tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post7095565588398051151..comments2024-03-28T14:49:36.133-04:00Comments on John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV: Back from Space:2011 at Hampden-Sydney CollegeJohn Kenneth Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-11199297803784698512011-12-13T18:18:18.367-05:002011-12-13T18:18:18.367-05:00Hi Ed:
I'm so glad you found my blog, and tha...Hi Ed:<br /><br />I'm so glad you found my blog, and thank you for following it! I appreciate that tremendously.<br /><br />I had a great day at your fine alma mater, and look back on it fondly already. I'm glad you got a kick out of my talks on Alien and space programming through the decades.<br /><br />All my best,<br />JohnJohn Kenneth Muirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-70798079676281523162011-12-13T11:42:06.340-05:002011-12-13T11:42:06.340-05:00I just happened to stumble upon your blog recently...I just happened to stumble upon your blog recently. At the time I was a senior at HSC and I was present at your guest-teaching on the Alien films. I really enjoyed your talk on Sci-Fi films through the generations. It is quiet a pleasure for me to have happened upon your blog. Thanks again!edward.soto.jr@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11007327284872844387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-843645603728092982011-03-25T14:39:46.368-04:002011-03-25T14:39:46.368-04:00Hi everybody,
Thank you all for commenting on my ...Hi everybody,<br /><br />Thank you all for commenting on my summation of the Space:2011 experience at Hampden-Sydney College.<br /><br />Anonymous: You are right about the fact that most of the 18 year olds I encountered -- while very kind and enthusiastic -- had not heard of Space:1999, nor seen it! You're also right that the professor didn't have too many kind things to say about Buck Rogers: we joked about the premise, American Exceptionalism in the 25th Century (only Buck is a product of the culture, in the show, that destroyed the world, so it doesn't make a lot of sense that 25th century people would judge him so positively...).<br /><br />SFF and Le0pard13: Thank you for your kind words, my friends. I wish you both could have been there!<br /><br />Peter: Thank you so much for that, and ditto the last comment to SFF and L13. And yes I would love to teach on a regular basis. It's a lot of fun, and I enjoy it very much.<br /><br />best,<br />JKMJohn Kenneth Muirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-14717886762435767972011-03-25T14:03:55.296-04:002011-03-25T14:03:55.296-04:00I would absolutely have loved to have been there. ...I would absolutely have loved to have been there. What a great experience. I always thought you'd enjoy teaching a college class (or two) each term.Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05304391238021068916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-75812468094185212382011-03-23T14:06:53.412-04:002011-03-23T14:06:53.412-04:00Sounds like a great time was had by all. So cool! ...Sounds like a great time was had by all. So cool! Thanks, John.le0pard13https://www.blogger.com/profile/09421175808461787862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-49745539004944202922011-03-22T21:42:58.494-04:002011-03-22T21:42:58.494-04:00Sensational news. Great to hear John!Sensational news. Great to hear John!SFFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04256589316922398158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-34815246664887784622011-03-22T20:53:45.074-04:002011-03-22T20:53:45.074-04:00As Spock would put it; sounds like you had quite a...As Spock would put it; sounds like you had quite a 'fascinating' time at the college. Discussions with students and professors probably brought out different responses. Surely, many 19 year olds have never seen Space:1999 or the original Star Trek. It's hard to imagine any professor having anything positive to say about the old Buck Rogers series.<br /><br />A discussion of scifi shows in an astronmy class is a great idea. It also brings back some memories for me. Back in the 80's, the "SciFi Club" in my high school invited one of the physics teachers to discuss the science in scifi movies. Needless to say, 'Star Wars' and 'Space:1999' came in for some heavy critcism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com