Another mysterious object has been shot down, this time over Canadian airspace! Meanwhile, the second targeted object in the past week has been located in frozen water, along the northern coast of Alaska!
Category: Sci-Fi
William Cameraman Menzies
Had a blast at my buddy Bismo’s place, sharing beers and watching the restored Invaders From Mars in 4K UHD. Before directing that 1953 Sci-Fi classic, William Cameron Menzies designed and directed Things to Come in 1936.
Written for the screen by H.G. Wells, with some of the worst dialogue this side of Ayn Rand, Things to Come is a Sci-Fi classic for its impressive design and visual effects. Some of what Menzies envisioned for the future became reality, such as widescreen, flat-panel HDTV.
Invitation to Invasion
Mars invaded Earth twice in 1953. In War of the Worlds the Martians blasted us into submission. In Invaders from Mars their plan was to subvert us from within. These are two of my very favorite movies.
I have Invaders From Mars on a LaserDisc from Image, restored to the best possible quality at the time. They later released a 50th Anniversary DVD edition of the title.
A new restoration has been completed and Invaders from Mars is now available in 2K HD and 4K UHD. I have invited those wily Martians to invade my house by ordering a Blu-ray copy.
The Movie That Changed Its Title
Director Joe Dante recommends Bill “Karloff” Pratt in The Man Who Lived Again… or is it The Man Who Changed His Mind?
By whichever title it’s known, here’s the movie. Boris at his best!
Technical Trifecta
Can there be any doubt what will happen when artificial intelligence is powered by quantum computers running on limitless fusion energy, and combined with robotics?
Black Masques for a French Detective
Recorded a year after the first Covid lockdown, something suitable to continue my reading of Edgar Allan Poe’s C. Auguste Dupin.