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Old V vs. New V

I’m aging myself here, but I remember when the original V miniseries aired back in 1983. I was about 13 years old at the time. V was a huge deal for us young teens – everyone seemed to be talking about it.
Some 25 years later, I still remember the main characters from V: The [...]

Voltron on Hulu

OK, you know you’re getting old when cartoons you used to watch as a teen are now considered “retro cartoons.” Damn! Am I really middle aged already? I don’t feel it…and hopefully don’t look it! But we can still be thankful to Hulu for releasing Voltron for streaming on its site. Now, I’m not a [...]

Ghostbusters!

I just watched Ghostbusters on YouTube – the full-length movie is available for free, with the minor annoyance of a few brief ads cutting through actual sentences here and there.
I love this movie. Right from the start, with the librarian dealing with a ghost who likes toying with books and card catalogs, it’s a ton [...]

Thundercats, Ho!

Gotta love this made up “Thundercats movie” trailer. Using some great CGI they have made Thundercats out of Brad Pitt, Vin Diesel, and Farscape’s Chiana:

Starfleet

Since I’m in a cycle of reminiscence about the SF influences of my childhood at the moment, I thought I’d share Starfleet with you. I remember being so excited about it as a kid. The baddies were scary, with centipede mind control devises on their heads, not to mention their creep, insectoid ships.

And for some [...]

Mighty Orbots

Here’s a TV series I loved as a kid in the early eighties. Mighty Orbots was similar to Starfleet in that it involved a bunch of different machines that joined up to make one big, kick arse robot. But in this case, the machines are the characters themselves – Tor, Bort, Crunch, Bo and Boo. [...]

 

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