Monday, March 24th, 2008

The Secret Origin of the Ray Gun

Often times people ask me where the idea for the FilmRadar logo came from.  When I first began the e-newsletter and website, it was called “FilmWise.” Then it turned out there was already another website with that name and I had to come up with something else.  I brainstormed for what felt like ages and kept coming up empty.  Then I went to visit my parents in Georgia and someone sent me a postcard in the mail.  It was a 1950s space themed card.  I saw it and said, “That’s IT!  I’ll call this FilmRadar!” Then I hired the fantastic artist AV Phibes to come up with a proper logo.  When we were talking about what the logo would look like, I sent her a bunch of 1950s science fiction postcards from Forbidden Planet, Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, Invasion of the Saucer-Men and others.  I’ve always loved vintage science fiction images and films.  I’m all about ray guns, flying saucers, kitschy aliens and stuff like that.

That’s why I LOVED this article!