Posts by Ken Begg

Yikes, got my Internet working just as I'm about to leave for work. I usually don't stick with the same theme two weeks in a row, but man, some of these covers are great. Apparently there were no oars or shovels available.

I don't know, something seems awfully familiar....

Opps, running late for work! You guys have a great day.

Sweet!

I'll bet Doctor Spector did this better than Universal does.

Lots to discuss this weekend. There's the entirely predictable bombing of Universal's putative "Dark Universe" before it even left the crypt. Then there's the end of Tim Lucas' Video Watchdog after nearly 30 years of publication. The saddest news, of course, was the passing of Adam West. There was a time when nerds largely…

This, as I recall, was a nifty item. Attempting to fix the TARDIS (this is when he was stranded by Earth by the Time Lords), the Doctor ends up in a Mirror Mirror alternate universe. Here Britain has gone full-out fascist, only the Brigadier doesn't have a beard, he sports and eye patch. They…

These guys have been rebooted in a major way recently, but I don't know, as fantastic as the make-up and prosthetics are now, I still kind of prefer the old clunkier version. Partly nostalgia, I'm sure, but also because they look less human.

This was pretty controversial at the time. The show was still considered kiddie fare at the time, and this freaked a lot of youngsters out. Parents were concerned, but the kids actually loved it, of course. It heralded a new, more horror-oriented bent for the program.