[ Mood: Happy ]
As children, my sister and I often fought over the TV. This was back in the 70s when households often had only one TV, five channels (ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, and an independent), and no VCR. After school we raced home. Whoever got the TV first could make a claim. Course it didn’t usually stop us from a pitched battle, but every day it was the same. On one channel they showed Looney Tunes. My sister in her insanity hates Looney Tunes. She preferred The Brady Bunch, which showed on another channel. UGH! It was even more crucial for me to get home on those occasions when the Million Dollar Movie had Ape and Godzilla weeks. You never knew when those gems might be shown again. For a while Friday nights were awful when for that brief period Quark ran opposite Donny and Marie. They canceled Quark and I went back to my reading while she watched the Dancin’ Mormon Happy Hour.

I recall Quark, the tale of an intergalactic garbageman, being hilarious. I’ve not seen the episodes since they originally aired back in the dark ages of 1977-1978, mostly because the show was never put out on VHS (except for bootlegs) nor DVD.

Well happily this tidbit arrived in my inbox this morning:

I’m not sure if it will be the same without the weekly fighting, but I imagine I’ll muddle through. I just hope it isn’t a Spaceballs turd that my ten year old reality gussied up into a rose.

The DVD is scheduled for a mid-October release. Expect a review soon after!

Quark coming to DVD! was originally published on The Geek Curmudgeon

[  Mood: Happy ]
As children, my sister and I often fought over the TV. This was back in the 70s when households often had only one TV, five channels (ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, and an independent), and no VCR. After school we raced home. Whoever got the TV first could make a claim. Course it didn’t usually stop us from a pitched battle, but every day it was the same. On one channel they showed Looney Tunes. My sister in her insanity hates Looney Tunes. She preferred The Brady Bunch, which showed on another channel. UGH! It was even more crucial for me to get home on those occasions when the Million Dollar Movie had Ape and Godzilla weeks. You never knew when those gems might be shown again. For a while Friday nights were awful when for that brief period Quark ran opposite Donny and Marie. They canceled Quark and I went back to my reading while she watched the Dancin’ Mormon Happy Hour.

I recall Quark, the tale of an intergalactic garbageman, being hilarious. I’ve not seen the episodes since they originally aired back in the dark ages of 1977-1978, mostly because the show was never put out on VHS (except for bootlegs) nor DVD.

Well happily this tidbit arrived in my inbox this morning:

I’m not sure if it will be the same without the weekly fighting, but I imagine I’ll muddle through. I just hope it isn’t a Spaceballs turd that my ten year old reality gussied up into a rose.

The DVD is scheduled for a mid-October release. Expect a review soon after!

This potentially great news from the mouth of Sam Raimi about the fourth Evil Dead comes courtesy of Twitch:

Although this is very exciting, I’m more interested in Raimi’s new horror film Drag Me To Hell. It’ll be his first non-Spider-man movie since the 2000’s underrated The Gift as well the first horror collaboration with his brother Ivan since Army of Darkness.

Though he better hurry up with the new Evil Dead or it’s going to be very old man Bruce in a wheelchair fighting zombies! Course we all know Bruce can kick some serious ass even with a walker!

Evil Dead 4?!?! was originally published on The Geek Curmudgeon

This potentially great news from the mouth of Sam Raimi about the fourth Evil Dead comes courtesy of Twitch:

Although this is very exciting, I’m more interested in Raimi’s new horror film Drag Me To Hell. It’ll be his first non-Spider-man movie since the 2000’s underrated The Gift as well the first horror collaboration with his brother Ivan since Army of Darkness.

Though he better hurry up with the new Evil Dead or it’s going to be very old man Bruce in a wheelchair fighting zombies! Course we all know Bruce can kick some serious ass even with a walker!

“When a fresh-faced guy in a Chevy offered him a lift, Parker told him to go to hell.” –The Hunter, Richard Stark opening line

From PW Comics Week on July 26, 2008:

Richard Stark’s antihero stories influenced an entire generation of crime writers and filmmakers including Elmore Leonard, Joe R. Lansdale, Richard Price, Brian Bendis, David Laptham, Dennis Lehane, Quentin Tarantino, and Martin Scorsese.

Stark fans often refer to the Parker adventures as the crack of crime fiction. After reading one book, you’re hooked and before you know it you’ve devoured, like so many boxes of Milanos, some twenty books. The junkie you’ve become begins to sweat and shiver waiting for the next hit!

The perfect artistic choice for these adaptations, Cooke should offer the perfect methadone to tide you over until the latest Stark stuff hits the streets.

Darwyn Cooke to Adapt Parker Novels! was originally published on The Geek Curmudgeon

"When a fresh-faced guy in a Chevy offered him a lift, Parker told him to go to hell." —The Hunter, Richard Stark opening line

From PW Comics Week on July 26, 2008:

Richard Stark’s antihero stories influenced an entire generation of crime writers and filmmakers including Elmore Leonard, Joe R. Lansdale, Richard Price, Brian Bendis, David Laptham, Dennis Lehane, Quentin Tarantino, and Martin Scorsese.

Stark fans often refer to the Parker adventures as the crack of crime fiction. After reading one book, you’re hooked and before you know it you’ve devoured, like so many boxes of Milanos, some twenty books. The junkie you’ve become begins to sweat and shiver waiting for the next hit!

The perfect artistic choice for these adaptations, Cooke should offer the perfect methadone to tide you over until the latest Stark stuff hits the streets.

“My universe is lying within my fingers, he realized. If I can just figure out how the damn thing works."– "The Electric Ant,” Philip K. Dick

This is from PhilipKDick.com:

About time publishers got around to publishing PKD adaptations. I imagine many more are to follow.

Pascal Alixe art

A short film version of the “Electric Ant” titled All Gates Open was produced in 2006.

MARVEL BRINGS PHILIP K DICK’S ELECTRIC ANT TO LIFE was originally published on The Geek Curmudgeon

"My universe is lying within my fingers, he realized. If I can just figure out how the damn thing works."– "The Electric Ant," Philip K. Dick

This is from PhilipKDick.com:

About time publishers got around to publishing PKD adaptations. I imagine many more are to follow.

Pascal Alixe art

A short film version of the "Electric Ant" titled All Gates Open was produced in 2006.

In the Sunday, July 20 New York Times, Dave Itzkoff latest Across the Universe column features Michael Moorcock’s seminal creation Elric and the recent repackaging Elric: The Stealer of Souls (Chronicles of the Last Emperor of Melniboné, Volume I).

Three things leaped out at me from the piece.

1) Itzkoff clearly has done some reading about Moorcock and of his work. Knowing that, it’s very shocking that he writes “also C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien — titans of fantasy who seemed to be obvious influences on him.” Moorcock was influenced by the works that originally influenced the two authors as well as the writings of Mervyn Peake and Robert E. Howard.

2) What the hell is that hideous image in the article?

Why would any one choose that objectively inferior piece over John Picacio‘s beautiful cover or incredible interior art? (Picacio is NOT mentioned in the article.)

3) The overall poor quality of Dave Itzkoff’s writing in this piece.

I probably should stop there as both Michael Moorcock and Elric both deserve the attention and respect.

Elric in the New York Times was originally published on The Geek Curmudgeon

In the Sunday, July 20 New York Times, Dave Itzkoff latest Across the Universe column features Michael Moorcock’s seminal creation Elric and the recent repackaging Elric: The Stealer of Souls (Chronicles of the Last Emperor of Melniboné, Volume I).

Three things leaped out at me from the piece.

1) Itzkoff clearly has done some reading about Moorcock and of his work. Knowing that, it’s very shocking that he writes "also C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien — titans of fantasy who seemed to be obvious influences on him." Moorcock was influenced by the works that originally influenced the two authors as well as the writings of Mervyn Peake and Robert E. Howard.

2) What the hell is that hideous image in the article?

Why would any one choose that objectively inferior piece over John Picacio‘s beautiful cover or incredible interior art? (Picacio is NOT mentioned in the article.)

3) The overall poor quality of Dave Itzkoff’s writing in this piece.

I probably should stop there as both Michael Moorcock and Elric both deserve the attention and respect.