{"id":2380,"date":"2009-01-12T01:00:58","date_gmt":"2009-01-12T06:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=2380"},"modified":"2018-11-09T13:46:35","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T18:46:35","slug":"geek-gear-harlan-ellisons-watching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2009\/01\/12\/geek-gear-harlan-ellisons-watching\/","title":{"rendered":"Geek Gear: Harlan Ellison’s Watching"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Geek Gear- Something so absolutely geeky you have no choice but to acquire one as quickly as possible.<\/em><\/p>\n

Writer Harlan Ellison has been called a lot of things over the years,<\/p>\n

Spanning over 25 years of criticisms, Harlan Ellison’s Watching<\/a><\/em>\"\" collects his numerous ruminations of film into one handy volume. Starting with a review he wrote while still in high school and spanning all the way through the regular review column he wrote for The Magazine Of Fantasy and Science Fiction<\/em>, Ellison focuses on his targets for praise or derision with a laser-like accuracy, wit and intelligence that makes this a must-read for anyone, even if you wind up disagreeing with what he says. From his famous eviscerations of Star Wars<\/strong> (“Luke Skywalker Is A Nerd And Darth Vader Sucks Runny Eggs”) and Star Trek<\/strong> (“Star Trek: The Motionless Picture”) to him calling Spielberg a sadist for producing Gremlins<\/strong> and directing Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom<\/strong>, no one is spared. Having worked in the belly of the Hollywood beast, Ellison approaches his critiques with an experience few other writers have and it sharply informs his work.<\/p>\n

An earlier edition of this book has sat on my shelf for over 10 years, and on occasion I still pull it down to randomly read a section. It’s not just essential reading for anyone who writes about film but essential reading for any film lover.<\/p>\n