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).
Fifty years ago, I was five years old, and at that tender young age I dreamed of "lost worlds of fantasy," as I call them as a cri...
John, brilliant subject, especially regarding Space:1999, I will listen to it and post my thoughts here later.
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John, just listened to this new podcast of John and Jim's Excellent Journey. It was an extremely interesting subject, so it was very entertaining. I do agree that if SPACE:1999 second season was another 24 episodes of season one, then the 48 episodes would have made SPACE:1999 one of the greatest series ever made without question. Although, SPACE:1999 is still the greatest series for myself. Both SeaQuest and Lost In Space had horrible second seasons, then used their third [final] season to attempt a corrected course change. BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY second season on the Searcher should have had Wilma Deering as the commander of the starship Searcher with Buck as first officer along with Dr. Huer on board. I did like GALACTICA:1980 pilot three part episodes "Galactica Discovers Earth" with the Colonial Viper [2 seat] time traveling into Earth's past. Another first season wonder, second season blunder was Filmation's SPACE ACADEMY changing into Star Wars wannabe JASON OF STAR COMMAND.
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