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Dear David,
If you had just stated, "I don't like signing things," and left it at that, I would have... well, I would have left it at that. But your explanations and rationalizations don't have a web-footed leg to stand on. "Celebrity" and/or "Notoriety" don't enter into it. Ditto "qualified." Sign it or don't sign it, but your name is on the #@!*&% book, so you're !#$%&* qualified. Period.
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BTW, comparisons are odious, and I already have the beautiful and gifted Julie Adams' signature on my copy of her own book, so you can skip all of that excuse, too. Besides, nobody is accusing you of stealing Tom's thunder, except, of course, you, who are accusing yourself. (For what it's worth, Tom's name on the cover is bigger than yours. And yours is bigger than Julie Adams'.)
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I'm happy to take your word for it -- but I'll bet he didn't agree with you that he should get all the glory with none going to you, (to say nothing of Steve).
Incidentally, I mustn't let my efforts to encourage you not to hide your light under a bushel distract from how thrilled and delighted I was to read your hint that we may soon have a Schechter book to enjoy. A consummation devoutly to be wished, and a wish devoutly to be consummated. God speed the day!
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Oct 22, 2014 - 12:37 PM
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I glanced at the writer's comments on the above link, and although some of his comments are accurate, there are gaffes in there as well. For instance, he wrote: "Oh, and before anyone corrects me, I do know they never actually capture the Creature in the first pic, but they do force him into a number of ignominious retreats, thus complying with sci-fi narrative rules."
Well, he obviously didn't watch the film very well, because of course they actually capture the Creature in the first pic. He is drugged and put in a wooden cage that holds him until he escapes. This sequence is quite long in the movie, so I don't know how the writer managed to miss it. Regardless of whether this fact helps or hinders the writer's thesis, it hints that the "reviewer" didn't seem to be concentrating very hard when watching the picture he's commenting on.
As for his comments regarding REVENGE OF THE CREATURE, I am not a big fan of the first sequel, but the writer's focusing on one painful-to-watch scene starring a young Clint Eastwood and discussing John Agar's relationship with Shirley Temple is not the best way to review the movie. There are many flaws in the picture, but the author obviously didn't care to address them and instead took some easy swipes at the film.
Anyway, while I'm well aware of the strengths and weaknesses in all three movies, the author's main purpose seems to be to poke fun at the films as much as he can, and while there's nothing wrong with such an approach if that's what you want to do, I don't think it's the way to offer some serious criticisms of the movies. They're not so much reviews as they are commentaries out of The Mystery Science Theater school of journalism.
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Apr 6, 2015 - 9:38 PM
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If anyone is interested, I have four new copies of the recently published McFarland book "The Creature Chronicles," written by Tom Weaver, with help from Steve Kronenberg and me (who wrote the chapters on the music for all three Black Lagoon features as well as some other stuff). They're all that's left from the one order I made from the publisher.
These books were all signed by my friend and star of the movie, Julie Adams, and I would be happy to sign as well if you don't mind my scrawl in the book. Price is $70, which includes shipping. (Priority Mail will cost more). This is less than the retail cost of the book, and Julie will be paid by me for her autograph. She has signed very few of these books simply because she doesn't take them to her signing events. If interested, please e-mail me (David Schecter) at monstrous@earthlink.net. And if you buy one of the books, I'll also be offering any Monstrous Movie Music CDs ordered at the same time at 40% off!
It's one of the most amazing film books you'll ever read that is devoted to a single (well, a single film remade twice!) classic motion picture, due to the fact that Tom Weaver had been working on it since about 1980! 400+ pages of amazing information, and a ton of photos nobody had ever seen before.
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