Today is the 9th of November. One day after the Elections, 3 days before Marty McFly would return to 1985, and most importantly, our very own Lisa Marie Bowman celebrates a birthday today! Here’s wishing her a wonderful time, full of movies and merriment!
The only candidate everyone can get behind…. Miss Betty Boop!!
So get out and vote.
Or don’t.
Up to you.
Evil elitists are plotting to transmit mind-controlling madness, turning America’s citizenry into docile sheep to do their bidding! No, I’m not talking about today’s election (though I could be!), it’s the plotline of CAPTAIN AMERICAN AND THE FALCON: MADBOMB, Jack Kirby’s 1975 seven part epic collected in this 2004 graphic novel release. The King was making his return to Marvel after five years working for rival DC, and took over the reigns of his baby Cap’s monthly book as writer/artist/editor.
Kirby was never a great writer, but he shines in this tale of an attempted hostile takeover of America by a group of elitists using the Madbomb to control the populace and rule the good ol’ USA. Cap and the Falcon are enlisted by no less than Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to thwart the fiendish plot. King Kirby’s artwork is stunning, embellished by inkers Frank Giacoia and D. Bruce Berry. Kirby gives us…
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By Shepard Fairey
It’s Election Day! If this song can work for waiting on a burrito, then it can work today.
As for the music video, it’s your standard mid-80s concert video. They do a good job of capturing “the final countdown” itself visually, as well as that come-to-our-concert thing that was prevalent in 80s hair-metal band music videos. The concert footage was shot at two concerts at Solnahallen in Solna, Sweden on the 26th and 27th of May, 1986. They also shot some additional footage during sound checks for those concerts.
Director Nick Morris has done around 40 music videos.
Fiona O’Mahoney produced at least 19 music videos. Sadly, according to a memorial site, she passed away in 2010. It also looks like she and Nick Morris got married.
I hope you enjoy this music video on what is otherwise a very serious day.
Through the Shattered Lens 