These Movies are all Forty Years Old This Year
I recently posted an article about Rocky IV being forty years old. That struck me as odd, because I don’t feel that old. I was only 15 years old the year it came out.
Category: The 1980’s
Action, Cold War, Movie Review, The 1980's
ROCKY IV is Forty Years Old
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Rocky IV is Forty Years Old
I found this one shocking, but only because I’m older than I feel, apparently.
Model Making, Science Fiction, Star Trek, Television, The 1970's, The 1980's
TSJ Builds AMT 1080 USS Enterprise Refit
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TSJ Builds AMT 1080 USS Enterprise Refit
I have been building Star Trek model kits for the past year, following a forty-year break from the hobby. I have focused on TOS sets released by AMT, now owned by Round2.
Action, Inspirations, John Carpenter, Movies, The 1980's, Thriller
TSJ Revisits John Carpenter’s ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, Part 2
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TSJ Revisits John Carpenter’s Escape from New York, Part 2 of 2
I’m writing about Escape from New York this week on my blog, Life After Gateway. This is Part 2 of 2 (find Part 1, here). Today we’ll look at some of the personalities who emerged from the making of this movie: Kurt Russell, Dean Cundey, and James Cameron.
This film was a watershed moment in their careers. For Kurt Russell, it marked his transition from childhood roles. For Dean Cundey, it was his continuing rise through the ranks in cinematography; a career which really began with the massive success of Halloween. And for James Cameron, it was his work on the effects that helped make him a notable figure in the industry. On this movie, he was known as the ‘resident genius,’ and his work made heads turn.
You’ll learn more about these three in this article.
Action, Inspirations, John Carpenter, Movies, The 1980's, Thriller
TSJ Revisits John Carpenter’s ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, Part 1
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TSJ Revisits John Carpenter’s Escape from New York, Part 1 of 2
The film that marked Kurt Russell’s transition from child actor to the world of commercial action/adventure movies will be forty-four years old this year. It was a pivotal film for Carpenter, who proved that Halloween and The Fog were no flukes, and it also marked yet another fantastic outing for Dean Cundey, who went on to become one of the most successful cinematographers in the industry. It also introduced many of us to a new personality in genre filmmaking, which might surprise you. Escape from New York was a watershed film in 1981, and I wanted to take a closer look at it this week. Here is Part 1 of my retrospective, including anecdotes, trivia, and other interesting tidbits about the film.
Model Making, Science Fiction, Star Trek, Television, The 1980's, The 1990's
Valentine’s Day Gift for TSJ — A New Scale Model Kit
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Horror, Inspirations, John Carpenter, Movie Review, Movies, Mystery, Suspense, The 1980's
John Carpenter’s THE FOG — Forty-Five Years Old This Month
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John Carpenter’s The Fog — Forty-Five Years Old This Month
It’s one of my favourite Carpenter films, and it’s forty-five years old this month. And that’s hard to believe.
A Blanket of Steel, Action, Imposter Theme, Inspirations, Interview, John Carpenter, Movies, Suspense, The 1980's, The Thing, Thriller, Timothy S. Johnston, Writing
TSJ Talks John Carpenter’s THE THING!
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TSJ Talks John Carpenter’s THE THING!
Last week, I joined the guys from the Re-Creative Podcast and our topic of the evening was my second favorite film of all time, John Carpenter’s The Thing.
Action, An Island of Light, Book Review, Character Development, Climate Fiction, Fatal Depth, Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Ltd., Horror, Inspirations, James Cameron, Michael Crichton, Movie Review, Movies, Science, Science Fiction, Suspense, Technology, TechnoThriller, The 1950's, The 1980's, The 1990's, The Rise of Oceania, The Savage Deeps, The War Beneath, Thriller, Timothy S. Johnston, Underwater Thriller, Writing
TSJ Talks Inspirations for The War Beneath
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TSJ Talks Inspirations for The War Beneath
When I was a teenager, I read a lot of 1950s Science Fiction. It was the tail end of the “Golden Age of Science Fiction.” Asimov, Pohl, Heinlein, del Rey and more. I fell in love with the genre because of those books. They sparked my imagination and took me to fascinating locations in futuristic settings. The stakes were always huge. It’s those books that really taught me how important YA Science Fiction is. Readers get hooked on the genre early; it’s what happened to me.
Book Cover, Inspirations, Movies, Science Fiction, Steven Spielberg, Suspense, Technology, TechnoThriller, The 1970's, The 1980's, The 1990's, Thriller
The Most Iconic Book Covers in the Thriller/Suspense/SF Genres
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The Most Iconic Book Covers in the Thriller/Suspense/SF Genres
I’ve recently been re-reading some classic novels from my younger days, and I realized that some of their covers might now be considered iconic — some so notable that the movie marketing machines actually copied the book cover, further cementing the image in our minds. Here are some of those books.