Comments on: Forrest J Ackerman 1916 - 2008 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2008/12/05/rip-forrest-j-ackerman-1916-2008/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:03:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Bryan Sisson http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2008/12/05/rip-forrest-j-ackerman-1916-2008/#comment-2269 Sun, 14 Dec 2008 13:41:37 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2008/12/05/rip-forrest-j-ackerman-1916-2008/#comment-2269 It is amazing how many people Forry inspired through his life. I had the huge pleasure to meet him at the original Ackermansion. A picture of me and Forry in front of the Metropolis robot hangs proudly in my living room. We will all meet again but the world feels a little bit colder right now. It is amazing how many people Forry inspired through his life. I had the huge pleasure to meet him at the original Ackermansion. A picture of me and Forry in front of the Metropolis robot hangs proudly in my living room. We will all meet again but the world feels a little bit colder right now.

]]> by: The Beerman http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2008/12/05/rip-forrest-j-ackerman-1916-2008/#comment-2236 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:44:51 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2008/12/05/rip-forrest-j-ackerman-1916-2008/#comment-2236 Back when things like VCRs and DVDs were mere figments of some sci-fi fantasy story that Mr. Ackerman would have loved, his monthly endeavor into all things creepy, kooky and spooky was one of the few outlets some of us had to see these creatures, our real heroes -- not those party-poopers who staked, burned or shot them with a silver bullet -- in action. And for that I will always be eternally grateful. R.I.P. Back when things like VCRs and DVDs were mere figments of some sci-fi fantasy story that Mr. Ackerman would have loved, his monthly endeavor into all things creepy, kooky and spooky was one of the few outlets some of us had to see these creatures, our real heroes — not those party-poopers who staked, burned or shot them with a silver bullet — in action. And for that I will always be eternally grateful.

R.I.P.

]]> by: cinebeats http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2008/12/05/rip-forrest-j-ackerman-1916-2008/#comment-2235 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:07:39 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2008/12/05/rip-forrest-j-ackerman-1916-2008/#comment-2235 Thanks for sharing all your thoughts and memories of Ackerman, guys! I always wanted to visit the Ackermansion after I first heard about it in the early '80s, but I wasn't able to and it's a big regret. It was hard to find issues of Famous Monster selling where I grew up, but I can specifically remember buying the Alien issue since I was a huge fan of the film. It was the first Rated R movie my mother let me see in a theater and it really shook me up and scared me silly. Afterward I bought packs of Alien movie cards and the novel adaptation, etc. It's my first memory of buying movie related merchandise as a kid. On a side note... I still have my Alien movie card collection! In my experience most people with a healthy ego (and Ackerman most definitely had an ego!) can occasionally let their celebrity go to their head so I'm not surprised he made enemies as well as friends. We should all be so lucky! Thanks for sharing all your thoughts and memories of Ackerman, guys!

I always wanted to visit the Ackermansion after I first heard about it in the early ’80s, but I wasn’t able to and it’s a big regret. It was hard to find issues of Famous Monster selling where I grew up, but I can specifically remember buying the Alien issue since I was a huge fan of the film. It was the first Rated R movie my mother let me see in a theater and it really shook me up and scared me silly. Afterward I bought packs of Alien movie cards and the novel adaptation, etc. It’s my first memory of buying movie related merchandise as a kid. On a side note… I still have my Alien movie card collection!

In my experience most people with a healthy ego (and Ackerman most definitely had an ego!) can occasionally let their celebrity go to their head so I’m not surprised he made enemies as well as friends. We should all be so lucky!

]]> by: Karswell http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2008/12/05/rip-forrest-j-ackerman-1916-2008/#comment-2234 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:06:37 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2008/12/05/rip-forrest-j-ackerman-1916-2008/#comment-2234 The first issue I remember buying with my own money was #135, with Godzilla vs the Bionic Monster (Mecha G) on the cover. None of the other horror mags ever even came close to Famous Monsters. R.I.P. Forrey... The first issue I remember buying with my own money was #135, with Godzilla vs the Bionic Monster (Mecha G) on the cover. None of the other horror mags ever even came close to Famous Monsters.

R.I.P. Forrey…

]]> by: Vanwall http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2008/12/05/rip-forrest-j-ackerman-1916-2008/#comment-2233 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:59:34 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2008/12/05/rip-forrest-j-ackerman-1916-2008/#comment-2233 By chance, I was in a comic book/sc-fi collectables store in a mall on the weekend, looking at the magazine racks, and I remembered how I always looked for Famous Monsters of Filmland in the old days; I wondered right then about Forrie Ackerman and how he was doing - he'd been fragile for years - and then I got home to the bad news he'd passed away. I'd met him in passing at Comic-Cons past, and even visited the old Ackermansion with some pals - he had the effing coolest house ever! When I was just out of high school and into fanzines, he made a little fun of my name in a horror-story fashion in one of 'em, and I twitted him about it years later at the Ackermansion trip - he didn't remember right away, but he laughed all over again when he heard the tale; I was secretely proud that he'd noticed me at all. A true great, he'll be missed. By chance, I was in a comic book/sc-fi collectables store in a mall on the weekend, looking at the magazine racks, and I remembered how I always looked for Famous Monsters of Filmland in the old days; I wondered right then about Forrie Ackerman and how he was doing - he’d been fragile for years - and then I got home to the bad news he’d passed away. I’d met him in passing at Comic-Cons past, and even visited the old Ackermansion with some pals - he had the effing coolest house ever! When I was just out of high school and into fanzines, he made a little fun of my name in a horror-story fashion in one of ‘em, and I twitted him about it years later at the Ackermansion trip - he didn’t remember right away, but he laughed all over again when he heard the tale; I was secretely proud that he’d noticed me at all. A true great, he’ll be missed.

]]> by: Damián de Haedo http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2008/12/05/rip-forrest-j-ackerman-1916-2008/#comment-2231 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:12:28 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2008/12/05/rip-forrest-j-ackerman-1916-2008/#comment-2231 Excellent blog! I have my own too. But it's in spanish (I'm from Argentina). It's great to find someone talking about the movies from that era. Greetings! Excellent blog! I have my own too. But it’s in spanish (I’m from Argentina). It’s great to find someone talking about the movies from that era.
Greetings!

]]> by: ratzkywatzky http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2008/12/05/rip-forrest-j-ackerman-1916-2008/#comment-2224 Sat, 06 Dec 2008 20:04:53 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2008/12/05/rip-forrest-j-ackerman-1916-2008/#comment-2224 The first issue of Famous Monsters I owned was passed down by a friend's big brother. It had no cover, but what I remember the most is that it had a picture of the "true" face of Zsa Zsa Gabor in Queen of Outer Space. I think the first one I bought would have been in the 70s. Maybe the one with the beautiful painting of The Fly on the cover. I wasn't allowed to stay up late and watch monster movies, so for years I got everything filtered through Forry. The first issue of Famous Monsters I owned was passed down by a friend’s big brother. It had no cover, but what I remember the most is that it had a picture of the “true” face of Zsa Zsa Gabor in Queen of Outer Space. I think the first one I bought would have been in the 70s. Maybe the one with the beautiful painting of The Fly on the cover. I wasn’t allowed to stay up late and watch monster movies, so for years I got everything filtered through Forry.

]]> by: ARBOGAST http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2008/12/05/rip-forrest-j-ackerman-1916-2008/#comment-2223 Sat, 06 Dec 2008 09:15:17 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2008/12/05/rip-forrest-j-ackerman-1916-2008/#comment-2223 I had more than enough opportunities to meet FSJ here in Los Angeles but I never could bring myself to (even when we were in the same room). By the time I got here, he was too surrounded by admirers and even hangers-on and I was never one for that kind of scene. But I'm glad he had a posse, because he was, obviously, very old and he'd been taken advantage of in the past. And I'm glad to feel thankful for everything he and Jim Warren did back in the day. They filled a void. They made a difference. We can only hope to do a fraction of the good they accomplished. I had more than enough opportunities to meet FSJ here in Los Angeles but I never could bring myself to (even when we were in the same room). By the time I got here, he was too surrounded by admirers and even hangers-on and I was never one for that kind of scene. But I’m glad he had a posse, because he was, obviously, very old and he’d been taken advantage of in the past. And I’m glad to feel thankful for everything he and Jim Warren did back in the day. They filled a void. They made a difference. We can only hope to do a fraction of the good they accomplished.

]]> by: Jonathan Lapper http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2008/12/05/rip-forrest-j-ackerman-1916-2008/#comment-2221 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:27:12 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2008/12/05/rip-forrest-j-ackerman-1916-2008/#comment-2221 I hope his tombstone has a pun on it. Seriously, it wouldn't be right if it didn't. R.I.P. Dr. Ackula. I hope his tombstone has a pun on it. Seriously, it wouldn’t be right if it didn’t. R.I.P. Dr. Ackula.

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