Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch + Gremlin Art

Entertainment Weekly's online PopWatch has a quick little interview with Shatner.  Nothing super amazing, but it's still nice to hear the man reminisce on Nightmare at 20,000 Feet, the Twilight Zone episode I've been obsessing over ever since reading that Fangoria Richard Matheson interview.  


"[The episode] touches another universal in the human psyche, and that is the fear of flying. Buried somewhere in all of us when the going gets rough up there is: If God meant us to fly, we’d have wings. Why are we up here? We’re in the wrong part of the world. We should be on terra firma. That’s the only explanation I can come up with that makes that particular episode as popular as it is."


Bonus Gremlin Art:


While hunting the Internet for Twilight Zone related art, I stumbled across these two pieces of oddball Gremlin art.

"Nightmare at 20,000 Peeps"

 Sculpted by Allie Berg & Jonathan Herr for 2009s Peeps Show III, an art show celebrating the glory of all things marshmallow.  You can read about this annual madness here.  

"Untitled"

Sculpted by Wade Schin for Galleries One Nine Eight Eight's "Another Dimensions" 2010 Twilight Zone themed group show.  Check out other TZ art here.  

"Nightmare at 20000 Feet"

Illustrated by Steve Willaredt.  Check out the rest of his art at Battle Royale with Cheeze.

Richard Matheson & Fangoria #301

Shatner fans should check out this month's issue of Fangoria for an excellent interview with "Living Legend" Richard Matheson.  Obviously, we all know that Matheson is the man responsible for two of the greatest Twilight Zones ever produced (Nightmare at 20,000 Feet, Nick of Time) and the classic TOS Kirk vs. Kirk episode, The Enemy Within.  But you might not know how Nixon screwed over his Dracula adaptation.  Or how Val Lewton's classic Cat People inspired one of classic Gremlin on the Wing scares.  Or how Basil Rathbone inspired a few grisly anecdontes in his latest novel Other Kingdoms.  Or even what he really thinks about the many incarnations of his apocalyptic novel I Am Legend...let's just say he's a little more than frustrated--and don't even get him started on Richard Kelly's The Box!

Special Shat Bonus:

Toy company Bif Bang Pow! (http://www.bifbangpow.com/) have put out two more Shat-tastic Twilight Zone items that are definitely going to make fine additions to this Shat Attacker's collection.  Honestly, how can you not own a life-size Mystic Seer with working coin mechanism.  $249.99 is just chump change for us devotees.