Ah, my friends…can you believe it’s already five years since the B-Masters gathered together to celebrate their 10th anniversary by sharing with the world the wonder that is the screen’s only were-jellyfish?
Those intervening years have not been kind. The combination of a generally hostile universe with that fact that one of our number evidently crossed an old gypsy woman and provoked her into putting a curse upon our collective technology has resulted in a certain degree of attrition…and yet we continue to defy our manifest destiny, laughing in the face of danger and climbing mountains to hurl anathemata at those who think that any amount or degree of obstacles can stop us going where no film reviewers have gone before.
It helps to be clinically insane, of course.
So this month we invite all of you who have so generously put up with our erratic behaviour and broken promises over the years to join us on this very special occasion—not just our 15th anniversary, but also our 50th Roundtable. To mark this double milestone, we’ll be taking a look at some films that are also about the marking of an anniversary…if not necessarily about a celebration…
And while it isn’t necessary, if anyone would like to buy us a gift, we’re registered at Blood Bath & Beyond.
It’s B-MENTIA 15…all throughout November at the B-Masters’ Blog!
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Liz Kingsley is the insane genius behind And You Call Yourself a Scientist!
#1 by RogerBW on October 31, 2014 - 6:23 pm
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Happy birthday! Looking forward to the Roundtable.
#2 by Turzman on October 31, 2014 - 6:35 pm
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Blood Bath & Beyond. Very clever. Thanks for the laugh. *thumbs up*
#3 by Alaric on October 31, 2014 - 10:14 pm
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Congratulations on your 15th, and your 50th! Looking forward to seeing what you do for the next 50 roundtables!
And, about the curse thing- you always knew it was only a matter of time before one of you, in your zest to defy nature and review films no man or woman was meant to review, brought down some sort of demonic curse on the whole lot of you. It was either that, or one of your reviews vowing to destroy its creator.
(Would this be a good place to ask for some B-Masters advice? I’m trying to decide whether to get the Universal Classic Monsters: Complete 30-Film Collection (DVD) from Amazon, or wait to see if it comes out on Blu-Ray. I’ll probably end of getting the thing- I was broke this month, or I’d probably have it already- but part of me would rather wait…)
#4 by El Santo on November 3, 2014 - 10:17 am
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In my experience, Blu-Ray does absolutely no favors for any movie more than ten years old, or which contains special effects of any kind. I don’t buy Blu-Rays if a DVD version of the same title is available. In fact, I think twice about buying Blu-Rays if there was a good widescreen edition on VHS that I might still be able to get.
#5 by Ken on November 1, 2014 - 10:38 am
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Kudos on your anniversary, and also for “anathemata”.
Alaric – My understanding is that the color handling of Blu-Ray will do a better job with grayscales, which is obviously important for the classic monsters. On the other hand its greater pixel density will faithfully reproduce every flaw in the negative and every speck of dust in the transfer, so I would hope Universal goes back to their best sources.
#6 by The Rev. on November 3, 2014 - 8:51 am
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I believe my long-time favorite roundtable name, “Catch a Throwing Star,” has been replaced. Congratulations.
Wow, 15 years of fantastic reviews, full of humor, insight, rage, sadness…truly, the whole human experience is encapsulated in these sites. Fantastic.
Here’s to another 15 years!
#7 by Richard on November 3, 2014 - 9:39 am
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Congratulations!
And thanks to all of you for introducing me to some amazing movies that I never would have heard of, much less seen, without you.
#8 by blake on November 4, 2014 - 7:33 pm
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Congratulations!!!!