tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post6654904895142835907..comments2024-03-14T19:14:03.059-05:00Comments on Acidemic - Film: Favorite Film Critics: Michael WeldonErich Kuerstenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02850572368098319317noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-79779144903640048032010-09-20T20:22:58.129-05:002010-09-20T20:22:58.129-05:00I love that book and I use it all the timeI love that book and I use it all the timeJon Behrens:https://www.blogger.com/profile/04079839983849411606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-90407629615254684482010-09-19T13:55:07.658-05:002010-09-19T13:55:07.658-05:00The Psychotronic Video Guide is literally my bible...The Psychotronic Video Guide is literally my bible. I keep it on my bedside table always and am constantly reading little bits from itmatttnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-84436255660407935082010-09-15T19:05:42.473-05:002010-09-15T19:05:42.473-05:00I haven't read this, but I've seen it name...I haven't read this, but I've seen it name-dropped a lot, particularly when people are citing formative books: nice to take an (indirect) peek inside. Great piece.Joel Bockohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-41334235353065129142010-09-14T18:06:56.950-05:002010-09-14T18:06:56.950-05:00J.D. I loved Harlan Ellison too! Part of my whole ...J.D. I loved Harlan Ellison too! Part of my whole trauma over slasher films stemmed from his tale of being all depressed after people were laughing at the violence in a theater showing THE OMEN. Ellison is where anti-misogyny becomes misanthropy, leading to Frank Miller, and Sweden. <br /><br />Ben - you are so right, it would be great to teach a class on Weldon. He'd be a perfect gateway into film criticism for alienated youths. My younger friends get confused when I use the word hipster as a compliment, since now it's practically derogatory and means the opposite of what it used to mean. Now it means what 'poseur' meant to us. But to us it means people like Weldon, or Allen Ginsberg, or Dame D'Arcy. <br /><br />AC Bleach! In da house! Thanks for reminding me that erudite is not always a good thing. The beauty of Weldon is he only knows the cool interesting stuff, he doesn't have to fill your head with dates and plotlines, or even if the movie's any good. Some of them in the book you can tell he didn't even see. He admits it! Love Weldon!Erich Kuerstenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02850572368098319317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-27237906990130866302010-09-14T17:59:23.754-05:002010-09-14T17:59:23.754-05:00Both Psychotronic volumes are treasures. I didn...Both Psychotronic volumes are treasures. I didn't discover the magazine until about 1993. Then I bought the original book as soon as I found a copy, while the publication of the second was an epoch in my fandom. The magazine seemed more in tune with the spirit of an age than any of its rivals then or now, what with the music interviews, the obsession with horror hosts and the incredible obit section. Its demise was a tragedy. Shock Cinema is probably the closest thing out now, but for all its virtues it's nowhere near the same thing.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-20750389746595569792010-09-14T15:00:44.605-05:002010-09-14T15:00:44.605-05:00I must track down this book! Thanks for this fasci...I must track down this book! Thanks for this fascinating post. I had the same visceral reaction to Harlan Ellison's film reviews. They grabbed me by the lapels and made me want to write about film.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164105442273577128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-43600782311095191262010-09-14T12:23:51.163-05:002010-09-14T12:23:51.163-05:00Spot on.
Every time I see a copy of Psychotronic ...Spot on.<br /><br />Every time I see a copy of Psychotronic Encyclopedia, I buy it.<br /><br />So far that only gives me two copies, but I'd like to think one day I'll have a whole shelf of identical volumes to hand out to a hypothetical class of impressionable kids.<br /><br />"Just open at a random page and get started - I'll be back in an hour!" <br /><br />And of course Weldon played in seminal Cleveland psyche-punk group Mirrors too - what an inspirational hipster (old definition) all-rounder he is.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14951955227326548340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-89264121068974573482010-09-14T11:10:49.809-05:002010-09-14T11:10:49.809-05:00Aces!
I've always loved how encyclopedic Weld...Aces!<br /><br />I've always loved how encyclopedic Weldon's reviews were, without being in the least erudite.<br /><br />At least for me, it's important to know what Landon's real name was, but only in the context of I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com