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52 Episodes to Science Fiction Film Literacy by 52SciFiFilmLit

Aug 8, 201609:03Arts

This is a terrible Western/Science Fiction film starring Gene Autry. If it's so terrible, why include it? Well, it tells us so much about the times! The role of serials, the idea of the Mash-up (decades before it got tha...

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