Showing posts with label BLAST. Show all posts
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Wednesday, December 30, 2020

UNDERNEATH THE PLANET THAT WENT APE

BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES (1970)
dir: Ted Post
James Fransiscus- Brent (Brunt)
Kim Hunter- Zira (Zora)
Maurice Evans- Dr. Zaius (Dr. Zaydius)
James Gregory- Ursus (Versus)
David Watson- Cornelius (Carnelius)

UNDERNEATH THE PLANET THAT WENT APE
MAD #157, March 1973
w: Arnie Kogen
a: Mort Drucker

From The Milking of the Planet that Went Ape. Up to then, Planet of the Apes and James Bond were the only two film franchises in existence. There had been things like Charlie Chan or Bulldog Drummond before that but not really on a big budget. MAD parodied all four (at that time) Planet of the Apes films in one seven-page article. This was their take on Beneath the Planet of the Apes. It was just these panels.
UPDATE:
UNDERNEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES
Cracked #90, January 1971
a: John Severin

Charlton Heston, star of the first one, dies right at the beginning of this one.
Nova (Linda Harrison), the woman on the horse, is mute throughout the whole film.
UPDATE 2:

BENEATH THE DIGNITY OF THE APES Blast #1, February 1971
w: Marv Wolfman
a: Berni Wrightson

All I'll say is they must have paid really well.

MAD's version didn't have Linda Harrison as Nova, which wasn't a speaking part, or Charlton Heston as Taylor.

Sunday, November 29, 2020

BOOBARELLA

BARBARELLA (1968)
dir: Roger Vadim
Jane Fonda- Barbarella
John Phillip Law- Pygar
Milo O'Shea- Durand Durand
David Hemmings- Dildano

BOOBARELLA
Blast #2, May 1971
w: Mel Campbell
a: Jim Mooney

Based on the comic strip by Jean-Claude Forest.
Men of a certain age have said the opening credits were their first glimpse of nudity as adolescents.

Jane Fonda (also married to director Vadim then) has mentioned that being in her late twenties and having to do this shoot early in the morning hung over on a glass table was very unpleasant for her.


Blast was one of the stranger parody magazines. They only lasted two issues and were not quite for kids and not quite for adults.

I usually only print excerpts except when I know something's been proven in the in the public domain elsewhere or if they're less than two pages, but here I doubt the copyright owners exist anymore.

UPDATE:

MOVIE REVIEW: BARBARELLA
Sick #67, March 1969
w: Bill Majeski
“Goodnight Chet” “Goodnight David” was how Chet Huntley and David Brinkley signed off their nightly newscast.