tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post108220642554369567..comments2024-03-13T23:42:41.022-07:00Comments on We Are Controlling Transmission: Behold, Eck!John Scolerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15830334036783163702noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-6934053944210040812023-07-08T15:43:05.160-07:002023-07-08T15:43:05.160-07:00I liked this one s lot. Good performance by Peter...I liked this one s lot. Good performance by Peter Lind Hayes as the nerdy scientist. Hopefully he has finally realized his hot assistant is into him. I liked the scenes with his brother, they're kind of funny. The two look like they could be brothers. The Eck creature is visually interesting to me, nice job. It's also funny when he tries to make contact with the two dimensions newsman. 3 Zantis.CNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16648877307525667089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-43258770892485161092023-06-11T18:22:08.564-07:002023-06-11T18:22:08.564-07:00Though I never actually hated this episode, I'...Though I never actually hated this episode, I've always been glad that it wasn't the very last one. It was bad enough that the series only ran two seasons but somehow Eck, Robert Johnson's voicing and Harry Lubin's theremin in this episode would have tripled the sadness. At least the Probe made me laugh in some spots. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-14821288545608031742019-02-13T21:31:13.815-08:002019-02-13T21:31:13.815-08:00At the very least, Eck accidentally brings James a...At the very least, Eck accidentally brings James and Elizabeth together by the end of the story (at least, you can be pretty sure that their purely professional relationship is over). The truck driver and the welder and all those anonymous people in the hospital might not feel so gushy about that, but it's still nice.Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09603892208775996594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-11787789184017331002019-01-30T07:33:19.604-08:002019-01-30T07:33:19.604-08:00Well, if a series has to have a worst episode (and...Well, if a series has to have a worst episode (and every one does) it might as well be a doozy. And I thought Counterweight was bad. Nuff said Michael Popphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14575283909343545408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-9201914269147439812018-07-27T16:27:17.336-07:002018-07-27T16:27:17.336-07:00I just realized that "Behold Eck" would ...I just realized that "Behold Eck" would be "Ecce Eck" in Latin (like "Ecce Homo"), which is pronounced "Eck-ey Eck."Tednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-79501596020618945372018-03-31T06:39:40.040-07:002018-03-31T06:39:40.040-07:00Oh dear God.... Eck, what are we going to do with ...Oh dear God.... Eck, what are we going to do with you?.... One of the very worst season 2 eps....<br /><br />Oh Eck, you're wonderful! Indeed... Ick...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06899760253608859423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-70604353626014593202018-02-16T06:27:44.205-08:002018-02-16T06:27:44.205-08:00Behold Eck rocks!Behold Eck rocks!Ystafell Gynghorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157335049148464110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-56575500331616641602015-04-08T16:42:05.086-07:002015-04-08T16:42:05.086-07:00Speaking of comparing it to earlier episodes, when...Speaking of comparing it to earlier episodes, when Eck goes on that accidental "rampage" in the middle of the story, you get to see the radio tower from THE GALAXY BEING explode all over again. That's one bit of reused footage I never seem to hear mentioned.Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09603892208775996594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-84096150275666607782014-01-18T21:46:22.868-08:002014-01-18T21:46:22.868-08:00I saw it again last night, and I still have a prob...I saw it again last night, and I still have a problem with the dark stuff that feels "plopped" into it, especially the one fatality - since the story doesn't even show it happening (only the "crime scene" afterwards), what on earth was gained by making it a fatality?! But apart from that big thing, I'm almost as fond of it as Anonymous.<br /><br />I think if you can name a second Babe of the Week, Marcel Herbert as Miss Willett is cute. She may be no Joan Freeman, but when it comes to attractive secretaries, she's probably a lot more that comically stuffy Bernie had any reason to expect.Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09603892208775996594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-17753956977690691342013-11-18T14:03:13.364-08:002013-11-18T14:03:13.364-08:00Lighten up guys, as a adolescent when in was first...Lighten up guys, as a adolescent when in was first aired it was one my favorite episodes. The concept was pretty cool production flaws were easy to overlook and just enjoy for what it wasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-68728267113007372302013-02-06T21:42:31.767-08:002013-02-06T21:42:31.767-08:00I just saw it again tonight. The sibling rivalry m...I just saw it again tonight. The sibling rivalry might wear a little thin, but it's still maybe one of the BETTER things. All through the episode, I keep expecting either Hayes or Baer to hit the other with "Mom always did like you best!"Grantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-35120733376996408772012-06-27T22:52:50.988-07:002012-06-27T22:52:50.988-07:00It is curious that no one has seen fit to do any &...It is curious that no one has seen fit to do any "spotlight" focuses on THE OUTER LIMITS episodes "The Hundred Days of the Dragon," "The Man with the Power," "Moonstone," "The Special One" and "Behold, Eck!"<br /><br />Whatever their "estimable merits" as Ted C. Rypel would say surely devout OL fans out there has something to thoughtfully comment about them of interest.<br /><br />I am adamently not a fan of either "Moonstone" or "The Special One" both of which are guilty of the cardinal sin of being so conventional in their limited thinking and approach.<br /><br />My personal opinion of "Behold, Eck!" is that in comparison to the more accomplished, compelling efforts like "The Architects of Fear," "The Sixth Finger," The Man Who Was Never Born," "O.B.I.T.", "Corpus Earthling," "Nightmare" and "A Feasiblity Study" the former is quite trivial and inept.<br /><br />But the anthology format in itself allows (or encourages) a diversity of thematic ideas and aesthetic styles. So is who is to judge what is good or bad?<br /><br />Joseph Stefano permitted the production of "Specimen Unknown" surely the single most embarrassingly wretched first season OL presentation to be sure.Jeffrey Talbothttp://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/timetunnelfanforum/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-18999130501633495392011-12-08T20:36:26.984-08:002011-12-08T20:36:26.984-08:00I also went for those Marvel monster comics in a b...I also went for those Marvel monster comics in a big way, but as reprints in "Where Monsters Dwell" etc. In fact, I keep re-acquiring them. The name that always makes me laugh is "Spragg." They had no way of knowing it at the time, but they tried to make him scary by giving him a name that immediately makes you think of a likeable nerdy sitcom character (Howard Sprague of Mayberry).Grantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-33090506835890945922011-07-19T01:13:56.625-07:002011-07-19T01:13:56.625-07:00Unlike most people, I have only one real problem w...Unlike most people, I have only one real problem with it, but it's a huge one. And unlike my opinions of other episodes, my opinion of it can be summed up extremely simply - it's a dark monster comedy that somehow thinks it's a LIGHT monster comedy.Grantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-47437524709703126682011-03-23T12:42:40.349-07:002011-03-23T12:42:40.349-07:00While I was reading Larry's comment about the ...While I was reading Larry's comment about the MR. ECK! spinoff, I realized you can sing the lyrics to the tune of Vic Mizzy's "Reluctant Astronaut" main title music. Try it, it's quite fun!Troy Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-8598236408626367842011-02-27T17:06:47.216-08:002011-02-27T17:06:47.216-08:00David Horne---
Please allow me to add my condolen...David Horne---<br /><br />Please allow me to add my condolences to those of the thoughtful folks above, with respect to your family loss. Communities like this do often share more than the matter at hand, and right now we all share your grief.<br /><br />The adage to that effect in "ZZZZZ" is, in this case, much more than staged dialogue. <br /><br />Hope your family pulls through this sad time together.Ted Rypelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-49681181812358928242011-02-27T14:47:33.724-08:002011-02-27T14:47:33.724-08:00David Horne-
I had noticed that you weren't l...David Horne-<br /><br />I had noticed that you weren't leaving that many comments lately. Sorry for your loss. <br /><br />It may seem like I'm being hard on some of these episodes from season 2, (glad I could cheer you up with my Eck! post) but really, I've enjoyed even the bad ones to some degree. Your right, we have some good stuff ahead of us. With only 17 episodes, season 2 has a pretty high batting percentage of good quality programming.Jockohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16292833295819266389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-51691716025077130132011-02-27T14:19:18.885-08:002011-02-27T14:19:18.885-08:00The bb back issue page is woefully out of date and...The bb back issue page is woefully out of date and should be updated some day. Shoot me an e-mail at penfantino@gmail.com and I'll give you all the juicy details.Peter Enfantinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04317575598411394944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-42528506762189646062011-02-27T14:16:32.931-08:002011-02-27T14:16:32.931-08:00Peter-
Man, I sure wish I didn't lose so much...Peter-<br /><br />Man, I sure wish I didn't lose so much good stuff back in the flood of 1998. Especially all those Creepy issues I had (still got number #1 though). If memory serves, didn't issue 68 have an awesome cover with a maniacal Santa strewing guts all around from his Christmas sack? <br /><br />I'm sorry, but I'm not the most savvy internet guy. Where can I order back issues of The Scream Factory besides ebay? I briefly scanned the bare bones site but didn't find anything. <br /><br />Shot in the dark question: was an article ever written by you guys detailing Dr. Doom and his Super-Villain team-up adventures from the 70's? Particularly 'Astonishing Tales 1-3' where he does battle with The Faceless One and Doomsman? That small story was always one of my favorites. Not necessarily horror, but those villain spotlight comics always had a bit of a harder edge to them during the Bronze Age.Jockohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16292833295819266389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-12512494342523951162011-02-27T13:51:41.399-08:002011-02-27T13:51:41.399-08:00David-
I speak, I think, for all of us when I sen...David-<br /><br />I speak, I think, for all of us when I send condolences from your extended family. Patrick O'Neal's advanced barbecue skills duly noted and have been commented on (but you won't see those comments until tomorrow).Peter Enfantinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04317575598411394944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-56815866497585499602011-02-27T13:51:01.020-08:002011-02-27T13:51:01.020-08:00Just posted and then saw Peter's post--would s...Just posted and then saw Peter's post--would say that Scream Factory 19 is not only the best issue they did (I have them all), but one of the best works on horror comics period! Cannot recommend highly enough, and if PE really still has some for sale and you are a horror comics fan, you must get one!David Hornenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-23130451804056423202011-02-27T13:46:59.283-08:002011-02-27T13:46:59.283-08:00Am out of town and mostly away from computers due ...Am out of town and mostly away from computers due to a death in the family, and have been missing a lot of stuff here! I'm taking a quick look through today, and all the Eck commentary is cheering me up--funny stuff! (UTW especially LOL--thank you!) Quick cuts: Counterweight a low point, but I keeping telling you all that The Probe is still to come, so we're not at the bottom yet. (I'm a fan of pretty much any kind of stop-motion animation at all, so the plant monster added points to Counterweight for me). Eck has some charm, but once you've seen it, you don't really need to again. There ARE some better episodes coming up now that we've trudged through some dregs, so keep your chins up! Gary G., right on about the monster comics--I never cared for superheroes, but Turok and Andar were my guys! All thumbs up for Paths of Glory--hard to watch and unforgettable. And Ditko/Warren fans should check out Eerie issue 135, which is entirely Ditko reprints (with all stories written by Archie Goodwin). It's not all the ones Ditko drew for Warren, since he did more than could fit in one issue, but it's a fine collection. I'll be iffy in commentary for the next few episodes due to circumstances, and won't be able to watch them right now for detail clarity, but will say in advance that I remember Wolf 359 with fondness and think of it as one of the better ones from S2 (someone please watch and tell me if O'Neal's barbecue setup is better than Shatner's), Demon as I mentioned earlier is in my top five of the whole series, and Cry of Silence is a lot better than most people think or remember, especially when the dead guy comes back. I can't remember what else is coming up this week (or even if these are due this week)--if the Duplicate Man is up soon, I consider that one highly too, and of course The Inheritors is fine (I personally really like I, Robot, too, but I imagine the Comments denizens will be somewhat tough on that one.) Will check in later when possible.David Hornenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-80723247403677363692011-02-27T13:43:51.955-08:002011-02-27T13:43:51.955-08:00Tom-
Yep, that was "Bless Us Father" by...Tom-<br /><br />Yep, that was "Bless Us Father" by Bill Dubay and Rich Corben from #59 (the first of two Christmas stories I picked from #59). The second annual Christmas issue (#68) was even better. I picked three from that one. The Holidays seemed to bring out the best (worst?) in Creepy! <br /><br />That Scream Factory Special Comic Issue by the way, was the best issue we ever did, if I do say so myself. It features Lawrence Watt-Evans' huge piece on Pre-Code Horror (which was reprinted recently in Alter Ego), an essential guide to DC horror comics, pieces on Marvel Horror comics, Marvel mags, The best stories ever to appear in Shock SuspenStories, and an insanely long issue by issue look at Swamp Thing. Still available from us for $10 postpaid (hint hint).Peter Enfantinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04317575598411394944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-43747254905887106502011-02-27T13:36:02.842-08:002011-02-27T13:36:02.842-08:00Peter-
Was that colorized Christmas story in your...Peter-<br /><br />Was that colorized Christmas story in your top 50? The one with the cop and the escaped mental patient serial killer dressed as Santa? It might sound like a generic plot now, but the dialogue between the cop's wife and daughter, along with the prater between the killer's parents, was pretty deep.Jockohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16292833295819266389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535833613343533564.post-1469561167180518962011-02-27T10:19:28.086-08:002011-02-27T10:19:28.086-08:00Way back in the last issue of The Scream Factory, ...Way back in the last issue of The Scream Factory, I wrote a piece on the 50 best stories to run in Creepy. "Collector's Edition" was one of them. As I recall, the best issue ever was #18 (it had, as I recall, 3 four-star stories). Ditko was King!Peter Enfantinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04317575598411394944noreply@blogger.com