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Matt Smith is leaving Doctor Who after four seasons. I haven't really seen any of his stuff, but I know he has been very well received. Personally, I'd like them to go back to a Doctor who is at least somewhat older, but the real focus will be the inevitable "Is it time to…
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Monster of the Day #701
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Monster of the Day #701

Dell Comics back in the '60s had an interesting strategy. They turned out not very good comics, but hired really good artists to paint their covers, guys like George Wilson and Morris Gollub. The interior art, meanwhile, generally was bad to decent at best, but by the time you saw that you'd already been…
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Monster of the Day #698
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Monster of the Day #698

I wonder what it was like to be a designer on one of these Japanese monster shows. You could (at least sometimes, one would imagine) work you ass off to design a really cool monster, knowing in advance that by far the most likely outcome is that the monster will never appear in anything…
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S.W.A.T. TV Pilot Review
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S.W.A.T. TV Pilot Review

[Back in May of 2003 (!!) I posted a Video Cheese review of a set of '70s cop show first episodes. One of these was the first chapter of the S.W.A.T. TV show. In honor of Steve Forrest's recent passing, I thought I would report that piece.] S.W.A.T.:  “The Killing Ground” Theme Music/Credit Sequence: …
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RIP Steve Forrest…
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RIP Steve Forrest…

Steve Forrest, immortalized for viewers of a certain age as Lt. Dan "Hondo" Harrelson on the short lived but affectionately recalled SWAT, passed away on May 18th. For those unfamiliar with his work, Mr. Forrest was sort of a (pre-comedy) Leslie Nielsen or Lee Majors sort of actor. Mr. Forrest basically began his career…
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Monster of the Day #695
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Monster of the Day #695

I realize this still makes it look like they're something interesting in Ghosthouse...DON'T FALL FOR IT! The beastie here looks a lot more impressive in the still than it does in the film, maybe because it's awkward movements reveal it's phony nature. Sadly, I could not find a picture of the killer fan, so…
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