Thursday, August 26, 2010
Theme Song of the Week: Phoenix 5 (1970)
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).
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Last year at around this time (or a month earlier, perhaps), I posted galleries of cinematic and TV spaceships from the 1970s, 1980s, 1... -
The robots of the 1950s cinema were generally imposing, huge, terrifying, and of humanoid build. If you encountered these metal men,...
Very interesting. I've never seen this before. Oddly, this 1969 show's end credits look a lot like the 1980 Doctor Who revamped end titles.
ReplyDeleteHi Howard!
ReplyDeleteI've never seen this before, either! I've only read about the show.
I'm dying to get my hands on some episodes, seriously. You know, I love looking back at "classic" era TV shows such as this. Sure the special effects, acting, costumes and such look incredibly hokey...but who knows what gems are in the episode roster?!
I'd love to see Phoenix 5...robot coffee pot and all.
best,
John
I'm dying to get my hands on some episodes too. If you find some, can you please let me know where I can purchase them?
ReplyDeleteThanks,
pete
Pete: If I can get my hands on episodes, I'll ship 'em your way when I'm done!
ReplyDeletebest,
John