Whatever Happened to STARLOG Magazine?

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[@MrWilliam8004]

My Dad had visitation rights. He would pick me up and we'd go to White Hen Pantry. He would get me a Star Log, a Matchbox car and a frozen Coke. That was so long ago. I miss him.

[@staffy73]

It seems like you really loved him and he loved you. Cherish those special memories my friend. In this day and age those simple yet precious moments are far and few between thanks to the double edged sword called a smartphone. I bet you remember just about every matchbox car he bought you and the wonderful smell of white hen!

[@MrWilliam8004]

@@staffy73 and I remember the row of "magazines" that were mostly hidden.

[@slagit]

Sounds like a great dad and sorry for you loss of him...

[@maxsmodels]

I guess you know that Terry Carter (Col. Tighe on the original Battlestar Galactica) just passed away. He was 95.

[@jeremydoud4885]

I hadn’t heard about that…95 is a nice long life, but still sad to lose one of the BSG Family😢 condolences to Terry Carters family…RIP COLONEL

[@starshiptrooper2354]

I saw the newsflash. Sad to hear about it

[@mtrich8113]

Yeah that was sad news may he rest in internal peace.

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

R.I.P. 😞

[@tinycmo]

I liked him. Good balance to Adama.

[@hagerty1952]

What does it say about me that I still have a complete collection of "Starlog," and it's companion "Future" in archival boxes. And all the specials. I'm staring at them as I type... I even got a few letters published in it, one commented on by David Gerrold.

[@1983butler]

Starlog. Cinefantastique. Fangoria. Heavy Metal. Fantasy & Science Fiction. These were a constant source of entertainment in my youth. I still have a few Starlogs preserved in plastic and I have all of my favorites in PDF format.

[@MarkHarvey-uh8oc]

I used to get Starlog in England. My first issue was no.17 with Battlestar Galactica on the front in 1978, aged 12 yo. I still have many of them still. I h ad a pen pal for a few years in California through the magazine, and ordered a Darh Vader helmet by Don Post Studios, ordered from Fantasy Classics in LA in December 78. Starlog gave me information that was not avaliable elsewhere. Great days indeed. Thanks for posting.

[@gdubaz]

I paused the video on the pharmacy magazine rack and noticed a copy of OMNI magazine. Anyone else remember that one?

[@Original50]

Thinking-man's jazz-mag! ✌🥸

[@MrScott-hs9dy]

I was really into Space 1999 and my favorite issue included fold out blueprints of the Eagle.

[@MoviesMusicMonsters]

I remember that :-) great show I'm planning an episode on that in the next month or so :-)

[@MarkHarvey-uh8oc]

​@MoviesMusicMonsters Hello. I really like 1999. It was my favourite programme in 1976. It was incredible. The theme tune and opening were great. The episodes had mostly great stories and high production values. Lots of horror stories. Dragons Domain frightened the life out of me. Please differentiate Series 1 from Series 2 which was far inferior to its predecessor. Almost like a totally different show using the same cast and models.

[@GreyhawkGrognard]

Starlog is what fandom had before the Internet.

[@mrshortyblackwell1092]

"Famous Monsters of Filmland and the Sears Wishbook," that brings back memories. Mad Magazine and Weird also provided reading material back in the day.

[@barneyevans6940]

I was 18 in 1976. A friend and I found two copies of issue one at a local mom and pop grocery store. We each bought one. I then subscribed. Still have all my issues, still in very good condition.

[@Kamandi1971]

As a 53 year old Starlog was the interweb for us it gave info on film tv misc loved going to magazine stand a in the late 70s and 80s to pick up a copy

[@matthewgaudet4064]

I do have the 10th Anniversary for Star Wars signed by George Lucas. Starlog.

[@BigEpinstriping]

I used to love this magazine! At one point, there was a Starlog store in one of my local malls (Fox Valley mall in Aurora, IL) There were many celebrity signings there, including David Prowse. Was crushed when the magazine ceased it's run. The store eventually closed as well. Thanks for the memories!

[@dake4629]

I first read about the light saber duel between Ben and Vader on the lava planet in Starlog, then had to wait decades to see it.

[@TheKGB]

Dude…now you are hitting me direct in the feels…sooooo many good memories of being with my mom and dad at the grocery store and I picking up Starlog..and reading the hell outta it…I still have a majority of them :) and yes… “How cool is that!”

[@MoviesMusicMonsters]

You know, that's the best part about this stuff. The amazing memories :-)

[@dandelatorre1870]

Starlog was to Sci-Fi as Rolling Stone was to music.

[@Bill23799]

Don't forget the full page Ad in the magazine selling the Battlestar Galactica Colonial Viper Pilot Jacket.

[@sqnkk]

Starlog, Fangoria, Creem, Games, National Lampoon, MAD, Cracked...These were the magazines of my youth.

[@Karl_B]

Cinafantastique as well?

[@rudolphguarnacci197]

Circus, Crawdaddy...

[@mspetersen]

Makes me mad I tossed all my old Starlog magazines. Probably had the first 5+ years. I'd need my own warehouse if I'd kept everything.

[@dpsamu2000]

I bought every issue from the first issue to 1985. That's when I began my studies to get into the industry to build real spacecraft in the aerospace industry myself. Did historic work in the industry. Even had one of my works appear in the opening montage of Star Trek Enterprise. The bubble nose on the submarine. Funny story about that. But that's a story for another time. I do attribute some of my technical savvy to the technical information I was conditioned to receiving from the pages of Starlog. as well as my own natural interest, and inclinations.

[@rabbitscooter]

Yup, Starlog was amazing. That was back in the day when being a science-fiction nerd really was like belonging to a special club. We were cool, just 20 years ahead of everyone else. Sadly, I had to let go most of my Starlogs (way too many collectibles) but kept the first 20 or so and a bunch of my favourite issues. Who else ordered the labelled Starlog magazine cases? :)

[@marklafrance8141]

Excellent show! I collected Starlog, by subscription,1999 until 2003. But bought it monthly starting at issue 9. I would get a quarter daily from an elderly woman next door, I honestly can't remember her name, to get her a pack of cigarettes from the corner store. That change got me my first issue. Along with a couple comic books. Ah, the memories! Lol. ✌️❤️🙂

[@GlensRetroShow]

Still have it #2 Space:1999

[@CasualHoarder-ny9sd]

I advertised in Starlog, for my mail order sci-fi business. I miss those days.

[@morrisc4624]

Boom.. great upload. Looking for the "cinefantastique" Video.

[@rosschannells5407]

Last 20 years not.a enough good science fiction MOVIES AND TV SHOWS To Fill a Chinese Menu

[@Benjiesbeenbetter.]

That seems a really peculiar saying to me, as my local Chinese has 150 things on their menu. But I'm in the UK so maybe that's the difference.

[@georgesclauzero849]

True... more science fiction than ever being produced now but hardly any of it is worth watching... including modern Star Trek which is completely unwatchable. Sturgeon's Law: 99% of everything is crap.

[@matthewweng8483]

Not overboard, That 'Starlog'/'Sears catalog' kidbuzz was truly mindblowing at times lol.

[@aussiecricketfan9729]

Still have my issues from 1 to 250. This was the only way to find stuff out here in Australia back before the internet. I use to get them from my local comic shop here in Brisbane the good old Daily Planet.

[@chuckpoore]

Gosh I miss my Starlogs. By no means did I have all of them, but I did have lots of them from the 70s - 90s. But sometime in the 90s my wife and I did a big magazine purge. Starlog was not the only magazine I collected, and my wife collected many mags too. We had magazines falling out of our closet! We wanted to avoid the whole "hoarder" situation, so we did a big purge. And I couldn't very well say "We're keeping my Starlogs" when she was giving up a lot of hers. Wouldn't be fair. So out they went. Gosh, i wish i still had them.

[@jimcabezola3051]

I still own all my old issues up until around September 1983. Sadly, I tossed out the later ones. I was such a nerd...that I NEVER met another living soul who ALSO read them! I have all the issues of the sister magazine "Future." Yes...I also have all the issues of "Fantastic Films." Mahalo for dispelling my notion that I was alone in my own tiny world. Aloha!

[@rwheatley0206]

Great video. I still have all my Starlog Magazines.

[@Capohanf1]

DID you ever read Cinefantique(?)? Along with Starlog and Famous Monsters they had a great mag too! I have EVERY issue from number 1 to at lease number 200 and I am not sure how many more. I kind of stopped buying when they would no longer appear in the book store I went to. Being a film maker Cinemagic was also another mag I collected.

[@Serai3]

What happened? The same thing that happened to every magazine. The internet happened and everybody got stupid and abandoned print media. Great going, guys. (I was into Cinefantastique, myself.)

[@constpegasus]

I remember the huge magazine stores. Sad they no longer exist.

[@williamporter7596]

Back in the day I as buying Starlog, Future, Cinefantasique, Fantastic Films and of course Cinefex. I still have all the Cinefex issues.

[@stephenoran2019]

I have many, many editions of Starlog including number 1 and the amazing number 7! I had to rebuy number 7 because I cut it to pieces to put the pictures all over my room. I still have Robbie dressed as Sherlock Holmes (from "Holmes and Walston", an unaired TV pilot) haging in my office! I gathered every scifi mag I could for many years! Thanks for this "behind the scenes" presentation. Your show is simply awesome, brother!

[@captlazer5509]

I had a stack of Starlog, Famous Monsters and Fangoria. And I remember having to order by mail copies of Cinemagic. Don't have a favorite edition but the behind the scene photos were the best. I ended up getting into industrial design and working in the toy industry. How cool is that?

[@theaterdude]

Hi Dan, great show! I loved the 1964 movie, “First Men in the Moon.” I thought perhaps you could look into what happened to the Cavorite Sphere and Ray Harryhausen’s Selenites and giant caterpillar. Thanks!

[@jamessnyder1175]

I use to by that magazine back in the day. Erin Gray from Buck Roger’s was on the cover melted me as a young kid. Wish that magazine was back

[@scooterhocfecit3685]

Hey Dan, how about the Star Trek technical manuals?

[@mattdawg83686]

I loved Starlog magazine! I depended on it for all my Star Wars news back in the day.

[@archibaldsalyards926]

My 12 year old son and I are building a new house. It will be a celebration to 60's , 70's, and 80's pop culture!!!! I have a framed copy of Starlog magazine featuring the "Six Million Dollar Man" and Bionic Woman! These shows shaped my childhood! Thank you so much for keeping my carefree childhood alive! Great episode!!!!

[@archibaldsalyards926]

Thank you Dan for all your passion!!!! And that great voice!!

[@chuckleezodiac24]

cool. once in a while i have a "70s Day" and only listen to 70s music, read 70s comics or books and watch 70s TV shows or movies for the whole day.

[@fondasarff9701]

LOVED STARLOG!! Have almost all my copies still. Introduced me to, along with many movies and tv series, a great by mail company called the Intergalactic Trading Company. Miss them both.

[@rmadara]

I have a complete digital collection I bought off a guy on eBay a few years ago.....also got a complete collection of Famous Monsters and Castle of Frankenstein

[@ppny48]

You should do a video on fangoria magazine

[@jruhnke7670]

Great Video! Thanks! I still have my original 1st issue (along with a bunch of the originals), that I got when they were first published.

[@steveklingerjr.7200]

Used to get it at Waldenbooks...with Fangoria

[@b003]

I remember the commercial where they offered a lifetime subscription and you could get Robby the Robot blueprints for signing up. Bought my issues at the comic shop though.

[@terryjohnson9431]

I loved Starlog magazine! This really brings back memories. Another sci-fi/science magazine from the day that I liked was OMNI Magazine - remember that one? Would love to see a video on OMNI too. And another one was Dynamite Magazine that they used to hand out to us for free back in elementary school. I still remember the edition with the Sleestak from Land of the Lost on the cover.

[@dalesands1291]

That name brings the OMNI magazine. I wonder what happened to that.

[@sterling557]

Founded by Bob Guccioni, Hustler magazine. 😸

[@stashmerkin9576]

​@@sterling557Guccione was Penthouse. Larry Flynt was Hustler. 🙂 You're right though, Guccione did publish Omni.

[@MsAston007]

Cinefex was another high quality magazine devoted to special effect 🎥

[@jamielandis4308]

I read my copy of the Starlog Spaceship issue to shreds. Every time I watch “When Worlds Collide” I think of it because the rocket in the cover is from the movie.

[@aleks1939]

Came here to say the same thing. Such an iconic cover!

[@johnnie2638]

So cool! I was also one of the nerds who collected Starlog. In fact, I collected Starlog, Heavy Metal & OMNI magazines well into the 80s. No Farah Fawcett poster on my bedroom wall. Nope it was Star Trek. And I had the Enterprise, Klingon D-7 and Romulan Bird of Prey models hanging from my ceiling positioned in an epic space battle! I was such a geek. LOL

[@dukecraig2402]

Yep, Heavy Metal Magazine, man I used to love seeing the latest issue show up in the magazine rack at the newsstand in town. It's a shame all those hardcopy magazines have seen their day, there was nothing else like them, the smell, being able to actually touch the pages you were reading and the pictures you were looking at, when you held them in your hands they had weight, they were real compared to something that's an electronic copy.

[@deaconnecessary2688]

Dan, thank you for this! I loved STARLOG as a kid! You were right, that when we were kids STARLOG and FAMOUS MONSTERS were are only source of news before the internet. I first learned that Superman the movie was in production when I read the second issue! My favorite cover is the Kirk/Spock cover from issue no. 1

[@Rocket_Man232]

🔔 DAN @ 1:18: FYI Kerry O'Quinn having him for a partner in creating a publication like Starlog was extra-useful because whenever a significant difficulty arose he could then justifiably say, "Houston, we have a problem!"

[@jmourgos55]

I had a subscription in the 1970s, still have a bunch of them

[@SaturnCanuck]

Starlog Magazine was the research for Science Fiction Movies and TV Shows before we had the internet. We all found out stuff about Science Fiction behind the scenes and before they were even released. How they did it, posters, interviews, you name it! I agree Dan, every month it was down to the local book store and/or for us Torontians Silver Snail Comics on Queen Street. I have THREE 100th, two of which are sealed and never touched. I’m glad you mentioned Starlog number 7 as that is my first copy I ever got and I still have it. Sorry Dan, I’m not parting with it!

[@Chilly_Billy]

I personally hate the transition from paper magazines to digital.

[@Quietshepherd]

Starlog, Omni and Heavy Metal!

[@billybatson22]

Dan Monroe...hitting my heart directly with the Sears Wish Book mention and photos.

[@Mark.G475]

I have a couple of them 1968 and 1971. They are amazing! I just love the prices. My favorites are the Ben Cooper Batman and Superman play suits, mini Tonkas, Corgi Batmobiles, James Bond car.

[@theGhoulman]

When I was a teenager, on a school trip from Canada, I visited the offices of Starlog in New York! I don't recall who I spoke too, but it seems it was David of Kerry. He related fun stories about movie stars and other stories. I was really thrilled, but was surprised how normal the offices were. lol

[@ricogomez4020]

Your channel is better than ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT!

[@OneCatholicSpeaks]

Oh my childhood. I don’t remember when I first discovered StarLog, but I associated it with being a teenager in the 80s. My mom would take me to a nearby mall and we we would go to Waldenbooks. I would see if there were any Sci-fi or fantasy novels that would catch my interest and StarLog was a must buy. I was also subscribed to Xignals (their in-house newsletter on the genre. That was a fun time to be a sci-fi fan.

[@ericredlefsen5554]

My favorite issue/cover was the one for Gerry Anderson's UFO, I think it was # 4 or 5.

[@Blackjack691]

When I was a kid, a subscription to Starlog Magazine was my annual birthday present from my aunt. I used to love getting this magazine every month.

[@judeng]

Pre internet era, this was my main source of scifi news and rumours.

[@jaygraves2399]

I'm a science nerd/I always watch your videos/always tapping "Like."

[@TheDrifter_67]

Oh yeah! this was my go to magazine! when i went to Walden Book store, or Readmore Store! one of my favorite issues was the Star Trek the Motion Picture issue! like others i still have every issue i ever bought! great video!.

[@FM-zx6qn]

Starlog Magazine is without a doubt, the finest publication on anything Sci-fi. I have all 374 issues, preserved in plastic sleeves..Recently managed to scan & convert them all in pdf format for posterity, but I still can't discard the original copies.

[@ilionreactor1079]

Great video. How about Famous Monsters of Filmland?

[@MoviesMusicMonsters]

Coming soon :-) stay tuned

[@h.paulsprojects3061]

Ahhhhh... Starlog, Fangoria, Sears catalog and going to Star Trek conventions... that was my 80's!!

[@travtotheworld]

You mean to say it can't be "overstated," not "understated." If something cannot be understated, that would mean that mentioning it at all is giving it more attention than it deserves.

[@AuroraMills]

yeah...this channel is that good... Dan, please consider: Jonny Quest, Mysterious Island, and Robinson Crusoe on Mars for future videos.

[@johnmueller6240]

Please do a video about CINEFEX magazine.

[@scottleespence752]

My first Letter of Comment, about Disney's The Black Hole, written at age 11, was published in Starlog. I got 3 pen pals out of it.

[@berniecasey7592]

Omg this was my childhood favorite magazine in the 70s & 80s so sad to see how it ended- Great Video i bought it for Wonder Woman they had great photos.

[@celestepalm6949]

Who else here would like Dan to cover 'Whatever Happened to *OMNI* Magazine?' ✋ One of my fave film nods to that sci-fi zine was the nerd bully's face on an OMNI poster in the fun college flick 'Real Genius.'

[@Daveweasel-o1s]

I agree with the "Omni" request. So many great articles and stories in one magazine.

[@jace3848]

Thank you for quality informative and entertaining content. As well as being an excellent presenter sir.

[@Fenrir72]

Those were the days.............🥰

[@matthewkausch8481]

Most of my childhood centered around conversations that sprang out of Starlog magazine. Several years ago I was thrilled to find issue #1 in a used bookstore.

[@EnigmaticPenguin]

My local library had a huge collection of these when I was a kid in the 90s. Sadly, they all fell apart since and they no longer have them.

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

FWIW: (1) I think I still have the 'blueprints' for the *SPACE: 1999 **_Eagle_* that were featured in STARLOG. (2) STARLOG ran an article about the _"MAGICAM"_ special effects system that was created {or co-created} by Douglas Trumbull. Although that system has long since been surpassed by CGI, I would LOVE to see something made with MAGICAM. Here is MAGICAM test-footage for an unproduced TV version of George Pal's movie *WAR OF THE WORLDS.* I believe this project and the test-footage were mentioned in the STARLOG article: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZ3IkKOQgdekaKMsi=3Bp-yiACmoy6CD3n

[@drkmagneto]

I loved “Starlog” and I have several issues, including number one!! Such an awesome magazine!! Same goes with “Famous Monsters”. One of my favorite covers was the one that featured “Saturn 3”, a very underrated sci-fi horror movie!

[@dmfraser1444]

I read it faithfully for about 10 years. Then at about 35, adulting caught caught up with me and the time for it disappeared. A baby can do that. I have to admit I have not bought a magazine since my subscription to the Economist expired in the early 2010s.

[@rkygriz]

I've had Starlog #1 for decades now. I remember taking it to high school class sometime back in 1977 or 1978. As I remember, it was my English class. So that put's it in either late 77/early 78.

[@DaveB4529]

Embarrassed to say, but I think it was #28, with the Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman full page shot, that made me grow up pretty quickly as a young kid...

[@kymberleyhill5181]

I liked the starlog poster magazine that had pull out double sided posters loved my v poster I bought it on my summer holiday in Cornwall

[@stephendevore9926]

Awesome Magazine I had most of them to about the 2000 The Digital was never an option at the Time. Starlog 7 star wars .I still have a copy of Number 1. The physical quality changed when they changed the 3 staples to Pressed Spine wich Warped the pages over time but the Quality was still there. I don't know the reason for not having backup copies of these priceless books of modern art including the writing 🙄. Probably Money And a lack of Imagination ( I'm Being Punny)😊😢😊😢😊😢

[@elmofeneken4364]

Great video. There will never be anything like Starlog especially in this digital age. Really enjoyed this video.

[@bedeodempsey5007]

Want to know about animated show BATTLE OF THE PLANETS with G-Force from late 70s. Also animated Tarzan Lord of the Apes and live action Ron Ely Tarzan. Loved Ron's big knife and hated that cartoon Tarzan was unarmed.

[@mick_c_horror_and_pop_culture]

Great episode. Fango(ria),Starlog and Famous Monsters of Filmland. The three best from the past.

[@Rocket_Man232]

🔔 DAN & ALL: You can still see some of the editions of their website using The Internet Archive Wayback Machine! (Y/T deleted the link I posted here a few minutes ago.)

[@spudwas]

Starlog WAS the "internet" before the internet! It was like going to a website today. My favorite time for Starlog was the issues before the wonderful Summer of (1982). The anticipation of seeing photos of Summer releases months before they hit the theaters, was just sublime.

[@starshiptrooper2354]

I lost my entire collection that I had stiredcat my parents Jersery shore house. Hurricane Sandy took them and other great collectables

[@paulicke3483]

Still got a shite load of starlog magazines in boxes 😊

[@DesertBro]

Mine are in the custom logo storage cases, 16 of them, one each year.

[@amonfermoso]

I used to love buying and seeing the cool stuff on sale in the USA wanted so much the Don Post Star Wars helmets and the Moonbase Alpha tech notebook such a cool magazine. Thanks yet again Dan

[@nealwhaley63]

I’ve worked in publications for nearly 30 years. One interesting thing I noticed while going through various issues is that once Starlog decided on its template, it never changed it. It was laid out very simply.

[@charlesswanson8664]

I remember getting that first Star Wars issue and reading about this impossible movie coming out in a couple months. This was before any preview trailers or nationwide press. The concept art actually blew my mind. How were they going to realize anything like this on screen? What? I literally was the first to know in my neighborhood and went on endlessly about this amazing impossible science fiction movie that was coming out around my 12th birthday and we had to go see it. I remember us being excited as we took our seats, munching Red Vines that we’d bitten the ends off to make straws out of for our Cokes. Lights dim, the preview for the other big summer release, “The Deep” plays and then that orchestra hit into the fanfare and opening crawl. Then a ship flies over our head followed by the single most astounding sight I’d ever seen: A giant ship in pursuit. A GIANT ship in pursuit. The 5 of us let out an amazed “Whoa!” and told each during intermission we were staying in our seats to watch it again (theaters back then didn’t have such a problem with the kids hanging out as long as we bought more stuff from the concession stand). Saw it 28 times that summer; each time I paid my own way. Best summer of my life.

[@dckdvd]

I LOVED Starlog and Fantastic Films. We wore those pages out, reading them over and over. I truly miss physical magazines.

[@dukecraig2402]

It's funny that you brought up the Sears catalog because I tell young people all the time that when I was a kid our version of surfing the internet was flipping through the Sears catalog one page at a time.