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Mark McDermott

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Blogging about Chicago's beer scene at www.beeronaut.com. Scholarly writing on popular culture: Comics, Star Wars, MST3K, etc. Proud dad of a s/he🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🍻. http://www.markmcdermott.com

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 4h

Vincent Price did not play a monster or bad guy very often at this patient in his career. Too handsome, I guess. #ReturnoftheFly #HouseofSvengoolie

Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 4h

Halloween Warm-Up Week with Beer, October 27-30

Halloween parties and beer tappings ramp up in Chicago this week! #Beeronaut.

Halloween Warm-Up Week with Beer, October 27-30

Halloween parties and beer tappings ramp up in Chicago this week! #Beeronaut.

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 5h

Since the Fly movies were made by Fox, are they now owned and syndicated by Disney? Or were their TV rights sold off before the Mouse acquired Fox? #ReturnoftheFly #HouseofSvengoolie

Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 5h

The controversy over "The Party" was that Peter Sellers played a stereotyped (Asian) Indian, complete with brown face makeup, who bumbles his way through a Hollywood party. #HouseofSvengoolie #ReturnoftheFly en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Par...

The Party - Wikipedia

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 5h

Guess money got tight for the sequel. B&W, and less fancy opening credits. At least they kept the Cinemascope, which seems to have gotten cropped for TV. #ReturnoftheFly #HouseofSvengoolie

Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 5h

Phillipe was killed by his carelessness, just as if he had been texting while driving. #svengoolie

Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 6h

Another #svengoolie movie where a scientist trespasses in God's domain, and God puts the smackdown on him!

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 6h

Authorship of the #Sventune "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue (Has Anybody Seen My Girl?)" is uncertain. It had been recorded before it was copyrighted in 1925. First hit version was by Gene Austin. #TheFly #svengoolie
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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 6h

We need more neon in movie scientist labs. #TheFly #svengoolie

Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 6h

"If you understand my instructions, knock on the door three times. Twice on the pipe if the answer is no." #svengoolie #TheFly

Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 6h

What's worse than a transporter splitting you into good and evil twins? Getting Tuvixed! #TheFly #svengoolie

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 7h

"Hey! We did not like that testing on animals!" #thefly #svengoolie

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 7h

Andre anticipated Star Trek tech! Too bad he didn't wait to see what happens when you send a live animal through. #TheFly #svengoolie

Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 7h

"Andre! You've invented a way to put dishes away from inside the dishwasher! Wonderful!" #TheFly #svengoolie

Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 7h

Price's deliberate line pacing is a calming contrast to Miss Owens' histeria. #svengoolie #TheFly

Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 8h

I had not remembered #TheFly being a color movie. And with a freshly mastered print on an HDTV, it looks like I'm seeing the characters live on stage. #svengoolie

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 8h

I had not remembered #TheFly being a color movie. And with a freshly mastered print on an HDTV, it looks like I'm seeing the characters live on stage. #svengoolie

Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 1d

That cartoon Tom had on was "Daffy Duck & the Dinosaur" from 1939. One of the handful of Warner Brothers cartoons that accidentally lapsed into public domain, so you saw it on a LOT of cheap VHS tapes with bad cover art. #allstartrek

Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 2d

First time I pointed this out on its #allstartrek debut, Paul friended me on Twitter. He's served as president of ASCAP, and his latest of 3 Grammys was in 2014 for his collaboration with Daft Punk on their "Random Access Memories" album.

Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 2d

I say this each time: How can these people be short when they're so full of themselves? #allstartrek

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 2d

This whole reveal just seems like a poorly thought-out riff on what happened to Dave Bowman at the end of "2001". #allstartrek

Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 2d

I can think of at least three captains who got their entire crews killed and went nuts, maybe more. #allstartrek

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 2d

Kirk-Fu! The whack on the back, the parkour off the wall! DRINK! #allstartrek

Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 2d

Let's see. Kirk has ambassadors killed under his protection, he's been court-martialed, people are always stealing shuttlecraft, using the transporter, or crippling/taking over his ship after just reading a few technical manuals. Does Starfleet really think he's their best captain? #allstartrek

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Mark McDermott @heymcdermott.bsky.social · 2d

A Vulcan repeats a whole number, and corrects it to three decimal places. Drink! #allstartrek

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