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DC Has Marvel Envy

Oh dear. Poor DC [bwa-ha-ha-ha].  Erm.  Seems the soaring successes of Marvel films has gotten to them according to this article:
By Alex Dobuzinskis
LOS ANGELES, Sept 9 (Reuters) - A Warner Bros executive guiding “Harry Potter’s” box office magic will be taking control of Superman as well, the Hollywood studio said on Wednesday in a shake-up […]

Carry On Batman

A pity that the Carry On film team only got to the initial filming stage before cancellation and Carry On Up The Jungle took its place on the schedule.
 Sid James as Batman and Kenneth Williams as Robin but no photo of Peter Butterworth as The Joker!
If only.

The Return Of Marie-Claude!!

Okay,for Terry Pavlet and those others who asked for more photos of Ms Bourbonnais (including three women) here they are.  Remember to check out MCBs Myspace page!
Below:Another Frost shot.

Below:As The Wasp!

Below:As Caitlin Fairchild

Ray Barrett Dies At 82

I always liked Ray Barrett as an actor and missed meeting him once by five minutes.  He was the hero in the Hammer Horror film,The Reptile,and seemed to be in literally every TV series in the 1960s-early 1980s.
Sadly,he’s slipped from this mortal coil.  The following is a brief news obituary:
September 08, 2009 08:19pm

VETERAN Australian actor […]

War Of The Worlds:Goliath

Anyone heard of this animated feature?  There is a blog at:
http://www.heavymetal.com/wotw/
and a great trailer can be found here -yes,that IS Baron von Richthofen in the clip!
http://www.wotw-goliath.com/video_trailer.html

Some Videos For German TV Sci Fi Fans

I think it always best to see these TV series in the original German first!!

40th Anniversary TVs On The Buses!

 
THE ON THE BUSES 40TH Anniversary event will be held at Elstree Film Studios on Saturday 27th June.
 
 
As it is the 40th celebration it is hoped the event is going to be a bit special. Also for the first time we will be including a buffet lunch.
 
 
10.00am meet at Elstree Studios for tea and […]

Major Matt Mason and…Stretch Armstrong??!

Above you’ll see Major matt mason Tom Hanks who is contemplating whether toy merchandising will make more money than the movie…that or whether he’ll have enough money to actually get to the Moon unlike his attempt with Apollo 13.  Or was that a film -I’m old and confused.
Anyway,some people not as old as me said […]

Movies…

Nice trailer introducing characters for the GI Joe movie here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV8oZ0npUy0&feature=related
 Unfortunately,one of the Wayan brothers will feature and that HAS worried a few fans.  As the trailer explains though,the film will be faithful to the comic but adds caveats at the end.
Personally,I thought the British Action Force strips were great and [here I go upsetting sensitive […]

Major Matt Mason…A Film?!!

I owned a Major Matt Mason until a huge cosmic boot..anyway,lost of any really creative ideas,
Hollywood has turned to a more than 40 year old toy for inspiration.
 
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Snort 
Seriously.  Read on:
 
Tom Hanks circles ‘Major’ toy storyUniversal developing live-action ‘Matt Mason’By MICHAEL FLEMING 
Universal will develop “Major Matt Mason,” a live-action feature based on the vintage Mattel […]