Hollywood loves a good disaster movie and one of the more popular sub-genres of this is the post-apocalyptic film, where heroes must survive in a topsy-turvy world after some natural or man-made disaster. In the case of Damnation Alley they decided to adapt a novel by science fiction author Roger Zelazny, a book that dealt with…
Designer Cosplay Tips: “Sewing” Part 1 – Patterns and Fitting
Cosplay!!! For some this word brings forth memories of your last Con/Expo where you had a whole lot of fun with your friends as well as made new ones. It also brings memories of burnt fingers, skipped stitches, fabric searches and sleepless nights. Hopefully I can help ease a little bit of the frustration…
Exterminators of the Year 3000 (1983) – Review
In the 80s Road Warrior rip-offs almost became a genre of their own with such titles as Battle Truck, Hell Comes to Frogtown, and Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn littering the cinema landscape, but today’s entry is easily one of the most blatant.
Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966) – Review
When one thinks of Tarzan “Globetrotting Adventurer” is not the first thing that comes to mind but in this series, produced by Sy Weintraub, that’s exactly what Tarzan has become, and it’s actually quite a good idea. Elephants in trouble get help when Tarzan Goes to India, in Thailand, he helps put a boy on…
Nintendo’s Wierd Regional Differences in Video Games
Surely, playing a game, whether it’s PAL, NTSC, or JP region will be exactly the same, right? Well, I may not have been the first one to tell you, but that’s simply not the case. Especially in Nintendo games it seems, it’s very common in video games for details to be completely changed or re-worked…