Movies A Three Cheese Anniversary draconicverses, June 26, 2012 Greetings, my most excellent friends. Ye Olde Dragon here, and I’ve always been a huge fan (and occasional purveyor) of Cinema Du Fromage, or simply put, Cheesy Movies. Today, June 25th, is the anniversary of three of the CHEESIEST, most amazingly bad movies (let alone imagi-movies) ever made. These are… Continue Reading
Japanese Monster Movies Happy Anniversary, H-MAN! draconicverses, June 24, 2012 It was 58 years ago today that Japanese audiences were introduced to the latest in the ‘Mutant Cycle’ of Toho Studios, Ishiro Honda’s Bijo To Ekitainingen (1958) (trans. Beautiful Girls and the Hydrogen Man), or THE H-MAN, as it was released in the U.S the following year. H-Man is a… Continue Reading
Movies Happy Anniversaries to the Bat, the Rat and the Runner draconicverses, June 23, 2012 The end of June is historically a busy time for movies. Just about all schools are out for the summer, and that means blockbusters and more box office business. Today, June 23 is a great example of that, with not one, but three anniversaries of major Imagi-Movie releases. “Where Does… Continue Reading
Movies Happy Anniversary to THE LOST WORLD (1925) draconicverses, June 22, 2012 Today is a very special anniversary in the world of Imagi-Movies. It can be said that it was the day the Monster Movie was born. Not ‘Horror Movie’, as that was (technically) created by none other than Thomas Edison with his production of J. Searle Dawley’s FRANKENSTEIN (1910), and refined… Continue Reading
Movies Happy Anniversary, Bruce! (and I DON’T Mean Campbell!) draconicverses, June 20, 2012 Duh-dumm…..Duh-dumm….Duh-dumm And so it began. Thirty-seven years ago today, movies were never the same again. Today saw the birth of the summer blockbuster. The film that started it all? None other than Steven Spielberg’s JAWS (1975) was the fore-bearer of the reign of the summer blockbuster. It was Hell to… Continue Reading
Movies Happy Ant-iversary, THEM! draconicverses, June 17, 2012 Greetings Friends, Ye Olde Dragon here once again with a blast from Ye Olde Past! It was 58 years ago today that Edmund Gwenn, James Arness & James Whitmore faced off against giant, carnivorous ants, mutated by the first nuclear test blasts at Alamogordo. Of course, I’m talking about THEM!… Continue Reading
Movies Happy 59th Anniversary, BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS! draconicverses, June 13, 2012 Greetings friends! Ye Olde Dragon here, reminiscing about one of my all time fave films, THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS. The creation of special effects legend Ray Harryhausen was relased on this day back in 1953. Today it is still regarded as a classic monster film. Very basic story: H-Bomb… Continue Reading
Movies GET INDA CHOPPAH!!!! draconicverses, June 12, 2012 I’m feeling REALLY old today, between the 31st anniversary of CLASH OF THE TITANS (1981) and now, with the 25th anniversary of the first PREDATOR (1987) falling upon today, as well. Kevin Peter Hall, who’d just completed playing the kindly Sasquatch in HARRY & THE HENDERSONS (1987) was in the… Continue Reading
Movies Happy Anniversary, PERSEUS! draconicverses, June 12, 2012 Wow. Can it really be THIRTY-ONE years since the release of CLASH OF THE TITANS (1981)? Yes. Yes, it is. I saw it in a theatre, before the advent of the multiplex. As a callow youth of seventeen, I knew that the effects were by the same guy that did… Continue Reading
Movies Happy Anniversary…..KHHHHAAAAANNNNN!!!!!!!! draconicverses, June 4, 2012 I can’t believe it. Can it REALLY be 30 YEARS since the release of the ‘real’ re-boot of the STAR TREK franchise, with the original cast, with STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN (1982)? I say ‘real’ re-boot, as most fans tend to ignore the first film, STAR TREK,… Continue Reading