John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV

Creator of the audio drama Enter The House Between. One of the horror genre's "most widely read critics" (Rue Morgue # 68), "an accomplished film journalist" (Comic Buyer's Guide #1535), and the award-winning author of Horror Films of the 1980s (2007), The Rock and Roll Film Encyclopedia (2007) and Horror Films of the 1970s (2002), John Kenneth Muir, presents his blog on film, television and nostalgia, named one of the Top 100 Film Studies Blog on the Net.

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Sci-Fi Wisdom of the Week

"You are right, I have always known about man. From the evidence, I believe his wisdom must walk hand and hand with his idiocy. His emotions must rule his brain. He must be a warlike creature who gives battle to everything around him, even himself."

- Planet of the Apes (1968)

John Kenneth Muir

award-winning creator of Enter The House Between and author of 32 books including Horror Films FAQ (2013), Horror Films of the 1990s (2011), Horror Films of the 1980s (2007), TV Year (2007), The Rock and Roll Film Encyclopedia (2007), Mercy in Her Eyes: The Films of Mira Nair (2006),, Best in Show: The Films of Christopher Guest and Company (2004), The Unseen Force: The Films of Sam Raimi (2004), An Askew View: The Films of Kevin Smith (2002), The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film & Television (2004), Exploring Space:1999 (1997), An Analytical Guide to TV's Battlestar Galactica (1998), Terror Television (2001), Space:1999 - The Forsaken (2003) and Horror Films of the 1970s (2002).

2 comments:

PDXWiz1:37 AM
Great quote! As true today, sadly, as it was when it was originally written back in the 1960s.

I'm not sure how I feel about the new Apes film coming out, Rise of the Planet of the Apes. I probably won't be able to afford to see it, but I do want too; I liked parts of every incarnation of the Apes franchise, even the Tim Burton remake had a few good moments!

I wanted to let you know I finally started the blog I mentioned about early space exploration (as seen in science fiction) in organized missions such as the Apollo, Soyuz, or shuttle programs. I've got the first real post about a UN Space Police Station at my blog, The AlterNASAverse: http://alternasaverse.blogspot.com/2011/07/united-nations-space-police-station.html and a companion blog, Gordon's Galaxy, has a review of the book it came from, which is actually more of a cross between Alex Rider and Tom Swift, Jr.: http://gordonsgalaxy.blogspot.com/2011/07/storm-infinity-code.html. Feel free to comment on either, or both, posts. Feedback always welcome. (I would have gotten my posts up sooner, but I was helping my wife get her Fantasy Island site up and running.)

Gordon Long
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John Kenneth Muir9:22 AM
Hi Gordon,

I am going to immediately check out your blog. It sounds absolutely awesome. Thanks for the heads up!

best,
John
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