Author Archives: Illustrator X

Rest easy, soldier: RIP Nicholas Courtney

February 24th, 2011 | Posted in BBC, Daily Rants, TV

Nicholas Courtney, known to generations of Dr. Who fans as “The Brigadier”, has passed away.  With him passes an era of Dr. Who that fans of the new Doctors will never know.  He was the Watson to the Doctor’s Holmes; a solid, stolid companion who stood on his own with no desire to chase after […]

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Retro-Review: THE MASKED GIRL

January 24th, 2011 | Posted in Daily Rants, Movies

Title:  THE MASKED GIRL (2006) Format: DVD As far as I can tell, this is the pilot for a phenomenally bad TV show.  Don’t take my word for it — here’s the description from the back of the DVD, verbatim: “Brilliant sporty girls strangely vanished… In fact, they became captives of a horror organization: The […]

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DVD Flashback: ZU WARRIORS (aka THE LEGEND OF ZU)

December 19th, 2010 | Posted in Daily Rants, Movies

Title:  ZU WARRIROS (aka THE LEGEND OF ZU) (2001) Produced and Directed by:  Tsui Hark Ever been to the fair?  A carnival?  The circus?  You’re treated to a dazzling spectacle, but you don’t exactly get to know the performers.  Same thing goes for ZU WARRIORS, a film by Tsui Hark, often described as the “David […]

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SHATNERQUAKE: SHATNERTASTIC!!

December 9th, 2010 | Posted in Daily Rants, Literature

Title: Shatnerquake Author:  Jeff Burk Format:  paperback Oh… my… God. Two days later, and my head is still reeling from this book.  Warring factions of Shatner fans facing off against “Campbellians” (they’re all missing their right hands; you do the math) in the mother of all conventions glorifying every single role that the Shat has ever […]

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TERRORTHON returns to Somerville!!

September 24th, 2010 | Posted in Events

I’m telling you, New England has become a modern-day mecca for horror hounds!  I mean, we’re already the home turf for SpookyWorld/Nightmare New England (and yes, Sci Fi Saturday Night will be there this Saturday Sept.25th just prior to showtime — will we see you?).  We’ve got local scary celebs like Stephen King, Joe Hill, […]

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Welcome to my Nightmare New England

September 14th, 2010 | Posted in Events, Websites

When the leaves change color and you can finally get a pumpkin spice latte, it can only mean one thing — the return of SPOOKY WORLD!!! Sci Fi Saturday Night will be interviewing the staff and reviewing the rides and haunted houses in a special horror-themed episode on September 25th, including an exclusive interview with […]

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Just look at this guest list!

September 2nd, 2010 | Posted in Podcast

Check out who’ll be stopping by Sci Fi Saturday Night over the next two months — 9/4         Michael Moreci tells how you can save the Sleepless Phoenix Comics Anthology! 9/11       Wizard founder and president Gareb Shamus! 9/18       She’s the girl who sings “Fuck Me Ray Bradbury!” — Rachel Bloom! 9/25       Dirk Manning spins over fifty […]

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Mutants of the Apocalypse

August 24th, 2010 | Posted in Daily Rants, Movies, Websites

If you’ve got seven and a half minutes to kill, check out “Mutants of the Apocalypse” — the winner for this year’s Providence 2010 48Hour Film Competition and the most fun you’ll have since the F— Me Ray Bradbury video.  Mutants!  Zombies!  Nazis!  Mutant Nazi Zombies!  Set in the far, far distant future of 2020 […]

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Robots are serving ice cream!!!!

August 20th, 2010 | Posted in Daily Rants

The future is here, and it’s troubling me down in my nethers.  Japanese robots are serving ice cream!!  This is exactly the sort of thing I used to dream that the future would hold, but now that I see it… I realize it was a nightmare.  The music doesn’t help one bit.

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Open letter to FRANKIE B. WASHINGTON

August 13th, 2010 | Posted in Comics, Daily Rants, Sitely News

Hey Frankie, All of us here at Sci Fi Saturday Night were just marveling over the last unsolicited piece of artwork you sent our way, and looking at all the links and news items and Facebook posts you’ve shared with us; your great interviews and comics, and… uh… well, it’s… I guess we just have […]

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