Today's Monster Memories are of:
The July 1986 Time article on "Aliens"
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In the summer of 1986, a new kind of big-budget sci-fi/horror/action film was unleashed upon an unsuspecting public. "Aliens" amped up the budget, scope and action in a sequel that many feel surpassed the original. In the day when most sequels were of a lesser budget each time, "Aliens" increased it and it showed. Here is the complete article that I saved from Time magazine on the movie that would blow so many horror fans away.
The Army joins the drug war.
ReplyDeleteThat ought to do it. Those drugs don't stand a chance.
The very first issue of MAD I got with my very own first ever mag subscription contained the parody of the original ALIEN film... but I believe the first issue I ever actually bought with my own money was the one with the Star Wars spoof. Before then though I was already hooked on the MAD reprint paperbacks I stole from my uncle's bookshelf.
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ReplyDeleteI have that Alien spoof issue as well! Probably post it sometime.
The earliest issue I have is from 1965 and has a Lost In Space spoof, it's awesome.
Although I loved the mag, I only bought issues that had stuff in it I was interested in. So they are mostly genre-oriented.
Thanks for posting the Time article. Just watched the extended addition and remembered reading the cover story back in high school. Still one of my favorite theatre moments ever - it was mind blowing on a three-story tall screen! Thanks for the blast from the past-
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I want to know how many movies have enjoyed the privilege of being the cover of Time magazine?
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