If you love movies, and if you enjoyed the recently reviewed ‘Silhouettes‘ book by Olly Moss, you’ll definitely want to check out this other fun little collection of pop culture art by Scott Campbell. This particular book features Scott’s take on some of the most memorable confrontations in cinematic history.
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As I found myself digging through my collection of old ‘Twin Peaks’ merchandise for my ongoing David Lynch marathon, I stumbled upon an interesting piece of memorabilia that I’d forgotten that I had – an audio cassette recording known as ‘Diane… The Twin Peaks Tapes of Agent Cooper’. The fact that I no longer own a tape player that I might use to listen to the cassette presented a small but fortunately not insurmountable obstacle to my nostalgic enjoyment.
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While ‘Twin Peaks’ was still a hot property on television, tie-in merchandise such as the previously-reviewed ‘Secret Diary of Laura Palmer‘ did brisk business among fans. When producers wanted to publish a second, similar book, its subject was both obvious and inevitable. For this new entry in my ongoing David Lynch marathon, I’ve pulled my old copy of ‘The Autobiography of F.B.I. Special Agent Dale Cooper: My Life, My Tapes’ from the shelf, dusted it off, and given it another read.
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At the height of its popularity during its first season on air, David Lynch’s ‘Twin Peaks’ was more than just a ratings hit or a critical darling. It was a genuine cultural phenomenon. Each episode of the series became the must-discuss topic of water cooler conversation throughout America, and even the rest of the world. Impatient fans in Europe begged friends from the United States to ship videotape recordings overseas rather than wait months for new episodes to hit their airwaves. To capitalize on this success, the show’s producers licensed a host of official ‘Twin Peaks’ merchandise. For the latest entry in my David Lynch marathon, I’ve decided to revisit the show’s most famous tie-in novel, ‘The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer’.
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With recent disc releases in Europe and Asia, all of the feature films from cult director David Lynch are now available on the Blu-ray format somewhere in the world. Upon hitting that milestone, I felt that this would be a good opportunity to revisit Lynch’s entire filmography, to chart the progression of an iconoclastic artist through both his highs and lows, in a series of reviews and blog posts over the next several weeks that I’ll file under the heading “Auteur Theory.” My first Blu-ray review of Lynch’s theatrical debut ‘Eraserhead’ was published today. Here in the blog, I’ll start things off with a look at Lynch’s coffee table art book, simply titled ‘Images’.
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As some of you may have gathered by now, I didn’t particularly care much for Ridley Scott’s misguided ‘Alien’ prequel, ‘Prometheus’. I thought it was terrible. We’ve already had this argument. However, as much as I may wish the movie hadn’t been made, the renewed interest it has brought to the ‘Alien’ franchise has resulted in one extremely cool development – the resurrection of a line of canceled action figures from the original film.
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I expect that only a small handful of readers will fully understand and appreciate the magnitude of the awesomeness that I’m about to reveal after the page break in this post. I’m OK with that. The rest of you can puzzle over it and wonder if I’ve lost my mind. But for that small handful… please enjoy today’s Action Figure Theater production of: “Shield Practice.”
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For this week’s Roundtable, we’re taking a break from our usual movie list discussions. We’re going to shift gears a little bit and talk about something more personal. Most home theater owners like to decorate their HT rooms with posters, memorabilia, knickknacks, and other interesting odds and ends to celebrate their favorite movies, TV shows, and pop culture happenings. Let’s take a look at some of our personal favorites.
Last week, I mentioned that ‘Dune’ is my favorite movie, and may have even linked to my extensive collection of memorabilia from the film. I’m a superfan, you see. The way some people are obsessed with ‘Star Wars’ or ‘Star Trek’, I’m obsessed with ‘Dune’.
After discussing that cool reel of Sean Young’s home movies from the set (see prior post), one of my friends had the nerve to point out to me this auction for an original Weirding Module prop.
