Greeting Loyal Airmen, it seems this is one of those weeks were we have lots and lots of things to talk about. So let's not waste another minute and get right to the fun stuff.

Our thirteenth Airship 27 Productions' book of the year is – SHERLOCK HOLMES : CONSULTING DETECTIVE Vol Six.  Now if you'll recall last week's Flight Log, we teased with a peek at a small piece of Pat Carabjal's cover painting.  So here it is in all its beauty.  The book contains five brand new Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson mysteries as written by Michael Black (he contributed two shorts), Alan J. Porter, Greg Hatcher and I.A. Watson.  This series has been our biggest seller and with this line up, we fully expect this new entry will be just as successful.  The book is on-sale at Amazon.com in hard copy and soon on Kindle.  Note, you can go in any Barnes & Nobles brick and mortar store and order a copy as well.  We hope you'll give it your support, Sherlock Holmes fans.

Speaking of classic heroes from literature, the Three Musketeers, as created by French writer Alexander Dumas are back in a brand new, rollicking, fun, action adventure television series from BBC AMERICA. Episode one aired last Sunday night and both the Air Chief and Valerie enjoyed it immensely and can't wait to see more.  We are told from friends in the UK, that the series over there is now in season two and equally as popular there.  Pictured above, left to right are the characters Portos, Dartagnan, Artos and Aremis.  The King's Musketeers.  The Air Chief has always loved these great swashbuckling heroes and is truly delighted with this new TV show.

Having grown up in the 1960s, both the Air Chief and Valerie had been aware of the hit Broadway musical,  JERSEY BOYS, based on the life of singer Frankie Valli and his group, THE FOUR SEASONS. Talk about the soundtrack to one's life, we grew up listening to their great songs on the radio.  And from reviews we found since its debut, the musical was/is a huge success.  Which is why we were thrilled to discover it had been turned into a movie directed by Clint Eastwood.  It was released last week and a few days ago we finally managed to get to a local cinema and see it.  As expected, the majority of the audience were seniors like ourselves and couldn't help but sing (quietly) along with the actors and the film moved along.  JERSEY BOYS is pure entertainment with a great human story about friendship and loyalty and the music catapulted us both back in time.  For nearly two and a half hours, we felt like teens again.  Coming out of the theater, we were laughing and smiling happily.  If you need to kick back and truly enjoy a marvelous movie, you can't do any better than JERSEY BOYS.

And speaking of movies, one of the most eagerly awaited film projects among pulp fans is the new DOC SAVAGE movie that is going to be written and directed by Shane Black.  Black is best known as the guy who re-booted Robert Downey Junior's career with a little mystery flick called KISS, KISS, BANG, BANG (is you haven't seen it, go find it now, you'll be glad you did) and recently wrote and directed IRON MAN 3 for Marvel Studios.  The thing is, Black has been a big pulp fan most of his life and he has been really eager to bring The Man of Bronze back to the big screen.  Most pulp fans know there was a big budget Doc Savage movie made in the 70s with Ron Ely in the role of the near super-human Doc. Unfortunately this was the time of the “camp” craze ala Adam West's silly Batman TV show and the writers opted to “camp up” Doc.  The result was a box-office bomb.  Gee, we wonder why?  So now, all these years later, Hollywood is going to try to do it again…only this time with the selection of Black as the creative vision behind the project, fans fully expect him to play it straight.  Sadly progress on the project has been moving at a snail's pace.  Then this past week it was reported that Black had met with actor Chris Hemsworth (yeah, the guy who plays Thor in the Marvel movies) to discuss his playing Doc Savage.  And you better believe that really stirred up tons excitement across the internet.

As for the Air Chief, we think Hemsworth is a great choice to play Doc.  He's handsome, tall and rugged…easily filling the visual requirements. And thanks to his experiences in the Thor series and Ron Howard's recent flick, RUSH, we know the guy can act.  Still, we find it difficult to get too overly excited because the same article that reported this news also made it quite clear that the studio behind the movie is in no hurry to get it done…and Black is committed to several other movies before he can even consider pre-production for a Doc Savage epic.  So, as much as we applaud the idea of Hemsworth playing Clark Savage Jr. it is way too soon to start applauding.  Should the studio hold off on actively moving ahead on the movie, years could go by and then Hemsworth might not be available due to a conflict of other commitments.  Sorry to be a pessimist here, that's not our nature.  The Air Chief wants to see this move as much as the next pulp fan…but again, this is way..way too soon to start cheering yet.

Ron (Over & Out)