Tuesday, March 08, 2011
The Cult-TV Faces of: Ice
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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ReplyDelete~~ Meredith
Who would have thunk ice?
ReplyDeleteOh, of course, you JKM.
The Cult TV Faces of Ice.
Inspired stuff.
Honestly, I never really considered just how important ice has been in the world of science fiction.
In fact, you could add episodes of Stargate SG-1 and many more I'm sure.
WOW. Nicely done my friend.
SFF
Tough one!
ReplyDelete#s 2 & 3 have an original Trek vibe to me but beyond that - Not sure.
#4 would be Adam West's Batman in his weekly peril, this time icy.
#8 is a flash-frozen Buck Rogers.
#9 ... Trek. Next Gen. Maybe a freeze-dried Tasha Yar? Not positive.
Hi everyone,
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for checking out these "cool" ice images. :)
Meredith: Yes, absolutely. You recognized the imag from Space:1999's "Force of Life." Ever notice how the name Zoref is an anagram for the word "froze?"
SFF: Than you for the kind words, my friend. For some reason, I can't post your second comment that you submitted -- I don't know what I did!:) But you mentioned in that message Battlestar Galactica and "Gun on Ice Planet Zero." That one certainly would have been good to include (slipped my mind!)
And woodchuckgod: You correctly id'd all of those. The Star Trek frames are from "the Naked Time" and "The Enemy Within," respectively. You also accurately saw Batman as a giant tastyfreeze, and Buck Rogers, from the first episode. And # 9 is Next Gen and Tasha Yar (from the opening of "Encounter at Farpoint.")
Great job all!
best,
JKM