That's particularly true of his "Mercury Men" brand extensions like web pages for "Mercury Men" action figures , which gets the '80s action figure details absolutely right even down to the detail of having a free mail-in figure offer. First, anyone who grew up in the 1980s on the original Indiana Jones and "Star Wars" movies will appreciate Preksta's style and nostalgia for movies of that era. Filmed in black and white and set in Pittsburgh in 1975, "The Mercury Men" creates a vibe that's spooky without being overly scary or gory. com debuts "The Mercury Men," a new web series written and directed by Pittsburgher Chris Preskta. Office drone Edward Borman (Mark Tierno) prepares to leave work for the day when he notices bright-light humanoids, Mercury Invaders, slinking about. To day Syfy.

My love of Star Wars inspired a life in the theater and years in the film and TV business. On our journey through Aberdeen, I spotted a sign in familiar block lettering that read, "STAR WARS SHOP. Don Sucher, lifelong resident of Aberdeen, was 34 when he first saw that iconic Star Destroyer. '" Sucher's interest in the Holy Trilogy lay fallow for 17 years while he did responsible grown-up things like hold a job and raise two sons, Nicholas and Koby. "I'm sitting in the theater, and of course the movie blew me away," he recalls. I was 9 years old that long summer, the perfect age to sympathize with a farm boy (on a planet of deserts, no less) who dreamed of racing away from galactic hinterlands at point five past lightspeed. I expected a handful of books, toys and DVDs on a few dusty old shelves. Sucher & Sons. This is the greatest movie I've ever seen, but I'm too old to have fun. I grew up and moved on, of course, but some cherished loves never fade. What I got blew my mind. more...