CUSHING DR WHO REGENERATION WISHFUL THINKING!

#TOOCOOLTUESDAY: FOLLOWING ON from our Peter Cushing Interview Clip yesterday, about how after being approached by the BBC, Cushing nearly did step into the role, after William Hartnell left the series... here's a token how it COULD have looked, in the series tradition of the Doctor regenerating, when Harnell became Cushing. Well. it could have been...it could have been....

#TOOCOOLTUESDAY A REQUESTED Repost for Gayle Davis, who wrote and asked on the weekend, 'Is it true there was once a weird line drawing of Peter Cushing in the Pizza Hut or Express in te town where he lived??' The answer is yes. I am not sure WHICH pizza restaurant had this large line mural in it...but as the photograph shows, a large mural of Peter did once live and greet nosher of pizzas, in Whitstable... the town where Peter lived from 1958 until 1994. And yes..this was very cool indeed!

#TOOCOOLTUESDAYS : PETER CUSHING was quite an 'animated' interviewee at times. Just take a look at his hands and gestures in these snaps taken from a short 1971 interview. Like gloves on a washing line, on a windy day! After making this banner, I must confess to have drawn a blank on thinking of a #CAPTION for it. So, over at the Peter Cushing Appreciation Society Facebook Fan Page we've asked them to come up with a caption! If you would like to joj in the fun (??!!) zip over to the page. It could be witty, thoughtful...or even er... handy! The BEST caption gets their name blazing in glory, on a PCAS CUSHING BANNER, specially made for you and posted here on this thread. We'll see how it goes, and we'll pick the best one, in a few hours time. Good Luck!

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MILL CREEK THE GORGON BLU RAY YOU REVIEW FRANK TURTURICI

THE GORGON MILL CREEK BLU RAY: A DECENT REPLACEMENT

FOR YOUR AGING DVD COPY!

Mill Creek Entertainment's Hammer Films Double Feature: The Two Faces of Dr Jekyll and The Gorgon : Theatrical Release: 1964 : Blu Ray Release Date: 09/06/16 Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Widescreen Duration: 84 Minutes Featuring: Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee Directed By: Terence Fisher

Mill Creek has released The Gorgon in similar fashion to The Revenge of Frankenstein, paired with another movie on a single layer 25GB Blu Ray. While a 50GB disc would have been preferable (and is the norm in 2016), I don't believe it affects the picture quality for The Gorgon as much as it did The Revenge of Frankenstein.

I noticed a difference with The Gorgon immediately. The film is obviously in better shape than Revenge. Maybe the 6 year difference between the two films meant working with better film stock. Whatever the case may be, The Gorgon looks pretty decent on Blu Ray. Detail is good and colors are very nice throughout. Skin tones are very normal to the time period without any kind of red or yellow push. Detail can get a little lost in some of the darker scenes, but it is still an overall improvement to the old DVD.

As for audio, it doesn't have much room to stretch. Music can sound pretty compressed but dialogue is always clear and intelligible. 

For a bargain basement Blu Ray of $8, The Gorgon offers a decent replacement for the aging DVD, even if Mill Creek misspelled the title on the spine as "The Gorgan." I'm interested to see what kind of improvements, if any, the upcoming Australian Blu Ray release will show.

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