Category: Sci Fi Bytes
1966’s Ultraman Spawned Many Sequels that American Viewers Never Knew About
The Japanese tokusatsu (sfx) series Ultraman debuted in July of 1966 in its home country and arrived…
Bilbo’s Encounter with Gollum Ended Much Differently in the Original Version of the Hobbit
The meeting of Bilbo Baggins and Gollum in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit is a classic moment in…
After Worlds Collide and Other Unrealized Projects of George Pal
George Pal is well known by science fiction fans as the producer (and sometimes director) of such…
Five Sci Fi TV Cartoons That Had a Lot Fewer Episodes in Their Original Runs Than You Realized
Many of us have fond memories of the days when Saturday mornings were dominated with cartoons and…
Ray Harryhausen Wanted to Adapt War of the Worlds to the Big Screen
Ray Harryhausen is widely known as the master of stop motion, and his “Dynamation” brought to life…
Richard Hatch Had Plans for a Battlestar: Galactica Revival That Never Happened
In 2003, the Sci Fi Channel rebooted the late-70’s camp space opera Battlestar: Galactica as a dark,…
Grimms’ Fairy Tales Were Originally Considered Unsuitable for Children
The fairy tale collections of the Brothers Grimm, which included such timeless stories as Rapunzel, Hansel and…
There Were Lyrics to the Star Trek Theme Song?
The theme to the original Star Trek series has become iconic over the past half-century with its…
The Beatles Wanted to do a Lord of the Rings Movie
Peter Jackson’s film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy has become a classic…
CBS Could Have Had Its Own Marvel Universe on TV in the 70s
The Marvel Universe has become one of the largest film franchises in cinema history with currently over…