Just wanted to put a little more positivity into what (to me) seems to be a surprisingly negative comment thread. Picked up and read Issue #100 on Thursday, which is actually the first single issue I've read in a few years (I wait for the graphic novels). It was great, both (slight spoiler alert) bringing The Dark Man storyline to an end and relaunching it simultaneously. "Witches" was good, but #100 was great
You know the saddest thing about this video is that it's perfect evidence of the total loss of regional accents in local news, replaced by newscasters who sound as if they went to Valley Girl High. "I mean... *totally*. It could have originated from Pasadena instead of Baton Rouge.
'Nuff said.
@Derf: Thought exactly the same thing. You've about hit the cellar when you're stealing ideas from bad movies.
Ten not-so-recent books to give to those sf fans who haven't read them...
1. The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester (the best sf novel that still hasn't been made into a movie)
2. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Robert Heinlein (see above)
3. The Rolling Stones, Robert Heinlein (a companion piece to the above)
4. Count Zero, William Gibson, Neuromancer Rev2, where Gibson gets everything wrong in the first book right.
5/6. Ten Thousand Light Years from Home/Warm Worlds and Otherwise, "James Tiptree, Jr." The two essential short story collections from this largely unremembered writer. If possible, locate the original edition of Warm Worlds and Otherwise, where Robert Silverberg presents his case for how no one except a male could have possibly written the stories in the book. Tiptree was later revealed to be a woman, Alice Sheldon.
7. Davy, Edgar Pangborn. Huck Finn in the future.
8. The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything. John D. MacDonald If you could stop time, would the first thing you'd do is shove a live seagull down someone's shorts?
9. Doorways in the Sand, Roger Zelazny. Zelazny wrote better books, but none funnier.
10. Hyperion, Dan Simmons. The Canterbury Tales, if the pilgrimage had been haunted by a 9-foor cyborg covered with spikes.
1. The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester (the best sf novel that still hasn't been made into a movie)
2. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Robert Heinlein (see above)
3. The Rolling Stones, Robert Heinlein (a companion piece to the above)
4. Count Zero, William Gibson, Neuromancer Rev2, where Gibson gets everything wrong in the first book right.
5/6. Ten Thousand Light Years from Home/Warm Worlds and Otherwise, "James Tiptree, Jr." The two essential short story collections from this largely unremembered writer. If possible, locate the original edition of Warm Worlds and Otherwise, where Robert Silverberg presents his case for how no one except a male could have possibly written the stories in the book. Tiptree was later revealed to be a woman, Alice Sheldon.
7. Davy, Edgar Pangborn. Huck Finn in the future.
8. The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything. John D. MacDonald If you could stop time, would the first thing you'd do is shove a live seagull down someone's shorts?
9. Doorways in the Sand, Roger Zelazny. Zelazny wrote better books, but none funnier.
10. Hyperion, Dan Simmons. The Canterbury Tales, if the pilgrimage had been haunted by a 9-foor cyborg covered with spikes.
You can find the collected edition [of Beasts of Burden] for approximately $20.
And where. pray tell, can one do so? Resellers at Amazon are selling it for $99(!!) and I found one copy on eBay that is currently at a $25 bid.
And where. pray tell, can one do so? Resellers at Amazon are selling it for $99(!!) and I found one copy on eBay that is currently at a $25 bid.
Burn `em, Olivia! Burn `em!
As the legal representative for The Clapper (TM), I claim shenanigans!
Oh, man. I was doing that at Disneyland back in 1962!
The "Where's George?" model has also been used to track/predict flu outbreaks.
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@Foohy: My mistake, you're right. :-)
Not to detract from this excellent short, this is only "kinda" a fan movie. It was put up on YouTube by a self-described "...full service, professional video production company..." and the actors are all apparently professionals. As the caption on YouTube notes, "I feel that several actors I know are talented enough to be involved with the feature film, so we did this short as an audition for them."
@Foohy: No, that was Heroes.
@acrobaticrabbit: As much as I love Astrid, I'm betting on the other "much-loved character."
You know, I don't think she was the victim of a satanic cult at all, I could definitely see her breathing. I call shenanigans!
@trevertalbert: I miss My Greenest Adventure
@Timeshredder: And let's not forget Captain Hadacol, who encouraged the youth of the South to drink many bottles of a nostrum that was mostly alcohol.
@WillisFonzie: My thought exactly. I kept on thinking, "I'd much rather see the GL movie that the fan trailer hints at."
Two words for Diana Rigg:
"Hubba Hubba"
One of the happiest moments in my jaded life was getting to see Diana Rigg nekkid. Unfortunately, I was with several hundred people watching her performance in "Abelard and Heloise."
But still.
"Hubba Hubba"
One of the happiest moments in my jaded life was getting to see Diana Rigg nekkid. Unfortunately, I was with several hundred people watching her performance in "Abelard and Heloise."
But still.
@Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.: Possibly why Mrs. Peel was a widow.
