YouTube Wednesday: MOON ZERO TWO

Before Cowboys & Aliens, there WERE "Space Westerns"...

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...although this one is more "Space" than "Western"!

1969's Moon Zero Two was a weird combo of 40s-50s pulp sci-fi with its "Western transposed to outer space" motif, 2001: a Space Odyssey / UFO-influenced production design and fx, and some cool 60s psychedelic elements set in the "far future" of 2021.

We're going into more detail about the flick at our "brother" blog Secret Sanctum of Captain Video™, presenting the rarely-seen comic adaptation (by Paul Neary) from House of Hammer, some background info, and links to related sites.

But, as long as you're here, why not watch the complete Mystery Science Theater 3000 version of MZ2?

Enjoy!
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Flash! Ah-Ahhh...!

Dynamite Entertainment, who recently snagged The Shadow, has grabbed another classic...

...and is doing a revamped/updated look at Flash Gordon!

The initial 6-issue story arc will be an adaptation of the first two years of the original Alex Raymond comic strip.
Alex Ross plotted the series, handled character designs, and will contribute covers.
Erik Trautmann is scripting and Daniel Lindro is illustrating the series.
Francesco Francavilla will be doing alternate covers.
Overall, I'm interested, but Lindro may be a little too dark an artist for a bright action-adventure series.
But it couldn't be any worse than the recent manga-influenced Flash series from Ardden.

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Jessica Alba: Fallen Fantastic Femme?

Spy Kids 4D: All the Time in the World did only $12 million?

 Nobody wants to see Jessica Alba anymore?
(And Machete did so well...)
Even Love Guru did better than this!!!

Reading Room: RACE FOR THE MOON: 3 Rocketeers "Long, Long Years"

The first of the 3 Rocketeers stories illustrated by Jack Kirby and Al Williamson.
Exactly who wrote them is questionable.
Though Joe Simon was the editor of Race for the Moon (and later, Blast-Off), it's not certain if he wrote the Kirby-penciled tales. (If there's info about this in Simon's autobiography, please let me know.)

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Listen to a Lost Hero on National Radio Day

August 20th is National Radio Day, celebrating, among other aspects...

old-time dramatic radio, which presented an astonishing number of action heroes including those created for radio...

Green Hornet

Captain Midnight

  Lone Ranger

Mysterious Traveler

Mr District Attorney

Big Town
and those adapted from other media...

Blue Beetle

Green Lama

plus
classic one-time presentations like

War of the Worlds
 Enter the "Theater of the Imagination!

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