Misenscene Crypt Archive Blog http://kester-pelagius.u.yuku.com/blog en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:14:31 GMT Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:14:31 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Yuku http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://kester-pelagius.u.yuku.com/blog Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ <![CDATA[ HUMAN LANTERNS ]]> http://kester-pelagius.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/792 R1 cover

feeds@yuku.com (Kester Pelagius) http://kester-pelagius.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/792 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:14:31 GMT <![CDATA[ Collector's Video, Subtitles, and Tales of Voodoo! ]]> http://kester-pelagius.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/785 Two things brought about this most recent article. First, a e-mail from VSoM (more later if you don't know who they are). Second, a sighting at BB of a box set of the 5 Tales of Voodoo DVDs. DVDs that I've heard nothing but terrible things about. We're talking DVDs reported to have VHS glitches, and not just tracking issues, but moments where the video goes to blue screen! Never one to let the opportunity for a good rant go to waste I set to typing.... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kester Pelagius) http://kester-pelagius.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/785 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:41:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Calling all Bloggers! (Advice sought.) ]]> http://kester-pelagius.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/780
Between the various problems my Mise-en-scene Crypt blogs are encountering I decided to throw caution to the wind and set up a new blog, this time under Blogger.

I know a few of you here are on Blogger any hints, suggestions, or other words of advice for a novice just getting started? The new blog is called Cosmic Cinema. The URL is: http://cosmic-cinema.blogspot.com/

So far I've... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kester Pelagius) http://kester-pelagius.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/780 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:13:29 GMT <![CDATA[ NERO ]]> http://kester-pelagius.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/777 SYNOPSIS

Twilight falls over ancient Rome as the boy Nero is caught up in political machinations beyond his control during the reign of mad Emperor Caligula. With his father murdered Nero is separated from his exiled mother and sent to live as a slave on a farm. When Caligula is assassinated and Claudius crowned Emperor, Nero, now a teen, returns to a troubled Republic where he is reunited with his mother; the devious... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kester Pelagius) http://kester-pelagius.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/777 Thu, 29 May 2008 10:07:46 GMT <![CDATA[ Alien Species (1996) ]]> http://kester-pelagius.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/772 image

Trying so hard it's too often hilariously awful acting, laughable 90s era CGI, and dialogue that vacillates between absurd and over-the-top ludicrous are just a few of the B-movie charms of this blatant low budget knock-off of ID4 (Independence Day). Of course it's not like you'd expect anything more of a movie where the only recognizable faces are those of... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kester Pelagius) http://kester-pelagius.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/772 Fri, 23 May 2008 11:40:06 GMT <![CDATA[ SINBAD OF THE SEVEN SEAS (1989) ]]> http://kester-pelagius.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/771 When you make a break from your routine, especially due to any sort of medical concerns, you need to find something to do; if only to distract yourself. For me, oddly enough, the free time created by staying away from the computer meant more time to revisit movies I haven't seen in, well, years at least. Funny thing about revisiting old movies is you tend to get nostalgic. Nostalgia makes you do strange things, like look through old boxes of videotapes; tapes I totally forgot existed.... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kester Pelagius) http://kester-pelagius.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/771 Fri, 23 May 2008 11:27:30 GMT <![CDATA[ A RED DAWN REDUX? ]]> http://kester-pelagius.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/769 If there was ever any doubt that Hollywood has become a great big Xerox machine left on auto then the fact rumors coming out of Cannes about a re-make of RED DAWN being considered should be proof positive. Then if you're reading this blog you already knew that. Alas, according to a blurb here, RED DAWN and ROBOCOP have been added to the long... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kester Pelagius) http://kester-pelagius.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/769 Mon, 19 May 2008 21:32:03 GMT <![CDATA[ So many reviews, so little time! ]]> http://kester-pelagius.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/759 Sometimes it's nice take a break and read reviews someone else has written. It's also rather amusing.

The first reviews of Severin's DVD(s) are starting to appear. BEAST IN SPACE has been unleashed onto the public and reviewers and critics are beginning to put words to what they've seen. (Which is making for interesting reading.) It's no great secret that Alfonso Brescia's space opera's aren't so much an acquired taste as something you... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kester Pelagius) http://kester-pelagius.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/759 Mon, 12 May 2008 16:46:01 GMT <![CDATA[ A Beastly blog update! ]]> http://kester-pelagius.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/754 The BEAST IN SPACE review has been updated with information on the DVD releases. This update will not be reflected in the archived version of this review posted on CRYPT SPACE. However I will attempt to update the old Mise-en-scene Crypt blog entry ( feeds@yuku.com (Kester Pelagius) http://kester-pelagius.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/754 Wed, 07 May 2008 11:56:18 GMT <![CDATA[ A call for a new Karnstein Trilogy! ]]> http://kester-pelagius.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/752 Hollywood. Remake capital of the world. Never shall a original script or screen play be left unflogged. Yet, with an ample supply of movies and scripts to reuse, they seem rather myopic in which they choose. They are Godzilla, fierce and unstoppable with goals we mere humans fail to comprehend. Especially with television series. How easy it is to take a show slap it's title on a re-envisioned adaptation, remold it for the big screen, flog it with hype and. . .

But who decides... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kester Pelagius) http://kester-pelagius.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/752 Mon, 05 May 2008 06:32:34 GMT <![CDATA[ Hollywood Remakes: If you can't beat them, join them. ]]> http://kester-pelagius.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/751 There is no stopping the assembly line productions of Hollywood remakes. So, instead of griping about it, I've decided to present five proposals for re-envisioning movies and/or television series that I feel would have a great chance in the current Hollywood system. Be warn I may have been slightly biased towards science-fiction.

5. CLASH OF THE TITANS (the series)

This would make a great HBO series. They've done ROME... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kester Pelagius) http://kester-pelagius.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/751 Fri, 02 May 2008 09:16:02 GMT <![CDATA[ Yet more sci-fi news! ]]> http://kester-pelagius.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/744 Is BLAKE'S 7 getting the BATTLESTAR GALACTICA treatment and getting a new series? According to the Hollywood Reporter, "Sky One is planning to remake cult '80s space (opera) series Blake's Seven."

For those who've never heard of it that's a classic British series, created by Terry... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kester Pelagius) http://kester-pelagius.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/744 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:34:58 GMT <![CDATA[ CLASH OF THE TITANS! ]]> http://kester-pelagius.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/741 Since I couldn't turn up any information about the CLASH OF THE TITANS remake I decided to re-post a little something from the pages of the old Mise-en-scene Crypt blog. Obviously I'd probably have a slightly different line-up for the cast if put this together today, which probably wouldn't include Zach Braff since I picked him solely based on youth and looks at the time. Anyway... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kester Pelagius) http://kester-pelagius.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/741 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:12:30 GMT <![CDATA[ STAR ODYSSEY ]]> http://kester-pelagius.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/740 Country: Italy

Year Released: 1978

Starring: Yanti Sommer, Gianni Garko, Malisa Longo, Cristea Avram, Ennio Balbo, Roberto Dell'acqua, Aldo Amoroso Pioso, Pino Ferrara & Filippo Perrone.

Director: Alfonso Brescia.

I am fascinated by Italian movies from the seventies and eighties, especially those strange and wonderful 'exploitation' titles that were produced, often on shoestring budgets, solely to cash in... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kester Pelagius) http://kester-pelagius.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/740 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:59:05 GMT <![CDATA[ DVD or DVDr: Can you tell the difference? ]]> http://kester-pelagius.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/737 How well can you detect the subtle differences in video quality? Does it even matter to you? Well here's a fun little test I put together. .

First up caps taken from an outdoor scene in what looks to be noon time lighting conditions:

Click for Full Size image feeds@yuku.com (Kester Pelagius) http://kester-pelagius.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/737 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:15:12 GMT <![CDATA[ What's news in the world of sci-fi? ]]> http://kester-pelagius.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/736 Somewhere in the world brand new DVDs of Beast in Space are playing to shocked and awed audiences. Alas as my local Borders only stocked a copy of Caligula: The Imperial Edition earlier this month (and only a single copy at that) I somehow doubt I'll be seeing it any time soon. In the meantime there's quite a few interesting items to look forward to while waiting to see if any of the local brick and mortar stores actually decide to stock it. For instance. .

... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kester Pelagius) http://kester-pelagius.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/736 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:36:46 GMT <![CDATA[ ODYSSEUS - VOYAGE TO THE UNDERWORLD ]]> http://kester-pelagius.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/731 Last year when I reviewed the Sci-Fi original movie Sands of Oblivion I issued a plea to the Sci-Fi channel asking they "step away from these cheap horror productions for a while and get back to your SF roots. Give your producers and directors a chance to explore different frontiers of storytelling. Even a bit of tongue-in-cheek... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kester Pelagius) http://kester-pelagius.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/731 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:18:56 GMT <![CDATA[ Lloyd A. Simandl ]]> http://kester-pelagius.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/729 Who is Lloyd A. Simandl?

Lloyd A. Simandl is a director (Escape Velocity, Starfire Mutiny) and producer (Project: Shadowchaser, Xtro II: The Second Encounter) of under appreciated mid- to low budget genre fare. According to IMDB he has some 38-42 credits in his collective filmography. So how is it I didn't know who he was before I started to write the review for feeds@yuku.com (Kester Pelagius) http://kester-pelagius.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/729 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:07:24 GMT <![CDATA[ Apocalypto, a futile ranto ]]> http://kester-pelagius.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/723 It had to happen sometime. Eventually a movie you've avoided will manage to find a way to get you to watch it, or at least see part of it. So it was with Apocalypto.

You can file this in the dust bin next to my late-to-the-party rant about Alexander. This is one of those movies that you hear a lot about. Seems that most who've seen it either hated it with bitter... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kester Pelagius) http://kester-pelagius.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/723 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:32:11 GMT <![CDATA[ THE WAR LORD ]]> http://kester-pelagius.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/718 Year: 1965

Director: Franklin Schaffner

Cast: Charlton Heston, Richard Boone, Rosemary Forsyth, Maurice Evans, Guy Stockwell, Niall MacGinnis, Henry Wilcoxon, James Farentino, Michael Conrad.

MPAA Rating: None stated on cover.

AKA: Il Principe Guerriero/ O Senhor da Guerra

The War Lord!

THE STORY

... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kester Pelagius) http://kester-pelagius.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/718 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:42:25 GMT