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  Pulp Masterpieces part one: The Shadow tstockel@rocketmail.com - 2017-03-22 12:39 -0700
    Re: Pulp Masterpieces part one: The Shadow Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2017-03-22 18:03 -0600
    Re: Pulp Masterpieces part one: The Shadow Kent Allard <evil@hearts_of_men.net> - 2017-03-22 21:18 -0400
      Re: Pulp Masterpieces part one: The Shadow jolomo@gmail.com (Joe Morris) - 2017-05-19 13:33 +0000

#1290 — Pulp Masterpieces part one: The Shadow

Not sure if this would be of interest to anyone here (And apologies if the post is not appropriate.) but I wrote an article regarding The Shadow motion picture.

http://www.agonybooth.com/pulp-masterpieces-part-1-the-shadow-1994-53696

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tstockel@rocketmail.com writes:

> Not sure if this would be of interest to anyone here (And apologies if
> the post is not appropriate.) but I wrote an article regarding The
> Shadow motion picture.
>
> http://www.agonybooth.com/pulp-masterpieces-part-1-the-shadow-1994-53696

Very nice review!  Something you touch on near the end is Baldwin's
portrayal of Lamont Cranston.  One thing I felt the movie got wrong was
following the radio show and having the Shadow be Cranston -- I'd much
have preferred to have had it follow the pulps' lead and have the Shadow
"borrow" Cranston's identity.  The scene with the Shadow explaining to
Cranston that he is going to be allowing the substitution would have
brought in all the dark side of the Shadow you could possibly have
wished for.

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#1292

In article <5bde3d53-2bf9-4e8e-b65b-16352a0e5280@googlegroups.com>,
 tstockel@rocketmail.com wrote:

> Not sure if this would be of interest to anyone here (And apologies if the 
> post is not appropriate.) but I wrote an article regarding The Shadow motion 
> picture.
> 
> http://www.agonybooth.com/pulp-masterpieces-part-1-the-shadow-1994-53696

A pretty good review. I was like you in reverse. I was a big fan of the pulp 
version of the Shadow, although I had a nodding acquaintance with the radio 
show. I loved certain parts of the movie while hating others. In particular, I 
hated this version of the Margo Lane character. Ditzy blonde wasn't in the radio 
show or the pulp, and the stupid psychic powers angle was worse than the power 
to "cloud men's minds". I also resented the humour that was injected. Don't get 
me wrong, I love humour when used at the right moment, but when the two 
adversaries start discussing neck ties I lost it.

After seeing most of the other film versions of the Shadow, I'd have to say this 
was one of the best, but like Joe Pfeiffer said, there were other, better 
options available that they didn't pursue.
-- 
Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts and minds of men? The Shadow do!
--Flip Wilson

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#1293

Not so long ago, Kent Allard wrote:
> In article <5bde3d53-2bf9-4e8e-b65b-16352a0e5280@googlegroups.com>,
>  tstockel@rocketmail.com wrote:

> > Not sure if this would be of interest to anyone here (And apologies if the 
> > post is not appropriate.) but I wrote an article regarding The Shadow motion 
> > picture.
> > 
> > http://www.agonybooth.com/pulp-masterpieces-part-1-the-shadow-1994-53696

> A pretty good review. I was like you in reverse. I was a big fan of the pulp 
> version of the Shadow, although I had a nodding acquaintance with the radio 
> show. I loved certain parts of the movie while hating others. In particular, I 
> hated this version of the Margo Lane character. Ditzy blonde wasn't in the radio 
> show or the pulp, and the stupid psychic powers angle was worse than the power 

Yep! My biggest problem with the movie too. What a missed opportunity, this could
have been the definitive update of the Shadow

> to "cloud men's minds". I also resented the humour that was injected. Don't get 
> me wrong, I love humour when used at the right moment, but when the two 
> adversaries start discussing neck ties I lost it.

> After seeing most of the other film versions of the Shadow, I'd have to say this 
> was one of the best, but like Joe Pfeiffer said, there were other, better 
> options available that they didn't pursue.

Thanks for posting the review -- sorry I'm so late in seeing it!

-- 
  Joe Morris          Atlanta history blog
  jolomo@gmail.com    http://atlhistory.com

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