Notwithstanding the well-argued claims you make, Mr. D., there are many P. K. Dick stories and novels that would make good movies. Every now and then, one is supposedly in development - including a UK-produced miniseries version of The Man in the High Castle - but what seems to actually come to fruition is (in this…

Notwithstanding the well-argued claims you make, Mr. D., there are many P. K. Dick stories and novels that would make good movies. Every now and then, one is supposedly in development - including a UK-produced miniseries version of The Man in the High Castle - but what seems to actually come to fruition is (in this…

When Disney's John Carter came out, I read a story about movies with Mars in the title having done poorly, including the previous year's Mars Needs Moms, hence the removal of of Mars from John Carter of Mars (as it was called during production).

When Disney's John Carter came out, I read a story about movies with Mars in the title having done poorly, including the previous year's Mars Needs Moms, hence the removal of of Mars from John Carter of Mars (as it was called during production).

The Los Angeles Tribune newspaper (the focus of the 1977-82 series Lou Grant) has popped up in a number of other series and movies.

The Los Angeles Tribune newspaper (the focus of the 1977-82 series Lou Grant) has popped up in a number of other series and movies.

Her real first name is Isolde, as in Tristan. "Isa" is just a short form. She's the child of Dick's fourth marriage, born 1967. (Info from Larry Sutin's indispensable biography Divine Invasions.) Lately she calls herself Isa Dick Hackett, appending her mother's surname at the end.

Her real first name is Isolde, as in Tristan. "Isa" is just a short form. She's the child of Dick's fourth marriage, born 1967. (Info from Larry Sutin's indispensable biography Divine Invasions.) Lately she calls herself Isa Dick Hackett, appending her mother's surname at the end.

Yeah, but he'd already visited Rekal by then. As noted at the very end of the movie, EVERYTHING from then on could have been an implanted memory, which is why (despite how it veers from "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale," whose protagonist was Quail, not Quaid, after all) the original Total Recall really does give…

Yeah, but he'd already visited Rekal by then. As noted at the very end of the movie, EVERYTHING from then on could have been an implanted memory, which is why (despite how it veers from "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale," whose protagonist was Quail, not Quaid, after all) the original Total Recall really does give…

XTC: Oranges & Lemons

XTC: Oranges & Lemons

Agreed, Emancipation has one album's worth of great material, plus another album's worth of very listenable material (including the covers of "Betcha by Golly Wow" and "I Can't Make You Love Me"). I didn't at all mind that the album was three full hours; so what if there are segments I don't need to hear more often…

Agreed, Emancipation has one album's worth of great material, plus another album's worth of very listenable material (including the covers of "Betcha by Golly Wow" and "I Can't Make You Love Me"). I didn't at all mind that the album was three full hours; so what if there are segments I don't need to hear more often…

Well, this fits the category but is rather obscure: For reasons lost to history, Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart (best known for their Monkees work, such as "Last Train to Clarksville" and the series theme song) were the focus of an I Dream of Jeannie script, probably around the time their single "I Wonder What She's Doing…

Well, this fits the category but is rather obscure: For reasons lost to history, Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart (best known for their Monkees work, such as "Last Train to Clarksville" and the series theme song) were the focus of an I Dream of Jeannie script, probably around the time their single "I Wonder What She's Doing…

Well, yeah, I did ignore it - because it could only be seen as a variation on Peter Sellers' version of the character (and he wasn't even the first non-Sellers Clouseau; Alan Arkin did it once in the late 1960s).

Well, yeah, I did ignore it - because it could only be seen as a variation on Peter Sellers' version of the character (and he wasn't even the first non-Sellers Clouseau; Alan Arkin did it once in the late 1960s).

Your Essentials list would be improved, in my opinion, by omitting The Howling and Piranha and substituting Innerspace and Looney Tunes: Back in Action.

Your Essentials list would be improved, in my opinion, by omitting The Howling and Piranha and substituting Innerspace and Looney Tunes: Back in Action.