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Prince Valiant
Prince Valiant 1997
I took a slight detour on my MCU catch up when I was asked by my friend Todd over at the Forgotten Filmcast to guest on another episode and his suggestion for a forgotten film to cover was the 1954 Prince Valiant movie as it was based on comic strip. While I initially excluded movies based on comic strips, I later decided to include serialized comic strips that tell a continuous story and still exclude comics that are all essentially stand-alone comedic strips, but I still haven’t fully dug into what that all entails. But Prince Valiant as a comic strip is the longest running continuous story comic strips which started in 1937 and is still running in a half page format today which is over 4,600 comics! Anyway back to the movie, when I actually went to watch the movie I found and watched the 1997 version of Prince Valiant thinking it was the version that he suggested. The day after watching it, I realized my mistake, but I thought the movie was crazy enough to warrant me talking about it so he graciously shifted to allow us to discuss this movie instead of the 1954 version. This movie has an interesting cast with several well known names and character actors, it did go to some bizarre places especially in the second half and it felt like it was trying to be a comedy but lean into it, which if IMDb trivia is to be believed, that’s because the studio took charge of the editing without the director and tried to make it less comedic. I can’t sit here and say that this was a great movie, but it was a lot of fun.
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Graphic Horror: Born Dark Comic Kickstarter
Born Dark Issue: 0 Kickstarter
We’re just in the beginning of this Graphic Novel Horror Blogathon, but it’s not just about horror movies that are or should be graphic novels, it’s also about graphic novels that could become movies. And there’s a brand new one looking for funding for their issue #0 which will propel them into a full fledged series. It’s doing quite well at the moment, but still has a ways to go. It’s called a “dark fantasy” but it also delves into some horror elements. And I’m not just trying to convince others to back this project, I’m excited enough about it that I have backed it myself. And to help tell you more about this comic, I asked a few questions of the writer, Lela Gwenn. Click here to visit the Kickstarter page, or click any of the images to go there as well.
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Almost Super: Krull
Almost Super: Krull 1983
Nostalgiathon 2012
As you may have seen in my previous post, I just recently watched Krull for our latest As You Watch podcast. We decide the movie for each episode based on a short list of movies from the four of us, and Krull was picked from my list. I’ve enjoyed this movie since I was young, finding and watching every fantasy based movie I could find, so I thought this movie would also be a perfect fit with the Nostalgiathon hosted by Cinema Schminema and Andy Watches Movies, because while I still enjoy the movie, it turns out that practically no one else does. Including all four of my co-hosts for the episode. The pacing may be sluggish, the characters may be weak, the story may be derivative, but I still love this movie.
Red Sonja
Red Sonja 1985
2023 edit: I apparently keep forgetting to revisit this movie after watching and reviewing Red Sonja: Queen of Plagues and revising my criteria somewhat and doing a bit of research. While Conan originated in the novels, Red Sonja as a character was created for Marvel comics within the Conan comics which absolutely makes this a comic book movie. Below is the original review presented unedited.
I have been going back and forth on whether or not to have this movie be a part of the rest of the movies or to have it under my “Almost Super” category. It’s based on a character in a Marvel comic book, but since it’s much more of a low fantasy rather than a superhero so I ultimately decided to use the Almost Super tag. Another reason why I wanted to review the movie, aside from the fact that I vaguely remember watching it and liking it when I was younger, is that the Lamb is having its Lamb Acting School for Arnold Schwartzenegger this month, and I’m not quite ready to revisit the 90’s Batman series ending in his portrayal of Mr. Freeze, so I was left to choose between the two Conan movies and this movie. And while the movie is called Red Sonja, Arnold still manages to get top billing as the secondary lead above acting newcomer Brigitte Nielson. While there were some interesting parts in the movie, it did not nearly hold up to my memory of it.
Flights, Tights, and Movie Nights 