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Topic: CLASSIC GALAXY SCIENCE FICTION MAGAZINE |
John Thiel
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Forum: Sci-Fi magazines and fanzines Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2018 2:15 pm Subject: CLASSIC GALAXY SCIENCE FICTION MAGAZINE |
Countdown for blastoff... X minus five, four, three, two, X minus one... Fire! X Minus One.
That sounds like quite an introduction, though Wikipedia does note that "later shows were partnered wi ... |
Topic: CLASSIC GALAXY SCIENCE FICTION MAGAZINE |
John Thiel
Replies: 14
Views: 23030
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Forum: Sci-Fi magazines and fanzines Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2018 2:12 pm Subject: CLASSIC GALAXY SCIENCE FICTION MAGAZINE |
Gord, this is terrific!
I love the way Archive.org presents the covers of all those issue, and they even let you literally "turn the pages" of the magazine so you see the illustrations.
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Topic: Surprising Stories |
John Thiel
Replies: 4
Views: 10246
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Forum: Sci-Fi magazines and fanzines Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2018 2:08 pm Subject: Surprising Stories |
Thanks, Gord. Didn't see your comment until now. |
Topic: Dr. No (1962) |
John Thiel
Replies: 44
Views: 48849
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Forum: Sci-Fi Movies and Serials from 1950 to 1969 Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2018 3:32 pm Subject: Bottled in Bond |
Sean Connery's facial features have always seemed disproportionate to me, the various parts not working together harmoniously. Perhaps this is due to the way he mugs a reaction to something in the fil ... |
Topic: Dr. No (1962) |
John Thiel
Replies: 44
Views: 48849
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Forum: Sci-Fi Movies and Serials from 1950 to 1969 Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2018 3:32 pm Subject: Bottled in Bond |
Sean Connery's facial features have always seemed disproportionate to me, the various parts not working together harmoniously. Perhaps this is due to the way he mugs a reaction to something in the fil ... |
Topic: Riders to the Stars (1954) |
John Thiel
Replies: 17
Views: 16812
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Forum: Sci-Fi Movies and Serials from 1950 to 1969 Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2017 10:20 am Subject: Riders to the Stars |
I was pleased to find Riders to the Stars in All Sci-Fi's movie viewing room, and had the pleasure of re-watching it after many years. The movie seems to be all but forgotten, but is one of the best s ... |
Topic: Surprising Stories |
John Thiel
Replies: 4
Views: 10246
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Forum: Sci-Fi magazines and fanzines Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 9:59 am Subject: Surprising |
There's an sf magazine column by Cus Custer therein, too. |
Topic: Surprising Stories |
John Thiel
Replies: 4
Views: 10246
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Forum: Sci-Fi magazines and fanzines Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 9:58 am Subject: Surprising Stories |
Available at http://surprisingstories.thiels.us, surprising has it all, fiction, poetry, reviews, letters, ads, art and articles. It tries to keep an Ahead attitude. |
Topic: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) |
John Thiel
Replies: 37
Views: 36629
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Forum: Sci-Fi Movies from 2001 to 2010 Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 9:53 am Subject: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) |
Sky Captain reminded me of a show I used to hear on radio, SKY KING. That was about an airplane pilot who had numerous adventures. It was complemented by Mark Trail, about a woodland adventurer who si ... |
Topic: Worthy Films |
John Thiel
Replies: 2
Views: 3075
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Forum: Sci-Fi Discussions in General Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2017 12:30 pm Subject: Worthy Films |
There have been sf films worthy of academy awards made, including what they like in Hollywood, a film being colossal. Walt Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea was such a film. I don't know whether i ... |
Topic: Riders to the Stars (1954) |
John Thiel
Replies: 17
Views: 16812
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Forum: Sci-Fi Movies and Serials from 1950 to 1969 Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 4:21 pm Subject: Pace-setter |
It was a pace-setter of a fine movie, all very elementary, but that's just fine. It was just about space flight, but that's an interesting story. It seems to have been forgotten — maybe everyone gra ... |
Topic: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) |
John Thiel
Replies: 151
Views: 272260
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Forum: Sci-Fi Movies and Serials from 1950 to 1969 Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 1:34 pm Subject: Disney |
Disney put a whole lot into the making of this movie. He really loved Verne. He put a whole lot into the making of Around the World in Eighty Days, too. |
Topic: She (1935) |
John Thiel
Replies: 10
Views: 16736
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Forum: Sci-Fi Movies and Serials from 1900 to 1949 Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 1:24 pm Subject: SHE...Can take the sky.... |
I'd like it if this movie were more optimistic in its approach, if the lady had been less evil...for she seemed to have things to offer the world. But I think the author was too obsessed by considera ... |
Topic: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) |
John Thiel
Replies: 16
Views: 30802
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Forum: Sci-Fi Movies and Serials from 1900 to 1949 Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 1:12 pm Subject: The Story Line Reminds Me of Phychedelics |
I have seen a similarity in Dr. Jekyll's experimentation to the psychedelic culture of the mid-50s that experimented with the effects of LSD on the mind and personality. Their research was optimistic. ... |
Topic: King Kong (1933) |
John Thiel
Replies: 49
Views: 80760
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Forum: Sci-Fi Movies and Serials from 1900 to 1949 Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 1:06 pm Subject: Civilization on Trial Too? |
It seems to me that civilization is contemplated from various perspectives in this film and this includes the inability of a metropolis to deal very easily with the primeval menace. Anyone else find a ... |
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