Y: The Last Man #15 (2003)

A rather lovely bit of cover art by J G Jones adorned issue 15 of the Vertigo Comic series.  Y: The Last Man.  Working in a comic book store back then, I managed to read a lot of these but changed jobs before finding out how the series wrapped up.  I actually can't remember too much about the series apart from it being the tale of a man and his monkey walking through America to get to his girlfriend after some event has seemingly killed off every other man on the planet.

Its available in graphic novel form for those that fancy a read.  I can remember how this astronaut fits into the story but not his fate - although the art work would suggests an ominous ending!  I may well revisit the series myself at some point.  Did anybody make it to the end of the series?  Is it worth the investment?  Feel free to give it a thumbs up or down in the comments below.


Steve

Puffin Biscuits - Advert (1956)

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)

 

I quite like the occasional comic book and don't mind the odd superhero, however I just can't get on with Superman in any form.

With that said it may come as no surprise that I haven't seen this particular film or am I ever likely to so it's a big thanks to blog-follower Tim for pointing out this small scene of interest.

What makes it especially good is that I've a keen eye for a recycled prop and I think I've spotted a
couple here.

The backpack is an absolute definite reuse of the Outland backpacks, made for that film, as this behind the scenes image will reveal.

 

The second observation is that the helmet may be the same as featured in Unidentified Flying Oddball or whichever of its various titles you care to know it by.

 

It's hard to be certain and its a safe bet that that production had recycled it from somewhere else before but it does have quite a few distinctive features.  As ever with these things feel free to correct me if you know better.

 

Steve

Planet of the Apes A Gallery of Spacesuits

Planet of the Apes (1968)

 

Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)

 

Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)

 

Planet of the Apes TV series (1974)

 

Planet of the Apes Cartoon (1975)

 

Planet of the Apes (2001)

 

...and again

 

Still waiting for that apology, Mr Burton.  That was my childhood you pissed all over.

 

Steve

Something for the weekend 11

Lieutenant Maryann Stewart played by Dianne Stanley in the first of the Planet of the Apes films.

Unfortunately it didn't pan out too well for Lieutenant Stewart and she didn't even make it out of bed let alone off the ship.

 

Steve

The Adventures of Don Quick (1970) Gallery

As some kind soul has recently uploaded episode one of The Adventures of Don Quick onto You Tube we can now all have a little look at what has been lost and almost forgotten for quite some time.  We can also have ourselves a little gallery of images.

The episode is called The Benefits of Earth and should be viewable via the link below.  It's the only known episode to still exist and having just watched it I have to say that although its a little overlong it's otherwise very enjoyable.  I would love for the rest of the episodes to turn up some day but at least we still have this one.  Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=BlRrrR09GtM

Steve

The Sea of Perdition (2006)

The Sea of Perdition is short film by director; Richard Stanley.

 It follows a lone astronaut exploring the Martian landscape who......  Actually its not much more than about 8 minutes in duration so you should probably just go and find out for yourself.   It's available on YouTube as well as a number of other places and  it really is well worth a little look.

I've been a Richard Stanley fan since catching Hardware on VHS back in the day and his follow up; Dust Devil (The directors cut) is a work of dark art.  After that it all went a bit wrong and Richard became a semi obscure all be it well respected cult figure.

Somebody should probably give him a big fat cheque and a movie script  to direct but in the meantime his film shorts are more than worth the cost of admission.  Well done, Sir.  More please.  Many, many more.

Steve