What the heck is it?
Every day, a re-make, sequel or "re-imagining' of a classic genre production from one of these decades is announced, greenlit or released to theaters. Since 2001, we have seen a new Planet of the Apes (from Tim Burton), a new Texas Chainsaw Massacre, a new Battlestar Galactica, a new Starsky and Hutch and a new Dawn of the Dead.
New versions of Dark Shadows, Lost in Space, Westworld, The Stepford Wives, and King Kong are also coming soon.
Meanwhile, the DVD revolution allows us to return to classics like Space:1999, Gerry Anderson's UFO, The Prisoner, Danger Man and other series that deserve a second look in this new millennium.
And, of course, Star Wars and Star Trek are still with us...in one form or another.
Considering this "retro" environment, MediaWHACK! was created with a singular mission: to remember (in detail...) some of these productions, and review not just the originals, but comment on the "new" and not-always-improved "re-imaginings."
At the same time, MediaWHACK looks at more recent series (like Buffy, Tru Calling, The X-Files) and films that may be tomorrow's "retro" treats.
On this site, you will find interviews with artists and technicians who have made these productions special, Retro TV Files - highly detailed, interview-laden retrospectives that cover series and movies in detail, the Mutant Pulpit, where editor-in-chief John Kenneth Muir sounds off about trends in cinema and TV, classic episodes, or anything else that enters his media-whacked brain.
If you have a question for MediaWHACK's staff, you can ask the robot, and someone will answer your question, hopefully in a timely fashion.
So dig in and look around. Stay for a while, and see if the memories start flooding in...
- The Editors