For the sixth name on The Wasteland's Hall of Fame roster I asked myself who has had the greatest impact on the most people in the world of TV history. There are many successful producers who are forever immortalised for their work in some way, but very few that are household names. Sure, there are … Continue reading Hall of Fame Inductee #6 Jim Henson
If you want your film to have a touch of class, with intelligence, beauty, power and humanity at its heart, who are you gonna call? Whether it is a woman of strength and dignity in a supporting role, or an everywomen figure of hope and sensitivity fighting against an injustice in a dynamic lead role, … Continue reading Hall of Fame Inductee #5 Meryl Streep
Where do you start with Steven Spielberg? In one way or another he has shaped our film watching habits, and controlled what we think of as BIG films for almost 50 years. He may not have reached the artistic pinnacle of Kubrick or Tarkovsky, but he has dominated our idea of Hollywood Blockbusters since 1975, … Continue reading Hall of Fame Inductee #4 Steven Spielberg
There may be a lot of people that outside of his high profile film and TV adaptations know little of what Phillip K. Dick was all about. I couldn't say it better than his introductory paragraph on Wikipedia. So, here it is in full... Philip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928 – March 2, 1982) was … Continue reading Hall of Fame Inductee #3 Philip K. Dick
For the second alumni inducted into The Wasteland's new Hall of Fame, I wanted to have as much of a contrast to my first pick as possible. Therefore I have chosen a musician, who is a singer songwriter of extraordinary range, who is British and a woman. The Wasteland Hall of Fame #2 is the … Continue reading Hall of Fame Inductee #2 Kate Bush
A new feature on The Wasteland - Each Monday I will induct a new person into the Hall of Fame and give a concise explanation of why they deserve their place in the pantheon of cultural media legends. It is not restricted to actors or movies, it could be a musician, an artist an author, … Continue reading Hall of Fame Inductee #1 Jack Nicholson
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