Long time readers of this blog will know that I am a Scott Bakula fan!

For those that don't know, Scott was the star of Quantum Leap and Star Trek: Enterprise TV Shows.

He has also done other venues of entertainment, and with the WGA strike that was recently settled, it appears that he elected to go back to the Stage for a while...

We are fortunate in the San Diego area to have him appearing in 'Dancing In The Dark', which is based on one of the greatest MGM Movie Musicals of All Time, 'The Band Wagon'!

The book was by Douglas Carter Beane.

The Muscial started at the Old Globe Theater March 4th, and ends on April 13th. Plenty of time for you Bakula fans to make arrangements to see him in person.

For those of you that didn't know he could sing... Check out the QL episode where he played Don Quixote. That is one of my favorite episodes! 

There was also a comic book series on Quantum Leap that ran for 13 issues, plus one special reprint, and an annual. The comic book started in September 1991 and ended August 1993.

I really miss the Quantum Leap Conventions that were held in conjunction with the TV Show. They were jam packed with actors and actresses that had guest starred on the TV show and it was great meeting them and the two featured stars at the con each year!!

I have been listing more Fantastic Four comics today... While doing so, I was thinking of the years it took to bring a FF movie to the Big Screen.

This blog post is a 'repost' of a popular archived blog post for those of you who haved missed it! It has not been updated:

You May Be Thinking... What Do You Mean That I Haven't Seen the First Fantastic Four Movie ???

The first live action Fantastic Four Movie was never shown in theaters after it was produced in 1994 by Roger Corman.

Roger quickly finished the film as his rights to the FF were running out... 

I met three of the four actors who portrayed the FF at the 1994 San Diego Comic Con. They were sincere in their portrayals of the FF and I really enjoyed meeting them and having my pic taken with them!

However, the movie wasn't to be released, and upon purchasing a bootleg video at a later comic con, I realized why....  It was really bad,  terrible actually what had happened to my favorite comic book superheroes.

It wasn't until ten years later at the SDCC in 2004 that I saw the new actors who had just been signed to play in the new film have a program at the SDCC, and they were introduced to the con goers.

I thought the choice for Mr Fantastic, and the Thing were great. I thought the choice for the Invisible Woman was all wrong... she was too sexy to portray Sue Storm.  And I couldn't figure out the actor that would portray the Torch. 

The capper to the program was the choice of director.... and what he had directed before...  oh no I thought, not another upcoming clunker movie of my FF !!!

Well I was wrong... the 2005 movie was a lot better than I expected, better than I hoped it could be.... and I came away a lot happier!!!

I looked forward to the second installment, 'The Rise of the Silver Surfer' for the Summer of 2007! 

But I still thought Jessica Alba was too young and sexy for the Invisible Woman role !!

For those interested in Fantastic Four comics on which the movies are based on, we have several listed in our eBay Featured Store.  

Make Mine Marvel ! 

Michael