![]() ![]() Still, the Imagine Network endured and, by 2008, was providing a reasonable return on Golden’s investment. Originally envisioned as a home for Golden’s prodigious backlist, many dismissed the Imagine Network as the final vanity project of an aging man, noting that the Sci-Fi Channel, launched the previous year, had a larger and more robust stable of original programs. Called the King of Schlock by his detractors and Monster Midas by his fans, there was no question the name Golden carried substantial weight by 1993, when he announced the establishment of the Imagine Network. Golden-an aspiring media mogul who felt movies and television had become “too serious”-proceeded to make his name producing a string of B-grade horror movies, latter-day grindhouse films, and remarkably ambitious science fiction epics. Founded by James Golden in 1972, Imagine Entertainment was intended to “restore the fun” to the entertainment industry. ![]()
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