There's a hurricane a'coming...

Doom!
Despair!
Deadly Danger!
Lots of other alliterative combos beginning with the letter "D"!
See you tomorrow...hopefully!  ;-)

Fantastic Femmes--Aaliyah

There are those who died far too early in their careers...

Jimi Hendrix

James Dean

Selena

Heath Ledger

Jim Morrison

Buddy Holly

Add to that sad list...

Aaliyah

Aaliyah Dana Haughton was already a star in the music industry.

With several genre credits including the title role of Queen of the Damned and a supporting role in the Matrix trilogy, she was also establishing herself as a legit actress.
Unfortunately, her untimely death aboard an overloaded airplane brought an end to all that.
On this, the 10th anniversary of her passing off this mortal coil, we offer our condolences to her family, friends, and fans.

Genre credits include...

Matrix Reloaded (Zee)

[Note: Aaliyah's scenes had been filmed before her death, but since Zee was scheduled to return in the next film, it was decided to reshoot the character's scenes with another actress (Nona Gaye) in the role.]

Queen of the Damned (Queen Akasha)

Romeo Must Die (Trish O'Day)

New York Undercover "Fade Out"

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Aaliyah's Official WebSite

Zoe Saldana IS Columbiana!

Actually, she's Cataleya Restrepo!

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But it's not like I need a reason to run pix of Zoe Saldana, blue or not!  ;-)
(And she'll be back as Lt. Nyota Uhura next year!)

Here's the trailer and more pix...

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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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