April 8- Soylent Green is…Spam!
I’ve been informed that the comment feature here at the blog should be working- just check at the top of the blog to find out how to leave a comment. If there’s a problem, let me know…
Contrary to what you’re seeing on the main page here at the Svengoolie subsite, our movie this Saturday will NOT be the new “Prom Night” flick that hits theatres this Friday…from what I understand, our net folks wanted to promote the new film, to compliment our webisodes this week playing off the “Prom Night” theme, but didn’t have a place to put the poster, other than where the usual “this week” plug occurs. Please do not be confused by this. You’ll have to go to the multiplex to see “Prom Night!”
Now, onto our main subject- the passing of Charlton Heston.
The famed actor with local roots passed away, after suffering from Alzheimer’s disease in recent years. Without a doubt, he was one of the big name movie stars, the like of which we will not see again. He came from Evanston, and went to Northwestern University, as did I (no, no matter HOW old you think I am, not at the same time…)-and, in recent years, seemed to be better known for his stance on citizens arming themselves than for anything else.
Sci-fi fans know he made a trilogy of cool genre films- the beloved original “Planet of the Apes”- which will always be remembered by certain members of my family, because an over-heated pre-adolescent female cousin got very excited by a glimpse of Heston’s bare rear in one scene (this is STILL a big joke in our family!)Another Charlton chiller was his “Omega Man”- yet another version of the famed “I Am Legend” story-
which included the vampirish mutants with sort of Harpo Marx hair. (Now that I think about it, I remember a friend of mine, a lady radio engineer, who commented on Chuck Heston looking sexy in a scene where he was shirtless…seems that he was quite the sex symbol to ladies of all ages!)The third film is, of course, “Soylent Green”- the story of a future world where everyone chows down on the mmm-mmm good grub known as soylent green- which Heston discovers is made of ...say it with me…people! Not old copies of “People” magazine, but real actual human beings.
I’ve certainly seen Heston in many films, but tend to lean towards those genre films as my favorites among his work. I have to say that I’ve enjoyed equally some of the impressions of Heston- most notably, those done by the late great Phil Hartman- and, especially, the ones done by SCTV’s Joe Flaherty-especially in the SCTV take-off on “Towering Inferno.”
Regardless, the real item, Charlton Heston, was a towering personality in the film world-and staked his claim to a part of the sci-fi/horror genre that won’t be forgotten.
Contrary to what you’re seeing on the main page here at the Svengoolie subsite, our movie this Saturday will NOT be the new “Prom Night” flick that hits theatres this Friday…from what I understand, our net folks wanted to promote the new film, to compliment our webisodes this week playing off the “Prom Night” theme, but didn’t have a place to put the poster, other than where the usual “this week” plug occurs. Please do not be confused by this. You’ll have to go to the multiplex to see “Prom Night!”
Now, onto our main subject- the passing of Charlton Heston.
The famed actor with local roots passed away, after suffering from Alzheimer’s disease in recent years. Without a doubt, he was one of the big name movie stars, the like of which we will not see again. He came from Evanston, and went to Northwestern University, as did I (no, no matter HOW old you think I am, not at the same time…)-and, in recent years, seemed to be better known for his stance on citizens arming themselves than for anything else.
Sci-fi fans know he made a trilogy of cool genre films- the beloved original “Planet of the Apes”- which will always be remembered by certain members of my family, because an over-heated pre-adolescent female cousin got very excited by a glimpse of Heston’s bare rear in one scene (this is STILL a big joke in our family!)Another Charlton chiller was his “Omega Man”- yet another version of the famed “I Am Legend” story-
which included the vampirish mutants with sort of Harpo Marx hair. (Now that I think about it, I remember a friend of mine, a lady radio engineer, who commented on Chuck Heston looking sexy in a scene where he was shirtless…seems that he was quite the sex symbol to ladies of all ages!)The third film is, of course, “Soylent Green”- the story of a future world where everyone chows down on the mmm-mmm good grub known as soylent green- which Heston discovers is made of ...say it with me…people! Not old copies of “People” magazine, but real actual human beings.
I’ve certainly seen Heston in many films, but tend to lean towards those genre films as my favorites among his work. I have to say that I’ve enjoyed equally some of the impressions of Heston- most notably, those done by the late great Phil Hartman- and, especially, the ones done by SCTV’s Joe Flaherty-especially in the SCTV take-off on “Towering Inferno.”
Regardless, the real item, Charlton Heston, was a towering personality in the film world-and staked his claim to a part of the sci-fi/horror genre that won’t be forgotten.
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First Comment! Woo-hoo!
Sven rules! 8-)
I thought I'd done something wrong, because I didn't get the confirmation, but it was delivered as, what else, SPAM! What a coincidence!
Glad that the "comments" are now working!
BC