And in defense of remakes, let it be noted that Lee and Cushing first rose to fame by starring in remakes of “Frankenstein,’ “Dracula,” and “The Mummy” . . ...

I HAD forgotten that. :)

I don’t know. Lord knows Lee and Cushing (and Telly Savalas) are reason alone to watch the movie, but they’re not the only thing the film has going for it. The whole weird concept (a frozen, alien-possessed, body-jumping yeti?) and setting (a snowbound Siberian train, commandeered by Cossacks) is neat in its own right…

I miss the old theme music, but I like the cool, Sixties spy vibe.

23) AND he hosted Saturday Night Live back in the seventies.

24) And he edited two excellent horror anthologies.

I love that Lee played Sherlock, Mycroft AND Sir Henry Baskerville.

But why on Earth did no one ever cast him as Moriarity? He would have been terrific in the role?

Horror Express is a weird, kinda fascinating little movie. Somebody ought to think about remaking it.

I still remember the first time I saw HORROR OF DRACULA on the late show as a kid. After being weaned on the more stately, black-and-white Draculas of Bela Lugosi and John Carradine, the sheer physicality of Lee’s performance was a revelation to me: bursting through doors, snarling in Technicolor, grappling with Peter…

Gotta disagree. I’m loving this show, to the extent that I usually watch it in real time instead of letting it languish on my DVR for a day or two before I get around to it.

So glad we’re getting a Season Two ....

And given that this is the finale, and all about Liv’s reactions to the very real things happening to people she cares about, I can see where they would want to Liv to be more like herself this episode, and not under the influence too much.

And note that Liv was STILL lying to Major about the “monkey brains.”

Oh, yes, and Edith was certainly easier to dupe and manipulate. She was definitely the safe, practical choice and Louis was nothing if not pragmatic. But you just know he’d be bored stiff married to her and looking for a more interesting mistress in no time . . . if not actually disposing of Edith in an “accidental”…

I’m amused that Marvel expected their readers to get the Gypsy Rose Lee reference . ...

I remember shocking a date when we saw the movie in college. Afterwards, we were debating which of the women Louis should have chosen and I blurted out, “Sibella, of course”—much to the dismay of my companion, who gave me this genuinely appalled look.

But at least Louis could have a honest relationship with Sibella,…

I remember watching this years ago, but “Kind Hearts and Coronets” is still my favorite of the Ealing comedies. And I never understood why the “hero” of that movie was torn between the two women, when Joan Greenwood’s Sibilla was clearly the most captivating of the two. (It says something that I can’t even remember…

And don’t get me started on the Flash’s “Rouge Gallery” or a certain well-known member of the X-Men . ...

True story: The cover of ROGUE QUEEN by L. Sprague de Camp accidentally spelled it “Rouge Queen” by mistake.

I’m just happy when “villain” is spelled correctly, and not as “villian.”

With all due respect to Timothy Zahn, that first sentence should read “Hundreds of STAR WARS novels have been published since Alan Dean Foster’s SPLINTER OF THE MIND’S EYE in 1978 . . . .”

There were plenty of SW novels published before 1991, by such authors as Foster, Brian Daley, L. Neil Smith, etc.

Honestly, I can’t blame the authorities here. Sure, it’s a STAR WARS costume, but it’s also a guy in a mask and body armor, carrying a weapon outside a school. Better safe than sorry.