Marshal & Rish Visit A Planet of Vampires

 

Rish here.  Years ago, I tried to watch Mario Bava's 1965 film PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES, but only made it a few minutes in before losing consciousness.  Years later, while visiting my friend in Germany, I tried it again, and maybe it was jetlag, but I fell asleep once again.

Here we are today (well, last year, actually), and I am attempting to watch it a third time, this time for Marshal Latham's "Outfield Excursions" podcast.  Can I stay awake?  Is the movie good?  And was there any influence on Ridley Scott's ALIEN, the way the folks say?  Find out HERE.

Rish Performs "The Cat That Went To Uranus" on Cast of Wonders

Rish here.  So, another of my readings is available for you to listen to.  This one is "The Cat That Went To Uranus," by Dan Peacock.  It's over at the Cast of Wonders podcast now.

Two astronauts, on their way to investigate what might be an alien spacecraft near the planet Uranus, discover there's a third passenger on their ship . . . a black cat called Scoopy.

In editing my reading, I questioned the voice I assigned the main character (if it's set today, no way would a NASA mission have a commander with an English accent), but the story's author is OBVIOUSLY not American, by the words, spelling, and phraseology he uses, and things sounded more natural with that accent*, so that's the choice I made.

I did two other voices for the other human characters, as well as meowing for the cat, and my own made-up language for the remaining character.  Feel free to check it out HERE.

*Can you imagine if the American actors in THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING had retained their filthy Yank accents while delivering that odd pseudo-medieval dialogue?  Can you imagine it?????

Rish & Marshal Face A Terror From Beyond Space

 Rish here.  Once again, Marshal Latham and I have reviewed an old movie, this one 1958's IT! THE TERROR FROM BEYOND SPACE on the Outfield Excursions show over at Journey Into...

This was not a great movie, but it did influence Ridley Scott's ALIEN (along with Mario Bava's PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES), and tells the story of the first manned expedition to Mars, which encounters a deadly alien life form, which naturally stows away on the rescue ship.

Check out our review HERE.

Rish Joins Big For His Story "Pre-Owned"

Over at The Anklecast podcast, Big presents his story about a finally ready to trade in his first car for a new one . . . if he can.  It's called "Pre-Owned," and you get the first half in this month's episode, after which Big and Rish talk about the origin of the story, and would've gotten into meatier stuff had the original recording not been lost (and then quickly replaced with only fifteen minutes in which to do it).  Nevertheless, we might get back together and find out whether Clint can sell that car in the next episode.

Check it out HERE.

Marshal and Rish Talk THE FANTASTIC FOUR

 

Were you one of the millions of potential viewers that skipped seeing FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS in the theater?  Well, it's still playing in a handful of theaters, and if you want to hear Marshal Latham and Rish talk about how good it was*, then you might want to hear our review of it, over at his Comics Cave sub-podcast.

Feel free to check it out HERE.  And, if you ever wonder why we're so behind on these kind of reviews, well, go support Marshal at his Patreon, and you can hear them a wee bit closer to release.

*Complete with spoilers, unfortunately.

Warning: if you wait for the streaming release, Galactus won't be nearly as impressive.

A Black Mat Crosses Your Path

Rish here.  So, about a year ago, I challenged Big to write a story based on the premise of "evil floormats," based on a Facebook Marketplace listing I saw for some mats that were "Gently used."  You may not believe me now, but it struck me as very funny at the time.*

So, Big jumped on it, and quickly produced a story he titled "Pre-Owned" (with a truly creepy cover) about a dude named Clint that really needs to get rid of his car.  That one can be found  RIGHT HERE.

A long time later, I wrote my own version (long-time listeners of our podcast will remember we refer to these as Broken Mirror Story Events), about a guy named Jesse, who discovers that his luck takes a turn for the worse when he picks up a pair of gently used floormats.  My tale is called "Slightly Used, Mildly Cursed," and can be found at THIS LINK.

Check them out . . . what's the worst that could happen?

Note: I agonized over the title for this blogpost, trying to come up with a play on words involving Mats or Bats or Shats or Brats (I even considered "Mats All, Folks!"), and the best I could do was refer to a 1999 documentary called "Beyond The Mat."  Sometimes beggars don't get to choose, kids.

*It may amaze you to hear, but people used to think it was funny when Steve Martin would say, "Well, excuuuuuuuuse me!"  Yeah, they really did.  

Marshal And Outfield Talk Season 2 of "Andor"

 

Rish here.  After a bit of foot-dragging, I finally watched the second season of "Andor," and just like seeing CITIZEN KANE, GONE WITH THE WIND, THE RISE OF CHUN-LI, and LAWRENCE OF ARABIA for the first time, I kinda had to shrug and say, "Yeah, it was as good as everybody says."

Whoops, guess you don't have to listen to me and Marshal Latham talk about it now over at the Star Wars: Delusions of Grandeur podcast HERE.  Seems like a bit of a waste spending all that time on the episode.