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Pod Stallions 112: Movie Serials

Before the MCU and Multiverses, before the Snyderverse, before the summers that the Shadow and the Phantom RULED the cineplexes (didn’t they?), it was a world when the superhero and pulp characters reigned supreme in Saturday morning serials. The precursor of the modern action movie, their impact can be felt to this day , and […]

5 Awesome things on Ebay this week

Monster Squad Frankenstein– Admittadly, i prefer the TV series “The Monster Squad” over the 1980s movie but everytime I do a search I do run into these custom Mego-esque figures done by the amazing Distinctive Dummies and they give me pause. Cliffhangers TV Week Cover– Remember the TV series “Cliffhangers” featuring three stories that were […]

Forgotten TV: Cliffhangers

I’m going to devote a couple of times a month to obscure stuff in my video collection, mostly forgotten or short lived TV from the 70’s/80’s. The first show I chose to highlight is Cliffhangers. Cliffhangers was produced by Kenneth Johnson (V, The Incredible Hulk) and it’s concept was throwback to the movie serials of […]