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
The Dragon Remembers... Prince Sirki Visits Hooterville, Closes General Store draconicverses, June 11, 2012 Yesterday, veteran actor Frank Cady passed away at the age of 96. Though he will no doubt be best remembered as the proprietor of Hooterville’s General Store, Sam Drucker, for all 7 seasons of Petticoat Junction and all 6 seasons of Green Acres, Cady was also featured in two of… Continue Reading
News Prince Sirki Summons a Science-Fiction Scribe draconicverses, June 6, 2012 Earlier today, upon hearing the news, I tweeted the following: “The stars of heaven are now burning 451 degrees hotter & Mars has become a little more barren today. Godspeed, Ray Bradbury.” I first became aware of Mr. Bradbury’s work after watching THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS (1953) and seeing… 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
Japanese Monster Movies Happy Birthday, Akira Ifukube! draconicverses, June 1, 2012 I was remiss yesterday, in not taking note of what would’ve been composer Akira Ifukube’s 98th birthday. In case you don’t know who he was, Akira Ifukube was a classical composer who has found most of his fame in the West, as the prolific composer of many Japanese special effects… Continue Reading