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Godzilla Movies

Godzilla, King Of The Monsters!

GodzillaThe first Godzilla movie, Gojira, is re-released in America, dubbed into English with additional scenes starring actor Raymond Burr, as Godzilla, King Of The Monsters! Despite the quite noticeable differences between old footage and new, the movie proves popular, and sparks the western world’s obsession with Toho Studios’ signature creation. It is also just the first of several attempts to westernize the Godzilla mythos (chiefly for American audiences).

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Television

Future Cop: the lawsuit

Future CopWriters Harlan Ellison and Ben Bova win a copyright infringement/breach of contract lawsuit against Paramount Television, ex-Paramount exec Terry Keegan, and ABC-TV over the short-lived 1976/77 TV series Future Cop, which they contend that the studio and network launched within months of an option lapsing on Brillo, an Ellison/Bova “robot cop” pilot script submitted in 1973. After a four-year wait to get the case into court, a jury takes only four weeks to find that the similarities between Brillo and Future Cop outweigh the differences, and award the writers $182,500 in compensatory damages and $154,500 in punitive damages, falling a bit short of the $3,000,000 sought. Ellison spends part of his proceeds from the suit to buy a billboard across from Paramount Pictures bearing the warning, “Writers, don’t let them steal from you!”

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Video Games

Eyes

Warp WarpBetter known for making jukeboxes and speakers, Rock-Ola makes one of its final attempts to break into the video game industry by releasing Eyes, a maze chase game created by Florida-based Digitrex Techstar. Since many arcades are already flooded with maze games, Eyes seems to disappear from most arcades in a blink; this is one of Rock-Ola’s final attempts to get into the game business.

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Television

The Flash: Done With Mirrors

The FlashThe 19th episode of the superhero series The Flash, based on the DC Comics character, airs on CBS, starring John Wesley Shipp and Amanda Pays. David Cassidy (The Partridge Family) and Carolyn Seymour (Survivors, Quantum Leap) guest star.

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Super Force: Monkey’s Breath

Super ForceThe 41st episode of the science fiction crime drama Super Force is broadcast in syndication in North America, starring Ken Olandt, Larry B. Scott, and Patrick Macnee (The Avengers). Musetta Vander guest stars.

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Total Recall 2070: Restitution

Total Recall 2070Canadian broadcaster CHCH-TV airs the 16th episode of Art Monterastelli’s sci-fi series Total Recall 2070, starring Michael Easton and Cynthia Preston, very loosely based on the 1990 film Total Recall. The series will air on the American pay cable channel Showtime later in the year. Peter Firth guest stars.

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