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| panzer the great & terrible | Oct 20 2008, 08:40 AM Post #1066 |
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AC Comics. A good print and transfer. |
| Life is just a bowl of cherries, it's too mysterious, don't take it serious... | |
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| Mantan | Oct 20 2008, 09:03 AM Post #1067 |
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Thanks, gents! I'll troll on over to the AC site and check it out. My Nostalgia Merchant copy of NYOKA AND THE TIGERMEN is beautiful but with tapes over 17-18 years old, I'm always afraid they'll break upon rewind. Retail price on this beauty was $139.99. I got it at cost - a mere $79.99 - the "nice" price circa mid-1980s. D'ohhh -stupid serial wholesalers. |
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| marlin lee | Oct 20 2008, 12:49 PM Post #1068 |
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It is available from AC Comics. There is some missing footage in one of the chapters. When I mentioned it here someone comfirmed that the same footage is missing from the laserdisc release. So it is almost certainly a copy of the laserdisc. |
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| The Batman | Oct 20 2008, 12:51 PM Post #1069 |
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Thanks, Panzer, and I agree, it is a great looking copy; you cant' go wrong, Sir Mantan. |
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| Black Tiger | Oct 20 2008, 01:09 PM Post #1070 |
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Yes that is Dave Sharpe doing Clayton's stuntwork in Nyoka.
Edited by Black Tiger, Oct 20 2008, 01:10 PM.
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| rodney | Oct 25 2008, 11:46 AM Post #1071 |
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I wrapped up The Spider Returns today, which I thought was a whole lot of fun. A really great serial. Next up, G-Men Vs. The Black Dragon. |
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| KanSmiley | Oct 25 2008, 12:46 PM Post #1072 |
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I finished King of the Texas Rangers yesterday. I would agree with Black Tiger about a Nazi controlled derigible flying around over the oil fields of Texas...it just didn't seem right. In my opinion Sammy Baugh is OK but he just didn't convince me he was a Texas Ranger. Started The Adventures of Smilin' Jack this morning. I think I am going to like this one since it will have a lot of flying in it. Kan Edited by KanSmiley, Oct 26 2008, 04:10 AM.
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http://www.saturday-matinee-memories.com/ intoxicated, adj.: When you feel sophisticated without being able to pronounce it. | |
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| Black Tiger | Oct 25 2008, 11:05 PM Post #1073 |
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Speaking of flying, I've watched the first six chapters of Junior G-Men of the Air. As much as I like the Dead End Kids/Bowery Boys, this is one of the weakest groupings. Billy Halop was fine. As was Huntz "Sach" Hall (here as "Bolts") and Gabe Dell and one other guy. But the chemistry seems off and the head slapping between Dell and the others seems forced, not fun. David "don't call me Leo" Gorcey is fine as Double-Face. The plot once established is really flying in circles and going nowhere. The villainy by the Black Dragon Society epitomized by Lionel Atwill as the Baron is surprisingly sub-par as the usually always excellent Atwill is wasted here (not even appearing in some chapters). Even Noel Cravat, so good in G-Men vs. the Black Dragon is a vapid and incompetent named Monk Stark (or at least he's probably a Stark). Surprisingly dull entry in the Universal serial sweepstakes. Lots of crashing planes, though. |
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| George Kaplan | Oct 26 2008, 12:21 PM Post #1074 |
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Finished Dick Tracy's G-Men--loved all the location work--and am trying to decide whether to jump right into Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc. I let some time elapse between the two Spider serials and found I was better able to appreciate their differences. But Tracy keeps looking at me from the shelf. Should I play one-fedora-two-fedora, or throw in an oater or a jungle serial to vary the mix? Such decisions weigh on what is left of my mind. |
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| Pa Stark | Oct 26 2008, 01:54 PM Post #1075 |
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Like my bodiless friend, the Black Tiger, I just finished JR. G-MEN OF THE AIR, but liked it better than he did. The youthful heroes gave it more energy than most other Universal serials, and the fights were much better than in Ford Beebe serials. One nice touch was in Atwill's hideout, on the wall next to a flight of stairs were shadows of the stairs forming a Japanese Rising Sun. I do agree with BT that Lionel Atwill was wasted here, looking ridiculous in Japanese makeup, and that his gang was almost as incompetent as the Black Tiger gang. All Atwill needed was glowing red eyes and smoke coming out his nose, and to collapse a few ceilings on his own gang.
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| KanSmiley | Oct 26 2008, 04:45 PM Post #1076 |
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I am well aware of the censoring controversy about the use of the word "Jap" in Batman. I am two chapters into Smilin' Jack and Jack has used the "Jap" word at least a half dozen times. Have I just missed any controversy about Smilin' Jack or has there been none? |
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| The Batman | Oct 27 2008, 05:05 AM Post #1077 |
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Kan, I would think it is because these days Smilin' Jack doesn't have quite the recognition factor that I do. People care about what I have to say, not so much Smilin' Jack. |
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| KanSmiley | Oct 27 2008, 06:24 AM Post #1078 |
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Thank you The Batman for your very modest answer. I apologize for not recognizing just how much weight your words carry.
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| The Batman | Oct 27 2008, 06:37 AM Post #1079 |
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Kan, You're welcome and apology accepted. After all, you are only human. |
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| Mantan | Oct 27 2008, 02:30 PM Post #1080 |
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I had to wait close to a year between viewing ...G-Men and ...vs.Crime, Inc. I don't know what to advise. When I finished DICK TRACY'S G-MEN, I thought it was the best in the series. Now after watching two chapters of DICK TRACY VS CRIME, INC., I think it's a draw. I really think both are among the best serials I've seen. Currently up to Chapter 3 on DICK TRACY VS CRIME, INC. and up to Chapter 8 of NYOKA AND THE TIGERMEN and I remain a happy fool for the chapter play. |
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All Atwill needed was glowing red eyes and smoke coming out his nose,
and to collapse a few ceilings on his own gang.

6:53 AM Jul 11