“Gain Strength from the Sharing…” With a nod to Spock’s half-brother Sybok, the purpose of this particular column is to share; to share in the good fortune I’ve had in my life as a semi-professional geek to see a virtual treasure trove of actual screen-used props, costumes, miniatures and other such cool stuff over the…
Tag: Planet of the Apes
50 years ago, the “Planet of the Apes” TV series (1974) drove my younger self bananas…
******SIMIAN-SPOILERS AHEAD!****** In the dim time before “Star Wars” utterly changed my life at age 10 in 1977, there was another major sci-fi franchise that had me collecting its action figures, play sets, cereal bowls and other memorabilia; it was “Planet of the Apes.” I was only two years old when the first film debuted…
Personal Log: My favorite Christmas gift of all time…
Inspired by the talented blogger from FireWatersite, who recently put together a great list of groovy Christmas toys he and others of our generation enjoyed as kids, I remembered my greatest Christmas gift of them all. These days, my wife and I are not all that into gift-giving for each other (to quote Elias Sandoval…
“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” (2024) fills the prehensile shoes of its predecessors…
*****SIMIAN SPOILERS!***** I’ve been a fan of the “Planet of the Apes” franchise for as long as I can remember. In fact, the original “Planet of the Apes” movies (1968-1973) were my first real sci-fi movie addictions before “Star Wars” came along. And while I wasn’t terribly thrilled with Tim Burton’s 2001’s reboot (save for…
Jonathan W. Rinzler (1962-2021), a fine chronicler of great movies…
The Sacred Texts. As a lifelong fan of sci-fi movies, I’ve long collected books, magazines and, more recently, videos all about the making-of sci-fi and other movies. My first magazine I remember collecting was Forry Ackerman’s “Famous Monsters of Filmland,” and I would later graduate to Starlog, Cinemafantastique, Sci-Fi Universe, and others, including several British…
Remembering a performer who populated my childhood, Felix Silla (1937-2021)…
Felix Silla, an actor and stuntman active in the industry since the early 1960s, succumbed to cancer at the age of 84, on April 16th, 2021 after a lengthy battle. The actor is best known for playing the hirsute Cousin Itt on TV’s “The Addams Family” (1964-1966) as well as the robot companion “Twiki” to…