Anson Kennedy

What got you interested in UFO'S and aliens?

A deep burning desire to get out of Florida

#UFOs #FlyingSaucers #aliens #ETs #extraterrestrials

What got you interested in UFO'S and aliens?
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What to know about the heist at Paris' Louvre museum The bandits made off with loot that France's interior minister described as "priceless."

They must've left the louvers open.

#Louvre #robbery #heist #news

What to know about the heist at Paris' Louvre museum
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Trekle A Trek-like variant of the popular 5 letter word guessing game.

Acceptable.

#Trekle (treklegame.com) 1386 2/6
#StarTrek Difficulty: 🔘

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#game #puzzle

Image from the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Singularly." Captain Archer is pacing in his cabin and has raised his right fist in frustration. Text across the top and bottom reads, "Why did the AI bubble burst in 2025? / ChatGPT I need you!

In the season 2 episode "Singularity" of Star Trek: Enterprise, Captain Archer struggles to write a one page preface to a biography of his father. T'Pol declines to write it for him. If only the AI bubble hadn't burst he could use ChatGPT. This is probably for the best.

#StarTrek #AIBubble #ChatGPT

Angelique curses Barnabas Collins just after he shot her in the shoulder on Dark Shadows.

Madelaine Perkins laughs maniacally after her coven has hoodwinked Carl Kolchak into destroying the magical objects which protect Madame Trevi from her spells on Kolchak: The Night Stalker.

No one played a maniacal witch like #LaraParker. Whether she was the vengeful #Angelique chasing Barnabas on #DarkShadows, or the fashion model Madelaine Perkins hexing her way to success on #KolchakTheNightStalker, she left no scenery unchewed when the cameras were rolling.

#horror #television

Movie poster for Night of Dark Shadows.

Night of Dark Shadows (1971) is a less lurid movie than House of DS. Focusing on Quentin Collins, it is tale of ghosts, possession, reincarnation, and centuries old murder and revenge. And witches.

Notable mainly as the screen debut of Kate Jackson.

#NightOfDarkShadows #horror #movies

Blu-ray box cover for "House of Dark Shadows."

House of Dark Shadows (1970) is a bloodier retelling of the original Barnabas Collins storyline from the TV soap opera.

Relying on watchers' knowledge of the show, the movie sacrifices characterization for lurid set pieces. Not that that's a bad thing.

#DarkShadows #horror #movies #television

Incubus (1966) ⭐ 6.1 | Horror 1h 14m | Unrated

In 1966, #WilliamShatner starred in the #horror #movie #Incubus. Spoken entirely in the #conlang #Esperanto, the actors learned their lines phonetically and mispronounced everything.

Also in the cast Robert Fortier, Tomar in TOS episode By Any Other Name.

#StarTrek

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Publicity photo of Jonathan Frid as Barnabas Collins on "Dark Shadows." Barnabas is baring his fangs and holding his iconic silver handled cane. Text split across top and bottom reads, "I may bite your neck and suck your blood / but I'll feel bad about it"

"Dark Shadows" was almost canceled due to low ratings during its first season. The introduction of angsty vampire Barnabas Collins in episodes 211-220 saved the show.

Supernatural shenanigans ensued.

#DarkShadows #SoapOpera #horror #Gothic #television

75 Years Ago, One History-Making Sci-Fi Show Set The Stage For Star Trek It's hard to imagine the Final Frontier and all sorts of sci-fi TV without 'Tom Corbett.' Here's why the earliest 'Space Cadet' show changed everything.

I wonder if Starfleet Academy will have a cadet named Tom Corbett?

#StarTrek #StarFleetAcademy #TomCorbettSpaceCadet #ScuFi #television

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I forgot to add to the alt text:

Text split between top and bottom reads, "If it walks like a duck it might not be a duck./It might be Bugs Bunny disguised as a duck"

Image from the classic Looney Tunes cartoon "Rabbit Fire." Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck are walking in the woods. Bugs is disguised as a duck. His ears are hidden under a rubber cap, he has black bird feathers stuck to his tail with a plunger head, he's wearing green scuba flippers, and he has a fake yellow duck bill strapped to his face. Daffy, walking behind Bugs, is wearing a fluffy white bunny tail and fake rabbit shoes.

If it walks like a duck it might not be a duck.

It might be Bugs Bunny disguised as a duck.

#meme #BugsBunny #DaffyDuck #LooneyTunes #cartoon

Fear in the Night (1947 film) - Wikipedia

In his first movie Fear in the Night (1946 or '47), #DeForestKelley was a man who dreamed he killed someone. Later investigation found a murder had happened matching his dream. Did he do it?

He was also on some #SciFi #television show.

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#thrillers #movies #StarTrek

Image from the end of Dan Curtis' "Bram Stoker's Dracula." Long shot of dead Drac impaled by a spear against an upended table. On the wall behind him is a large painting showing Dracula in his warlord glory hundreds of years ago. An empty crimson velvet-lined coffin lies on its side against the wall under the painting.

In Dan Curtis' "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (1974) TV movie, Dracula is impaled standing up with a spear against an upended table.

Also the first Dracula to feature the reincarnation of Drac's long dead love subplot, recycled from Curtis' horror soap opera "Dark Shadows."

#Dracula #DarkShadows #horror

Image capture from Enterprise S1 E26 "Shockwave," approximately 6:12 timestamp. Captain Archer is looking at a monitor. Faintly visible on the back of the monitor is an ID plate.

Zoomed in and cropped image of the ID plate in the screen capture. The image has been adjusted and enhanced to mave details on the ID visible. Across the top is the number 05-94727. Smaller text is not legible.

An image of a random equipment ID plate used by US military. Source: https://www.miladisplays.com/photometalnmplts/black_anod_alum_bleached_etched.jpg

I was rewatching "Shockwave" ( #StarTrekENT S1E26) recently and noticed an equipment ID plate on the back of a monitor Captain Archer was using to meet with Admiral Forrest. It is very similar to ID plates used on US military equipment.

Image info in alt text.

#StarTrek #Shockwave

Side by side screen captures. On the left is the reptile (flinching away from a torch) from the Kolchak episode "The Sentry." On the right is the Horta from the Star Trek episode "The Devil in the Dark." Captain Kirk, back to the camera, is pointing a phaser at the critter. Text on the bottom reads, "REAL MOTHERS."

Kolchak: The Night Stalker's final episode "The Sentry" was clearly inspired by Star Trek's "The Devil in the Dark." Except one had a subterranean reptile creature and the other had a silicon based throw rug.

#KolchakTheNightStalker #StarTrek #StarTrekTOS #television

Yvonne De Carlo striking a pose in costume as Lily Munster.

Yvonne De Carlo accepted the role of Lily Munster to pay medical debts incurred by her husband, stuntman Bob Morgan, after a serious accident during production of "How the West Was Won" (1962).

#TheMunsters #LilyMunster #YvonnedeCarlo #television #comedy #horror

20 Years Later, A Forgotten Sci-Fi Series Deserves To Be A Cult Classic The reboot of a beloved sci-fi procedural deserved better than to be thrown against impossible ratings odds.

Full circle. The 2005 "Kolchak: The Night Stalker" reboot "Night Stalker" was influenced by Chris Carter's "The X-Files," which we all know was inspired by the original Kolchak.

#KolchakTheNightStalker #NightStalker #TheXFiles #reboot #horror #television

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A screen capture from the pilot of "Night Stalker." A newsroom with series star Stuart Townsend's Carl Kolchak on the left and Darren McGavin's Kolchak digitally inserted on the right. Meme text across the top says, "TWO KOLCHAKS ARE BETTER THAN ONE."

In the pilot (imaginatively titled "Pilot") of "Night Stalker," the 2005 reboot of "Kolchak: The Night Stalker," Darren McGavin's Carl Kolchak was digitally inserted in a newsroom scene. Proving two Kolchaks are better than one.

#NightStalker ##KolchakTheNightStalker #horror #television #reboot

There’s nothing like a twist you don’t see coming If you’re writing crime fiction, you’re in the business of betrayal. Your readers open the book looking for answers, and you give them lies—at first. That’s the deal. But there’s a particular kind …

How to write a twist ending.

#CrimeFiction #writing #WritingTips #TwistEnding

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The Rakshasa in "Horror in the Heights." It's startled because Kolchak saw through its disguise as Miss Emily and just shot it with a blessed arrow.

In Hinduism, the #Rakshasa was a shape-shifting #monster with a taste for human flesh. Known to TV audiences as a monster-of-the-week in #KolchakTheNightStalker ( #HorrorInTheHeights). Appearing as the person their victim trusted most, the fiend easily overcame its next meal.

#horror

An image from the horror comedy "Dead and Loving It" showing Leslie Nielsen as Dracula rising out of his coffin, arms spread and a happy (fangless) smile on his face. Text across the top reads, "EXCUSE MY COFFIN," and text across the bottom reads, "I'M CATCHING A COLD."

Why do vampire movies seldom show the vampire actually stepping out of or into the coffin? Because there's no graceful or scary way to do it.

#October #vampires #coffin #Dracula #HorrorMovies #movies

How many books is a lot of books? How many is too many? As they say, one man’s collection is another man’s hoarded fire hazard, but reading this story—of a fancy Philadelphia townhouse stuffed to the rafters with 100,000 books—had me wondering where, ex…

They say 100,000 books is a lot. I say it's just a good start.

And you can never have too many.

#books

How many books is a lot of books? How many is too many?
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Captains of the Clouds (1942), directed by Michael Curtiz and starring James Cagney, features great video of vintage military training aircraft. Including the incredible two-engine #AvroAnson, North American Harvard, Northrop A-17A Nomad, and NA-64 Yale.

Not enough #Ansons were in the film.

Star Trek Unveils First Look at Customized Float for the 2026 Rose Parade The float celebrates the 60th anniversary of the franchise!

The Star Trek 60th Anniversay float for the Rose Parade looks fascinating!

#StarTrek #RoseParade #StarTrek60thAnniversary

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Darren McGavin as Karl Kolchak in Kolchak: The Night Stalker.

Ethan Hawke as Lee Raybon in The Lowdown on FX.

We started watching The Lowdon on FX this week. Very tightly written with great dialog. I'm getting very Carl Kolchak-y vibes from Ethan Hawke's Lee Raybon.

#TheLowdown #FX #CarlKolchak #KolchakTheNightStalker #LeeRaybon

*the plots made *NO* sense...

I should learn to proofread.

True. I really liked it even though the plots made sense. The special effects were excellent for the time and I think they still hold up. Plus they had Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing as "guest artists" (in separate episodes).

50 Years Ago, One Forgotten Sci-Fi TV Show Briefly Became The Next Star Trek When Trekkies became Alphans. Here's why 'Space: 1999' was a big deal and how to approach the show today.

Could Space: 1999 have become the next Star Trek?

No.

#StarTrek #Space1999 #SciFi

How One Forgotten Sci-Fi TV Show Briefly Became The Next Star Trek
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Me ( to wife): What are you watching?
Wife: The Lincoln Lawyer.
Me: The LinkedIn Lawyer? What, does he have a really big network?
Wife: ᇂ_ᇂ
Me: [leaves room, quickly]