Brian J. Robb
Auteur de Johnny Depp: A Modern Rebel
A propos de l'auteur
Brian J. Robb is a writer and biographer whose previous books have included a New York Times best-selling biography of Leonardo DiCaprio; Screams Nightmares, the definitive book on horror director Wes Craven; biographies of Johnny Depp and Ewan McGregor, and Counterfeit Worlds, a study of the films afficher plus of Philip K. Dick. He is currently managing editor at Titan Magazines. He is editor-in-chief of the Official Star Wars Insider Magazine, and oversees magazines for Lost, Stargate, Smallville, Star Trek and Supernatural, as well as being managing editor on Total Sci Fi, an international cult film and television web site. afficher moins
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Œuvres de Brian J. Robb
Steampunk: An Illustrated History of Fantastical Fiction, Fanciful Film and Other Victorian Visions (2012) 74 exemplaires
Middle-earth Envisioned: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings: On Screen, On Stage, and Beyond (2013) 56 exemplaires
Star Wars Insider Issue #100 [April 2008] — Directeur de publication — 3 exemplaires
Timeless Adventures: The Unofficial Story of How Doctor Who Conquered Television (2023) 2 exemplaires
Star Trek: 50 Years on the Final Frontier 1 exemplaire
The Fantastic Fifties No. 18 — Directeur de publication — 1 exemplaire
The Sensational Sixties #09 1 exemplaire
The Age Of Thrills No. 05 1 exemplaire
The Age Of Thrills No. 04 — Directeur de publication — 1 exemplaire
The Age Of Thrills No. 03 — Directeur de publication — 1 exemplaire
The Fantastic Fifties No. 17 — Directeur de publication — 1 exemplaire
The Sensational Sixties #06 1 exemplaire
Star Wars Insider Issue #99 [March 2008] 1 exemplaire
The Age Of Thrills No. 02 1 exemplaire
The Sensational Sixties #07 — Directeur de publication — 1 exemplaire
Babylon 5 Magazine No. 23 1 exemplaire
The People Under the Stairs: Dream Director 1 exemplaire
Star Wars Insider Issue #96 [October/November 2007] 1 exemplaire
Black Archive #51: Earthshock 1 exemplaire
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The DWB Interview File: The Best of the First 100 Issues No.2 (1994) — interviewer Gareth Thomas, Gearld Harper — 14 exemplaires
Cinema of the '70s Magazine: Issue 5 (Colour) **The Oliver Reed Cover** (2022) — Contributeur — 3 exemplaires
The Dark Side 233 — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Cinema of the '70s Issue 07 — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Infinity #64 — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
The Fantastic Fifties No. 08 — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
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Loved all the history showcased within this book. And it made so many things clear that were confusing even after all these years
Loved all the history showcased within this book. And it made so many things clear that were confusing even after all these years
It wasn't much of a biography, to be honest. It did give some background and some interesting facts and quotes. However, this book is a very thorough and in-depth filmography. It goes through all of Johnny Depp's projects (even ones that were cancelled) up until the second Pirates of the Caribbean movie, including critics' reviews and the overall reception of his films. It's interesting and fairly short. I would recommend it for Johnny Depp fans who have an interest in his work.
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The Black Archive on Earthshock, by Brian J. Robb, has only three chapters, but they are long and it is one of the longer books in the sequence.
The first chapter, “Everyone Loves Adric”, looks at how the character evolved, rose and fell, with brief reflection on other teen genius characters (eg Wesley Crusher), and plenty of detail on the strategic choices made by the production team and the reasons for them, starting from Tom Baker’s last season.
The second chapter, “The Saward Imperative”, looks at the specific roles of writer Eric Saward and director Peter Grimwade in writing the story, and considers Saward’s attempt to be true to previous Cyberman stories and Grimwade’s directing technique (good with lighting, less good with actors). The Christopher Priest affair is touched on, but I have heard all about that from a more reliable source. (This is the chapter that deals most with the actual topic of the book.)
The third and longest chapter, “Nostalgia and Cynicism”, looks at the success of Earthshock at the time, but also at how the wrong lessons were learned from it, empowering Nathan-Turner and Award to delve back into the show’s history as it went forward, which in the end killed a lot of the potential creativity.
This is not just a book about Earthshock, but a guide to the trajectory of the whole Nathan-Turner / Saward era, and it works very well.… (plus d'informations)