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For the most part, I really enjoy watching Ghost Hunters. I didn't think Sci Fi would take a chance on something like this, just knowing it could possibly be an hour of just guys in a dark house. But I like the main 'cast' (yeah .. that's not the word I wanted to use).

The Eastern State phantom still bothers me. I don't know what a ghost looks like, but this guy(?) appears to be someone in a black cloak walking towards and away from the camera ... and that's about it. It seems solid and nothing indicates this is a ghost to me. Jason has menioned the odd movement about it and Brain is unable to recreate this on the catwalk. He also mentioned the thing was only four feet tall which is odd because this makes what ... the third or fourth four foot tall entity they've spotted, which is really suspiscious to me. I wonder if there is a small person on the GH payroll!

Although I haven't seen this show in years, I do have very fond memories of it. I recall it came on every Sunday night either before or after the new Hardy Boys show and I was pretty much addicted to it. It's a part of my past ... like it or not! Just like Superfriends, Sid and Marty Kroft, Big Wheels and my old neighborhood friends. I would have to admit it would be a most difficult thing for me to objectively review this show. That's the problem with nostalgia -one tends to idealize the past. I have my own perception of the show and I don't know how it would stack up to reality. I like to think of the show as something that I liked but left behind long ago. Not that I wouldn't be up to watching a few episodes now but it just wouldn't be the same.

Before watching this I saw this title listed on Roger Ebert's top ten worst films of the year. In fact, it may have held the number three spot if I'm not mistaken. I disagree. The alien plot was at least something I haven't seen in a zombie film (and it's nothing like Plan 9 either!). It was a real campy, outlandish film and completely different than what the trailer might have suggested. Apparently the budget was very low but that didn't keep the filmmakers from dealing with big-budget concepts. Felicity Mason was beautiful, there are scenes with zombie fish, death by exploding soda can, particles of a comet taking people out, some cool weapons. A fun movie, and much more enjoyable than a few Oscar-worthy films I saw last year!