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Imagine my joy when I walked through my doors Saturday evening, after wrapping the final day of DARK AND STORMY NIGHT, and finding a piping fresh issue of MFTV waiting for me. Daniel Horne's cover is striking, and I'd say he's a strong contender for next year's "Artist Of The Year" Rondo. Can't wait to see what he'll do next.

While the entire issue is strong, I was particularly taken with Mark Berry's interview with David Hedison. In past interviews, discussion of his participation in Irwin Allen's THE LOST WORLD has been typically minimal, mostly due to Hedison's disappointment with the film. But Mark may have accomplished what I've been trying to do for years - get David to embrace the film rather than reject it. Not because it's a good film, but because of it's impact on the many filmmakers, writers, artist, etc. who watched it as kids and were inspired to create. As I have mentioned to David many times (probably to his chagrin...), I always wanted to be him, the heroic Ed Malone who battles dinosaurs and risks his life to save his team of adventurer friends. Earlier this year I finally got my wish, as Larry Blamire cast me as an Ed Malone-type character in THE LOST SKELETON RETURNS AGAIN, which pokes loving fun at THE LOST WORLD and other jungle adventure films. I'm where I am in my career in some part due to Allen's campy, colorful, comic book of a movie. When Hedison tells Mark that he really plans on screening the film again, I am heartened that maybe...just maybe...he'll see the film in a better light, and appreciate it for what it is, not for what it should have been. And then I can stop pestering him at parties. Thanks, Mark, for providing an in-depth explanation of this terrific actor's feelings regarding this debatable film.

And congrats Jim and Marion on another superb issue!