In 1972 writer Martin Caidin wrote a speculative science fiction story called Cyborg, where astronaut and test pilot Steve Austin loses an eye, one arm, and both legs after a disastrous crash during a test flight but with advanced cybernetics, they are then able to replace them with bionic ones.
Category: TV
Tarzan and Jane (2017) Season One – Review
I’m what one might call a bit of a Tarzan nut, in fact, I’m a massive fan of most of Edgar Rice Burroughs’s works and it drives me crazy how often his writings are mucked up in the translation from book to screen. I’ve read and reviewed almost everything he’s written, having seen all the…
Power Pack (1991) – Review
Back in the early 80s Marvel editor Louise Simonson was encouraged to write a comic book of her own, a policy Editor in Chief Jim Shooter was trying to promote at the time, and so with artist June Brigman, she created the superhero team known as Power Pack.
Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show: “The Bride of Darkseid”
Lasting one season, with only eight episodes, this particular run of Super Friends did have some rather interesting elements added to it, most notably the caliber of villains on display.
Wonder Woman (2011) Unaired Pilot – Review
In the thirty years since Lynda Carter retired her red, white and blue Wonder Woman costume, the one that ushered many a boy through puberty, the heroic Amazon had found herself just appearing in her long-running comic book, or in the occasional animated cartoon, but in 2011 NBC decided to take their shot at bringing…