Author Archives: VicSage

About VicSage

Searching through the alleys for useful knowledge in the city of Nostalgia. Huge cinema fanatic and sometimes carrier of the flame for the weirding ways of 80's gaming, toys, and television. When his wife lets him he is quite happy sitting in the corner eating buckets of beef jerky.

Fan Trailer For John Carter Gets The Point Across.

With the upcoming Walt Disney film version of John Carter of Mars set to hit the Silver Screen on March 9th, many fans of the classic literature by Edgar Rice Burroughs have felt the trailers and TV spots that have … Continue reading

Quisp VS Quangaroos Commercial (1976)

In 1976 after having already defeated Quake cereal four years earlier resulting in having the “rival” cereal yanked from store shelves by fan vote and it’s mascot demoted to sidekick status for another cereal…Quisp the Alien decided to set his … Continue reading

The Black Hole Theatrical Trailer (1979)

I remember after watching the Black Hole in the theaters for the first time, my Father took me to McDonald’s so that I could run off a little excess energy at the indoor McDonaldland playground. While I was happily climbing … Continue reading

Atari 2600: Secret Quest (1989)

In 1989 I was busy concentrating on defeating the likes of Cobra Triangle, Shadowgate, and Romance of the Three Kingdom on my NES. I admit that while I had not banished my beloved Atari 2600 console and titles to the … Continue reading

Steven Spielberg…and Missile Command?

A huge thanks to the gang over at Arcade Hunters for giving us the heads up on this AWESOME photo from Arcade Nation over on Twitter! This photo is apparently from a site called the Millions and it appears this … Continue reading

Elevator Action Art By Dsantat!

Thanks to Retroist Regular Joshua Caleb’s awesome Elevator Action review yesterday it got me to wondering if there was perhaps come kind of fan art for the classic game. Yes, yes there is. Thanks to Dsantat over at deviantART for … Continue reading

Daniel HDR’s Justice League/Hanna-Barbera Art!

Thanks to Daniel HDR we can now see what a Saturday Morning Justice League in the style of Kevin Maguire and populated solely with Hanna-Barbera characters would have looked like! About his artwork, Daniel says: “Justice League + humor = … Continue reading

MEGO Flying Captain American and Incredible Hulk Commercial (1980)

With the new Marvel Comics Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengance debuting on the silver screen today I thought I would post this retro video showing what the MEGO toys of Captain America and the Incredible Hulk did best back in … Continue reading

Rod Serling’s Triple W (1963)

I’ve been doing a bit of cleaning in the old house this week and happened to come across this collection of stories entitled Rod Serling’s Triple W: Witches, Warlocks, and Werewolves. I picked it up the first year I visited … Continue reading

Robocop Anti-Drug PSA (1987)

While Robocop has a pretty final way of dealing with drug pushers as seen in Robocop, or other cyborg foes that are powered by Nuke as in Robocop 2, Peter Weller here makes a much more impassioned plea. This PSA … Continue reading

Happy Valentine’s Day From Stop Motion Smurfs!

I was aiming to post an episode of the Smurfs, possibly a Valentine’s Day special when this stop motion video popped up under my search conditions. I knew that I had found the perfect Valentine’s Day treat. [Via] Lleski’s YouTube … Continue reading

Hanna-Barbera’s Space Stars Intro (1981)

Space Stars Debuted on the NBC network in 1981 and took Hanna-Barbera’s classic Space Ghost and Herculoids characters and packaged them with two brand new shows properties, Teen Force and Astro and the Space Mutts. The hour long show didn’t … Continue reading

Behind The Scenes: Night of the Living Dead (1968)

George A. Romero’s original Night of the Living Dead is hands down one of my favorite films of all time. I’ve stated before how I watched this for the first time on my little black and white television and was … Continue reading

Night Gallery: Season 3 To Be Released on April 10, 2012!

After too long of a wait in my humble opinion, Universal Studios is releasing the third and final season of Night Gallery to DVD on April 10th! In the third season of this classic television series, the hour long running … Continue reading

Superman – The Mechanical Monsters (1941)

Grab a bowl of your favorite cereal and join me as we watch this classic Fleischer Studios Superman short, the Mechanical Monsters, which happened to be released by Paramount Studios to movie theaters back in 1941! [Via] jamesmcashan1′s YouTube Channel … Continue reading

Serenity Constructed Out Of Legos By Chris Doyle!

I really, really loved the television show Firefly. I’m not sure if I consider myself such a fan that I would be labeled as a Browncoat or not, but I do know that I’ll watch the series once or twice … Continue reading

Fleischer Styled Superman Art By Des Taylor!

While Superman is not my favorite superhero I’ve always been a huge fan of the Fleischer Studios Superman shorts from back in the 1940s. A local station that I could pick up on my little black and white television in … Continue reading

Mr. T Anti-Drug PSA Commercial (1980′s)

While I truly do believe that the Swamp Thing Public Service Announcement posted yesterday by Saturday World is quite possibly the most awesome PSA of all time…I will have to put this commercial in the most disturbing category when you … Continue reading

The Magic Kingdom At Walt Disney World Super 8MM Film (1970′s)

In all honesty, even with the faded picture…I could watch these Super 8mm Color films all day long. [Via] Ghost Host 1969′s YouTube Channel!

TSR’s John Carter Minatures Warfare Game (1974)

I’m looking forward to Walt Disney’s John Carter next month, I’m hoping it will at least contain a glimmer of what made me fall in love with Edgar Rice Burrough’s books so many years ago. What I’ve seen from the … Continue reading