Balladeer’s Blog’s annual end-of-year retrospective continues with August’s best.
THE BIONIC BOY (1977) – BAD MOVIE REVIEW – I reviewed this Asian film about a boy who survives a car accident thanks to bionic replacements for some of his body parts. He seeks revenge on the gangsters who killed his parents. Read it HERE.
ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION – THE AIR WAR: A VISION OF THE FUTURE (1859) – Astonishingly ahead of its time, this daring, controversial tale was set in 6900 A.D. when people of color run the planet and white people are slaves. A global war breaks out between black people who want to end slavery for all time and black people who want to keep white people in chains.
This novel never goes where you think it’s going to. Click HERE.
BUFFALO SOLDIERS – A Frontierado celebration of the famed African-American soldiers of the 1800s west. Click HERE.
CITIZEN SOLDIER (1956-1957) – This Forgotten Television item depicted actual heroes of World War Two action playing themselves in reenactments of their battlefield heroics. You can find it HERE.
RUDOLPH VALENTINO’S SILENT FILMS – I reviewed the movies of the big screen’s 1920s heart-throb and the man Susanna Hoffs sang about “kissing by a crystal-blue Italian stream.” Click HERE.
1790: THE FIRST AMERICAN SHIP TO CIRCUMNAVIGATE THE GLOBE – Read about it HERE.
ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION: IN THE DEEP OF TIME (1897) – A very imaginative look at life in 2190 A.D. There are “Sun Telephones”, tripod-like vehicles for personal travel, all manner of futuristic technology for everyday life and much, much more. This work deserves far more fame. Click HERE.
TONY ORLANDO & DAWN: THEIR TELEVISION SERIES (1974-1976) – I reviewed the singing trio’s variety show which featured plenty of guest stars. Click HERE.
THE MICRONAUTS – A look at several of their 1980s crossover stories with Marvel characters like Nick Fury & S.H.I.E.L.D., the Fantastic Four, Ant-Man and others. Plus Baron Karza returns. Click HERE.
FIST OF FEAR, TOUCH OF DEATH (1980) – One of the most hilariously bad kung fu movies ever made. Believe it or not, the great black actor ADOLPH CAESAR co-starred. Click HERE.
ANNA AND THE KING (1972) – The Forgotten Television series version of The King and I. YUL BRYNNER himself starred in the show. Click HERE.
ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION: THE ALERIEL NOVELS (1874-1893) – The overlooked sci-fi tales about a winged Venusian who visits Earth and other planets in our solar system on some fantastic adventures. Click HERE.
THE SPIRIT AND HIS GREATEST VILLAINS – A look at Will Eisner’s iconic superhero the Spirit, who debuted in June of 1940. I examined his greatest villains, too, plus ways of updating them from their 1940s schtick. Click HERE.
HAS TO BE SAID: AUGUST 27th – Multiple hot takes HERE.
SILENT MOVIES ABOUT SAMSON – I reviewed early films about the Biblical strongman Samson. The movies are from 1902, 1908, 1914 and 1922. Click HERE.
ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION: THE CONQUEST OF THE MOON (1887) – An unlikely party of adventurers succeed in reaching the moon, where astonishing discoveries await them. Click HERE.
DECOY (1957-1958) – Universally beloved Beverly Garland starred in 39 episodes of this FIRST EVER tv series about a female police officer. Click HERE.
OMAC: ONE MAN ARMY CORPS (1974-1975) – The very first adventures of this DC superhero. Click HERE.
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Your August is mixing with series, movie , science fiction well shared 💐
Thank you! Every year when I post these Best of lists it stimulates a lot of interest from people who did not know I cover all those topics.
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Faces galore!
The 1972 version of “Anna and the King” sounds great. I’ve not seen that one before, only the Jodie Foster one. Thanks for sharing! 💜🙂
I’m always happy to spread the word about all these forgotten items! Merry Christmas to you and yours!