Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Cloned from a Mutual Zygote: Jet Pack Edition
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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This real life working BELL ROCKET BELT was always an impressive addition, including also James Bond's THUNDERBALL. I think that the 1994-95 series EARTH 2 could have used this as a regular plot device.
ReplyDeleteSGB
Hi SGB:
ReplyDeleteI should have made this a "Triple Play" and included the Thunderball jet pack too! I had forgotten about it until you brought it up. And you're right, those explorers on Earth 2 sure could have made good use of one of these!
Excellent comment,
best,
John