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War of the Worlds & Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner

Okay, so maybe I didn’t know that Princeton really had an observatory (since 1934!) or that California declared square dance its official state dance (in 1988!) or that the correct name of the actor who played the science advisor on season one of “Space: 1999” was Barry Morse – but I think a good time was still had by all. As always, Roy and my observations, on the 1953 film “The War of the Worlds,” were enhanced by plenty of fun and insightful comments from our viewers. Here’s a link to the show, in case you missed it.

“Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner” will celebrate it’s 30th episode on Sunday evening at 7:00 EDT. For this landmark occasion, Roy will open up the Zoom conference to his loyal and knowledgeable audience. Details available on the show’s Facebook page. Thanks, Roy, and live long and prosper!

July 18, 2020
Sin & Sci-Fi A Double Feature with Ross Amico

Get ready for an evening of sin and retribution, and another Classic Ross Amico double-feature.

First, scoundrels, rakes, and rogues raise hell on “Picture Perfect,” music from the movies, with selections from “The Reivers” (John Williams), “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” (Jerome Moross), “Anthony Adverse” (Erich Wolfgang Korngold), and “Tom Jones” (John Addison). Carouse vicariously on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org, at 6 pm EDT.

Then it’s time to pay the piper, with fiery retribution from the heavens, with George Pal’s 1953 adaptation of H.G. Wells’ allegorical invasion novel, “The War of the Worlds.” Roy Bjellquist and I will address this apocalyptic masterpiece, in which humanity and science are nearly quashed by man’s baser instincts, on the next Facebook live-stream of “Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner,” at 7 pm EDT.

https://www.facebook.com/roystiedyescificorner/

Keep watching the skies, certainly, but also beware the threat from within!

July 17, 2020
Zardoz COVID Ennui Sci-Fi Reappraisal

In “Zardoz” (1974), the Eternals, an immortal race, suffer ennui and even slide into catatonia, as each day bleeds into the next. No end, no passion, no inspiration, no purpose. Does this movie have added resonance in time of COVID?

In case you missed it (and I know you did), here’s my latest appearance on “Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci Fi Corner.” Roy and I chisel away at John Boorman’s trippy, hopelessly pretentious, yet somehow oddly relevant parable, which riled critics and baffled audiences at the time of its release, but today seems surprisingly worthy of reevaluation.

New episodes of “Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner” stream Fridays and Sundays at 7 p.m. EDT.

Join Roy this Sunday AT A SPECIAL TIME, 4 PM, for a conversation with special effects legend Brian Johnson, the Academy Award winning artist who worked on “Alien,” “The Empire Strikes Back,” “Dragonslayer,” “Space: 1999,” “Thunderbirds,” and “2001: A Space Odyssey.”

Thanks again, Roy! See you next Friday, for “The War of the Worlds!”

Ross and Roy on “Zardoz”:

Watch Brian Johnson, Sunday at 4 p.m., here:

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July 11, 2020
Sinbad Zardoz Fashion Film Fest Tonight

If you’ve got a passion for fashion, have I got an “Ideal” double feature for you!

I hope you’ll join me, as I present “A Thousand and One Nights at the Movies” on “Picture Perfect” – with selections from “The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad” (Bernard Herrmann), “Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger” (Roy Budd), “Aladdin” (Alan Menken), and “The Thief of Bagdad” (Miklos Rozsa) – at 6:00 this evening (EDT) on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.

Then at 7:00, I guarantee it will be all you’ll ever want to see of Sean Connery. The giant floating head wasn’t the only thing stoned in the making of John Boorman’s “Zardoz” (1974). Roy Bjellquist and I will engage in a spirited conversation about Brutals, Eternals, Renegades, and Apathetics, on the next “Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner.”

How catty will it get on the catwalk? As catty as we knead!

Catch it via Facebook live stream, and leave a question or comment!

https://www.facebook.com/roytiediescificorner/

For a hit of “Zardoz,” here’s the trailer:

And David Munrow’s arrangement of Beethoven’s 7th:

PHOTOS: Rocking the whole pony tail/red diaper thing, Rex Ingram as the Genie in “The Thief of Bagdad” (left) and Sean Connery as Zed the Exterminator in “Zardoz”

July 10, 2020
Zardoz Typecasting Actor’s Extreme Lengths

Just how far will an actor go to avoid typecasting?

No need to ask Sean Connery, so desperate to get away from James Bond that he exploded his cash cow by strapping on red-hot bandoliers, fire engine mankini, and thigh-high kink boots for John Boorman’s inscrutable masterpiece, “Zardoz.”

Join Roy Bjellquist and me as we chip away at a giant stone head (floating gracefully to Beethoven’s 7th Symphony, then vomiting guns), explore the blurred relationships between myth, legend, and religion, and delve into the very mysteries of life and death, on the next “Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner.”

“Zardoz” is nothing if not ambitious. But did it – could it – ever rise to the level of its aspirations? When “Zardoz” opened in 1974, it was met by widespread confusion and scathing reviews. Is it possible that an overtly bad movie could actually mask a fairly good one?

46 years of brain bleach has been powerless to dispel the enduring WTF of “Zardoz.” I hope you’ll join Roy and me in slack-jawed wonder on the next Facebook live-stream of “Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner,” this Friday evening at 7:00 EDT.

https://www.facebook.com/roytiediescificorner/?fref=ts

July 9, 2020

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