Monthly Archives: May 2013

Things that go bump

Posted on May 31, 2013 by phb256

When I watched The Invaders episode, I thought the spaceship’s distress call might be useful for an audio project. And of course I didn’t want to let go of the Golden Earring thing that I used before. This whole thing … Continue reading →

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Greetings from a land of the midnight sun

Posted on May 30, 2013 by phb256

I watched the Midnight Sun episode and thought about what kind of assignment could go with it. Splash color on one of the paintings? Maybe, but I did something like that already. I thought about the radio guy doing the … Continue reading →

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Friendly four icon challenge

Posted on May 28, 2013 by phb256

I just happened to catch some of the ds106 show this afternoon and it gave me an idea. So I thought I’d try a four icon challenge. Maybe you know which episode it is. Image credits: lollipop Benoît Charpentier vise … Continue reading →

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What’s in a name?

Posted on May 28, 2013 by phb256

A few weeks ago I came across this poster for Le Criminel, the French release of Orson Welles’ The Stranger, and apparently featuring Welles as the Incredible Hulk. I wondered how that (the title, not the Hulk) made the French … Continue reading →

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The colorized zone

Posted on May 26, 2013 by phb256

The seed for this idea came from seeing @arlanamcbear’s take on the color splash assignment, and when the idea was seconded in a comment by Andrew Forgrave, I had to do it. The scene comes from the Twilight Zone episode … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 24, 2013 by phb256

I saw Todd Conaway’s assignment to make a poem of Twilight Zone titles. At first I tried pulling out titles that rhymed, to see if I could put them together into something that resembled a poem. Then I thought that would … Continue reading →

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Escape from the Planet of the Vampires

Posted on May 18, 2013 by phb256

What do you know? Not only is there an opera, but there was also a comic book Planet of the Vampires back in the 70s! As if Bava had a whole multimedia empire! Except the comic appears to be more of … Continue reading →

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2am and the fear is gone

Posted on May 16, 2013 by phb256

Consider if you will… A Dutch one hit wonder from the 70s falls off the radar for almost ten years and then makes a comeback with a video the prefigures a Dennis Potter play   Ladies and gentlemen, I bring … Continue reading →

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Space opera

Posted on May 15, 2013 by phb256

I think I first heard the term space opera used in describing Star Wars, and I’m pretty sure it was used in an unflattering sense – as a play on soap opera. Some sci-fi geeks looked down on George Lucas’ film … Continue reading →

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Lovecraft and Corman and Bava, oh my!

Posted on May 12, 2013 by phb256

Lucas writes that Bava wanted to follow up Black Sabbath with an H.P. Lovecraft adaptation, ideally The Dunwich Horror. AIP had started a Lovecraft series with Roger Corman’s The Haunted Palace. AIP presented this as one of Corman’s Poe films, … Continue reading →

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