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Mutation - Part Two
VIRAL MUTATION WILL LEAD TO THE END OF HUMANKINDThus far, in our examination of I Am Legend, we have established how viruses find opportunity for mutation, and what types of viruses are of interest to...
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Mutation - Part Three
Emma Thompson as Alice Krippin. I bet she'll be playing Hilary Clinton within ten years.CATCH UPHere we are in Manhattan, sometime around 2010. According to I Am Legend, Dr. Alice Krippin has developed...
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THE HIDDEN
I've been doing some research about aliens parasitizing people for an upcoming presentation at Kevin Geeks Out About... Aliens! this coming Friday, May 21. (Buy your ticket now. Kevin tends to sell...
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ALIEN PARASITES AND HUMAN HYGIENEI thought it might be fun for everyone to see my contribution to Kevin Geeks Out - About Aliens! May 21st. It was a wonderful show! There was a tinfoil hat contest,...
View ArticleHOT DOGS AND CHILDHOOD DISEASES
WHAT KIND OF KIDS EAT ARMOUR HOT DOGS?This just came in, over the (email) transom, from my friend Todd Alcott. Not only is Todd a brilliant screenwriter, he can crack a pertussis joke that is actually...
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HUMAN/ALIEN SYMBIOSIS
WHY CAN'T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?The complicated relationships of alien to man can be examined on a number of different levels. When we explore human/alien symbiosis, we should understand the basic...
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HUMAN HOST AND VIRAL PARASITE- Andromeda Strain
WHAT HAVE YOU BROUGHT HOME NOW?Scooped up by a Satellite sent into space for the purpose of bringing samples of microscopic life back to earth, the Andromeda Strain (1977) of virus is incredibly...
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HUMAN HOST AND PLANT PARASITES- Invasion of the Body Snatchers
SEND ME NO FLOWERS(1)Exclusive of the occasional pine tree seed taking root in human lung tissue, there are very few instances of plant life living on or in human tissue.... on this planet. Xray of...
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VALHALLA RISING
I saw Valhalla Rising the other night. Wow! I've never seen such braining! And the scar tissue was excellent. Only three words of criticism; not enough pus. Let's face it, unhygienic Norsemen with all...
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INCUBATION
I was watching 28 Days Later on TV the other night, and things were going fine. Animal rights activists break into a lab performing experiments on chimpanzees. Got it. Activists become infected by the...
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STAR TREK, WRATH OF KHAN
Khan (Ricardo Montalban), professional Ceti Eel handler.BE PREPARED!Planning a vacation? Let me urge you to be an Informed Tourist and educate yourself about the types of parasites travelers to foreign...
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MAGICAL CURE-ALL!
RIDDLEWhat do Young Frankenstein and The Ape have in common? Cerebrospinal fluid, that's what! In both films CSF is the golden(1) elixir that, once introduced into a patient's body, will raise low IQ...
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OH WHAT A TANGLED WEB WE WEAVE...
Natalie Portman is the Black Swan.NO SPOILERSSeen Black Swan yet? I was fascinated, bored, and thrilled by it. Admittedly, I have a thirty year history as a dancer (yes, I'm that old) but I think...
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THE PUPPET MASTERS
BACK TO THE (ALTERNATIVE) FUTUREIf there's one theme that is irresistible to Hollywood filmmakers and myself, it's parasites. You might counter this assertion by asking, "What about mutant viral...
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CONAN THE HYPERTROPHIC
BARBARIANS AT THE GATEA new Conan movie is coming out! I am looking forward to that, let me tell you. I watched some trailers - "I live, I love, I slay, and I am content!" August can't get here fast...
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CHIM CHIM CHERY - Part 1
(Sorry Gang! I lost the formatting war with this post...)Dick Van Dyke as BertA SWEEP IS AS LUCKY AS LUCKY CAN BE!The other day I found myself thinking about Bert (Dick Van Dyke), the happy-go lucky,...
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BURKE AND HARE
Not quite Mary Poppins...I LEAD A CHARMED LIFEThe luck o' the chimney sweeps must have rubbed off on me last night. It was the perfect evening! First I posted part one of my blog about Mary Poppins,...
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I LOVE BAD MOVIES #4
For those of you who still enjoy reading printed ephemera, I Love Bad Movies Volume 4 presents a variety of articles discussing films from or about childhood, adolescence, and those awkward teenage...
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CHIM CHIM CHERY #2
No worries, Mary Poppins will make Michael bathe sooner than later,reducing the length of exposure to carcinogens."IT'S JUST GOOD CLEAN SOOT, MICHAEL!"When we were last discussing chimney sweeps, Mary...
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I AM DEEP... INTO SELF-PROMOTION
Sorry gang. Many of the movies I've been watching lately have been a bit samey and uninspiring regarding any interesting medical context, which is to say NONE. I am sure this will change soon! One of...
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DEEP BLUE SEA: What is Alzheimer's disease?
Deep Blue Sea: the shark's not quite that big.I have wanted to blog about this film for a long time. Finally I will get this mother of a medical conundrum off my To Do list! Unfortunately most of the...
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DEEP BLUE SEA: Alzheimer's Disease 2
LET'S START WITH THE FOOTNOTESFor an excellent overview of Alzheimer's disease visit the Alzheimer's Association. Practically everything I talk about here can be found at their site or through their...
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DEEP BLUE SEA: Hemorrhage
ANOTHER GUFFAW MOMENT FROM DEEP BLUE SEAMcCallister (Saffron Burrows) extracting brain protein from her super-shark.One of the super sharks is annoyed at having her brains picked (literally) by Dr....
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LOCKOUT - Bacteria
PRISONERS IN SPACE!My cartoonist husband and I saw Lockout --- what a blast! I don't like prison movies as a rule, but I'm going to have to make an exception for prison movies in space from now on!...
View ArticleTWEET THMELL OF THUCCESS
Hey everyone! Good news! I have finally succumbed to my husband's insistence that I Tweet. Yes, I finally have a Twitter account. It is now on this blog. Although many tweets will be about cinematic...
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