Comments on: Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard (1997) http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/archives/johnny-mysto-boy-wizard-1997/ Sci-Fi, Horror, and General Whoopass Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:55:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Felicity http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/archives/johnny-mysto-boy-wizard-1997/comment-page-1/#comment-4473 Felicity Tue, 14 Dec 2010 09:52:44 +0000 http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/?p=4846#comment-4473 At least the mirror doesn't lead to the duck dimension! Typo patrol: ...his <em>idol</em>; <em>I'll</em> need my amazing... Is the third screenshot Russ Tamblyn as Blackmoor? If so, wow! I think I would rather be a lame cable access magician in the 20th century and enjoy conveniences such as toilets and the internet than be a great wizard in the middle ages and have to poo in a bucket. At least the mirror doesn’t lead to the duck dimension!

Typo patrol: …his idol; I’ll need my amazing…

Is the third screenshot Russ Tamblyn as Blackmoor? If so, wow!

I think I would rather be a lame cable access magician in the 20th century and enjoy conveniences such as toilets and the internet than be a great wizard in the middle ages and have to poo in a bucket.

]]> By: John Campbell http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/archives/johnny-mysto-boy-wizard-1997/comment-page-1/#comment-950 John Campbell Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:17:32 +0000 http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/?p=4846#comment-950 My first memory of Michael Ansara was in one of the blck and white episodes of Lost in Space...need to get that on DVD. So many good memories! My first memory of Michael Ansara was in one of the blck and white episodes of Lost in Space…need to get that on DVD. So many good memories!

]]> By: Nathan Shumate http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/archives/johnny-mysto-boy-wizard-1997/comment-page-1/#comment-949 Nathan Shumate Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:57:46 +0000 http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/?p=4846#comment-949 I had to leave <i>something</i> for my constituency. I had to leave something for my constituency.

]]> By: PCachu http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/archives/johnny-mysto-boy-wizard-1997/comment-page-1/#comment-948 PCachu Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:53:56 +0000 http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/?p=4846#comment-948 Mike Ansara in greasepaint, rendered blueish by the backdrop lighting, and no Mr. Freeze jokes? For shame, Doc. Mike Ansara in greasepaint, rendered blueish by the backdrop lighting, and no Mr. Freeze jokes? For shame, Doc.

]]> By: Nathan Shumate http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/archives/johnny-mysto-boy-wizard-1997/comment-page-1/#comment-947 Nathan Shumate Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:15:51 +0000 http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/?p=4846#comment-947 Congratulations! You have just put more thought into this movie than all the people involved with production! (And nice callout to <i>Cloak and Dagger</i>, too.) Congratulations! You have just put more thought into this movie than all the people involved with production! (And nice callout to Cloak and Dagger, too.)

]]> By: Inyarear http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/archives/johnny-mysto-boy-wizard-1997/comment-page-1/#comment-946 Inyarear Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:02:29 +0000 http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/?p=4846#comment-946 This sounds like one of a great many movies I've seen for which explaining all the stuff that's left unexplained might have the makings of a far better movie in it. --Why would an old lady send a stage magician her magical family heirloom? Merlin probably instructed that it be delivered to him. That raises some interesting possibilities for how time travel works in this story. Evidently, in order to draw someone from somewhere in the future into the present, one has to entrust a family to pass a magical trinket down the line through its descendants in order to deliver it somewhere at that future date, kind of like the delivery of Doc's letter to Marty in <i>Back to the Future II</i>. This method of time travel and its many potential flaws could conceivably lead to all kinds of odd adventures and misadventures in time travel. --Why does the time passing in the past have to correspond so closely with the time passing in the future? Maybe the magic of time travel requires that Earth be in roughly the same position relative to the Sun in each time period in order for the crossing to be effected. Since the universe neither knows nor cares about things like making sure time travelers don't get tossed out into the vacuum of empty space in some other era, someone or something sentient must be guiding the magic of time travel, which brings up a lot of theological possibilities to be explored. --Why might Johnny Mysto prefer parlor tricks and sleight-of-hand magic to the real thing? Fantasy is preferable to reality mostly only when it isn't made real. Real rewards for victory in battle are pleasant to contemplate, but the downside to exchanging real energy bolts with a real bad guy is the very real possibility (rarely realized in kid vids, admittedly) of being killed. The rewards for doing parlor magic might not be as exciting, but the risks involved in that business are usually comparatively infinitesimal. A better movie might deal with how such an overload of fantasy-made-real teaches people to embrace the safety of good old-fashioned boring reality. (In fact, wasn't that kind of the point of <i>Cloak and Dagger</i>?) Of course, that's one reason why watching some of these low-grade movies is worthwhile: it gives the creative viewer ideas. This sounds like one of a great many movies I’ve seen for which explaining all the stuff that’s left unexplained might have the makings of a far better movie in it.

–Why would an old lady send a stage magician her magical family heirloom? Merlin probably instructed that it be delivered to him. That raises some interesting possibilities for how time travel works in this story. Evidently, in order to draw someone from somewhere in the future into the present, one has to entrust a family to pass a magical trinket down the line through its descendants in order to deliver it somewhere at that future date, kind of like the delivery of Doc’s letter to Marty in Back to the Future II. This method of time travel and its many potential flaws could conceivably lead to all kinds of odd adventures and misadventures in time travel.

–Why does the time passing in the past have to correspond so closely with the time passing in the future? Maybe the magic of time travel requires that Earth be in roughly the same position relative to the Sun in each time period in order for the crossing to be effected. Since the universe neither knows nor cares about things like making sure time travelers don’t get tossed out into the vacuum of empty space in some other era, someone or something sentient must be guiding the magic of time travel, which brings up a lot of theological possibilities to be explored.

–Why might Johnny Mysto prefer parlor tricks and sleight-of-hand magic to the real thing? Fantasy is preferable to reality mostly only when it isn’t made real. Real rewards for victory in battle are pleasant to contemplate, but the downside to exchanging real energy bolts with a real bad guy is the very real possibility (rarely realized in kid vids, admittedly) of being killed. The rewards for doing parlor magic might not be as exciting, but the risks involved in that business are usually comparatively infinitesimal. A better movie might deal with how such an overload of fantasy-made-real teaches people to embrace the safety of good old-fashioned boring reality. (In fact, wasn’t that kind of the point of Cloak and Dagger?)

Of course, that’s one reason why watching some of these low-grade movies is worthwhile: it gives the creative viewer ideas.

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