Story
Marsh was perhaps best-known as the star and co-creator of Upstairs, Downstairs, but she was in wide range of other TV programs and films. As a Doctor Who fan, I remember her from her appearances in "The Crusades", "The Dalek Master Plan" an
Dynamite's Dark Shadows: Year One condenses the 19-week television storyline into six issues and, I must admit, does a pretty good job of it, eliminating most of the meandering soap opera storytelling. It is not, however, canon. What writer Marc Andr
Read more…
This release (described as a "mini-series) from 2018 comprises four individual hour-long episodes. I think I listened to one of them, but was too concerned with where (or even if) they fit into continuity to really enjoy it. Maggie and Quentin were n
Read more…
We just finished watching Rise of the Planet of the Apes (for the third time, I think). I have been in love with this franchise ever since I was a kid. I was disappointed with the 2001 version, but Rise was everything I thought I wanted: high product
Read more…Yesterday, I was flipping channels on the TV and came across Captain America: The Winter Soldier. It's like Ocean's Eleven or Ocean's Thirteen or Barney Miller for me; I can always drop what I'm doing and watch Barney Miller.
I came in late in the mov
Read more…Up until now, we have made due with a single "Dark Shadows" thread which comprises all related topics lumped together, but now I find it preferable to break out "Seances and Sources" for ease of reference and update.
SEANCE SCORECARD:
SEANCE #1: Episod
Read more…Story He was TV's first Tarzan, played Doc Savage, and was in numberless other thinga.
Read more…Story Another guy who was in a bunch of things. I remember him best from his roles in The Time Tunnel and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Read more…
As I was reading one of this week's new DC comics I came across an ad for the animated Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part 3 ("The Conclusion to the Epic Trilogy"). "Part 3"? I didn't know there were parts ane and two! Just as well... now
Read more…Short Treks is a new series format that was originally conceived to bridge the time between the first and the second season of Discovery. The series consists of episodes of only 10 to 15 minutes, each of which focuses on one character. These are pret
Read more…It's that time of year again!
Actually, it's well past this time of year.
Continuing the tradition started by Doctor Hmmm? back in 2010, and followed inconsistently since (2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022), here's a c
Read more…He was the King of the B Movies. I can't begin to guess how many of his pictures I've seen. I know that something like seventeen of his pictures were used on MST3K.
Read more…Jeannie Epper, a founding member of the Stuntwomen’s Association of Motion Pictures, and the chief double for Lynda Carter on The New Adventures of Wonder Woman, passed away at 83. She also doubled for Linda Evans and Kathleen Turner over a 40-year c
Read more…Story I know he was in a lot of things, but I mostly remember him from Season Three of the original Land of the Lost and the Planet of the Apes television series.
Read more…On Facebook, I mentioned the John Travolta TV movie "The Boy in the Plastic Bubble" (1976) made during his Welcome Back Kotter fame but before Saturday Night Fever. It will be shown this Friday 3/22/24 on TCM at 10PM.
It co-stars Robert Reed and Diana
Read more…Two articles about sci-fi movies appeared in my news feed which I found interesting -- and, of course, wanted to argue about. Who better to argue with than my fellow Legionnaires?
The first story was 10 Black And White Sci-Fi Movies That Completely
Read more…Story I expect that a lot of people will, as I did myself, remember him as Apollo Creed, but he was in a bunch of other stuff. and directed a bunch of stuff, too.
Read more…