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RIP Ruth Buzzi

Story  A lot of folks may remember her for her role as Gladys Ormphby on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, but ssince I was a touch young for that show, I first encountered her on the Saturday morning kids' show, The Lost Saucer.  It was only later that I s

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RIP Jean Marsh

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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

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Dark Shadows (comics)

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

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Dark Shadows: Maggie & Quentin - The Lovers' Refrain

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

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Planet of the Apes (reboot series)

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

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A moment in ''Captain America: The Winter Soldier''

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

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Dark Shadows: Seances and Sources

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

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The New Season (2024)

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, 2022 and 2023), here

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RIP Ron Ely

Story  He was TV's first Tarzan, played Doc Savage, and was in numberless other thinga.

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RIP James Earl Jones

Story   Another great voice silenced.

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RIP James Darren

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.

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RIP Bob Newhart

Story  Another one of the greats of my younger years gone.

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Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths

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

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Star Trek: Short Treks

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

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The New Season (2023)

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

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RIP Roger Corman

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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.

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R.I.P. Jeannie Epper, a real Wonder Woman

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

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RIP Ron Harper

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.

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"Boy in the Plastic Bubble" on TCM Fri. 3/22

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

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Two lists of sci-fi movies: What do YOU think?

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

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