank">Vladimir Yemelyanov</a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0955921/?ref_=tt_ov_st" target="_blank">Georgi Zhzhyonov</a>, and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0894743/?ref_=tt_ov_st" target="_blank">Gennadi Vernov</a>. U</span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">S release August, 1965. Color. Run Time 74 Minutes.</span></b></span><br />
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2016 has long been promised as the year of the Geek, and with multiple sci fi titles coming from some of the biggest studios in Hollywood scheduled to hit the big screen this year, we will not be disappointed. From original scripts, anticipated spin-offs, and big-ticket sequels, the 1% of the left coast have done their part to keep the masses entertained. But with our first two films belonging to the realms of darker discord, is Hollywood predicting the fall of the American Empire?<br />
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<b>Superman V Batman: Dawn of Justice</b><br />
<b>Release date - (March 25)</b><br />
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To be honest, I'm still waiting for a Superman film that compares to the first Chris Reeve release. However, this could be a good one- the thing that troubles me is the dialogue coming from director Zack Snyder that the contest is a new concept, fabricated to fold in the Justice League to the DC film franchise. I'm sorry- did I hallucinate the Dark Knight conflict? Did Bats not drain the entire electrical resources of Suicide Slum to zap Supes? Didn't Ollie distract him with a kryptonite arrow? My apologies if my memories don't work like they used to... Also, still not an Affleck fan.<br />
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<b>Captain America: Civil War </b><br />
<b>Release date - (April 29)</b><br />
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Following on the tail of the blockbuster performance of Deadpool, Marvel Comics continues it's domination of the box office by visualizing the
sibling rivalry between Captain America and Iron Man, brought to a head
though the majesty of re-interpretative sparkle-fresh cinemagic. Dark, painful, and sometimes catty, the expansive Marvel Universe
takes it's sweet time to choose sides and pair off in the conflict
project some pundits are observing as the one off competition of last
months Big Blue Boy Scout and the Dark Knight match. In the end, it
still comes down to the age-old question... do you prefer DC or Marvel?<br />
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<b>X-Men: Apocalypse</b><br />
<b>Release date - (May 19)</b><br />
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Seen as the rail-jumping, big gamble, marketing ploy long needed in the X-Men film franchise, X-Men: Apocalypse removes Magneto as the central protagonist and looks toward the past to find an intriguing bad-guy. As a fan of the Future Days Past story line, I am hoping that Apocalypse inserts fresh air into a story line so complex, Stan Lee himself would need to be signed for a long-term contract to help make sense of it all. Once all the ducks are in place, I'm looking forward to a little time in Genosha...<br />
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<b>Warcraft: The Beginning</b><br />
<b>Release date - (June 3)</b><br />
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With 70 million registered users in the World of Warcraft gaming community, even a modest showing at the box office could drive credible ticket sales for this summer release. I mean, I put my grinding hours in to get to level 80, and when the cap was lifted... never mind. With an already convoluted trailer out showing an impressive attention to game lore, it is the writing and plot structure that will make or break this pic. Azeroth from the beginning, when the Orcs spill out from the gate - it will take some creative production values to bring an audience, no matter how well versed in Blizzard's behemoth, in line with nearly 20 years of gaming lore.<br />
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<b>Independence Day: Resurgence</b><br />
<b>Release date - (June 24)</b><br />
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Unfortunately, I"m not holding out much hope for this release. It'll be huge in the box office without a doubt, but I don;t see myself skipping work to see this opening day. Now, don't get me wrong- I loved ID4. Like everyone else in the audience, I stood up for an ovation at the end- it was a feel good, humanity-gathering pic with decent SFX and an OK cast. Will Smith was amazing, and that helped. Randy Quiad was fantastic, and that added weight. Everyone else... meh. It balances out in the end. This time around- it's the same aliens with the same cast, without Will Smith or Randy Quaid. Maybe when it hits Netflix...<br />
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<b>Ghostbusters</b><br />
<b>Release date - (July 15)</b><br />
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I can see myself lining up for this one- though there are the haters out there, I am respecting the original film's formula of pairing SNL alumni to build the cast, as well as the obvious SFX nodding to the first series. Then there's the directing from Bridesmaids' Paul Feig to look forward to... I want a good story, with new characters... and these GBs are women? Too awesome! I see it as something fresh, new, yet paying homage to the franchise of my youth. Bring it on- and let me be able to bring my young daughters as well.<br />
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<b>Star Trek Beyond</b><br />
<b>Release date - (July 22)</b><br />
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What I like most about the JJ Abrams' Star Trek films is that each can be taken on its own merit. The Roddenberry cannon is untouchable, and well known. Therefore, just as with the original series, there's no need to lay down a running story line to pull in additional titles, ala DC and Marvel's current big screen universe projects. We have Kirk, Spock, Scotty, and all our faves without the muddle of figuring out who is what and why they're there. Thank you.<br />
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<b>Suicide Squad</b><br />
<b>Release date - (August 25)</b><br />
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Aside from this list's December release, no other film has me anticipating pure awesomeness like this one. I first saw the trailer during the Force Awakens previews, and my heart went all a-flutter. It's classic DC, with an amazing stand-alone potential, and the up-righting of the meaning of good and evil. Also, perhaps, Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn. Just saying.<br />
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<b>Rogue One: A Star Wars Story</b><br />
<b>Release date - (December 16)</b><br />
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It's being said that none of us will still be alive when the Star Wars train finally pulls into the station. I like that idea- this Christmas, we are being introduced to the vehicle that will make that happen. "During the battle, rebel spies managed to steal secret plans to the Empire's ultimate weapon, the Death Star." And so this first spin off of the 1977 Lucas mythos begins with the premise of the beginning- always a great place to start. Rogue One promises to have little to do with the Skywalker Saga, and more with the greater environment that has always existed beyond the faces in the struggle for good and evil. The Force Awakens did a wonderful job drawing in the surrounding setting and characters, but Rogue One will rely completely on the unsung heroes, bringing us the front line soldiers from Hoth. Introducing us to the scouts from Endor. Delving into the rogues of Mos Eisley- and it's about time. <br />
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WT Abernathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07136723968820316132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1803823969995656612.post-69331415533533721382016-03-02T13:37:00.000-05:002016-03-02T13:37:36.440-05:00Loot Crate is to Geeky Goodness as Tinder is to Boom-Chicka-Wow-Wow <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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As it so happens every year around this time, my family and I go into discount-savings mode, looking for ways to cut expenses as the wane, slim teaching days of summer quickly approach. Our early preparations ensure the trickle of my income during break is sufficient until September rolls around once again, and as such, I begin looking at my personal expenses as the place to cut heaviest.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsGKLwKHk74K7663nqaF8dVtaSG3xXzqM4M-4-q9WW9524MRUKiPBnfVduMmIVVXV0nEN3oVd0xX3lXjvAlrYA7CExpRU-M2nQbbEGj6GxNnGiZZbJxMADPEN4_opaBnkGqkdiUKNGCRHH/s1600/ninlc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="nintendo cart loot crate" border="0" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsGKLwKHk74K7663nqaF8dVtaSG3xXzqM4M-4-q9WW9524MRUKiPBnfVduMmIVVXV0nEN3oVd0xX3lXjvAlrYA7CExpRU-M2nQbbEGj6GxNnGiZZbJxMADPEN4_opaBnkGqkdiUKNGCRHH/s200/ninlc.jpg" title="loot crate nintendo" width="200" /></a>My collections have already become streamlined, and I budget myself perhaps $100 each month toward my fixes - but this year, I'd like to take some time out to reconsider and streamline even further. I'm placing myself on a strict $50 a month fix, and that includes everything - comics, retro video games and consoles, table top games, and original art.<br />
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Yes, I know - they've been around for a while, but it takes this retro guy some time to warm up to a new concept. Hell, I only had my first <a href="http://www.bioshockgame.com/" target="_blank">Bioshock</a> run through last month...</div>
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Founded in 2012, Loot Crate was one of the first mail-service blind boxes to truly catch fire in their niche market - Geekdom in all of its massive, sexy, cos-play, chase card, independent artist, mega-marketed-to glory. The first crate promised a comic-con in a box, and didn't disappoint with a Gentle Giant gift card, Smash cologne, Domo-Dino key chain, and other yummy geeky swag. By 2014, Loot Crate had 200,000 regular subscribers, and as of today's rambling, boasts over 400,000.<br />
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As of yesterday, count me as one of them. <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaaWNHt7Ruykw-4xuQOdIzPN6kGBP5W7SwZx9xirwg3Eu2IOjrc5iF5ixdLoH1kpqEGnJKYLe9WRugVDSE1OzkPGRGOuG4JYSXb6ky_fzyCOglghCDd430HQswu2zyxmCgMiLvSiNLlqmb/s1600/lcpop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="loot crate pop" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaaWNHt7Ruykw-4xuQOdIzPN6kGBP5W7SwZx9xirwg3Eu2IOjrc5iF5ixdLoH1kpqEGnJKYLe9WRugVDSE1OzkPGRGOuG4JYSXb6ky_fzyCOglghCDd430HQswu2zyxmCgMiLvSiNLlqmb/s200/lcpop.jpg" title="loot crate exclusive pop" width="145" /></a>Last months Loot Crate was what re-connected me with my off-season geekery. My local <a href="http://www.granitecon.com/" target="_blank">Granite-Con</a> is months and months away, and this option allows me to stretch my hobby moolah while gaining real value. Of course, as with all collecting, value is what the community at large places on the items at hand... the general accepted conversion is for a <a href="http://looted.by/dB_5-" target="_blank">$19.99</a> crate, pop-culture-o-philes get more than $45 in return. Solid.<br />
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Last month, Loot Crate sent subscribers the 'Dead' crate, with thematic selections from Deadpool and the Walking Dead. A t-shirt comes standard in every crate, and this months was the 'no-you're-not-an-x-man-no-matter-what-you-say' himself rappelling down at the suggestion of tacos... there was a McFarlane build-a-Walking Dead character, a Walking Dead soap on a rope ear necklace, an action mini'd Q-Fig Deadpool, and the pin (a zombified loot crate box).<br />
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To be honest, the gaming industry doesn't have a stellar track record with merchandising action films into successful - or even palatable - video games.<br />
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Not exactly a world-view breaking observation, but one that needs reminding once in a while... especially with the slew of Marvel, DC, and Disney films glutting theaters these days. Each has their own series of video game toss-offs, and it would be a sin to forget the lessons of the past the next time you visit Game Stop or your local retro store.<br />
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It seems like a video game port from an action film would be a no-brainer, but often the rush to turn around and match a game release with the film premier is too tempting - crap oozes freely when just a few more dollars of development time would create something worth playing on it's own merit, not relegating a game to a collectors status as a must have for completionists and fan geeks.<br />
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<u><b>Total Recall (NES)</b></u> - Where game play combines a run and gun that makes it near impossible to run further than half a screen. For those who played it- how many made it past the initial earth-originating chase? I've yet to have the patience to make it to Mars, instead being jumped time and time again by that SOB hiding in the alleyway, who shoves me into the sewers. My loss I suppose, but I suspect not.<br />
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This Acclaim title truly delved the scuz from the bottom of the programming pool in order for it to be released on time. Poor coding, glitches, and confusing graphics made this game a stinker, and prompts many to suggest the lead actor had something to do with it- something as a Bambino curse but with the the Governator instead. Luckily the sweeping odoriferous stench doesn't hang on all Schwarzenegger tie-ins, but this one most certainly was the worst.<br />
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<u><b>Friday the 13th (NES)</b></u> - Jason never seemed so innocuous. Zombies somehow make an appearance as the standard revolving obstacles, and a poorly-enacted 'Eye of the Beholder' style min-dungeon let's you explore simplified cabins for clues. Jason does make an appearance- not as a traditional end boss at least. The game relies on saving fellow counselors and campers before Jason can get to them, and if you cross his path, you can fight him right then and there - though, until your mission is complete, you can't actually defeat him.<br />
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Too many elements had to be crafted into this Altus developed and LJN released game in order for it to make sense, and this detracts heavily from the classic film tale. What's interesting is that this is the game that LJN would build their media-connected titles to going forward, all of which would turn out just as poorly. Friday the 13th is a horror title, where your ultimate bad guy becomes nothing more than an annoyance. Not the Jason I grew up scared witless about, and that's where the let down truly comes in to play.<br />
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<u><b>Jaws (NES)</b></u> - Gorgeous cover art deceives the player in the LJN release, based on Jaws 4: The Revenge. Simple maps track simple actions, all designed as an early 'grind' system in order to build up strength to defeat Jaws itself. Gameplay requires the player to hunt smaller sea creatures, all the while looking out for the big gray meanie himself- at least, that's the selling idea.<br />
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<u><b>Home Alone (NES)</b></u> - Bethesda Softworks offered LJN an opportunity to be let off the hook for creating bad film ports with their 1991 release of Home Alone.<br />
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A screen-shifting static map or the house, the basement, and the tree house require young Kevin to run - well, it's more of a locomotive strut - away from the two burglars from the title. In a 2-D platformer, with bad guys who can't jump, it's simply a matter of dropping 'booby-traps' as you run along in order to not be caught.<br />
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To win the game, the player simply runs away for 20 minutes. Can it get more boring than that?<br />
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Lastly, I'd prefer not to channel the oft dredged E.T. release for the Atari 2600 at this time, or in this article's tone. It's been done to death, even to an extent that the myths surrounding the game out-shadow the gameplay itself.<br />
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In regard to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.T._the_Extra-Terrestrial_%28video_game%29" target="_blank">Howard Scott Warshaw's E.T</a>., it's become pop culture to trash the title. But put simply, Spielberg himself played and approved it prior to release. In fact, he demanded it, and to be honest, the game isn't that bad given the development time restricting the project from expanding further. It plays, it plays well for what it is, and though there most certainly can be some Monday morning quarterbacking concerning programming and associate nit-pickings, it still doesn't deserve the rep it has for bringing down the Atari age.<br />
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WT Abernathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07136723968820316132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1803823969995656612.post-25734831611031889702015-11-15T13:02:00.000-05:002015-11-15T13:07:45.704-05:00Guess the Alternate Reality Video Game<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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In celebration of the seasons crawling towards us, below are complied a list of the eleven most violent and engaging alternate reality video games currently in the marketplace. Rather than tell you about them, I thought it might be fun if readers could identify each of the screen captures for their own glory and prestige.<br />
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There are, of course, many more - but these are the ones most likely to end up under the Christmas tree this year. Can you identify all eleven? <br />
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All images are provided as creative commons- please feel free to share and adjust as you see fit. After all, the internet is all about community and creative expression!<br />
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WT Abernathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07136723968820316132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1803823969995656612.post-17164088256000744032015-06-11T10:32:00.000-04:002015-06-11T10:32:01.926-04:00Christopher Lee Passes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I truly have no words other than I will surely miss him.<br />
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WT Abernathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07136723968820316132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1803823969995656612.post-11404619980116782142014-05-13T14:33:00.001-04:002014-05-13T14:34:08.298-04:00‘Alien’ creator H.R. Giger is dead at 74 from fall<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Giger has died at the age of 74, as a result of injuries sustained in a
fall. Giger, who passed away in a Zurich hospital, was most famous for
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The terrifying creature and sets he created for Ridley Scott’s
film earned him an Oscar for special effects in 1980. In the art world,
Giger is appreciated for his wide body of work in the fantastic realism
and surrealistic genres... <a href="http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/Alien_creator_H.R._Giger_is_dead.html?cid=38569780" target="_blank">READ MORE</a><br />
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WT Abernathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07136723968820316132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1803823969995656612.post-83842086046285817802014-04-25T14:37:00.003-04:002014-04-25T14:37:29.229-04:00MST3K to Return as Online Show this Spring?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Before posting this weeks blog (a good one, trust me) here's a quick bit of tempting news to pass along from the folks at <a href="http://www.wired.com/" target="_blank">Wired Magazine</a> via SyFy... <a href="http://www.mst3k.com/" target="_blank">MST3K</a> just might be making a return to our predominately time-passing time with an online format.<br />
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spring [creator Joel] Hodgson is hoping to start a new online
incarnation of the show, one that will feature a fresh (and
as-yet-unannounced) host and cameos from many</span><span style="color: #333333; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> MST3K <span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">alumni</span>."</span></i><br />
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WT Abernathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07136723968820316132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1803823969995656612.post-28037551086106537542014-04-18T17:14:00.000-04:002014-04-18T17:14:00.190-04:0010 NES Games Based on Popular Movies<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It was the new dawn of entertainment, and kids were drifting away from the dangerous streets to the safe confines of the living room. Mind numbing stupidity had replaced creative thinking, and video game consoles ruled supreme. <br />
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<a data-rapid_p="1" href="http://www.nintendo.com/">Nintendo Entertainment System</a>
was on the top of the console wars, and multiple software companies
vied for a slice of the consumer gaming pie. NES was built on a solid
platform of Mario and company, but film studios saw opportunity and
smelled cash with tie-in sales of video games based on movies. Though
nothing compared to the interactive and graphic enhanced offerings
today, the NES games offered gamers an option to play - somewhat -
within the movies they loved... <a href="http://voices.yahoo.com/article/10036206/10-nes-games-based-popular-movies-12589675.html?cat=19" target="_blank">THE LIST</a><br />
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WT Abernathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07136723968820316132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1803823969995656612.post-80816120540370627632014-04-11T09:24:00.000-04:002014-04-11T09:24:27.384-04:00The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair (1939)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Not a sci-fi flick per se, but a reliable snapshot of what tomorrow might bring, this film is chock full of political admonishment to the Roosevelt White House, infusions of anti-Russian sentiment, and a liberal dose of good-old American ingenuity. The Westinghouse Company's 1939 advertising film, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031645/?ref_=ttawd_ql" target="_blank"><i>The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair</i></a> is a decent zeitgeist capture of the commercial atmosphere in prewar America. Shot in Technicolor, the film's clean and well-constructed production values illustrate the cultural changes that would be incorporated into a nation soon to enter the defining conflict. Automated washing machines, dishwashers, diodes, electrodes, and even a smoking robot take a turn on the stage to inject a sense of productivity and hope in a country still reeling from the depression. There are no alien invaders spying on a consuming public here, but rather highlights of technological breakthroughs designed to make a better life for the citizenry.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>1939 was arguably the most successful year for the World's Fair, drawing an estimated 45 million visitors before closing the door in 1940. Highlights included the introduction of the idea for a Jewish state with the Jewish Palestine Pavilion, 10 years before the creation of Israel. DC comics produced two comic books for the event, </b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><i>1939/1940 New York World's Fair Comics, </i>and that title would evolve into the classic long running Batman/Superman team-up title, <i>World's Finest Comics</i>. The Twilight Zone episode, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734668/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" target="_blank">Odyssey of Flight 33</a><i>, </i></b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>presents a sky view of the fair, though the pilot incorrectly identifies the location as Lake Success, Nassau County.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Aside from the political feather rustling exhibited in the film, three scenes stick out as the most telling of prewar technological advancements. At one point, there is a competition between Mrs. Modern and Mrs. Drudge to see who can clean and dry dishes the fastest. And of course, just like the visitors to the original Westinghouse Pavilion, it's important to watch Elektro, the Smoking Robot be put through his demonstration. </span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Electro, the smoking robot; and the Westinghouse time capsule. Still prominently <a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=40%C2%B044%E2%80%B234.089%E2%80%B3N+73%C2%B050%E2%80%B243.842%E2%80%B3W&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x89c25fd71dd7d9cf:0xf780797294e018ce,40%C2%B044%E2%80%B234.089%E2%80%B3N+73%C2%B050%E2%80%B243.842%E2%80%B3W&gl=us&ei=BxjYUrWOIqaksQSbsYDwBA&ved=0CCkQ8gEwAA" target="_blank">on display in New York</a>, the capsule is designed to be opened in the year 6139.</span></b></span><br />
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(1939) was produced by the Westinghouse Electric Company and Audio Productions Inc., and distributed by the Modern Talking Picture Service and Westinghouse Electric. Directed by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0811204/?ref_=tt_ov_dr" target="_blank">Robert R. Snody</a>. Filmed on location in Huntington, Long Island, NY, and the Westinghouse Pavilion, 1939 World's Fair Grounds. Starring Marjorie Lord, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0527996/?ref_=tt_cl_t2" target="_blank">Jimmy Lydon</a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0498182/?ref_=tt_cl_t3" target="_blank">Ruth Lee</a>, and Harry Shannon. Released January, 1939. Technicolor. Run Time 55 Minutes.</span></b></span></div>
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dream," Bogdanovich later<a href="http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20119405,00.html" target="_blank"> said of their affair</a>. "There was something miraculous
about Dorothy Stratten." The actress had been named Playboy Playmate of the Month in 1979, and was about to receive Playmate of the Year for 1980. Stratten's story became fodder for the Hollywood mill, spawning two films, including the 1983 <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002080/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1" target="_blank">Bob Fosse</a> flick, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086355/" target="_blank"><i>Star 80</i></a>, starring <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000446/?ref_=tt_cl_t1" target="_blank">Mariel Hemingway</a> as Stratten, and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000616/?ref_=tt_cl_t2" target="_blank">Eric Roberts </a>as her creepy husband, Paul Snider.
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gang of space-bikers to replace him as the film's tension vehicle.
Unusual and confusing, but like a train wreck it is hard to turn away. There are several great one liner's in the film, most delivered by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0775213/?ref_=tt_cl_t2" target="_blank">Avery Schreiber</a>
as Capt. Cornelius Butts. The film steps up a somber notch while paying homage to <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0535512/?ref_=tt_ov_dr" target="_blank">Kurt Maetzig's</a> 1960 film, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053250/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" target="_blank">First Space Ship on Venus</a>.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">At one point in the film, the crew visits an asteroid-based bordello, modeled by the filmmakers to be a combination Mos Eisley cantina and Miss Kitty's place from <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0594255/" target="_blank">Gunsmoke</a>. Foul-mouthed aliens, space marijuana, and well-written bad puns litter the space-ways behind the crew of the Infinity. Of particular note, the cinematographer shares the menu at the Human Restaurant with great care, slowly scanning over the wall-mounted boards to show every item available, including <i>Black Bottom Pie</i> and <i>Baked Ala Skin</i>.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Capt. Butts: I won't engage in a battle of wits with you. I never attack anyone who's unarmed.</b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b></b></span></span> </div>
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(1980) was produced by Marimark Productions. Filmed on location at the Paramount Ranch, CA.</span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Written and Directed by William Sachs. Starring <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0532685/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1" target="_blank">Stephen Macht</a>, Avery Schreiber, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0385989/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1" target="_blank">J.D. Hinton</a>, and Dorothy Stratten. U</span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">S release June, 1980. Color. Run Time 95 Minutes.</span></b></span></div>
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WT Abernathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07136723968820316132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1803823969995656612.post-34012306126040890102014-03-28T18:52:00.000-04:002014-03-28T18:52:00.339-04:00Evil Brain from Outer Space (1965)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkzA5qrk2sJFNNcJB3wnWt3ojyIHp4-zpsF7pOD43IKDDR3x58UV61TAF0NN5kUYL191cHsZ8WgIEbOWFVUV8YQhvBDUsHuR8H1m0afrhvT_XP5S3M33zEQNNNJZ1KSYpXM2bK9wLhxXkZ/s1600/EvilBrainFromOuterSpace_000001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Intro to film" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkzA5qrk2sJFNNcJB3wnWt3ojyIHp4-zpsF7pOD43IKDDR3x58UV61TAF0NN5kUYL191cHsZ8WgIEbOWFVUV8YQhvBDUsHuR8H1m0afrhvT_XP5S3M33zEQNNNJZ1KSYpXM2bK9wLhxXkZ/s320/EvilBrainFromOuterSpace_000001.jpg" height="220" title="Evil BRain From Outer Space Title Card" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>It may start with a simple idea, but the development of a serial can be more exacting than a single film project. Starting in the 1960s, Japan's film industry took off like the proverbial rocket, supported in part with highly creative pre-show serials to captivate a growing audience. Young theater goers were becoming painfully aware of western culture, and the rebuilding economy of the Land of the Rising Sun was producing respectable sci-fi flicks to bring in the crowds. Most popular were the monster movies, ala <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048127/?ref_=fn_al_tt_7" target="_blank">Godzilla</a> and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055198/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" target="_blank">Mothra</a>, but sub-genre's of alien invaders and super-heroes had their place as well, hence the Starman serials, which were later edited into a series of 9 films for US release. Our selection today is one such edit job, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058072/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_dt_dt" target="_blank"><i>Evil Brain From Outer Space</i></a>.</b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>It's 1965, and Japan is still working things out to find a national identity in the post-US occupation world. Semblances of Japanese culture have given way to westernized pop-culture, as evident in the visual shifts witnessed on screen. Sets have a decidedly European flair, and in <i>Evil Brain</i>, this is evident. For example, in order to access the secret lairs beneath the city streets, the agents of the evil brain must activate hidden levers attached to fountains that open secret doors. These fountains all seem to have been cast from the concrete molds of Parisian courtyards, with cavorting nymphs and floral sculptures abound. Stock footage is painfully bleak of traditional Japanese architecture, instead showcasing scenes that very well might have been shot in downtown Burbank. </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Even the plot lines, which would evolve into the classic Japanese filmography we know and love, have a serious western flair- comparably, Starman has many of the same traits and motivations as the early <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044231/?ref_=nm_knf_t1" target="_blank">George Reeves <i>Superman</i></a> serials. Curious child sidekicks, brilliant doctors in peril who race diligently to find cures/weapons/communication devices, a paralyzed military that relies on the local police detective to solve the mystery - all are present in stereotypical form. This may very well have been intentional, or it simply may have been that the age-targeting genre was so pervasive it wasn't reliant on culture.</b></span></span></div>
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choreography of the fight scenes could easily be noted as precursors to the well-defined-yet-choppy, short and distinct film sequences of the growing Hong Kong Kung-Fu films soon to make their way across the planet. Shots are decidedly well framed, and post-production editing contributes positively to the film's pacing. Rather than illustrate a fight scene moving awkwardly between water-tower scaffold and roof-top, the editing utilizes quick cuts, where the actors would simulate a jump in the direction of the next scene, then appear on their marks in continued struggle without missing a beat. </span></b></span><br />
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(1965) was produced by the <a href="http://www.imdb.com/company/co0088822/?ref_=tt_dt_co" target="_blank">Fuji Eiga Co</a>. and distributed by the <a href="http://www.imdb.com/company/co0009183/?ref_=tt_dt_co" target="_blank">Shintoho Film Distribution Committee</a>.
Filming locations unknown. Directed by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0015102/?ref_=tt_ov_dr" target="_blank">Koreyoshi Akasaka</a> and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0411030/?ref_=tt_ov_dr" target="_blank">Teruo Ishii</a>, starring <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0882577/?ref_=tt_cl_t1" target="_blank">Ken Utsui</a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0407508/?ref_=tt_cl_t2" target="_blank">Junko Ikeuchi</a>, and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0847031/?ref_=tt_cl_t3" target="_blank">Minoru Takada</a>. Released in the US 1965. B/W. Run Time 78 Minutes.</span></b></span></div>
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WT Abernathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07136723968820316132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1803823969995656612.post-82045089318987238912014-03-21T10:14:00.000-04:002014-03-21T10:14:00.833-04:00Queen of the Amazons (1946)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Within the vintage B-movie realm there exist several attached genre's that seem to hold our collective attention just as heartily as rockets, lasers, and little green men. Invariably, these genres are packed with exotic locales and, well, girls. One such format, the lost-civilization/jungle picture, succeeds well with a bevvy of scantily clad women, dash of dangerous beasts, and a catalog of evil-doers. To whit, we have today an offering that fills our zeitgeist from director </b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0278272/?ref_=tt_ov_dr" target="_blank">Edward F. Finney</a>, the 1946 B&W production of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039743/" target="_blank"><i>Queen of the Amazons</i></a>.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><a href="http://www.imdb.com/company/co0013498/?ref_=tt_dt_co" target="_blank">Screen Guild Productions</a> was a traditional hard-and-scrabble operation on the Hollywood scene, producing a slew of sagebrush classics as well as distributing them through their own channels. Aside from the westerns, classics such as the 1934 Laurel and Hardy vehicle, <i><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024852/" target="_blank">Babes in Toyland</a></i> made up the rest of their retinue. Screen legend characters such as <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029020/" target="_blank">Hopalong Cassidy</a> found success through SGP, with the company distributing and producing theater fare from 1932's <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023576/" target="_blank"><i>That's My Boy</i>,</a> starring the 1931 USC Trojan football team, up until the 1957 exploitation film <i><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050279/" target="_blank">Curfew Breakers</a></i>, a real low for writer/actor/director <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0920091/?ref_=tt_ov_dr" target="_blank">Alex Wells</a>, best known for an uncredited appearance as a prisoner in <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000697/?ref_=tt_ov_dr" target="_blank">Billy Wilder's</a> <i><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046359/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_3" target="_blank">Stalag 17</a></i>.</b></span></span><br />
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WT Abernathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07136723968820316132noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1803823969995656612.post-79685369016913790092014-03-07T20:24:00.000-05:002014-03-07T20:24:05.973-05:00Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><i>Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet</i> was 'filmed' at the same time as the more legitimate Harrington creation, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060877/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" target="_blank"><i>Queen of Blood</i></a>. Though he felt <i>Queen</i> was good enough to add his real name to the credits, he again used footage from <i>Planeta</i> to flesh out the scenes. Production costs for both films are rumored to be less than $35k. As an aside, Harrington not only dubbed over the dialogue in <i>Voyage</i>, he also wiped clean the original actors' credits and replaced them with bogus pseudonyms. </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Faith Domergue was a standard in the sci fi and horror circuit of Hollywood by the time Corman was making his rounds and revolutionizing the genre. Her 1955 portrayal of Dr. Ruth Adams in the iconic film, <i>This Island Earth</i>, marked a shift in how leading women were written into scripts. She was not the damsel in distress so much as the originator of information. In <i>Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet</i>, Harrington re-visits this role for Domergue by installing her as the voice of science - a controller in orbit trying to keep things from completely going to hell. </span></b></span><br />
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(1965) was produced by Roger Corman Productions, re-worked from the original Russian production </span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span itemprop="review" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Review">Planeta Bur (Planet of Storms),</span></i> from the </span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/company/co0114172/?ref_=tt_dt_co" target="_blank"><span itemprop="review" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Review">Leningrad Studio of Popular Science Films</span>.</a>
Original filming locations unknown, with American scenes cut in for stateside consumption. Directed by Pavel Klushansev, with US scenes directed by Curtis Harrington (film credits read John Sebastian, in homage to Bach). Starring Basil Rathbone, Faith Domergue, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0947432/?ref_=tt_ov_st" target="_blank">Vladimir Yemelyanov</a>, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0955921/?ref_=tt_ov_st" target="_blank">Georgi Zhzhyonov</a>, and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0894743/?ref_=tt_ov_st" target="_blank">Gennadi Vernov</a>. U</span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">S release August, 1965. Color. Run Time 74 Minutes.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">See women trapped in fantastic caverns at the center of Earth!</span> </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">There are perhaps films more popular than <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Incredible-Petrified-World-Maurice-Bernard/dp/B00008G8WG" target="_blank"><i>The Incredible Petrified World</i></a> to have started our journey through
vintage sci-fi bedlam, but I’ve been dying to see it ever since I
stumbled across some repro lobby cards last summer. Starring film and television regular <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0164967/?ref_=tt_cl_t2">Robert Clarke</a>,
but shored up to quite an extent with the talents of the slightly more-veteran <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001017/?ref_=tt_cl_t1">John Carradine</a>, <i><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053944/?ref_=ttmd_md_nm">The Incredible Petrified
World</a></i> relies on creative disbelief to overcome the annoying physics of
real-world science. A diving bell, one of only two in the world
where the working access hatch is in the ceiling, is lost to the
ocean depths, estranged in a labyrinthine underworld populated with lizards, lost
sailors, volcanoes, and skeletal corpses.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Co-star <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0167659/?ref_=tt_cl_t3">Phyllis Coates</a>,
best known for her portrayal of Lois Lane in the 1950s television series <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044231/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_81">Adventures of
Superman</a>, was brought on board by former-boyfriend and director
Dale Marshall as a favor, when the planned lead actress fell through at
the last moment. It shouldn't come as a surprise, but the role was of a tough-as-nails female news reporter attached to a scientific expedition. </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Believing there could be no suitable replacement, Coates agreed to the gig, with the caveat that Marshall promise to not release the film in
California. She felt if her reputation was attached to such a low-budget
film, it would have a ripple effect on her career. In doing so, Coates disregarded the Hollywood axiom of <i>never do favors for former
lovers</i> as the film, after a national release in April of 1960, was in fact re-released
in LA a year later. True to her paranoia, an executive at Columbia Pictures soon
told Coates the film was so bad that his studio would never hire the
overly-trusting actress. To add insult to injury, Marshall neglected to pay
Coates for her performance.</span></b></span></div>
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cinematographer ‘<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053944/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv">Victor Fisher</a>’
was a pseudonym for a well-known Hollywood cameraman who didn’t want to be caught
working on a non-union picture. Unlike Phyllis Coates, it appears his dalliance was never uncovered and he presumably continued his career unhindered. Such is life. </span></b></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzvVXWa9WwKtRS97_Yx_eouR1_gx3LIXFkZOR8v3skYnHcjnx7XAD6e2crMZ6Bdoaz0-IUeFeRiDvOXMTdb7Dcm-UTcHJZ2Pfxq5wj4xxKzgwHt_X8mpCBx5L5hWA7Zua0WbXhbsNTXHuN/s1600/ipwscreen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzvVXWa9WwKtRS97_Yx_eouR1_gx3LIXFkZOR8v3skYnHcjnx7XAD6e2crMZ6Bdoaz0-IUeFeRiDvOXMTdb7Dcm-UTcHJZ2Pfxq5wj4xxKzgwHt_X8mpCBx5L5hWA7Zua0WbXhbsNTXHuN/s320/ipwscreen.jpg" height="217" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>The Incredible Petrified
World</i> is rife with traditional B-movie irregularities, and identifying them was a great way to make the film more enjoyable. As mentioned before, the bell’s hatch is in the
ceiling, and with the way water works, the ocean would come spilling in as soon
as it was opened. Also, the bell exists much like <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059126/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1">Doctor Who’s TARDIS</a>,
where the interior appears much roomier than the exterior suggests. One scene has an over-sized beach ball being lowered overboard, while the interior contours images of a rounded alien spaceship office, ala <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052077/?ref_=nv_sr_1" target="_blank">Plan 9 From Outer Space</a>. Also, the crew has packed full wetsuit gear in a corner trunk - to bring along on a record breaking dive to unimaginable depths. Just in case, hmmmm? To add fuel to the fire, the screen writer had a tendency to create irrational and unproductive tension in the actor's dialogue, especially between the female roles. Apparently, the stress of the disaster wasn't seen as enough. </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Notable Quotable</span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Dale:
You just listen to me, Miss Innocent. There's nothing friendly between two females. There never was. There never will be.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0138997/?ref_=tt_trv_qu"><span class="character"></span></a>Lauri: Sorry you feel that way. I was hoping we could help each other.
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0167659/?ref_=tt_trv_qu"><span class="character"></span></a>Dale: You don't need help - neither do I. Not as long as we have two men around us.
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXJ-pbO74ci4XR0Ax5FTRmxEMysqR_dwqeDIe_QNFtM0bQo52aw7iD2fXiTdEKg9hToA4NVJbj3eWfCgifh0kypTRjNOoehfI5sNalsnJRC-TSg2lel-CP4FT2Uvp0TJ1LT-p0ugqX1eWc/s1600/lobbycardsIPW.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Incredible Petrified World" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXJ-pbO74ci4XR0Ax5FTRmxEMysqR_dwqeDIe_QNFtM0bQo52aw7iD2fXiTdEKg9hToA4NVJbj3eWfCgifh0kypTRjNOoehfI5sNalsnJRC-TSg2lel-CP4FT2Uvp0TJ1LT-p0ugqX1eWc/s200/lobbycardsIPW.jpg" height="157" title="Lobby cards Incredible Petrified World" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>The Incredible
Petrified World</i> (1957) was produced by GBM Productions, on location at Colossal
Cave Mountain Park, NV; Golden Caves, NM; and the Santa Catalina Islands,
CA. Directed by Dale Marshall, starring Robert Blake, John Carradine, Phyllis
Coates, and Sheila Noonan. Released in 1960. B/W. Run Time 70 Minutes.</span></b></span><br />
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