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.
Monday, November 04, 2019
The Cult-TV Faces of: Conventions
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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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Hi John,
ReplyDeleteTwo of the most memorable sci-fi conventions depicted on a tv series:
#1 WONDER WOMAN. I just rewatched the complete Logan's Run tv series dvd set so this WW episode depicted the Sandman and runners fandom.
#3 SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE. Shatner's "get a life" speech was very funny.
SGB
Hmmm.
ReplyDeleteA quick glance.
I think #2 is
She Wolf Of London: Beyond The Beyond episode
3 is the classic SNL episode with Shatner Get A Life
4 Simpsons
5. Entourage?
6. Psych
7. Supernatural?
8. Smallville?
11. Community
Would have loved to see screengrabs of Convention episodes from Odyssey 5.
NTSF SD SUV...