Palace of Glittering Delights

40 years ago, Bill Bixby & Lou Ferrigno first appeared on our TV screens as THE INCREDIBLE HULK! Andrew pays due diligence to the series that, for him started it all with a look at the third season episode, HOMECOMING. After that voyage to the bottom of the sea with [...]

Continuing the celebration of 50 years of Mirror, Mirror, Andrew takes a look at the DC Comics sequel to the episode, New Frontier from STAR TREK #9-#16. Set 15 years after the events of the show, DC Comics give us the sequel to STAR TREK III we wish we’d have [...]

It’s 50 years since the classic STAR TREK episode, “Mirror, Mirror” aired and Andrew celebrates this auspicious birthday with a solo audio commentary of one of the finest hours of television ever made. Que up your Blu-Ray, DVD or Netflix and watch along.

Andrew and special guest Michael Bailey sequester themselves away in the Palace Home Theatre and watch the 1988 tele-reunion-movie, THE INCREDIBLE HULK RETURNS! See Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno return to their most famous roles as the HULK battles THE MIGHTY THOR! It’s one for the ages as our mulleted [...]

Andrew throws the planned release schedule to curl up on the settee to watch the PLANET OF THE APES TV Show from 1974! 2 episodes unspool on the Palace home cinema screen, series pilot ESCAPE FROM TOMORROW and then THE TRAP! is this a worthy addition to the apes franchise?

Andrew suddenly got an urge to read THE INCREDIBLE HULK 1-6 from 1962 and have a look and why this character didn’t originally find an audience. Along the way there are ponderings on why no-one cared that Banner had blonde hair, politics in super heroes and the uselessness of Rick [...]

Delving deeply into the video library in the Palace Vaults yields some old, dusty delights; episodes of the 90’s Syndicated Series SUPERBOY! Watch along to hidden gems such as “The Road To Hell”, “Know Thine Enemy” and the more light-hearted, “A Day In The Double Life.” Do these cheapo versions [...]

A short burst today as Andrew talks over The Origin Of Spiderman episode of Spider-Man from the 1967 cartoon series. How does it hold up against other adaptations? So pop it in your DVD player and watch along as we groove to that great score and the simply marvelous animation. [...]

Andrew watches one of the first female icons of Science Fiction, The Bionic Woman as she struts her 70’s flares and goes ON THE RUN in the series final episode. Does it all wrap up comfortably for out Bionic Heroine?  

In the finale to his look at UNTOLD TALES OF SPIDER-MAN, Andrew takes a look at issues 20-25 plus the STRANGE ENCOUNTERS special and Annual #2. Does the end of the run live up to the start? Listen in and find out.

Turning his attention to an old favourite, Andrew watches the White Bird Trilogy from KNIGHT RIDER. Michael must confront his past when an old flame needs help. In addition to the usual Turbo Boost shenanigans, witness Hasselhoff singing! You can see why the Berlin Wall trembled.

In the third part of Andrew’s look at UNTOLD TALES OF SPIDER-MAN we meet Mary Jane Watson for the very first time, date the Invisible Girl and have an heretofore unrevealed encounter with Spider-Man’s greatest adversary – Dr Octopus!

Andrew throws open the doors of the palace once again and reads more UNTOLD TALES OF SPIDER-MAN. This time, issues 7-13 are read and talked about. What else do you need to know? LISTEN!

Andrew reopens the Palace vaults to dig out some musty old comics featuring his favourite character – Spider-Man! Following on from the critically ignored and non-award-winning series about AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, Andrew unearths Kurt Busiek’s retroactive inserts into Spidey lore, AMAZING FANTASY 16-18 and UNTOLD TALES OF SPIDER-MAN 1-6! Do they [...]

More randomness as Andrew’s muse suddenly feels like watching old 70’s and 80’s spy dramas starring Edward Woodward. First up, CALLAN – THE MOVIE, a cinematic sequel/prequel to Woodward’s hugely successful drama CALLAN. That’s followed up with Woodward’s equally successful International breakthrough – THE EQUALIZER. Do Robert McCall and David [...]

In a special Christmas episode of the Palace Of Glittering Delights, Andrew invites Michael Bailey around to knock back a beer or two and talk over the 2nd of Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man movies. Happy Christmas everybody.

Over 18 months ago, Andrew and family recorded a Commentary for STAR WARS for Andrew’s Birthday. It was alcohol fueled and a tad ribald and some of the gags felt a bit tasteless given real life events but a few days later. Well, life has moved on since then and [...]

In a break from the norm, Andrew watches loads of stuff that maybe isn’t good enough to devote an entire episode to but will fill half an hour of time when lumped together. So here for you, Andrew watches the 1978 CAPTAIN AMERICA telefilm, the KNIGHT RIDER 2000 reunion movie [...]

With all that’s wrong with the world today, join Andrew on another nostalgic trip to the past where all your problems could be solved by owning a top secret, military prototype which you used to blow stuff up. Yes, AIRWOLF came out on BLU-RAY and Andrew watched them all and [...]

Today is the 50th birthday of STAR TREK and in this special episode of THE PALACE OF GLITTERING DELIGHTS, Andrew looks at the much maligned and oft-ignored prequel ENTERPRISE. It’s well worth another look. Inspired by a Facebook conversation with TRENTUS MAGNUS so a big Vulcan Salute to him.