I sat here and ate a whole bag of popcorn while watching this video...🌽 I was born in October of 1986 and I never seen or read this magazine...💯✔

1,138 years old! I see what you did there!

Starlog and Fangoria was our internet for the movie/tv genres back in the day. I bought them each month.

I love interviews with the actors who play supporting roles. I also love getting their autographs and hearing their stories, their perspectives.

Starlog was our lifeline to ‘sci-fi’ culture - still have all my issues and would never part with them. Thanks for this video Junkman!

My dad was a big Trekkie and I remember him bringing home the first issue of Starlog. After he read it he gave it to me and I fell in love with it. We would always bond over the articles, my dad kept his subscription till he passed away in 2005. Unfortunately I gave up my mandatory reading of starlog in 86. Thanks again for bringing back some wonderful memories Junkman. Keep up the great work

Loved Starlog. Way ahead of its time.

Starlog, Epic, Fangoria, Famous Hollywood Monsters and if you were sneaky Heavy Metal were the magazines you used to kill time when you were in a grocery store and your mom or grandma runs into someone they know and decides to talk in the store for 40 minutes. Before KZread there was Nintendo Power, Wizard, Star Wars Galaxy. What would make kids heads explode now is the fact that many of these magazines were printed in cheap black and white newsprint. No color and the tiniest of thumbnail images.

I loved reading this magazine as a kid.

Starlog was, along with the UK magazine, Starburst, my go to source for movie info in the late 1970's, and early 1980's. I still have quite a few of them, but I do regret getting shot of the special editions of Starlog - Heroes, Villains, Spaceships, Aliens, Planets, Weapons, Toys, Special Effects, etc. They were awesome. Thank you, Junkman, for making this video. It made me very happy. Nice mention of 'Blake's Seven', too. You're perfectly right. It was never about shonky effects - the ongoing story was everything. And it is definitely worth binge watching, if you can. Still hate that last episode, though - it still hurts bad.

Like a couple of people pointed out. Magazines like Starlog was our internet. Being in a “fandom” during that time was literally like having a second job. Like JM said; the ads and the “personals” section was where you’d sometimes find the real gems. Maybe it was a piece of merch that you had to go to the drugstore to get a money order to send in, or if it was a “smaller operation” it was ok to send carefully concealed (they used to stress that to kids all the time) cash via snail-mail and the wait would begin... Or you might find VHS trading clubs (again, mostly through mail) to get things that just didn’t exist here, like video rips of anime laserdiscs, uncommon or even common movies at a time when it wasn’t unusual for the MSRP of a VHS or Betamax to be from $40-80 each. This was also the time when Dungeons and Dragons was first showing up, so there were lots of RPG or tabletop games that you’d otherwise never knew existed. I ran a C=128 BBS at one point back then (2400 baud dial-up modem using a dedicated 128 message board/ up/downloads piece of software called “Dragonfire!” and for a very tiny period something like that stood out from the other 8 Bit BBS’ that were out at the time. And yes, there were months where I’d pay to have my BBS number in the “classifieds”. I think it cost maybe $5? And yes, I remember Starlog always including an article about video games of some type almost every issue. Lol, fans could take it a step further if you happened to somehow newtwork through phone calls, snail-mail and then BBS’ that would have relevant message boards. All text though. This was way before you could post pics or anything like that. Anyway, lots of fan groups would “irregularly publish” fan magazines “fanzines” with all the articles, stories, photos, etc finally being cut and glue-stuck onto pages, photocopied, assembled and finally mailed out. I was in a few of these communities during the print media era, and as I’m sure you can imagine, it was a labor of love. It was kind of like something that a community like this would come together and do in their spare time... Great vid JM

I enjoyed Starlog magazine since I was a kid. I would get it at 7-11 stores along with Cracked magazine. I once put an ad in Starlog in 1991 (as you found out), and had an epic response. These were the days before the internet when now we can get all sci-fi information for free.

Starlog was (and still is) my jam. I am still collecting the back issues and have a completed run from #1-35. After that it gets a little spotty but have nearly 100 issues in my collection. Thanks for covering one of the greatest mags of all time. Take care Junkman.

KZread in 2017: this channel isn't family friendly it can't be monitized KZread in 2019: this channel is too kid friendly make it more for anyone older than 12 Edit: wow mousepads for sale? Guess not much has changed since then XD

I loved reading Starlog! Fangora made a nice companion magazine as well! On a side note, the whole series of Blake 7 is available on KZread.

Starlog was my favorite magazine back in the day!

Thank you Junkman! Starlog magazine meant the world to me. My first issue was #70 before Return of the Jedi. It was my only chance to read about the movie. I subscribed twice! I miss it so much.

LOL nice intro, including this video not suitable for small pets. That was very thoughtful! Oh gosh, I totally remember Starlog. I still have a few pretty beat up issues from the late 1970s. Thanks Junkman for doing a video on this old magazine series.

Fangoria was also a great one. Same with Cinefantastique.

@dannyinoakpark9095

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah dude! Just like Hit Parader and RIP magazine for metal

@aaronstepien2363

4 жыл бұрын

Creem

Back in high school, after class I go 2 different school supply stores, one called MACES and the other called BOOK SHELVES. They both had used magazine section. Every time I visit I look for STARLOG magazines. Most of the time I can't afford them, so just read them there. I usually hide the STARLOG magazines behind the crochet magazines or the food magazines, so that I can still read them the next days to come. Or I hide them until I have money to buy them.

@aaronstepien2363

4 жыл бұрын

Anthony Sabularse ha ha. Hiding stuff behind other boxes was a common tactic in the hobby back in the day

Omg starlog was a must have back in my childhood !! I rennet reading that and the ads were so awesome! I still have a good bit of these in my Star Wars collection and look at them from time to time. Thanks for this great video junkman

I remember Starlog and even have some old Star Wars issues. But I was super into the magazine Cinescape in the 90’s. It pretty much covered everything I loved.

@aaronstepien2363

4 жыл бұрын

Bazinga Man yeah, I worked at a couple places where I could always punk a copy of the latest issue when it would show up with the Xena magazine and all that. They predicted a Boba Fett costume character (issue cover) before Episode I cane out. I miss it.

Thank you for sharing Love the video. Bella

Had that issue from Jedi with main cast in stolen shuttle. Star Wars Burger King glasses vid, hate kids too. License Revoked was renamed Licence to Kill.

Where I grew up, we couldn't get Starlog. Small town, small minds, small group of people openly interested in sci-fi and not football. I would have to wait until I left town with my family to get any issues. I even told my mother I wanted a subscription and she refused. I miss this magazine.

Nice. I agree - Starlog is an often overlooked gem. Thanks JunkMan!

@just_a_carl

4 жыл бұрын

And Blake’s 7 is another often overlooked gem. 😊

I read this (and looked at the mostly B&W pics) so much back in the day. Occasionally Future too. And more than my fair share of OMNI.

Reading a Starlog right now, but Famous Monsters was my favorite!

Starlog magazine was a must back in 1970/80s, with no internet it was the only way to get the latest info on up and coming new SciFi movies, now you can get every issue on CD rom

I remember when they opened the mall of America they had a starlog store that me and my best friend went to all the time.

@aaronstepien2363

4 жыл бұрын

Darth Irae I think I remember an article about it. It was like having one of those small city civic center “cons” always at one place. I guess that would be a Spencer’s now?

I used to read Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine too.

Star log was our internet

I remember this magazine well as a kid, only we weren't allowed to read it. So my brother and I had to content ourselves with flipping through the issues while we were in the grocery store.

Hey, what's going on here?This looks very cartoony, this looks like it was made for kids! This is going in my report! Great stuff Junkman!

Proud owner of the entire run. The editors made a point of putting retrospective material in just about every issue. Practically none of this can be found online. If you look at more recent film and TV books, there is usually a long list of Starlog issues in the bibliography.

@amuro1701

2 жыл бұрын

Oops, I stand corrected. The whole run is archived fortunately. Check some of them out.

In the UK we were starved of information about sci fi films certainly from 77 to 85. Starlog filled this void. Being 12 in 79 Starlog was exciting to read and connected me to the sci fi world. Even ALIEN which I was unable to see due to my age.

I remember Starlog Magazine.

I loved ready it in the late 90's when George was bringing out the special editions and then the Phantom Menace. Everyone wandered who would play Obi-Won.

@ThatJunkman

4 жыл бұрын

Kenneth Branagh rumors lol

@aaronstepien2363

4 жыл бұрын

That Junkman omg I remember that. I don’t think how much more people loved even Phantom Menace compared to the Disney saga. People waiting in line for months, every fast food, movies like Fanboys came out that was based on it. People saying current SW can compare to even Episode I in terms of popularity, fan engagement, basic relevance , are kidding themself. I’ve watched two out of the four new ones only a single time.

Junkman, that intro and then defining “younger people” are top notch responses to the whole COPPA thing. You got me laughing over here. And Starlog and the other mags were an essential part of the culture.

Still got all(most) of my starlogs,cinemagic,s all ALL fangoria,s from back in the day.On a comic rack in my room,you can look at & read,all the bigs from 70,s , 80,s.I love physical media (books that can be held in your hands,and smell the paper/ink !) O.G. dam straight - thanks Junkman

@aaronstepien2363

4 жыл бұрын

Gene Sanford that sounds kool af

@genesanford9412

4 жыл бұрын

@@aaronstepien2363 thanks,i still love reading them,and just looking back at the cool stuff,Some people tag,bag,and put them away,mine are out to look at,and enjoy.

I remember they were talking about doing a Starlog TV show back in the early 80's. Don't think it ever happened. At least it wasn't shown in the NY area if it did.

In the UK we had LOOK IN .....which is the same ...kind of

Hey Junkman, I used to buy Starlog I still have a few, Star Wars editions of course. Nice job with the Coppa guy. Looks like you're going to need extra stage hands for your videos. LOL! I don't care if you talk about Starlog magazine, your videos are still entertaining. Keep up the good work!

LOVE the THX reference.

I used to love Starlog Magazine. Especially the editions dedicated to Star Wars. I was lucky enough to even get a Starlog Store at our local mall in the early 90’s. Dave Prowse did a opening weekend appearance there and signed autographs for $5 each. I kept going back to get more and more autographs. At least $100 bucks worth. At one point my family and I were the only people there for maybe an hour. He was very gracious and we were able to talk to him for quite a while. We even took a number of photos with him. My daughter (now 30 years old) made the mistake of making fun of my Star Wars collecting hobby so I posted a picture of her with her mom, dad and Dave Prowse on Facebook. Her “Cool” friends loved it. It even outed one of her best friends as a rabid SW fan and cosplayer!!! My daughter had no idea. Now they want to see my collection. I guess that backfired on my daughter. The store had many more autograph appearances by other Star Wars, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Batman, etc...actors and comic illustrators over the years. I compiled quite a nice autograph collection over the few years they were open. All in person and all very cheaply. I had all sorts of things signed. Not just photos. Don Post helmets, toys, posters, replica lightsabers, film cells and sculpted mugs among other things. I also did a lot of Star Wars toys trades and purchases over the couple of years it was open. I went there nearly every weekend and loved it. I was upset when I found out they were closing but I really cleaned up when they had their going out of business sale. Tons of toys and autographs. Another thing that I loved there was that they also sold back issues of the magazines. I think I purchased most all of them back to the very early issues. It was a fantastic magazine and really cool store. I hated to see them go. Thanks for sharing and bringing up some fond memories for me.

Thanks for the retrospective. I loved to read Starlog magazine as a kid, I’d always look at it while I was at the grocery store with my Mom. I’d also looked at Fangoria, Famous Monsters Of Hollywood and Heavy Metal. But Starlog was the only one my Mom would buy me because it didn’t look too violent. That’s was our internet if you wanted to know when movies were being released, it had interviews with the special effect and makeup people, supporting actors along with the behind -the-scenes look at movies they were being made or past movies like Star Wars or Alien. I remember the issue they had on Aliens and it really cool. I still look at Fangoria, Famous Monsters and Heavy Metal at B&N but I sure do miss Starlog. Once again thanks for the review and the link to the website so I can look at the back issues.

YES, I have a ton of those. #7(a look at star wars😂😂😂) and #19 with bea Aurther and the star wars Xmas special. Great video 👍 more like this. V was great when I was a kid. Now it hurts to see

I recently rewatched all of Blake's 7 (because of you mentioning it a while back.) so I decided to run through it again. It's character/plot driven. The effects were very 1960s-1970s Dr Who style effects because they were done all on video tape not on film, and they were limited to what they could do because of it. Starlog was pretty cool. My brother started reading it in the 1970s, and I still have some (mostly Star Wars related.)

STARLOG MAGAZINE started because of the Star Trek convention craze . It was meant strictly for the Star Trek TV show . There was rumors of a return to the Star Trek universe . There was even an article on the new show being planned . The new show was to be more about The Federation , not just from the viewpoint of the USS Enterprise . When STAR WARS exploded in the movie theaters , the editor decided to make the magazine be more about science fiction in general . It's because of the magazine , I learned more about STAR WARS than any other publication . The same for the movie ALIEN . Even though they never showed the alien in the magazine prior to the movie's release , I saw pictures of the spaceships and the costumes . I also read and saw some pictures of Bladerunner prior to it's release . They kept printing great information on the upcoming sci-fi movies . I wish it kept publishing , because their magazine was ALWAYS a great read .

Starlog magazine was awesome! Preinternet that was the source for Science Fiction and Horror news

I only ever got a couple issues of Starlog because we were poor so I could only get one thing at the store if I got anything at all, but I remember the Rodger Rabbit issue, & the Batman one.

i think i still have a few starlog mags some where

Hats off dude for doing a Starlog magazine video! I remember getting home from 6th grade in the late 70s watching WTBS "The Superstation", and tuning in to my favorite show at the time, "The Space Giants"! You remember that one, right Junkman?...the Japanese show with Goldar, Silvar and a bunch of other creepy looking characters! Anyhow, they had a commercial for a one-year subscription to Starlog. Oh man, with no internet and not much beyond Siskel & Ebert, Starlog highlighted coming movies that I was excited about seeing! Starlog was one of the few mags that catered to sci-fi and horror buffs. I stuffed an envelope with one-years subscription cost (I don't necessarily remember what the cost was), and begged my mom to mail it for me (or I asked her to take the wrinkled bills and spare change, and write a check out to "Starlog Magazine" because they didn't accept cash lol. Well, weeks and months later I never EVER got the subscription of Starlog!!!! Man was I pissed!@ IDK if my mom fucked me over or what, but I never received it. I think she just kept my money and blew off my request to write a check, That's my Starlog Magazine memories. Thanks for the video!!!

@ThatJunkman

4 жыл бұрын

Oh yes. Rushing hope to see Space Giants at 3:05. TBS has stay starting at 05 or 35 after

Thanks for the back issue link!

A very good magazine .I miss stuff like Starlog even though I get most of my info today from the internet.something about owing a magazine you can go back and look at and keep like books was fun.a magazine like Starlog that I miss was one called COLLECTIBLE TOYS AND VALUES MONTHLY in th 90's.a magazine for collectors by collectors.

I got star trek magazines at an auction last week. The starlog magazines went out in April of 2009 so I was glade someone collection was brought to the local auction. I got 30 magazines for$10.00. they were the first magazine to introduce to you Star Wars now that's crazy.

Just trawling through your old videos! Used to get Starlog every couple of months and it was in the news section I first found out about the all plastic Kenner Death Star! As you know, in the UK we had the Palitoy cardboard version. I have to tell you that when I found out about it's existence, and that I couldn't have one, the USA was not making any friends in my house! Of course, I've mostly got over it now...mostly...🤬😂

Great video! We love Starlog Magazine!

I still have a couple early 80's copies somewhere Loved that magazine as a kid, it was like the bible back then! 👍🏻

Fangoria, too

When you were little, were you a Junkboy?

@ThatJunkman

4 жыл бұрын

Very much

Still have all my back issues of both starlog and fangoria. Best story ever in starlog is the three part " the other Marty mcfly" story about how there is more then one Marty in back to the Future.

i had fangoria as akid but my cousin gave me his old starlog mag. Those where the days

Starlog was super cool. And fangoria had the nasty monster stuff. Mad. Cracked. They were all great. Though I read most of them at the Woolworths magazine shelf. Hard copy paper is so much better.

Great video Junkman! my first issue was the one with Robocop on the cover in 1987.

I am from the 80s where we grew up without the net then it did come around 7 or 8 maybe 9 years of age. Was neat lol. Well I remember the noises which are obviously quaint and retro af to me. The time it took netscape navigator to browse and navigate though lol..

Loved Starlog magazine!!! Got several issues from my dad back in the day and had my own subscription in '89 (when they had a lot of coverage on TNG and Alien Nation.) Thanks so much for the link!! Maybe now I can find that issue that had an article by Isaac Asimov on faster-than-light travel. :D

Pen Pal : I like turtles ! Me : Your just a shell of your former self .

Could never convince my parents to buy me these in the 70s. There was a Scholastic magazine they sold at school book fairs that was pop culture. Had a few with Star Wars covers, think I had them. Another scifi show I watched and liked in the 70s was Logan's Run. Don't know if there was any toy merchandise. Did you watch it or like it back then?

@aaronstepien2363

4 жыл бұрын

Michael Burchfield Scholastic had crappy magazines like Dynamite! that talked about TV. I hated it, but always ended up with one

@hillbillyingenuity7859

4 жыл бұрын

@@aaronstepien2363 Oh yea Dynamite. That was the name of it. Pretty cheesey even back then.

I remember buying Starlog for many years. But I had to stop because the price at one point was 15 bucks per issue at one point. It just became too expensive.

a good topic might be 'captain company''...they were a mail order company from the early 60's to present...selling assorted geekery in the back of magazines like famous monsters of filmland/creepy/errie/vampirella ect....including sexy posters of a 14 year old girl dresses as a vampire...cool when i was 12...weird now that i'm 53

....hey i still have a few of my Starlog copies put away along with my Nintendo Power and Fangoria magazines...

Greetings 😮

You need to film your intro in live action now. LOL

@ThatJunkman

4 жыл бұрын

Need a swamp

1138!

OK, WHO GAVE THIS A THUMBS DOWN???! WHO?!!!! I DEMAND TO KNOW!!!!

@ThatJunkman

4 жыл бұрын

Must been a Coppa employee

@aaronstepien2363

4 жыл бұрын

People trying to turn YT into basic cable v. 2.0

I had like a hundred starlog magazine's, they would pile up quickly........

Hilarious video

1000%

PENT,I mean MAD magazine 😂

I gotta look up if Blake 7 is on DVD or Blu

@ThatJunkman

4 жыл бұрын

No US release. It is free on youtube :)

I bout Starlog mag as a kid in the 70's and 80's. I don't have them anymore sadly. But I did read in one of the ones from the 70's that. The people who made Star Blazers( or Space Battleship Yamato) tried to sue Lucas for stealing their idea. To make Star Wars) They Lost.The first Starlog I had was 7. I know the article was not very long and in the front part of the mag. I say Mag because I'm A HepCat from the 70's. I'm Like gone Daddy real Gone. Oh people didn't say that in the 70's that was the 40's.Screw That I'm Still a HEPCAT . HA!! HA!! And Still no Mandalorian esp 3 review ??? Here is a point. Is the FTC going to start Fining all the "24th" letter rated web sites????

D.A.R.Y.L.

A big question for the fans!! Does anyone collect Star Wars Insider?? Please respond...

@aaronstepien2363

4 жыл бұрын

Tommy Benefield yep, I have the complete SW Galaxy mags, and the first @10 years of Insider but I’m not paranoid about making sure the last few years get saved

@tommybenefield1480

4 жыл бұрын

@@aaronstepien2363 would you happen to have issue 86? I'm just wanting a good picture of the artwork in the back. I did some art and it was printed but I gave the issue to my art teacher. I'd love to get a picture of the art I did

@aaronstepien2363

4 жыл бұрын

Most of that stuff is in storage, but I’m making a “bookmark” that the next time I’m where most of my collections are I’ll look through the Insiders for sure

@tommybenefield1480

4 жыл бұрын

@@aaronstepien2363 dude, you are awesome! Thank you so much! It means a lot. Plus, the whole Mandalorian section is a really good article

@aaronstepien2363

4 жыл бұрын

NP

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