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FM or CoF?

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BijouBob8mm	FM or CoF?	Lead	[-]
Apr 3 12 2:30 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Which of these long-running monster magazines best endures, the original Famous Monsters of Filmland or Castle of Frankenstein? In addition to the nostalgia FM was certainly ground-breaking and influential but, in retrospect, some feel CoF had more meat on the bones. FM or CoF? (Result) Famous Monsters Castle of Frankenstein
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Frankensteinhead		#1	[-]
Apr 3 12 2:58 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I'm an Fm man all the way. To me ,aside from childhood memories, it kind of comes down to who do you think was nicer: Cal Beck or FJA? I know who I'd rather have an ice cream cone with!
BijouBob8mm		#2	[-]
Apr 3 12 3:25 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I remember getting my hands on Don Glut's I WAS A TEENAGE MOVIE MAKER DVD set and seeing he & Forry having ice cream among the endless hours of goodies. (Guess I was thinking in terms of product rather than people.)
Rick		#3	[-]
Apr 3 12 4:51 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Nope, not voting on this one. Sorry. Castle of Frankenstein was surely better, by most any standards. It certainly aspired to, and reached, a more adult level of film coverage. But the nostalgia factor is so powerful. Famous Monsters has a permanent place in my heart and my mind. I could vote FOR either of them, but I can't vote against either.
Wich2		#4	[-]
Apr 3 12 5:44 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Well said, Rick - FM for Heart, CoF for Brain.
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GhostofChaneysLiver		#5	[-]
Apr 3 12 8:22 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Have to agree with Rick and Wich2. FM was my childhood. CoF was my awakening into puberty. Choosing between them is like Sophie's Choice. Cromwell
BijouBob8mm		#6	[-]
Apr 4 12 8:34 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	FM for Heart, CoF for Brain. Wish I could have put it so succinctly.
gorgozilla		#7	[-]
05/18/13 2:53 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Definitely FM. I was a monster kid who liked any movie with a halfway decent monster in it. Forry always appeared to be just having as much fun as possible with the whole genre without being too judgemental against any monster movies. CoF seemed pretentious and trying too hard to be serious and intellectual. Any B-movie that wasn't "meaningful" in some way was dismissed as "junk". And even as a 10-year-old kid, I found Beck's heavy-handed attempts at biased political humor annoyingly irrelevant. FM was all about the monsters and that's what I liked about it.. However, I did read about some movies I had never heard of before in CoF.
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