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SCIENCE FICTION! FANTASY! HORROR!Fritz "Doc" Freakensteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209589620766485745noreply@blogger.comBlogger239125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797284234078302183.post-39589005453963217372013-11-08T16:33:00.000-05:002013-11-08T16:37:01.348-05:00DOC FREAK MEETS WOLF E. BONES - PART EIGHT<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>In Part Eight: Doc Freak watches as Zombzany begins to struggle with the spell of immobilization that he has placed on Wolf E. Bones. Doc Freak realizes that Wolf E. will soon be free to attack Zombzany again, so he bids both of them a quick farewell and leaves Zombzany's cemetery. Wolf E. Bones once again becomes mobile and attacks Zombzany, who stops him with his scepter. The two of them battle into the night!</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>In Part Seven: Doc Freak has hidden from Wolf E. Bones until dusk, and he enters the cemetery of Zombzany the Necromancer. He calls for Zombzany, asking for his aid in returning Wolf E. Bones to his non-werewolf zombie form. Zombzany, the master of his domain, approaches Doc Freak and surprises him. Zombzany is aware of Doc Freak's problem and is unsympathetic to his plight. In fact, Zombzany seems extremely amused by it!</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>In Part Six: Doc Freak has outrun Wolf E. Bones and returned to his lab in search of the anti-werewolf serum, so that he can transform Bones back to his harmless zombie pal. Before Freak is able to locate the serum, Wolf E. Bones attacks him and turns the table of volatile chemicals over that Freak was hiding behind!</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>In Part Five: Doc Freak is still on the run from Wolf E. Bones, who is overcome by bloodlust in his new werewolf form. Freak, hiding behind a tree, needs to stop Wolf E. Bones long enough to get back to his lab for some "anti-werewolf serum" and transform Bones back to his harmless zombie pal. Freak finds some useful items in his lab coat pockets and concoct something to knock the fuzzy were-zombie out!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>In Part Four: Doc Freak witnesses the transference of his zombie pal Bill E. Bones' essence into his new dead body. Freak is alarmed to discover that the new body was a werewolf his former life. Now Bones demands to be known as: Wolf E. Bones!</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>In Part Two: Doc enters Zombzany's cemetery to dig up a new cadaver for his zombie friend Bill E. Bones, who is currently buried in the rotting remains of a skeleton in another part of the cemetery.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>In Part One: Doc gets a telepathic communication from his zombie pal, Bill E. Bones.</strong></span><br />
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have noticed I have not posted any type of written review or article since
February of this year. I did manage to post the last sequence of The Zombzany
Meets Blood E. Bones video, but have not added any video content since that last
one in April. The reason for my lack of posting on Guardians of the Genre is
simply that I have been busy working on other projects. I have been working on
these projects under my real name and not under the pseudonym: Fritz “Doc”
Freak. As anyone who blogs knows, using a pseudonym allows a certain amount of
creative freedom that posting under one’s real name does not. While writing as “Doc”
Freak, I initially kept in character while posting on Guardians of the Genre,
but as time went by, I found this too restricting and ended up writing in my
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>These past three years posting on Guardians of the Genre have
been great fun for the most part, but writing non-fiction has never been one of
my favorite types of writing. I much prefer fiction writing, as I hope showed
in some of my descriptions of the Zombzany videos would indicate. This blog
lends itself to mostly non-fiction writing and that is why I’ve decided to move
on to other things and stop blogging on Guardians of the Genre. In case anyone
is wondering why some of the other characters on this blog cannot continue writing
on Guardians of the Genre in my absence, the simple answer is that I am all of
the characters; which include not only Fritz “Doc” Freakenstein, but Bill E.
Bones, Major Mac Maniac and Zombzany as well. The only other person to write
for this blog was my good friend, who wrote under the pseudonym Professor
Phileas Photon. Unfortunately, “Phileas” is not interested in writing on any
kind of consistent basis, so he will be unable to keep Guardians of the Genre
up and running either. The main character of all my posted videos, Zombzany the
Necromancer, was played in the videos by another good friend of mine.
Unfortunately, I have not have had contact with him for many years and have
been posting these videos in the hope that he might find them in the vastness
of cyberspace and contact me. However, that has not occurred, so I fear
Zombzany’s true “voice” will never be heard on Guardians of the Genre either.<o:p></o:p></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>I want to conclude this final posting by thanking all 44
followers of Guardians of the Genre and especially to the people that took the
time to comment on my various posts here. A special thank you goes to The
Sci-Fi Fanatic, with whom I have had many stimulating discussions both here and
on his blog Musings of a Sci-Fi Fanatic. I also want to thank Francisco Gonzalez
of The Film Connoisseur, John Kenneth Muir of John Kenneth Muir's Reflections
on Film/TV and Johnny Thunder of Johnny Thunder's Midnight Spook Frolic. I will
continue to upload more Zombzany videos to YouTube, so anyone who wants to
watch more new Zombzany and Fritz “Doc” Freakenstein adventures will be able to
do so at </strong></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/FritzDocFreak?feature=mhee"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>http://www.youtube.com/user/FritzDocFreak?feature=mhee</strong></span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Part Five -- which I've titled “Baron Bones Buried Undead" -- Baron Blood
E. Bones is sitting on Zombzany's throne unattended by his zombie manservant.
Apparently, all the gory films that they have been showing on the all-vampire
marathon has made Blood E. thirsty and during the film had ordered Zombzany to fetch
him a bottle of blood from one of Zombzany’s vintage vaults. While awaiting
Zombzany’s return, Baron Blood E. Bones fills in for Zombzany by telling his
viewers how Count Gore De Vol went from an out-of-work broadcast horror host,
to hosting his own weekly webcast on his very own website. Returning with the
bottle of blood, Zombzany places the bottle into the eager boney hands of the
Baron. Not wanting to wait another minute to swill down the bloody brew, Baron
Blood E. Bones orders Zombzany to introduce the next feature film, Dracula
2000. Zombzany’s less-than-flattering description of the film causes the Baron
to question Zombzany, but Zombzany assures the Baron that he is just having
some fun with the film. Baron Blood E. Bones enthusiastically orders “Doc”
Freak to start the movie.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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to watch the final fangtastic feature, until Zombzany reminds him that the
viewers may want to know where the video tapes of Count Gore De Vol that they
have been watching might be procured. Perhaps slightly drunk on the bottled
blood, the Baron humors his undead slave and allows Zombzany one last
monologue. Baron Blood E. Bones then goes on to describe in deathly detail the many
things that make the last film of the marathon, The Forsaken, a “bloody good
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that both Zombzany and “Doc” Freak appear to have disappeared from the cemetery
during its run. The Baron grabs the camera off the tripod where Freak had left
it and proceeds to search the perimeter of Zombzany’s cemetery for either of
his missing manservants. Finally, Baron Blood E. Bones sees “Doc” Freak
standing next to an abandoned tool shed in some sort of hypnotic state. Distracted
by Freak, the Baron is unaware of someone who has snuck up behind him and
pushed him forcefully to the ground. Impeded by unknown forces, Baron Blood E.
Bones is unable to get out of what appears to be a shallow grave that he has
fallen in, when he sees a familiar formidable figure looming at the edges of
his increasingly foggy vision. Crying out in vain, Baron Blood E. Bones is
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episode of Doctor Who tonight, on BBC America at 8pm EST, since last year’s
Christmas Special. This is technically the 6<sup>th</sup> episode of season 7,
but it is the first episode of The Doctor with his new companion, Clara, so it almost
feels like a new season.</span><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The episode is entitled The Bells of Saint John. It is described
as: The Doctor’s search for Clara Oswald brings him to modern day London, where
Wi-Fi is everywhere. Humanity lives in a Wi-Fi soup, but something dangerous is
lurking in the signals, picking off minds and imprisoning them. As Clara
becomes the target of this insidious menace, the Doctor races to save her and
the world from an ancient enemy.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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Episodes of DOCTOR WHO *** Premiering SATURDAY MARCH 30 at 8/7c *** Presented
by Supernatural Saturday, only on BBC America.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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new companion Clara (JENNA-LOUISE COLEMAN) for the latest set of incredible
adventures through space and time. The duo finds new adversaries and familiar
friends around every corner as they journey from the bottom of the ocean in a
submarine to the center of the TARDIS and beyond. The Cybermen make a
thunderous return and the Ice Warrior arrives in an unexpected place.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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"The Bells of Saint John" written by lead writer and executive
producer Steven Moffat (Sherlock) and set in London against the backdrop of new
& old iconic landmarks, a new nemesis - the Spoonheads - battle the Doctor
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Four -- which I've titled "Slave Zombo Makes a Joke?" -- Baron Bones
remains on Zombzany's throne and continues to demonstrate his domination over
Zombzany by applying a swift kick to his shins. The Baron orders Zombzany to
carry on with his aural memoir of Count Gore de Vol and this time Zombzany
manages to please even the obstinate Baron. Baron Blood E. Bones announces the
next modern horror movie; encouraging his cameraman to “Roll them bones.”<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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physical abuse of Zombzany with a poke to the former Necromancer’s considerable
paunch. Apparently, Bones is a fan of the Blade trilogy, as he announces the
next film as “a vampire classic.”<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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Three -- which I've titled "Baron Bones Disses Zombo" – Baron Bones
is still sitting on Zombzany’s throne and seems to be relishing his domination
over Zombzany. The Baron orders Zombzany to continue his aural biography of
Count Gore de Vol, which Zombzany obediently executes, only to berated by the
Baron upon completion. Baron Blood E. Bones introduces the next modern horror
movie with much more enthusiasm than the previous film, as apparently this one
contains copious amounts of blood and violence.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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Zombzany seems to improve his oration to the Baron’s satisfaction. Baron Blood
E. Bones introduces another fang-tastic flick; this one a foreign film that
apparently portrays acts of bloodletting that really gets Bones wound-up!<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Long-time readers of this blog know that my first and
forever favorite horror host was and is The Ghoul, who aired here in the Boston
area briefly in 1973. I thought horror hosts had disappeared from the airwaves forever,
but sometime in 1982 local channel 56 – oddly, the station that had aired The
Ghoul – ran then Son of Svengoolie on Saturday afternoons. I watched these
every Saturday until the show was pulled from syndication. While Sven was
different from The Ghoul, he still had many of the elements of horror hosting
that I then – and still do – love! Unfortunately, much like The Ghoul’s brief run,
Son of Svengoolie’s was also terminated all too quickly. The things I remembered
most fondly about then Son of Svengoolie were: his bad puns, the rubber chicken
throwing (usually at him and caused by his bad puns), song parodies based on
the movie’s shown, his constant put-downs of Berwyn (a suburb of Chicago which Sven
harassed much like The Ghoul made fun of Parma) and his then sidekick Tombstone
(a talking skull that floated in mid-air and talked with a vaguely Bronx-sounding
accent). Fortunately for me, Svengoolie (no longer Son of) is airing each
Saturday night on MeTV at 10 pm and he still does almost all the same types of
gags and skits that I loved from his show over thirty years earlier!<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Svengoolie debuted on Screaming Yellow Theater, which aired
on WFLD (Channel 32) from September 18, 1970 until late-summer 1973. Svengoolie
was played in this series by Jerry G. Bishop. In later seasons, Rich Koz—a fan
of the show who used to send in sketch ideas—became one of the show's writers. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>On June 16, 1979, Son of Svengoolie debuted on WFLD, with
Koz in the title role. The show also aired briefly on other sister (i.e., Field
Communications-controlled) stations in Philadelphia, Boston, San Francisco, and
Detroit. This series ran until WFLD (at that time owned by Metromedia) was sold
to Rupert Murdoch's Fox Television Stations Group in 1986 to become a part of
the newly-created Fox network. The new management canceled the show after
deciding it was not an appropriate fit for their new programming direction.
After 334 shows, the final episode aired January 25, 1986. Koz later returned
to WFLD in various capacities, mainly as the host of its Fox Kids Club and The
Koz Zone weekday afternoon children's programming, even appearing as an
announcer on the Fox network's 1988 New Year's Eve broadcast.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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(Channel 26), using just "Svengoolie" as its name; Koz took over the
role of Svengoolie when Bishop told Koz that he "believed he was grown up
enough now to no longer be just the Son." The show opens with a reference
to early radio broadcasting: "Calling all stations, clear the air lanes,
clear all air lanes for the big broadcast." Koz also hosts a weekly Three
Stooges Stooge-a-palooza show on WCIU.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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utterance of the word "Berwyn", the name of a Chicago suburb. (This
was a parody of the way "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" and Johnny
Carson would jokingly refer to "Beautiful Downtown Burbank.") Another
recurring gag involves rubber chickens being thrown at Svengoolie after a
cornier-than-usual joke—usually at the end of each episode's closing sketch.
Koz and the show have won numerous regional Emmy awards, and Koz was admitted
to the Emmy "Silver Circle" in 2004 for "outstanding
contributions to Chicago television."<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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("ME-TV"), Milwaukee stations WBME-CD and WMLW-TV, and occasionally
on WMYS-LP in South Bend, Indiana. All of these stations are owned by Weigel
Broadcasting. Beginning on April 2, 2011, Svengoolie's show also became
available nationally on the Weigel-owned Me-TV network.</span><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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regards to Sven being Transylvianian, and how. It's pretty much gone straight
into Not Even Bothering with the Accent, he'll start a segment with it or
annunciation a word in it here or there but that's all.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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Jr. Grave Robber Kit, Vampire Carpets, Death perfume...<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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Svengoolie, when the Son pop's out of Bishop's coffin on the old Screaming
Yellow Theater set while Bishop, out of character, provides Opening Narration.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Bishop: Good evening. I'm Jerry G. Bishop, and this is the
famed split-level dungeon studio where many years ago, the legendary
Svengoola—Svengoolie first entered television prominence many years ago....What
if there was the same situation as in the past with Son of Frankenstein, Son of
Dracula, Sanford and Son? Could their exist—somewhere, somehow—a Son of
Svengoolie?<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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the name as "a person who with evil intent manipulates another into doing
what is desired") along with Ghoul, a common horror trope in its own
right.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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sounds similar is mentioned. Berwyn is a suburb of Chicago where they have an
annual mushroom parade. Used as a gag similar to Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In's
"beautiful downtown Burbank."<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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gracefully today than he was in the old days, appearing much more solid and his
mouth lip-sinks almost fluidly.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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Tombstone (a floating skull), Kerwyn (a rubber chicken who helps Sven with the
Mailbag segment), and Durwood (a ventriloquist's dummy) are the three most
often seen Non Human Sidekicks. Also "appearing" Once an Episode is
"the guy behind the door," who interrupts Sven as he's saying his
goodnights at the end of the show to tell him a bad joke. The hand is played by
various people - mostly staffers at the station - but the voiceover is Koz.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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a month without at least one cheap shot at Alan Thicke.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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Doug Graves arranges songs for Sven to sing, just a bit higher than Sven can
sing.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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Svengoolie. When Koz took over with a different make-up design, Durwood
retained his resemblance to the original and continues to today.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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which highlighted the worst elements of the various films that had been shown
over the years.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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frequent appearances on the show, especially at the end, when they're launched
at Svengoolie.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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week to pointing out the actors' other roles.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Incredibly Lame Pun: Most of the jokes on the program.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Keep Circulating the Tapes: Unlike some horror hosts Sven
doesn't rely strictly on Public Domain films, which makes for a wider variety
of shows available but also makes officially releasing them to home video
virtually impossible. Sven is OK with people trading copies of his old shows,
but do not sell them.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The current Svengoolie started as the Son
of Svengoolie; the original Svengoolie (played by Jerry G. Bishop) aired from
1970-1973 on Screaming Yellow Theater. Son of Svengoolie ran 1979-1986. When
SoS returned to regular broadcasting in 1995 he received the blessing of the
original to just be called "Svengoolie."<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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1995. That's 27 years on the air, and 42 years overall.</span><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>I have been watching Svengoolie on MeTV every Saturday night
since I discovered it on my local cable channel 292. To give you an idea of how
much I love Svengoolie, this is the only program I watch regularly in standard definition!
Since I bought my HD TV several years ago, I stopped watching the non-HD channels,
because they look fuzzy compared to the stunning clarity of the HD channels. I
have already watched some classic – and not so classic – movies on Svengoolie’s
program like: House of Frankenstein 1944, Tarantula 1955, Ssssss 1973, Abbot
and Costello Go to Mars 1953, Duck Soup 1933, Revenge of the Creature 1955, Island
of Lost Souls 1932, Cult of the Cobra 1955, The Black Cat 1933 and The Wolf Man
1941! I have learned that Rich Koz suffered a heart attack November 3, 2012 and
while he is recovering has been running repeats of past shows on METV.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">Rich Koz, the Chicago television icon known to generations
of fans as the wise-cracking horror-movie host Svengoolie, is recovering from a
heart attack. Koz, 60, was stricken at his west suburban home Saturday night
and was admitted to a Chicago hospital, where he was being treated Monday. On
his Svengoolie Twitter and Facebook accounts Sunday, the following message was
posted: “After a very busy Halloween holiday season, I’ll be taking a short
reprieve from updating my blog. Daily updates will return soon!” Koz, who has a
history of heart problems, suffered a heart attack in March 2002. He returned
to work two months later after undergoing two angioplasty procedures. “Maybe
it’s a good thing that rubber chickens are cholesterol-free,” he quipped at the
time.</span><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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Svengoolie, should go to his current web site: <a href="http://svengoolie.com/">http://svengoolie.com</a><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>To find out more about Svengooie on MeTV go to: <a href="http://www.metvnetwork.com/whoissvengoolie.php">http://www.metvnetwork.com/whoissvengoolie.php</a><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>To find out if there is a MeTV affiliate in your area, go
to: <a href="http://metvnetwork.com/wherewatch.php">http://metvnetwork.com/wherewatch.php</a><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/GEcVhQN-D4o?rel=0" width="640"></iframe>Fritz "Doc" Freakensteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209589620766485745noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797284234078302183.post-12251272035843748472013-01-26T00:30:00.000-05:002013-01-26T00:30:45.684-05:00ZOMBZANY MEETS BLOOD E. BONES - PART TWO -- BARON BONES USURPS A THRONE!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>In the second part of Zombzany Meets Blood E. Bones -- Part
Two -- which I've titled "Baron Bones Usurps a Throne" -- Zombzany
has apparently recovered from the sleeping drug that “Doc” Freak had one of
Zombzany’s zombie slaves “prescribe” him, and is telling his fans that this
year he will not be hosting the Fifth Annual Scare-a-thon. Suddenly, in a
blinding flash of white-hot light, a large skeletal figure appears menacingly
before Zombzany. “Doc” Freak, who is subbing for the absent zombie Myron behind
the camera, tells Zombzany that he has revived Bill E. Bones. When Zombzany
inquires why Bones is of a much greater stature, Freak informs the Dominator of
the Dead that his special rejuvenation formula contained a calcium-additive
that aided in Bones’ return to his former size. Zombzany attempts to threaten
Bones with his scepter of power, when Bones - who is now calling himself Baron
Blood E. Bones – reveals that he has stolen Zombzany’s magical amulet and is
now immune to Zombzany’s necromancy. Bones tells Zombzany that he now possess
the power of the amulet’s former owner, Count Dracula and puts Zombzany into a
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Count Gore de Vol, whom will be part of the evening’s Scare-a-thon. Baron Blood
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the original video tape had a wrinkle in it, causing a crackling hiss in the
audio playback. No amount of my adjusting the tape on playback or tweaking the
audio digitally reduced this annoying aural distortion. I apologies for this in
advance and hope that it doesn't detract too much from any enjoyment that you
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bizarre scientific occurrences or a string of fringe science–related incidents
worldwide related to "The Pattern". The team consisted of FBI special
agent Olivia Dunham, scientist Walter Bishop, his son Peter Bishop and others
at the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. It followed a procedural story
structure for most of this first season, only occasionally hinting at the cause
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September 23, 2010 to May 6, 2011, respectively. As each season progressed, we
found out what was causing the fringe events and who was behind the cause. The
ties between Walter, Peter and Olivia become even more evident and critical as
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2011–2012 television season which consisted of 22 episodes. All the plotlines
from seasons one through three really come to a head in season four and the
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season, consisting of 13 episodes. It premiered on September 28, 2012. The
fifth and final season of Fringe takes place in a future that is not favorable
to humans. Once again, it is up to Walter, Peter and Olivia to try and set
things right and save the world one more time.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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hard to believe that after four-and-a-half years and 98 episodes, this amazing mind-bending
science fiction series is coming to an end! One thing that Fringe has never
done is let me down in terms of fulfilling character arcs and satisfying story
conclusions, so I am looking forward to the two episode conclusion this Friday
night from 8pm – 10pm EST on Fox.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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Guardians of the Genre - ZOMBZANY AND THE UNDEAD DOC FREAK – took place
chronologically just a year prior to the events of this latest series in which Zombzany encounters
an adversary nearly his necromantic equal, Baron Blood E. Bones. This and the
several years before and after it are the most well-documented era in
Zombzany’s horror host period; mostly because being the somewhat vain
not-so-mad-not-so-much-scientist that I am, I stole and saved these video tapes
to preserve the encounters that I've had with the Dominator of the Dead. This
is another instance in a more-than ten year period in which Zombzany was coerced
into hosting a horror movie marathon for a local science fiction fan club and
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One -- which I've titled "The Revenge of ‘Doc’ Freak" -- Zombzany is lying
prone on a bench outside of his caretaker’s shack on the outskirts of his
cemetery. He is sound asleep and snoring loudly. What is unusual about this is
that it is clearly day time and normally Zombzany sleeps at this time safely
within the dark confines of his underground tomb. Shortly, ‘Doc’ Freak sneaks
up on Zombzany and gently pokes him to see if he is truly asleep. Satisfied
that Zombzany is not playing possum, ‘Doc’ Freak thanks Myron, Zombzany’s most
intelligent zombie slave, for putting the sleep serum that Freak concocted into
Zombzany’s coffee the previous evening. Freak tells Myron and Sebastian that
they might as well take a brief “holiday”, because Zombzany will be incapacitated
long enough for him to put his “master plan in motion”. Waving as the zombies
slowly shuffle off to who-knows-where, Freak then leans over Zombzany and
carefully removes the magic amulet around Zombzany’s neck. Freak is somewhat
intimidated by the amulet, as he knows that it contains some type of dark mystical
energy that was transferred to it by its previous owner, Count Dracula. ‘Doc’
Freak jumps for joy as he heads off to look for the location of the grave of
Zombzany’s most disloyal slave: Bill E. Bones.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Night has arrived and ‘Doc’ Freak, flashlight in hand, is
still looking for Bill E. Bones’ unmarked grave. Finally stumbling on it –
almost literally – Freak takes a carton of special ingredients from his lab
coat pocket. ‘Doc’ Freak then spreads the “ass-kickin’ rejuvenation formula” on
the grave of Bill E. Bones and commands the skeletal zombie to arise from his
grave. Mystical smoke clouds the cemetery and suddenly Bones’ hand thrusts itself
self out of the ground. ‘Doc’ Freak helps his zombie friend from the soil and
places a cape around his shoulders. Freak then takes Zombzany’s magical amulet
from his pocket and places it around the neck of Bones. Perhaps blind with the
excitement of ousting Zombzany from his own tomb with the scientifically (and
perhaps unintentionally magically) reanimated Bones, Freak doesn't notice the
considerable difference in weight and stature in his formerly diminutive
skeletal friend. Together, Freak and Bones head to the tomb of Zombzany and
prepare to become the dominator of their former Master!</b></span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>As an addendum to my first post of 2013 - <a href="http://guardiansofthegenre.blogspot.com/2013/01/a-review-of-genre-movies-of-2012.html" target="_blank">A REVIEW OF THEGENRE MOVIES OF 2012 </a>– I lamented the lack of comments that I have been getting
recently on my reviews of films here at GUARDIANS OF THE GENRE! I wrote “The
most pleasure I get from writing film reviews is the comments that I receive on
them and lately there have been fewer than I would like. I hope that it is not
the quality of the reviews themselves that have caused this sparsity of
comments; but rather the ridiculous CAPTCHAs that Blogger uses to prevent
spammers from posting comments.” I have been rewarded recently with a comment
from fellow blogger Troy.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<a href="http://guardiansofthegenre.blogspot.com/2012/08/total-recall-2012-totally-captivating.html" target="_blank">TOTAL RECALL – 2012 – TOTALLY CAPTIVATING</a>. I have now received three comments
on this review – one more or less agreeing with me – thanks Dan O – and one fervently
disagreeing with me – thank you, as well, Mark! I just received a comment on
this post that I thought was so filled with interesting ideas and conflicting
opinions of the film, that, knowing that most will not read his comments buried
at the end of an old post, I decided to share it here in a separate post.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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Seriously? Arnie is better of portraying a cyborg than attempting to pull off a
human being. Some plot device about an alien reactor conveniently left unused?
The whole core of Mars is ice? Insta-terraforming to Earth normal pressure(with
a pure O2 atmosphere) and leaving the core of Mars rather depleted? This was
Paul Verhoeven directing, the same man who butchered Starship Troopers.
"What if dis is all a dream?" "Well then kiss me quick before you
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original "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" by Philip K. Dick.
Quaid's character is a lot closer to the original Quail. As for the
mind-bending said of it will, if you look at Total Recall 2012 and then re-read
the story then it becomes pretty ambiguous as to whether the second half of the
movie was real or not. As for the whole invasion thing - yes, that was how the
story ended, sort of. Not a microwave meal terraforming. As for
"Hauser," Quaid's motivation was, that he was actually a really nice
guy deep down, if a little messed up. As for Kristen / Melina, it's probably
intentional that they look similar (partly because Melina never existed).
Melina is just like Kristen's "undercover" persona. The end fight
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you're too busy looking for bits from the original Total Recall. It's not a
Total Recall remake. It's another film adaptation of We Can Remember It For
You, which borrows a few characters (partly because there only half a dozen in
the 22 page short story). I only realized this when I reread the story.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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nostalgia. I grew up in the 1960s watching the classic (and not so classic)
horror and science fiction films of the 40s and 50s, so I tend to be nostalgic
- and hence less critical - about those films. Many people who write blogs
today grew up in the 80s and tend to be more nostalgic about the films they
watched from the 80s on video tape or at the theater in the 90s. While I was –
and still am – a fan of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s films, I do agree that he was
not an actor, but more of a star. One of the reasons that his films, including
Total Recall 1990, are filled with so many one-liners is because humor tends to
off-set Arnold’s lack of credulity as a three-dimensional character. All
science fiction films made by Hollywood contain some – and usually many –
scientific errors. As long as they aren't too blatant to this non-scientist’s
eyes, I’m willing to give them a pass in the name of entertainment or artistic
license. The whole “Insta-terraforming to Earth normal pressure (with a pure O2
atmosphere)” sequence at the end of Total Recall 1990 was one mistake that
really stood out to me. Because it was so essential to end of the film’s plot,
it really kept me from liking it as much as I might have. Yes, as a reader of
Heinlein’s novel, Paul Verhoeven indeed “butchered Starship Troopers”.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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for it that “this [Total Recall 2012] is closer to the original ‘We Can
Remember It for You Wholesale’ by Philip K. Dick”. Despite the many classic SF
novels that I have read, P. K. Dick was never one of my favorite authors, so
I've only read his novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sleep” after having
seen Blade Runner, the movie which is based on it. As for which film accurately
portrays the idea of what is real and what isn't real; I honestly think both
films did not do an adequate job of this. These types of internalized ideas are
very difficult to portray in a visual medium like film, so the fact that Total
Recall 2012 lacked in this regard didn't bother me too much. I do think you
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not a Total Recall remake. It's another film adaptation of “We Can Remember It
for You”, which borrows a few characters”, is a perfect way to describe the
film, which is why I began my review of it saying pretty much the same thing.
I've done some writing here at GOTG! on the subject of remakes, re-imaginings
and prequel/sequels to classic film and how 99% of the time, people who love
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about the scientific accuracy of the gravity elevator used in Total Recall 2012
and I still stand by my reasoning that this simply would not be possible as
portrayed in the film. If, as you say, ”the actual elevator describes a hyperbolic
path through the Earth's outer core and mantle”, then it might be possible for
this mechanism to work. I just thought I remembered the film describing the
elevator as going in a straight line through the core of the Earth and not a
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these ideas in mind. Thanks again for your deep and interesting comments on
Total Recall and my review of it. Please do stop by again soon, Troy!</b></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>The SYFY Channel will be debuting Continuum in the United
States on Monday, January 14, 2013 at 8 pm, EST. Continuum is a Canadian
science fiction series produced by Reunion Pictures Inc. and centers on
the conflict between a police officer and a group of rebels from the year 2077
who time-travel to Vancouver, BC in the year 2012. It premiered on Showcase in Canada
on May 27, 2012 and ran for ten episodes. It has already been renewed by
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #e69138;">When a group of fanatical terrorists escape their planned
execution in 2077 by traveling back in time to 2012, they inadvertently take
City Protective Services officer Kiera Cameron with them. Trapped in a more
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Elysium is an original idea written and directed by Neill
Blomkamp, the co-writer and director of District 9 (2009). The film stars Matt
Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley, Wagner Moura, Carly Pope and Alice Braga.
It is scheduled to be released on August 9, 2013. Elysium takes place on a
ravaged Earth and a space habitat named Elysium. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Oblivion is a science fiction film based on the Radical
Comics graphic novel Oblivion created by Joseph Kosinski, but written by Arvid
Nelson and illustrated by Andree Wallin. Oblivion will be directed by Kosinski,
who co-wrote the screenplay with Karl Gajdusek and Michael Arndt. Interestingly
enough, the graphic novel has not yet been released despite a release date of July
19 2011. As far as I know, Radical Comics has not published anything in over a
year! It stars Tom Cruise, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Morgan Freeman,
Melissa Leo, Zoë Bell, and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. The film was initially scheduled
to release on July 10, 2013. Since the 3D re-release of Jurassic Park was set
for a July 19, 2013 release date, the project was moved forward to April 19,
2013. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">In the year 2159, two classes of people exist. The first are
the very wealthy who live on Elysium, a pristine man-made space station similar
in appearance to a Stanford torus built by the Armadyne Corporation. The
rest live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Rhodes (Jodie Foster), a
hard-nosed government official, will stop at nothing to enforce anti-immigration
laws and preserve the luxurious lifestyle of the citizens of Elysium. That does
not stop the people of Earth from trying to get in, by any means they can. When
unlucky ex-con Max (Matt Damon) is backed into a corner, he agrees to take on a
daunting mission that if successful will not only save his life, but could
bring equality to these polarized worlds.</span><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Jack Harper (Tom Cruise) is one of the last few drone
repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital
resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs,
Jack’s mission is nearly complete. Living in and patrolling the skies from
thousands of feet above, his soaring existence is brought crashing down when he
rescues an attractive female stranger from a downed spacecraft. Her arrival
triggers a chain of events that forces him to question everything.</span><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>While the environments of both films look similar, the plots
of the films seem dissimilar. Interesting as well is the film After Earth (originally
known as 1000 A.E.) an upcoming American science-fiction thriller film directed
by M. Night Shyamalan, starring real-life father and son Will and Jaden Smith
as Cypher and Kitai Raige, also dealing with a devistade future Earth. I didn’t
add this to my list of films that I’m looking forward to because I think M.
Night Shyamalan is a terrible filmmaker.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">My opinion is that the best film will be Elysium
(August 9), based on Neill Blomkamp’s previous film District 9. However, both Oblivion
(April 19) and After Earth (June 7) are being released before Elysium and I am
concerned it may hurt its chances. What do you think?</b></span></div>
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</span>Fritz "Doc" Freakensteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209589620766485745noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797284234078302183.post-55548697348549038622013-01-01T19:32:00.000-05:002013-01-13T20:17:46.915-05:00A REVIEW OF THE GENRE MOVIES OF 2012<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The genre movies of 2012 were plentiful, but the quality was
less so. I attended more theatrical films this year than I have for many years.
Partly, so that I could write more timely reviews for this blog, but also because
I had been anticipating most of them long enough that I knew I didn't want to wait
the extra four months before being able to rent them on disc. As I have written
in this blog in the past, I am also a firm believer that if, as a genre fan,
you wish more Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror films to be made, the best
way to tell the film industry to do this is by seeing these films at the
theater, where most of the profit for films is still made.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Here is a list of all the genre films I saw in 2012 and
most of them I reviewed here in GOTG! I have listed them from best to worst,
using my numerical grading system to place them in order.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>JOHN CARTER - 96<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>PROMETHEUS - 95<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN - 95<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY – 92 *</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>TOTAL RECALL - 91<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>MEN IN BLACK 3 - 90<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>IRON SKY – 90<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>RED LIGHTS – 89<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION - 88<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING - 87<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>THE HUNGER GAMES - 86<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>DETENTION - 85<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>WEREWOLF: THE BEAST AMONG US – 78 *<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>NAZIS AT THE CENTER OF THE EARTH – 70 *<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>THE TALL MAN – 65 *<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>* These films were not reviewed on GOTG! either from lack
of time or lack of interest. I still have a difficult time mustering up the
effort to write reviews of bad or boring films.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>I’m looking forward to 2013 and the many genre films that
will be released. At the top of my most anticipated genre movie releases for
2013 are: Pacific Rim, Star Trek: Into Darkness, Iron Man 3, Ender's Game,
Elysium, Riddick, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Thor: The Dark World, The
Man of Steel, World War Z, Oblivion, I, Frankenstein, and though technically
not a SF, Fantasy or Horror film - Sin City: A Dame to Kill For.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>I’d like to apologize ahead of time because this year I
will not be reviewing every genre movie that I see in this blog. I almost made
my goal of doing so in 2012 and even then I omitted a few – although only one
of them was a theatrical viewing. I find the process of writing film reviews to
be more work than fun and my primary goal in starting this blog was to have
fun. The most pleasure I get from writing film reviews is the comments that I receive
on them and lately there have been fewer than I would like. I hope that it is
not the quality of the reviews themselves that have caused this sparsity of comments;
but rather the ridiculous CAPTCHAs that Blogger uses to prevent spammers from
posting comments. I find these extremely irritating and they have definitely reduced
the number of comments that I post on other people’s blogs.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>I will still be posting my opinions, my interests and the
Zombzany videos on GOTG! I will also still be writing film reviews if time and
interest permits.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Thank you to all the followers of this blog for reading
and contributing comments to it and to anyone else who has taken the time to
read or leave comments here.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Happy 2013 everyone!</b></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Caine as Alfred Pennyworth, Gary Oldman as Commissioner James Gordon, Anne Hathaway
as Selina Kyle, Tom Hardy as Bane, Marion Cotillard as Talia al Ghul / Miranda
Tate, Joseph Gordon-Levitt as John Blake and Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>I am not a huge fan of the comic book Batman. My first
exposure to the character, like many children who grew up in the 1960’s was the
TV show that ran from January 12, 1966 to March 14, 1968. I do remember collecting
bubble gum cards that featured photographs from the show and later painted
artwork of the comic book characters, but for whatever reason the TV show never
inspired the then 8 to 10 year old me to buy the comic book.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>I have since as an adult bought many different runs of
the The Batman, Detective Comics and even the The Dark Knight, but I have never
bought it for more than a year or two at a time. For reasons that are too deep
to go into here, I have always felt more connected to the superheroes of the
Marvel universe than those of the DC universe. Therefore, I am not an expert on
Batman the comic book character, but merely a fairly educated fan.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>I loved the 1960’s TV show as a child, but have not been
able to enjoy it much as an adult. I did find out that the show was based on
the 1940’s serials Batman (1943) and Batman and Robin (1949), more so than on
the comic book, which explains the serialized nature of the show. The Batman films of the late ‘80’s and 90’s were
also somewhat of a disappointment to me as well. While I thought Tim Burtorn’s
first film, Batman (1989), captured the mood of the character, I didn't like it
for much more than Nicholson’s inspired portrayal of The Joker. Burton’s second
film, Batman Returns (1992), was a self-indulgent mess that had more to do with
Burton’s demented world view, than with the character of Batman. Joel
Schumacher’s Batman Forever (1995) was slick and slightly more super-heroic,
but was already bordering on the ridiculous that would be his disastrous follow
up Batman & Robin (1997).<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>With a fair amount of time to get the fowl taste of those
films out of my mental palette, I approached Christopher Nolan’s first film, Batman
Begins (2005), with reserved optimism. While I think Nolan got the tone of
Gotham and all the supporting characters just right, Christian Bale’s Batman
still seemed too grim and one-dimensional. However, this was definitely the
best film version of the character and I looked forward to the sequel. The Dark
Knight (2008) was an immense success, both critically and financially, but I
disliked Heath Ledger’s portrayal of The Joker as an insane serial killer and
that ruined the film for me. I was still hopeful that that the next – and last
for Nolan – Batman film would be a good solid finish to Nolan’s vision of the
character. For the most part, I wasn't disappointed.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>I’m sure anyone who cares enough about Nolan’s Batman
trilogy has already seen it (perhaps multiple times) at the theater, so I won’t
reiterate the details of the plot here. I waited to rent The Dark Knight Rises
for the simple reason that I wasn’t sure if I would like it enough to sit for
two-hours and forty-five minutes in a theater to watch it. I was glad I did
watch it at home, because much of the middle portion of the film is weighed
down by a complete lack of Batman. I understand that Bane wanted to make Bruce
Wayne suffer as he had in the inescapable pit-like prison, but this part really
does slow that film down to a crawl.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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much of a problem with how Bane converts Wayne Enterprise’s reactor core into a
nuclear bomb to put Gotham under his control. While Bane’s plan seems ridiculously over-complicated it did make for some intense drama. I particularly liked the sequence
where Gordon has rounded up as many of the Gotham police as he can, to push a
frontal assault on Bane and his mercenaries, while he attempts to place a device
on the reactor core that will disable the remote control trigger.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The last act of The Dark Knight Rises is filled with
fantastic sequences of action and character drama. I love the way that
Bruce/Batman manages to keep coaxing Selina/Catwoman into helping him thwart
Bane’s plan to destroy Gotham City. In fact, Selina basically becomes The Robin
to Batman in this film and I think she was one of the most enjoyable aspects of
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officer John Blake becomes an integral part of the film, where he sort of fills
in for Batman; working with Commissioner Gordon while Bruce is recovering from
his broken back in the hell hole prison. I liked the character, but he seemed
rather forced into the story and I’m not sure I buy his explanation of how he
figured out Wayne was Batman. I also don’t understand why Nolan felt compelled
to end the film with Blake quitting the force and going off in search of the
Batcave.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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in scope. Rise features a new flying machine for the Batman to use against Bane’s
militia that its inventor Lucius Fox dubs “The Bat”, for reasons I’m not sure
of because it looks nothing like a bat. Still, it does present Batman with some
cool action sequences; particularly at the end of the film when Batman is
shooting at the several Batmoblie prototypes that Bane’s mercenaries have stolen
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negatives didn’t deter from my enjoyment of it. Christopher Nolan’s strengths as
a director and storyteller are in creating mood and character drama and The
Dark Knight Rises has both in abundance! While the plot contrivances and
outright illogical narrative events in this film could ruin it, I decided early
on while watching this film that I would not let these things spoil my pleasure
in watching it.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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exciting and visually stimulating of the three Nolan Batman films and definitely
my favorite. It will be interesting to see where Warner films take the
character of Batman next. With a JLA film reportedly in the works for a release
in the summer of 2015, I can only assume that there will be another Batman
film, with a new and younger actor playing the part, coming in the near future
as well.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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has run a Three Stooges Marathon. This year apparently is no exception. Here is
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Ring in the New Year with five straight hours of
pie-throwing, head-smacking, eye-poking Three Stooges action hosted by Dan and
Dave Andelman!<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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meet “Gangnam Style”. Special guests include Karlson & McKenzie from 100.7
WZLX, Mix 104.1′s Karson & Kennedy, Gresh & Zo from 98.5 The Sports
Hub, and 103.3 AMP Radio’s newest DJ Joe Breezy!<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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England area and have WSBK-TV on your cable or satellite provider, tune into
channel 38 at 8pm tonight and get 5 hours of slapstick silliness from The Three
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Freak -- which I've titled "Bad to the Last Drop" -- Zombzany introduces
the final film of the horror movie marathon, while waiting for his newly
silenced zombie slave Doc Freak to return with his final caffeinated beverage
of the evening. Freak bows before his master and delivers him his coffee. After
taking a long sip, Zombzany begins to choke and realizes that Freak has once
again spiked his coffee with sugar. Zombzany grabs Freak by the collar and
drags him out of his Tomb to deliver a king-size beat-down on his disobedient
zombie slave. Myron then mercifully, or mercilessly, depending on your taste in
zombie films, segues into the final film of the marathon. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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reads a new scripted soliloquy to bring the horror movie marathon to a close.
Clearly unhappy with the script, Zombzany inquires of his zombie slaves, who
wrote the closing speech, but none dare challenge the Dominator of the Dead.
Displeased with his newly zombiefied slave, Zombzany decides the best
punishment for Doc Freak is to return to him his mortal life. Zombzany casts a powerful
remortalisation spell on Doc Freak, which causes Freak to fall head-over-heels
onto the ground. Quickly recovering, Doc Freak realizes that his is once again mortal
and runs back to his lab vowing vengeance on Zombzany. Zombzany merely smiles
and returns to the beloved sanctuary of his tomb.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/cdgLfy53auQ?rel=0" width="480"></iframe>Fritz "Doc" Freakensteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209589620766485745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797284234078302183.post-26969325135323859322012-12-25T01:05:00.000-05:002012-12-25T01:06:39.982-05:00MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY WHO YEAR!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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