...As We Re-Present the Never-Reprinted Comic Adaptation of the 1960s Movie...
...as Fred Flintstone goes full-on Swinging '60s super-spy, with gimmicks and glamorous women galore!
Starting on Thanksgiving itself (thank the tech gods for being able to schedule future posts!), there will be three days of "Flintstone, Fred Flintstone" nuttiness on...
Secret Sanctum of Captain Video!
...the unmatched home of radio, movie and TV comic book adaptations!
Enjoy, and pass the cranberries!
Showing posts with label movie adaptation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label movie adaptation. Show all posts
Sunday, November 23, 2025
Thankgiving Weekend, Enjoy a SECOND Turkey...
Saturday, November 22, 2025
Space Hero Saturdays FLASH GORDON Happy 45th, Flash!
Before we end 2025, we wanted to acknowledge that it's the 45th Anniversary of Flash Gordon.
Though critically-reviled when it came out, the movie has attained cult-classic status, primarily due to the soundtrack by Queen...
...and over-the-top performances by (among others) Brian Blessed (Hawkman Prince Vultan), Topol (Dr Zarkoff) and Max Von Sydow (Ming the Merciless).
The comic adaptation was written by Bruce Jones and illustrated by legendary artist Al Williamson (who, ironically, was also doing the equally-magnificent graphic novel version of The Empire Strikes Back at the same time)!
Interestingly, Williamson inked the entire Flash adaptation, while allowing the talented Carlos Garzon (himself, no slouch) to ink the bulk of Empire.
Read it, from the beginning...HERE!
Read it, from the beginning...HERE!
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Sunday, November 16, 2025
The RetroBlog Thanksgiving Turkey for 2025 Is...
Wait!
WHAT???
Where is that damn intern???
WTF is going on???
"You said "pull the poster for yadda-yadda-Man-yadda-Flint-yadda-sitting in a chair surrounded by women!"
That's not what I meant!
This is what I meant!
Now that is a turkey worth roasting...although what we're presenting is the HTF comic book adaptation...which is quite different from the film!
At any rate,
Part 1 will run on Thanksgiving!
Part 2 will appear on Black Friday!
And, here's a kool early Christmas present for you...
On Saturday, the original, uncut theatrical print (including the pre-credits sequence with Wilma instead of Lady Liberty holding the Columbia torch aloft!) will be seen for the first time in decades, so you can compare it with the comic!
So Visit Secret Sanctum of Captain Video on Thanksgiving...or wander over on Saturday (after shopping on Black Friday) if you want to binge everything at once!
Thursday, July 3, 2025
Patriotic Reading Room 1776: the Movie Conclusion
When Last We Left a Disfunctional Congress...
...no, not the one currently screwing up America!
The one screwing up the founding of America!
Specifically, conservatives, even then, "right-wingers".
Some called them Tories.
Some called them "traitors"!
Some called them "traitors"!
How Thomas Jefferson was ...persuaded...to write the Declaration was abridged in the comic...but not in the movie!
To keep the horny Jefferson on-task, a little feminine assistance was imported from Virginia...
Sexually-satiated (in a tasteful, Comics Code-approved way), Jefferson pens the Declaration of Independence...
...and then the debating really began...
One matter the comic avoids, but the movie (and the play it's based on) doesn't is slavery and how it was addressed in this situation...
And now, back to the voting...
And thus was the "Great Experiment" Born!
Happy 249th Birthday, America!
I Hope and Pray We Reach the 250th!
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Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Patriotic Reading Room 1776: the Movie Part 1
Before Hamilton, There Was a Broadway Musical About the Creation of the USA!
But, unlike Hamilton, there was a comic book adaptation of it...when it was transformed into a movie!
As you can see, doing a musical as a comic book has a major drawback!
NO MUSICAL NUMBERS!
But we have a solution...Insert the songs back into the narrative!
Now, on with the comic...
Time for another song!
Again, back to the comic...
To Be Continued...Tomorrow...
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Friday, December 20, 2024
Friday Holiday Fun GREMLINS Conclusion
...(was it really that long?) this insanely-cute (especially her) young couple fought for their lives on Christmas Eve against an invasion of weird creatures!
Witness now the fearsome finale...
Gizmo Will Return in Gremlins 2: the New Breed
...sadly, there wasn't a comic book/graphic novel adaptatation of it!
...sadly, there wasn't a comic book/graphic novel adaptatation of it!
Reading the graphic novel, you'll note dialogue and scenes that are different from the movie itself, indicating, due to time constraints, the comic creatives were working from an earlier draft of the script.
Ony thing that doesn't appear in the GN is Kate's explanation as to why she hates Christmas...
...although I suspect it was left out due to a limited page count in the comic, since it was in the movie script from the beginning.
As to other changes and scenes left out of the final version...
Hope you enjoyed our multi-part presentation of the graphic novel that few people even knew existed!
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Monday, December 16, 2024
Monday Madness GREMLINS Part 3
Billy Peltzer's Dad Brought Him a Present...
...which had these extremely-specific rules, which have to be followed to the letter!
But will Billy manage to do so?
Meanwhile, mundane, everyday life goes on...
To Be Continued Wednesday at
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