“Once upon a time, a junkman had a dream,” and that dream was to kick start a science fiction adventure series, of course, this was not actually the dream of a junkman but that of Salvage 1’s creator Mike Lloyd Ross, who had the notion of a program dealing with the wild adventures of a…
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Josie and the Pussycats (1970-1971) – Review
With the popularity of their animated series Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! Hanna-Barbera Productions decided that if one group of teenagers running around thwarting criminals worked then creating a second team of youngsters was an obvious follow-up, and to ensure this came to fruition Joe Ruby and Ken Spears went to the Archie Comics spin-off series…
Hercules (1983) – Review
Superhero fans will most likely know professional bodybuilder Lou Ferrigno from his stint playing The Incredible Hulk for the CBS television series co-starring the late great Bill Bixby but when that show concluded in 1982 Ferrigno set his sights on the big screen in the hopes of achieving the superstardom of fellow bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger,…
James Bond: The Sean Connery Years (1962-1983)
In 1953 author Ian Fleming created one of the most well-known literary characters in history, a British Secret Service Agent whose exploits in twelve books and two collections of short stories have since been eclipsed by his cinematic achievements in what is currently the longest ongoing film franchise. The road to movie legendary status had…
Mysterious Island (1961) – Review
When it came to adapting fantastical pieces of literature into cinematic achievements the team of producer Charles Schneer and legendary visual effects man Ray Harryhausen had proven to be very successful and with their previous two collaborations, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad and The 3 Worlds of Gulliver, having done rather well in the fantasy…