Tuesday, 14 September 2010

EARTHQUAKE!

Off from work at the moment and watching the above mentioned 1974 classic.  Now, me, I love all disaster films, especially those from the 1970's.  But, rewatching the above left me with a few conclusions...

1. Charlton Heston sweats a lot.
2. Victoria Principal cannot act.
3. Neither can Ava Gardener, no matter how beautiful she was.
4. There's no way she should have been cast as Lorne Green's daughter.

Still, enjoyable fluff, and an exceptional theme tune by John Williams.

New comics!!!!

Yes, I am excited!  A small bundle of comics arrived from a friend in USA.  Dave Pruitt does a remarkable thing and makes it his mission to find and locate comics that friends ask for..all for a dollar each.  This is particularly great for us over here in the UK who 1. couldn't get their hands on certain issues because they were never sent over here and 2. they so much cheaper and more abundant over there! 

So this morning, the package of 14 comics arrived.  It onlt took 8 days from him sending them to actually receiving them too.  The majority of comics I'm collecting now are older DC and Marvel comics from 1940's-1980's.  I used to have a collection of over 6000, which I sold back in 1997 for a pityful amount that I do not want to share!!!  So now I am trying to get back those comics I used to have.  I'm being a little more picky than last time, because I used to just grab and collect ANYTHING  I could find!

So today's little package that arrived had:
Secrets of a Haunted House 27, 28, 31, 38
Unexpected 197, 201, 201
Wierd Western Tales 53, 67, 68
Wonder Woman 267, 271
Unknown Soldier 222, 239


Now to buy these on ebay would cost at least £1-2 each on top of the postage from them all, so you'd be looking at at least £30-40 in this country!  So, a bloody bargain!

Well, this is it...

My first blog post!  What to say??  Hello, if anyone's reading this!  I seriously doubt that anyone will, so I'll just talk to myself, which I do quite often anyway.  The aim of this blog is really to just put my thoughts down on the things I like.  Hence, the title...comic books, films, pop music and other things...food, friends, events, TV, theatre etc etc.

Hope you'll like what you'll read...