The TV series of the movie that got beat by Airwolf, the knock-off TV series of the movie. With Dana Carvey, Dick Butkus, and Bubba Smith.
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
TV Obscura: Blue Thunder
The TV series of the movie that got beat by Airwolf, the knock-off TV series of the movie. With Dana Carvey, Dick Butkus, and Bubba Smith.
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Tie-ins: Timecop
I watched a local premier of Pulp Fiction, and ended up sitting directly behind Quentin Tarantino and Richard Linklater. I was excited about film in general, and this was shaping up to be the high of my movie going life.
Then the movie started. Quentin promptly fell asleep, and I almost joined him. Around hour four I thought to myself, what was the last movie I saw before this? Timecop. I wouldn't put Timecop in the top ten of Van Damme movies, and I'd struggle to name another nine. It was still better than Pulp Fiction. I was never bored and staring at the exit sign at Timecop.
While not the greatest, I did appreciate the little butterfly effect touches. Every time Timecop came back to the present, little things would be different all over. I guess the concept had legs. The film was based on a comic, and there was a TV series based on the film, and a series of novels based on the series.
The series was written by Dan Parkinson and have neither Van Damme nor Ron Silver. I haven't seen anything Timecop since the original airing. I have seen Pulp Fiction, and my opinion has only gotten worse.
1994: Timecop by Steve Perry - novelization of the film
1998: Viper's Spawn by Dan Parkinson
1998: The Scavenger by Dan Parkinson
1999: Blood Ties by Dan Parkinson
Then the movie started. Quentin promptly fell asleep, and I almost joined him. Around hour four I thought to myself, what was the last movie I saw before this? Timecop. I wouldn't put Timecop in the top ten of Van Damme movies, and I'd struggle to name another nine. It was still better than Pulp Fiction. I was never bored and staring at the exit sign at Timecop.
While not the greatest, I did appreciate the little butterfly effect touches. Every time Timecop came back to the present, little things would be different all over. I guess the concept had legs. The film was based on a comic, and there was a TV series based on the film, and a series of novels based on the series.
The series was written by Dan Parkinson and have neither Van Damme nor Ron Silver. I haven't seen anything Timecop since the original airing. I have seen Pulp Fiction, and my opinion has only gotten worse.
1994: Timecop by Steve Perry - novelization of the film
1998: Viper's Spawn by Dan Parkinson
1998: The Scavenger by Dan Parkinson
1999: Blood Ties by Dan Parkinson
Sunday, September 23, 2018
Saturday, September 22, 2018
TM Gallery: Action Paperbacks
Phoenix Force 32: Fair Game by Gar Wilson
Political extremism runs rampant in Spain, unleashing a savage tidal wave of death and destruction. But when sixty innocents, including the family of a U.S. senator, are brutally massacred in the terrorist ambush of a tourist train, Phoenix Force is dispatched to Madrid on a mission of bloody retribution. Their "intrusion" greeted with hostile resentment by Spanish Security, the Force must dodge killing fire from both sides of the law- from a ruthless foe in front of them, and from vicious "allies" at their backs.
The Executioner 276: Leviathan
When Mack Bolan goes undercover to destroy an offshore drilling rig that is being used as a narcotics manufacturing plant financed by corrupt CIA agents and the Mafia, the rig is attacked by otherworldly creatures who have a deadly mission of their own.
Friday, September 21, 2018
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
TM Gallery: Movie Posters
Friday the 13th: The Orphan
A disturbed young man is plagued by horrific headaches that he believes make him commit murders.
Eliminators
A mandroid (part man and part machine) seeks revenge on the evil scientist who created him. Enlisting the help of a beautiful woman and a mysterious ninja, he pursues the scientist in hopes of stopping him before he can further harm humanity.
Womens Prison Massacre
Emanuelle, a reporter, comes just a little too close to exposing a corrupt official, and is sent to prison on trumped-up charges. In the prison, the inmates are constantly humiliated and tortured by the prison staff. Overly affectionate prisoners are forced underwater, while others are obliged to look on.
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