Good morning, gentle readers, and welcome to the start of a brand-new week! Here's hoping that your weekend was delightful, and it gave you the proper rejuvenation required to give you the energy you need to combat this brand-new week of challenges! I know mine was pretty good, and speaking of which ...
I don't often put up photos of me and the wifey, but here's one from this past Saturday. The local small airport had an event they called 'Airport Dayz,' and it's been quite a few years since they had one. Years back, the organizer would have all of these old-time and experimental aircraft lined up around the field/tarmack/etc., and they'd open the doors for members of the general public to come in and check them out. Well, from what we now understand, I think it was the event organizer passed away ... and then COVID came along, changing the way we could go out and about in public ... but now the city finally found a way to have one again. I took some snaps of the planes and whatnot, but the wifey and I did a selfie in front of one of the cooler helicopters on the field. It wasn't as big or as elaborate as it's been in the past, but it was still a great morning to walk amongst these birds and hear some stories.
If I find the time, I'll post a few of my pics. Gotta find the time, though. Still playing catch-up on some reviews from last week.
If I find the time, I'll post a few of my pics. Gotta find the time, though. Still playing catch-up on some reviews from last week.
I know, I know, I know. That contingent of you who love to tell me (of all people) what is and isn't Science Fiction are likely boiling over in your seats this morning as I'm posting the birthday of one of my favorite shows of the bygone era -- CBS's Airwolf -- for posterity's sake.
I can hear you: "That's not Science Fiction!"
Well, when you have the stones to go and set-up your own SciFi, Fantasy, and Horror blog, then you can do what you want with it. Me? I tend to have a broader appreciation of genre entertainment as a whole, and Airwolf certainly fits within the parameters that I've established. Any exploration of a high-tech experimental aircraft deserves a bit of coverage in this space -- so far as I care -- and you can just like it or lump it, as they say.
I'll give you that the show was imperfect. It's difficult to craft stories that truly push the bar technologically on a weekly basis -- what with the budgetary constraints of broadcast TV -- but creator Donald Bellisario did what he could in the time and place. Airwolf had some wonderful action brought to life with a fabulous cast -- the late Jan-Michael Vincent and Ernest Borgnine joined consistently by the great Alex Cord -- and it was appointment viewing for a great portion of its run on the Boob Tube for yours truly.
I can hear you: "That's not Science Fiction!"
Well, when you have the stones to go and set-up your own SciFi, Fantasy, and Horror blog, then you can do what you want with it. Me? I tend to have a broader appreciation of genre entertainment as a whole, and Airwolf certainly fits within the parameters that I've established. Any exploration of a high-tech experimental aircraft deserves a bit of coverage in this space -- so far as I care -- and you can just like it or lump it, as they say.
I'll give you that the show was imperfect. It's difficult to craft stories that truly push the bar technologically on a weekly basis -- what with the budgetary constraints of broadcast TV -- but creator Donald Bellisario did what he could in the time and place. Airwolf had some wonderful action brought to life with a fabulous cast -- the late Jan-Michael Vincent and Ernest Borgnine joined consistently by the great Alex Cord -- and it was appointment viewing for a great portion of its run on the Boob Tube for yours truly.
Of course, I'm showing my age a bit with this post this morning, especially as it comes to 1970's and 1980's intellectual properties ... and still I have to give a proper shout to the late Bill Bixby.
For those of you who don't know it, Bixby headlined one of the greatest genre shows to hit the airwaves: on a weekly basis, The Incredible Hulk went about trying to dispense a brand of TV-grade justice when regular methods failed to deliver. Yes, you didn't want to make him mad -- you wouldn't like him when he got mad -- but -- sigh -- it happened routinely, turning audiences green with envy. (See what I did there?) I guess it's safe to say Gamma Radiation somehow stood on the right side of history; but it was Bixby's endearing humanity that gave so much of the serialized Hulk its true muscles, showing audiences that caring for one's fellow men, women, and children was a worthwhile occupation. Maybe it's best that you think of him as Jack Reacher -- wandering the great American plateau -- but well before Reacher was in the same business.
It's a fabulous show that pretty much set the bar about as high as you can go for TV-grade comic book adaptations; and its respect endures even to this day.
Check it out, if you're so inclined.
Happy birthday, Mr. Bixby ... wherever you may be in the great cosmos out there.
For those of you who don't know it, Bixby headlined one of the greatest genre shows to hit the airwaves: on a weekly basis, The Incredible Hulk went about trying to dispense a brand of TV-grade justice when regular methods failed to deliver. Yes, you didn't want to make him mad -- you wouldn't like him when he got mad -- but -- sigh -- it happened routinely, turning audiences green with envy. (See what I did there?) I guess it's safe to say Gamma Radiation somehow stood on the right side of history; but it was Bixby's endearing humanity that gave so much of the serialized Hulk its true muscles, showing audiences that caring for one's fellow men, women, and children was a worthwhile occupation. Maybe it's best that you think of him as Jack Reacher -- wandering the great American plateau -- but well before Reacher was in the same business.
It's a fabulous show that pretty much set the bar about as high as you can go for TV-grade comic book adaptations; and its respect endures even to this day.
Check it out, if you're so inclined.
Happy birthday, Mr. Bixby ... wherever you may be in the great cosmos out there.
Of course, there's more. There may be not as much as I'd like more up there for the day, but rest assured that I'm always doing my due diligence to add items to the site. If you know of any regarding today, please reach out and let me know. I have quite a bit in my archives -- and I'll be posting some newbies this afternoon -- but I'm always on-the-lookout for late-breaking additions.
Here's what you want, and you know you want it ...
As always, thanks for reading ... thanks for sharing ... thanks for being a fan ... and live long and prosper!
-- EZ
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