"Tomorrow morning (12/1/20), Turner Classic Movies is showing Zero Hour (1957). This movie with its reluctant pilot and food poisoning was an inspiration for the movie Airplane. I've always wanted to see it and it's not on DVD."
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" WW '84 " going to Roxies - and your own personal Biloxies!
Started this discussion. Last reply by ClarkKent_DC on Thursday. 6 Replies 0 Likes
It's official. Much-delayed mega-sequel WONDER WOMAN 1984 will get its announced Christmas Day release - and will be released to HBO Max the same day! It will be a normal streaming release, not a premium one, as Milan was - and Warner's described…Continue
" NIGHT OF THE LEPUS " on ME-TV!
Started this discussion. Last reply by Emerkeith Davyjack Nov 13. 14 Replies 0 Likes
Svengoolie, on ME-TV, is showing " NIGHT OF The LEPUS " right now! I meant to get this up before...I don't know of anyone else here but Richard in the Western time zone, so...........Continue
Okay, once and for all.........
Started this discussion. Last reply by Emerkeith Davyjack Oct 7. 13 Replies 0 Likes
...Has anyone here seen comic books, standard-sized, on sale at ANY non-comics shop in 2020. The last 6 month's obviously everything has been upturned, but in the first 3 months of 2020 and since them, has ANYONE, other than Walmart and whatever…Continue
Superhero movies from non-DC/Marvel properties?
Started this discussion. Last reply by ClarkKent_DC Aug 5. 5 Replies 0 Likes
Did the BLOODSPORT movie with Vin Diesel that came out just as/before the Coronavirus hit prove a financial success? IIRC, it came out theatrically just before the CV hit and was an early transfer to pay VOD early as movie theaters closed down, so…Continue
Judex
Started this discussion. Last reply by PowerBook Pete, the Mad Mod Jun 17. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Last night on TCM I saw JUDEX, a French film from 1963 that remade a French movie serial from 1915. It was something of a proto-superhero adventure (though a trifle less than the promo copy indicated(, and the film had some connection with Fantomas.Continue
Nicolas Hammond " The Amazing Spider-Man series - Reviewed#
Started this discussion. Last reply by Emerkeith Davyjack Jun 3. 1 Reply 0 Likes
I am going to review the entire 1977-1969 CBS " The Amazing Spider-Man " CBS TV series!(more later juice runs out of appliance now)Continue
Trump campaign gets political cartoon taken down, CBDF intervenes.
Started this discussion. Last reply by Richard Willis May 29. 3 Replies 0 Likes
Donald Trump's re-election campaign got a satirical editorial cartoon by Pulitzer Prize winning 'toonist Nick Anderson taken down from Redbubble temporarily before the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund intervened and the merchandise showing the cartoon…Continue
Snyder Cut To Be Released
Started this discussion. Last reply by ClarkKent_DC Jun 5. 9 Replies 0 Likes
In a sudden move, Warner Brothers acknowledged the existence of the much-demanded " Snyder Cut " of the 2017 JUSTICE LEAGUE, a version entirely by original director Zack Snyder filmed before his departure and replacement whose very existence had…Continue
Billie ~ " Because We Want To "
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Before she landed on DOCTOR WHO, Billie Piper spent some time as a genuine teenage pop star ~ billing herself as just " Billie " ~ and this was her signature song's video! REALLY foreshadowing the Doctor visually, as you can see. She was trying to…Continue
How's " that " situation going now?
Started this discussion. Last reply by ClarkKent_DC Nov 11. 130 Replies 1 Like
How is the Coronavirus situation where you live? What's closed down? Have you gone out much? Are you (Oh, what's the trendy term now " Self-distancing "?) staying inside as a precaution or actually infected or is anyone else you know? I hope, if so,…Continue
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"Not only that, the theater owners in California have been in constant litigation with the state, arguing that the restrictions on them are more severe than other types of gatherings, like, say, houses of worship. Today's ruling from the…"
"Right now, most of California's counties are in the Purple Tier of COVID, the most severe. Restaurants are back to take-out only and theaters are all closed. "
Emerkeith Davyjack replied to Randy Jackson's discussion Randy Jackson Re-Reads Steve Gerber's Howard the Duck"Is anyone else here familiar with Gerber and Colan's turn-of-the-Eighties OGN, STEWART THE RAT?"
Emerkeith Davyjack replied to Emerkeith Davyjack's discussion " WW '84 " going to Roxies - and your own personal Biloxies!"When the Santa Cruz " b)ockbuster " movie house closed down early in 2020, a WW'84 poster was among the poster space up front. As was a BLACK WIDOW one.
When that (Regal) house temporarily opened up again, during which time I…"
Emerkeith Davyjack replied to Captain Comics's discussion 'New Mutants': Good idea, great characters, bad timing"...I wrote about the announced same-day HBO Max/theatrical bow on 12/25 of WW'84 here. I saw later that it was announced that WW84 will not stream on HBO Max in the desired high-tech format - 8K? I don't have it. - as HBO Max does not…"
Emerkeith Davyjack replied to Emerkeith Davyjack's discussion Jackie Cooper's Celebrity Deaths Line .".. Solo Cups - they brought the waiting world Dora Hall!"
"He wasn't a celebrity, but we've seen the work of Sandy Dvore countless times. He created the titles for such shows as The Partridge Family, The Waltons, Police Story, Knots Landing, Falcon Crest, and more. He also created…"
"I think the call to place Wonder Woman 1984 in both theaters and HBO Max is both optimistic and a Hail Mary. It's already a year and a half past its first release date and Warner Bros. didn't think it could keep it on the shelf…"
"I think that pre-COVID, movie theaters did have midnight shows even at Christmas time for big movies. And people went."
Emerkeith Davyjack replied to Emerkeith Davyjack's discussion The nice thoughts of Emerkeith..........."...Thank you."
"The one killed off in-story by Roy Thomas Was William Naslund (formerly the Spirit of '76) in What If...? #4.
The one dying of cancer was Jeff Mace (formerly the Patriot) and the story you describe was Captain America Annual #6. Mace succumbed…"
Emerkeith Davyjack replied to Emerkeith Davyjack's discussion " WW '84 " going to Roxies - and your own personal Biloxies!"I like rhymes - it was either " Roxies/Biloxies " or " Bijous/places for you "!!!!!!!!!"
Emerkeith Davyjack replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion CoIE / Flashpoint / Doomsday Clock / Generations / Zero Hour Comparison"...Who?????"
Emerkeith Davyjack replied to Captain Comics's discussion 'New Mutants': Good idea, great characters, bad timing"...At least recently, Tenet - and New Mutants! - were being offered by theaters in this " have the whole auditorium to yourself - up to 25 people " deals, with the basic price for these as low as $99 - However, that may have been only the…"
Emerkeith Davyjack posted a discussion" WW '84 " going to Roxies - and your own personal Biloxies!
It's official. Much-delayed mega-sequel WONDER WOMAN 1984 will get its announced Christmas Day release - and will be released to HBO Max the same day! It will be a normal streaming release, not a premium one, as Milan was - and Warner's described plans for it to only be on Max for a month, after which it will continue to be available in theaters! Is this a little over -optimistic on Warner Brot era's part or might there be enough " mopping up " interest in it in theaters, especially considering…See More
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- At 10:56pm on March 9, 2011,
Cavaliere (moderator emeritus) said…
Hi, Emerkeith. You may not be aware of it but I'm one of the moderators for this site. I denied your submitted blog post because it wasn't an essay but merely a topic starter. If you had discussed the subject then it might have been approved. With the exception of the weekly shipping lists, our blogs are essays where the author discusses the topic they wish to examine.
You're quite welcome to post what you wrote in the discussion forums and I encourage you to do so.
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- At 2:23pm on March 10, 2011, Emerkeith Davyjack said…
- ...I hadn't had time to go into it before my time ran out .
- At 9:40pm on September 13, 2011,
Philip Portelli said…
- I'm not that clever or knowledgeable, Emerkeith! He's just the Golden Age Terrfic Whatzit!
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