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SF Obscure: Flash Gordon (1980)

For my next venture into B -movies and cult favorites, I decided to sit and watch Flash Gordon. I recently saw Bohemian Rhapsody. Clearly they couldn’t cover everything and purists felt as it there was much left out to protect Freddie Mercury’s image. I didn’t mind that actually. To often, I feel like all celebContinue reading “SF Obscure: Flash Gordon (1980)”

Favorite Movies of All Time

This week’s blogging challenge is Favorite Movies or All Time and Why. This challenge is organized by Long and Short Reviews. I’ve watched a lot of movies, particularly SF movies and animation. I took a lot of film studies courses. My list of favorites would be really long, or many reasons, so I just pickedContinue reading “Favorite Movies of All Time”

SF Obscure Movie: Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)

This is a 1980 film which was billed as The Magnificent Seven in space; which is The Seven Samurai in a western setting. This film stars Richard Thomas (The Waltons)  and featured the late George Peppard (The A-Team) and the late, great Robert Vaughn (The Magnificent Seven, The Man from U.N.C.L.E) The music was done byContinue reading “SF Obscure Movie: Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)”

Characters I’d Name a baby after

I’m joining in on Long and Short Reviews Wednesday blogging challenge with some other romance writers.  So here goes… I had a neighbor who was a huge Star Wars fan who named his son after a character in a Star Wars Extended Universe novel. Now, I’m dedicated to my SF fandoms, but I never seriouslyContinue reading “Characters I’d Name a baby after”

What would I do with a million dollars?

I’ve been AWOL for a while on the SF Obscure front. So I need to jumpstart my updating. I’m joining in on Long and Short Reviews Wednesday blogging challenge with some other romance writers.  So here goes… What would I do with a million dollars? I thought of the usual things, such as paying offContinue reading “What would I do with a million dollars?”

Classics: The Stone Tape

I previously discussed Nigel Kneale’s Beasts. I watched The Stone Tape a few years ago-never wrote about it-but decided to watch it again mainly because I read on Mike Glyer’s File 770, a new audio version of Nigel Kneale’s lost play The Road is currently available online.  The Stone Tape was a television play broadcastContinue reading “Classics: The Stone Tape”