Dinosaurus Blu Ray

The US DVD has this thank you in it.  I still have no idea why my name is there, but it does make me smile.  I have a few thanks on various DVDs, but most of those I know why it's there.  Not this one.

New Year's Day, U2, Live at Red Rocks

 I have talked about this concert before, though I am not sure that clip is still available.  I was at this show in May of 1983.  If I slow the DVD I have down, I can see people I graduated with in the front row.  It really was a great concert.  The Divinyls and the Alarm were supposed to open for them (they took the place of Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul, who I had really wanted to see) but the weather stopped those bands from showing up.  I wish I had seen both of them, now.

finally

This damn year is over.  It wasn't all bad, but still

Bronze Age Brave and Bold v 1

 

I received this fun book as a late Xmas present.  It's chock full of stories that don't quite fit into the established DC continuity, but who cares about that?  You get to see Batman team up with a wide variety of heroes, many of which were not in the Justice League.  Which makes them more fun.  The first story is a Metal Men adventure in which Batman mentions a web slinging "Peter come lately".  It's from 1967, which seems a little late to be using that joke.  Batmania is in full swing for the first few stories, though not nearly as bad as it had been in the other books Batman was featured in.

MOTW- Baragon

Baragon!  The monster that challenged the Frankenstein monster that conquered the world!  This is a burrowing beast, able to dig through solid rock in seconds.  It has the help of some kind of heat beam, though it is never explained in the movie (at least, not the English dub).  It was not the largest monster that walked the Earth.  It is a very popular monster, even though it barely has three movie appearances to it's name.  It's a pretty cute monster, despite it's propensity to eat just about anything it can.

The Five Deadly Venoms

There are actually about eight Venoms in this movie.  It's probably my favorite kung fu movie of all time.  It's ironic, that it's doesn't feature an actual kung fu style in it.  There is no real "Venom Clan".  This is probably a good thing, since the whole gist of the movie is that they actually did a lot of bad things for money.  It works really well, though, and it's even a bit of a mystery.  The ending was a surprise to me the first time I ever saw it (way back in 1984 on WDCA Channel 20).  I kind of miss those Black Belt Theater days, though they also showed a lot of really bad martial arts movies as well.

A Charlie Brown Xmas- changes made

Here's a nifty video showing how the first Peanuts special was changed from the time first aired to the next airings.  I myself don't remember Coca Cola being a sponsor- I remember the tons of Dolly Madison "Zingers: which were always my favorite cakey snack.

MOTW- Black Scorpion(s)

A massive volcano releases several giant scorpions from an underground cavern.  This happens in the heart of Mexico, and eventually the largest scorpion makes it's way towards civilization.  Can the various heroes stop the beast?  It IS a good thing the large one killed all the other smaller arthropods before getting out of the volcano.

Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Reptiles (1966)

I think almost every dinosaur loving kid had a copy of this book or read it at some point in their life.  My original copy is in fair shape- the pages are good, but the cover is disintegrating.  It features the wonderful and evocative artwork of Rudolf F. Zallinger.  Most of this work comes from his painting The Age of Reptiles which is in the Yale Peabody Museum.  He finished this massive painting in 1947.  I had no knowledge of this at all.  I was happy to have this new book in my collection.  Later on I had the small pocket version of the book, but I have no idea where that disappeared to now.

Kamen Rider Super-1

This series started off so well.  I really wanted to love it.  The effects are pretty great and the action hasn't been watered down yet- that was still a bit further away.  The suits look great, and Super-1 is tops there as well. It is just not quite the great show the first set of Riders were. It almost is, though. However, something is missing from the series.