Creator of the award-winning web series, Abnormal Fixation. 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) 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.
Friday, July 21, 2017
John and Jim's Excellent Journey Podcast #2: Space:1999
Check out the second chapter of my podcast with the extraordinary and learned James McLean. Our topic for this episode of John and Jim's Excellent Journey: Space: 1999 (1975 -1977).
This episode was recorded in April, well before Martin Landau's passing last week, but it is posting at the perfect time to remember one of the actor's most beloved roles.
Here's the link: http://beyondkasterborous.com/index.php/2017/07/19/excellent-journey-podcast-2-space-1999/
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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I just finished listening to your appearance on John and Jim's Excellent Journey Podcast #2:Space:1999.
ReplyDeleteI must compliment both James McLean and you for being extremely entertaining. The discussion path that you both covered was brilliant. I think it will be a catalyst to make a listener want to explore Space:1999. John, I know that you are a man of the written word, but your on-air work is engaging too. I wish this was weekly, bi-weekly or monthly.
My five Space:1999 episodes that I would recommend to a new viewer are:
"Dragon's Domain"
"Testament Of Arcadia"
"Force Of Life"
"Beta Cloud"/"Space Warp"(tied)
"Immunity Syndrome"
SGB
We have another in the can, on an interesting topic of the Fugitive and its man-on-the-run model. I suspect that will be out next month. Thanks for the kind words! I think we'll be doing another one very soon. I think a focus on The Hulk was one temptation, right John? Any feedback or topics, would be appreciated.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, I like those. I wonder if they could look back and see which resonated with viewers longterm, would we have got more like Dragon's Domain?