I remember once at a con I was talking to the guy who did the early Galactica comics for Marvel. I wanted to know why the characters did not look like the people on the show (actors). He said Marvel did not have likeness rights to the actors. They had to draw the characters without making them look exactly like the actors. I wonder if the company has the rights to the likenesses of Frid and Selby, but not the others. Quentin and Barnabas look like Frid and Selby, the rest are identifiable as characters...mostly, but not dead ringers for the actors.

I'm afraid I think that's supposed to be Julia....

I've listened to Kingdom of the Dead twice and love it!  I was planning to listen once while on vacation in Newport. It was great to walk around cliffwalk, and Ruggles Avenue.  I was going to wait and listen to it again with my daughter, on the drive back to Texas. but plans fell through one day.  A friend I was planning to spend the day with had been called in to work, and of course my family were all working, so I decided to walk along part of Ocean Drive and listened to it again.

Some pleasant surprises included [spoiler]finding out that David had been brought back into the fold.[/spoiler] David Warner was fantastic as Seraph, chilling, yet mulit-dimensional and human.  [spoiler]Trask was also more complex; menacing and yet at times pitiable. I HATE cliffhangers, but as this one goes, it's not too bad. The main story ended and things seemed wrapped up. Then we get the revelation that David and Carolyn are entranced by the hand of Count Petofi. It's more in the tradition of Lost in Space than the typical season cliffhanger that leaves a long running story unresolved. the next series will be out next year. [/spoiler] I wholeheartedly recommend this to any DS fan.

I would certainaly buy both movies on DVD, but I'm actually rather lukewarm about a generic movie only packaging bereft of special features or restoration. If I want to see those films now, I can choose between my SP DVD copy of a laser disk or my SP copy from Dish Network of the uncut TCM airings. Both of these may not live up to the standards of commercial DVD, but the quality is fantastic and they look superb on my flat screen TV. I saw a sample of the download that's currently being offered, and after a cursory view, it seemed fine as an alternative in the meantime, until the DVDs are out.  I'd rest easily if I knew FOR SURE that NODS would be restored and released in five years or when the Depp movie came out, whichever came first. As for HODS, I'd hope they'd do some sort of commentary with some of the actors and/or production people. A rush job to get the movies, a la carte onto DVD is not something I'm dying for.

I don't recall exactly how accurate they were. I found them very informative at the time. Keep in mind, when many of the DS zines were written, many of the episodes were not out on video. Some times editors had to rely on audio tapes, notes, or even faulty memory to piece together much of the information. By 1986 3 years of DS syndication was out. The rest of it was not released until the '90s. Any errors you might find, could be attributed to the lack of availability to the episodes.

I also remember a day when my father was home sick.  I got home from school and for some obscure reason. He had DS on. It was the episode in which Liz is menaced by disembodied spirit hands. I had no idea who Quentin was then. It didn't scare me while it was on, but later that night I was pretty nervous. As with the werewolf incident, this scene is longer in my memory.

I was not allowed to watch, but I would occasionally sneak a peak. My parents weren't overly protective. I was only 6 in 1969. I was allowed to watch it in 1976, when I was 13.  I remember being terrified when they chained "Quentin" (that's how I incorrectly remember it) to the wall of a dungeon and he changed. He thrashed around for some time with these very loud snarls (incorrect again, the scene is brief). That scene haunted me for a long time.  I also got scared by the Lost in Space episode where Doctor Smith let out all the zoo animals (2 parter with Michael Rennie of Day the Earth Stood Still fame).