Monster of the Day #1567
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Monster of the Day #1567

I saw three movies in weekends this (sorta) weekend, although two of them were old. Thursday night I saw the Bond film You Only Live Twice, Saturday early I saw Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 which was pretty fab. That's 15 or 16 films for Marvel Studios so far, and not a single…
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Monster of the Day #1564
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Monster of the Day #1564

In which a cowboy faces a monster from a silent Expressionistic German film, apparently. I couldn't find any stills from the 1959 film. I wonder if it's lost?
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Friday the 13th The Game
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Friday the 13th The Game

Given how everyone is acquainted with my tastes, you will be surprised, I’m sure, to know I’ve spent most of the last week watching four month-old gaming videos on YouTube. These recorded a batch of live streams as a bunch of gamers beta-tested the new Friday the 13th video game due out at the…
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Monster of the Day #1563
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Monster of the Day #1563

OK, same basic plot as yesterday's film. Indeed, the producer really liked this plot and used it several other times as well. Not as much as Herman Cohen's go-to "Teen (or chimp) is turned into a monster by the authority figure meant to help him" trope, but plenty of times nonetheless. The advantage of…
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Monster of the Day #1562
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Monster of the Day #1562

This poster promises a monster far more elaborate than the one in the film, but to be fair, there's some nudity and lots of violence, so I doubt audiences of the time were disappointed.
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Monster of the Day #1561
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Monster of the Day #1561

At this exact moment, I'd say running away would be a good option. It's not a popular opinion, but I think that Jack Kirby was a pretty decent artist. I really miss the color palette from those days, especially the super-vivid browns and oranges. The Thing really looked fabulous on the FF covers back…
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Monster of the Day #1560
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Monster of the Day #1560

Wow, hard to see a bunch of Millennials attacking this guy with sticks. Indeed, they'd still be shooting selfies at this point. Apparent mad scientist "Vandoom" ran into all sorts of copyright issues too.
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Monster of the Day #1559
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Monster of the Day #1559

Got my "Monsterbus" yesterday, the Marvel omnibus with nearly 900 pages of wacky pre-superhero Marvel madness. I haven't had time to crack it open, but needless to say, the anticipation is great. Monster Groot is on the cover, of course. Fin Fang Foom will do the honors on Volume 2 in August. The Blip…
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