Movies Sirki’s Summons – January 11: The Original Kato draconicverses, January 12, 2014 Greetings from Beyond The Veil, O worthy Friend! Today marks the day, 23 years ago, that an actor as easily recognizable by his voice as well as his face, was called upon by Prince Sirki. He played the Green Hornet’s sidekick Kato, over 20 years before Bruce Lee. He was… Continue Reading
Movies DVD Review – Atlantis, the Lost Continent from @Warnerarchives draconicverses, December 31, 2013 I’m glad to finally be reviewing George Pal’s Atlantis the Lost Continent, from the Warner Archive Collection. These good folks were kind enough to provide me with a copy to review, and I am very sorry it took so long to get this done. I can’t tell you how many… Continue Reading
Japanese Monster Movies December Really IS the Biggest Month in Kaiju History! draconicverses, December 28, 2013 Greetings, Friends and Fiends, from the Land of the Rising Sun! Ye Olde Dragon has been remiss these past few months in my duty to note and celebrate the release date anniversaries of Toho’s Effects Films, and for that I truly apologize, so help me Godzilla. Now I’m sure many… Continue Reading
Movies My First Impressions of the Blu-ray LOTR Trilogy Extended Edition Set draconicverses, December 27, 2013 Greetings from Middle-earth, Friends and Fiends! Ye Olde Dragon got some nice Tolkien–esque goodies from under the tree. I was fortunate to get the Extended Edition of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (which I gave a brief review of, earlier today), as well as the soundtrack of same. In addition… Continue Reading
Movies First Impressions of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Extended Edition on Blu-Ray draconicverses, December 27, 2013 Greetings, Friends and Fiends! This isn’t going to be a full-blown exhaustive review at this time. I’ve been through the movie twice now, once with the commentary track. I’ve also only been through the pair of Appendix discs once each. I’d really like to go through each disc at least… Continue Reading
Japanese Monster Movies Happy Anniversary, GOJIRA! draconicverses, November 3, 2013 It was 59 years ago today, that the world was introduced to a radioactive, fire breathing, reptilian engine of destruction in Ishiro Honda’s GOJIRA (1954). It was the start of an amazing, near-unparalleled film franchise, spawning 28 (direct) sequels, comics, toys, cartoons, an American-produced ‘remake’ in 1998 and another (MUCH… Continue Reading
Japanese Monster Movies Happy 55th Anniversary, DAIKAIJU BARAN! draconicverses, October 14, 2013 On this date, in 1958, Japanese audiences were first introduced to the third daikaiju (giant monster) to have its own film – Ishiro Honda’s DAIKAIJU BARAN. Unfortunately, it wasn’t a repeat of the success of Honda’s GOJIRA (1954) – even with the same foursome behind it – Director Honda, Producer… Continue Reading
Movies Happy 52nd Anniversary, Terror of the Tongs draconicverses, September 29, 2013 Today marks the 52nd anniversary of the release of Anthony Bushell’s THE TERROR OF THE TONGS (1961) from the legendary Hammer Films. Interesting fact – this is the date of the British release, which is of course Hammer’s home country, yet it was released in the USA 6 months earlier… Continue Reading
Japanese Monster Movies Happy Birthday, Hedora! draconicverses, July 24, 2013 It was 42 years ago today, that Japanese audiences were introduced to one of Godzilla’s weirdest foes – Hedora, aka The Smog Monster, in Yoshimitsu Banno’s GOJIRA TAI HEDORA (1971). American audiences would see this as GODZILLA VS. THE SMOG MONSTER the following February. This featured the first in a… Continue Reading
Movies Sirki’s Summons – May 30: There Goes Mr. Jordan draconicverses, May 30, 2013 Greetings Effendi, from the mists beyond The Veil. Today’s post is interesting, as it’s for someone who played an avatar of Death, as Fredrick March played Prince Sirki, the namesake of this column. Although, where Sirki was the embodiment of Death itself, Mr. Jordan was the head Angel in Heaven,… Continue Reading