I have said it before – I was obsessed with V: The Mini-series. The Series that followed had it’s moments but overall it was a disappointment. The book series that came out at that time showed that there was a lot of potential for story in this universe and I tried my best to read…
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B-Movie Inspirations: Legion (1998)
B-Movie Inspirations is a series of articles I write where I watch really bad movies and draw RPG inspiration from them. Yet another little gem I found while browsing Youtube, this one caught my eye because of who was in it – Parker Stevenson, Terry Farrell, Corey Feldman, and Rick Springfield. Another notable is once…
B-Movie Inspirations: The Bamboo Saucer (1968)
B-Movie Inspirations is a series of articles I write where I watch really bad movies and draw RPG inspiration from them. I found this little gem while browsing Youtube. I love the fact that Youtube is posting a ton of old B movies. By the title, it sounded stupid but they had me at Saucer….
Book: V – The Florida Project
I have been devouring these V books over the past several months to dive deep into the lore and get ideas for the Savage Worlds tabletop RPG campaign I may run. When I was a teen, I was obsessed with the mini-series, the books and the TV show. Unfortunately, the writing in the TV series…
V – The Series: What went wrong?
For the mid 80s, V the Series was innovative and daring. While the two very successful mini-series were just that – a mini-series telling a contiguous story in 3 or 4 episodes, they attempted to translate that type of series into an ongoing show. Modelling it after some of the more success soap opera at…
B-Movie Inspirations: Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (1969)
B-Movie Inspirations is a series of articles I write where I watch really bad movies and draw RPG inspiration from them. “The European Space Exploration Council sends two astronauts to explore a planet similar to the Earth but located on the opposite side of the sun.” IMDB I found this movie on my various quasi-legal…
Book: V – The Chicago Conversion
V: The Mini-series was a ground breaking TV show for it’s time and I was obsessed with it. Not only was it sci-fi but it was also a parallel of WWII and the rise of the Third Reich – something I was really into and still am. I fell in love with the first mini-series…
Book: V – The Alien Swordsman
V: The Mini-series was a ground breaking TV show for it’s time and I was obsessed with it. Not only was it sci-fi but it was also a parallel of WWII and the rise of the Third Reich – something I was really into and still am. I fell in love with the first mini-series…
B-Movie Inspirations: Enigma (2009)
B-Movie Inspirations is a series of articles I write where I watch really bad movies and draw RPG inspiration from them. “Floating dead in space, transport ship Genesis has become an unsolvable mystery. The crew are all dead. But how, and why? What began as a simple transport mission ends with bloodshed and the disastrous…
B-Movie Inspirations: Doors
B-Movie Inspirations is a series of articles I write where I watch really bad movies and draw RPG inspiration from them. I stumbled across a more recent movie in one of my streaming options called Doors. It had a recognizable face on the poster – Josh Peck – and it looked interesting. The trailer pretty…