Damsels in Distress: The Good Old Days of Sci-Fi

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Whatever happened to the good old days of sci-fi, when aliens and monsters could carry away a helpless Earth woman–a “Damsel in Distress,”–sometimes with the damsel even scantily clad, in a bikini, more or less, making her all the more sexy, vulnerable, and all the more the victim? Continue reading

Memoirs of a Monster Kid: The 1979 Kenner Alien

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I remember, as if it was yesterday, that November evening back in 1979, months after seeing the movie ALIEN on the big screen.  I was at Consolidated Sales Company–the long-since out-of-business retail chain, on Dixie Highway, in Louisville, Kentucky.  The 14 year-old monster kid I was (and still am) was checking the toy aisle for anything new and… Continue reading

ALIEN: Remembering a Classic

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If you’re one of the few who’s never seen Alien, read no more than this paragraph.  I wouldn’t want to spoil a classic waiting to be seen.  However, if you have seen it, you may be interested in my take on a movie that affected me like no other… Continue reading