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Movies

Check Out The 1977 Super 8 Version Of Star Wars!

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Post date March 26, 2021
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In 1977 Ken Films helped Star Wars fans enjoy the film at home.

Tags 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 8mm film, Arkadia Retrocade, Betamax, Black and White Film, Gary Burton, Home Movies, Ken Films, Kenner, Kodak, LaserDisc, Star Wars, Super 8, VHS

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Rest In Peace: Yaphet Kotto (1939 – 2021)

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Post date March 16, 2021
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With the passing of Yaphet Kotto we have lost an iconic actor.

Tags 1973, 1979, 1987, Al Giardello, Alien, Cool Air, Homicide: Life on the Street, Live and Let Die, Night Gallery, Rest in Peace, The A-Team, The Movie Channel, The Running Man, Yaphet Kotto

Movies

Check Out The 1979 Star Trek The Motion Picture Premiere

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Post date March 10, 2021
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Take a trip back to 1979 for the premiere of Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

Tags 1977, 1979, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Gene Roddenberry, Interviews, Leonard Nimoy, MacArthur Theater, Movie Premiere, Robert Wise, Star Trek, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Star Wars, William Shatner

Video Games

Ex-Activision Luminaries Form Audacity Games For Retro Game Systems!

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Post date March 8, 2021
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Learn more about Audacity Games – founded by three legendary Activision game designers.

Tags 1979, 1982, Activision, Atari 2600, Audacity Games, Crackpots, Dan Kitchen, David Crane, Diary of An Arcade Employee, Garry Kitchen, Phosphor Dot Fossils, Pitfall!, Pressure Cooker, Retrogaming, River Raid, Sci-Fi 5 podcast

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Aliens: Fireteam Challenges You To Survive The Hive

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Post date March 7, 2021
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Enjoy this sneak preview of Cold Iron Studios’ upcoming Aliens: Fireteam game.

Tags 1979, 1986, 2021, Alien, Alien: Isolation, Aliens, Aliens: Fireteam, Bloody Disgusting, Cold Iron Studios, Colonial Marines, IGN, James Cameron, Neil Bolt, Ridley Scott, Sigourney Weaver, Steam, Xenomorph

Board Games Movies

Prepare Yourself For Alien: Fate Of The Nostromo By Ravensburger!

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Post date February 26, 2021
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Check out the upcoming Ravensburger board game based on 1979’s Alien.

Tags 1979, 20th Century Fox, Alien, Alien: Fate of the Nostromo, Board Game, BoardGameGeek, Harry Dean Stanton, Horrified, Ian Holm, Ravensburger, Ridley Scott, Saturday Frights Podcast, Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Universal Monsters, Veronica Cartwright, Xenomorph, Yaphet Kotto

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1979’s Star Wars: The Wookie Storybook

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Post date February 9, 2021
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Enjoy this fan-made adaptation of 1979’s Star Wars: The Wookie Storybook!

Tags 1979, Adaptations, Chewbacca, Crestwood House, Eleanor Ehrhardt, Fan Made, Kenner, Luke Skywalker, Patricia Wynne, Random House, Star Wars, Star Wars Audio Comics, The Wookie Storybook, Toys, Wookie

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1979 Interview with Gil Gerard on Buck Rogers And Battlestar Galactica

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Post date January 18, 2021
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Enjoy Gil Gerard talking with Bobbie Wygant about Buck Rogers and more.

Tags 1979, ABC, Automan, Battlestar Galactica, Bobbie Wygant, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Gil Gerard, Glen A. Larson, Knight Rider, Movie Trailers, NBC

Movies

Prepare To Suck Brains Dry – Today Is The 40th Anniversary Of Scanners!

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Post date January 14, 2021
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Today marks 40 years of head exploding fun for Scanners.

Tags 1979, 1981, Anniversary, David Cronenberg, Dawn of the Dead, Gary Zeller, Horror Movies, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, It's Alive, Michael Ironside, Patrick McGoohan, Scanners, Science Fiction, The Brood, The Last Dragon, The Movie Channel, The Shining, X-Men

TV Shows

Do You Remember Here’s Boomer?

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Post date January 11, 2021
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Perhaps you watched Here’s Boomer on NBC in the early ’80s?

Tags 1979, 1980, Collectibles, Doris Roberts, Here's Boomer, John Amos, Little House on the Prairie, Matthew Labyorteaux, Michael J. Fox, NBC, Roddy McDowall, Saturday Mornings, the Incredible Hulk, The Red Hand Gang, The Tonight Show, Todd Bridges, Tom Bosley, Whiz Kids