Monster of the Day #869

Monster of the Day #869

This is yet another neat monster from Ultra Q. It's a giant rock that is blown to pieces and reforms as this guy. (The image of him standing is an anomaly, he's trying to shake off the episode's protagonist.) This guy is also really menacing; the show's monsters ranged from evil to sympathetic, but…
Monster of the Day #868

Monster of the Day #868

As noted yesterday, Turtle Boy goes to the underwater kingdom of a wee girl fairy princess (or something). She has her own magic pet, who looks vaguely familiar somehow. Note the girl provides a sense of scale for the beastie. Neat!
Monster of the Day #867

Monster of the Day #867

This was the episode of Ultra Q that assured me the series was not going to fall pray to the sort of repetitiveness that afflicted it's follow-up series, Ultraman (and all the zillion Ultraman knock-offs). Tonally, this episode was gonzo, a crazy, kid-oriented chapter featuring berserk kid logic. It has bank robbers, broad slapstick…
T-Fest 2012: The Rev.

T-Fest 2012: The Rev.

Editor Ken: It should be noted that the Rev. has been sending me pieces a lot faster than they've been going up. Notice this one is for T-Fest 2012. In the future, I'll just post them (more or less) immediately. Humongous Hooters, Hoses and Horror-- Reflections on T-Fest 2012 Oh look, another fest report…
The Greatness of Ultra Q: a Sandy Petersen Review

The Greatness of Ultra Q: a Sandy Petersen Review

A couple of weeks ago, Ken “High Priest of Jabootu” Begg, informed me, with some excitement, that Ultra Q had, at least, made its way to DVD in an affordable and well-constructed format. Mit subtitulen, even. My own excitement was dampened a bit by the fact that I had never heard of Ultra Q.…
Monster of the Day #866

Monster of the Day #866

  Duh, Gee, Tennessee. Let's make this another Ultra Q week, as inspired by Sandy's review of an episode. I'll write up my thoughts on the show and append them to Sandy's review and repost the whole things as a Nugget later this week. This fellow was one of only a few monsters to…
Monster of the Day #864

Monster of the Day #864

Doctor Who has unsurprisingly occasionally had Quatermassian overtones (where's that mash-up?!), but this is one of the most obvious. Great stuff, again. Seriously one of the best runs the Doctor ever had. Miss the Brigadier, though. One of the few six-parters that doesn't lag much, either, maybe because the first two parts are a…
Monster of the Day #863

Monster of the Day #863

A no-brainer.* And still my favorite production of A Man For All Seasons. [*See yesterday's MotD.] Man, this was a great run of Doctor Who. The gothic horror shows were especially tremendous.