Back in the 1980's, there were few, if any movie magazines. There was no ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY. There wasn't even PREMIERE. FILM COMMENT and CINEASTE, if they were around, couldn't be found at your local drugstore.
That left STARLOG. It was, along with its sister publication, the horror film magazine FANGORIA, one of the few magazines writing about film.
Granted, STARLOG was about science fiction and fantasy films, which I wasn't THAT much of a fan of. But this was in the era where BACK TO THE FUTURE and STAR WARS were popular, so I read it regularly.
They had a lot of special issues. I remember they had posters for films like RETURN OF THE JEDI and V. In one issue (the one posted above), they had an interview with an actress who would become one of my favorites.
STARLOG has announced that they will be switching to a web only model. That is said, although to be honest, I haven't seen an issue since the 1980's.
For a while though, I never missed it.
Monday, April 13, 2009
STARLOG (1976-2009)
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I used to love this magazine and rarely missed an issue in the 1980s. They used to run great interviews with the likes of Harlan Ellison and John Carpenter that was great for someone like me who was a huge science fiction buff. I felt that the quality dropped off in the mid-90s and I stopped reading it once I discovered CINEFANTASTIQUE, which I think is a lot better in many respects. Still, I get pangs of nostalgia for the mag. That sucks that its print edition is no more.
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