Comics On Sale – June 24th, 2009
June 24th, 2009
It’s new comic book day! Dozens of new books will be hitting the racks today. Head over to Previews to see the list of new comics and then hit the comments to share which books are on your pull list this week.
Comics I Like – June 22nd, 2009
June 22nd, 2009
It’s an all-Fantastic Four column, with a review of the most recent two issues and a commentary on the way many covers have artwork that doesn’t accurately reflect the actual story told in the comic. Read on.
Review: Fantastic Four #566 & #567
These two issues of Fantastic Four (originally published on May 20th and June 10th, 2009) represent the first half of the “Masters of Doom” storyline that will close out Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch’s run on the title. The first issue saw the Marquis of Death and his Apprentice show up in Latveria where Doom had put together a lavish welcome for the duo.
Fantastic Four #566 (Courtesy of the Grand Comic-Book Database)
Sunday Movie Review: Last Woman on Earth
June 21st, 2009
Last week I wrote about Panic in Year Zero!, a 1962 film about a family struggling to survive after the world is devastated by nuclear war. Tonight I’ll be reviewing Last Woman on Earth, produced and directed by Roger Corman and released in 1960. Like Panic in Year Zero!, Corman’s Last Woman on Earth deals with the problem of living in a post-apocalyptic world. But the two movies are very different.
I watched Last Woman on Earth at the Internet Archive. The copy I viewed was a black and white print. I learned after finishing the movie that there is also a faded color print available. I’m not sure if seeing it in color would have made much of a difference. I enjoyed the movie and I think it may have benefited from being in black and white.
Last Woman on Earth
Last Woman on Earth
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan Trailer Released
June 21st, 2009
Just when you thought you were done with those Cylons and their plan, the Los Angeles Times goes and posts this exclusive trailer for SCI FI Channel’s last chance to milk its franchise made-for-TV movie called Battlestar Galactica: The Plan, set to premiere in November:
HYGOTS No. 36
June 19th, 2009
Here’s another one for you: ‘Lost in Space’ (1998). Scratching your head a little? Well, that’s another reason why I’ve got these scars (I’m just going to keep returning to that phrase because 1) it’s the name of the column and 2) I don’t have a consistent enough readership to have either noticed and really care to complain about it), because I’m not sure anyone else really cares about this lost gem, either, and that’s another rotten shame on all of us.
Comics On Sale – June 17th, 2009
June 17th, 2009
It’s new comic book day! Dozens of new books will be hitting the racks today. Head over to Previews to see the list of new comics and then hit the comments to share which books are on your pull list this week.
Comics I Like – June 15th, 2009
June 15th, 2009
This week’s column discusses Marvel’s Reborn, which is still a mystery to me, the Marvel OverPower card game and the problem of rereading comics.
Reborn Revealed; Captain America #600
Although the news is all over the Internet (I even saw a headline at CNN.com) I have thus far been able to keep away from any articles spoiling either Marvel’s upcoming Reborn series or Captain America #600, which came out today. I’ll probably get my copy of #600 next week through Marvel subscriptions. If I’m lucky. Can I stay away from spoilers for that long?
Sunday Movie Review: Panic in Year Zero!
June 14th, 2009
We’re introducing a new weekly feature here at Lower Decks, the Sunday Movie Review. Our first installment is the 1962 post-apocalyptic thriller Panic in Year Zero! starring Ray Milland, Jean Hagen, Frankie Avalon and Mary Mitchel. Long before Jericho enthralled a small but vocal fan base, movies like this one were playing on Cold Wars fears.
Panic in Year Zero!
I watched Panic in Year Zero! for free online at Fancast.com. I find Fancast’s video play frustrating due to its use of interlacing, which results in a blocky mess. But it was an intriguing concept and the movie had solid acting. And Frankie Avalon played wonderfully against type (or rather the type he would later be known for).
Producer Talks Terminator: TSCC Season Three
June 14th, 2009
James Middleton, executive producer of the cancelled Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, has spoken with SCI FI Wire about how the series would have dealt with the events of the second season finale had it continued for a third season. If you haven’t seen the last episode of the series and don’t want to be spoiled, you probably shouldn’t keep reading.
HYGOTS No. 35
June 12th, 2009
If there’s something Hollywood doesn’t get near enough respect for, it’s remakes. Oh, you’ll hear how dreadful the concept is every time someone wants to complain that “there aren’t any new ideas anymore,” which is to say, no one makes good movies anymore. People are great about that, always cherishing whatever was new when they were younger. But when they were younger, remakes were already really, really old. Telling the same story over and over again is how storytelling began. I don’t know why that’s so hard to understand, or remember. Saying that once told, a story can never be engaging again, or better, is one of the biggest insults I can think of, to the art of storytelling, to culture, to history (“doomed to repeat it” is another great joke, because like it or not, history is always repeating itself, whether anyone realizes it or not; repetition itself does not forbid learning, only the failure to understand that learning is always possible). ‘Star Trek’ (2009) is the latest addition to the remake fold, and it’s one of those that took painstaking measures to remain faithful to what came before, but today I’m going to talk about another remake, ‘Planet of the Apes’ (2001). Speaking of no respect…
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