Amused? Insulted? Flattered? How Should SF Fans Respond To The Big Bang Theory?
From cultural outcasts to cultural icons in one successful TV series?
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Recap: “Last Rites,” The Strain, Season 1, Episode 12
With just one episode left before the season finale, “Last Rites” ties up loose ends and fills in backgrounds as it builds towards a conclusion.
Anime roundup 10/2/2014: Brain Drain
In this week’s viewing: Terror in Resonance wraps up, and humanity is repeatedly under threat… from bad TV shows!
Stop the (parallel) Worlds – I Want To Get Off!
They’re expanding everywhere: an infinite series of novels, an endless number of parallel stories, each one populated by people who seem similar to us but whose lives have changed in just one salient way
TV Review: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 2 Premiere
Now Agent Coulson is now Director Coulson, there are a bunch of new people, who aren’t agents, but have been recruited (much like Skye), Ward is locked up and went a bit crazy….
Review: Roadside Picnic by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky
What if aliens just aren’t that into us?
Interview (Part 2): Nina Allan On Her Debut Novel, The Race
Welcome to the second part of an extensive interview with, Nina Allan who over the last decade has established herself as one of the UK’s most imaginative and compelling writers. This time we discuss some of the more the specifically science fictional aspects of her debut novel, The Race, as well as maps, Hastings, the best vampire film in years, fracking, politics, the planet, language, communication and much more.
REVIEWS: An Hilarious Short Story, a Horrific Movie, and a Book
Why do the short story and the movie get adjectives in the title, but not the book? Steve tells why.
Aelita, Queen of Mars, or: Redder Than You Think
Watch the soviet era SF film that Stalin hated!
The Big Bang Theory Recap: Season 8, Episode 2
Sheldon becomes a victim of the Peter Principal
Anime roundup 9/25/2014: Au Revoir, Not Adieu
In this week’s viewing: Two more shows pack their bags, but only for a temporary absence, and more!
Recap: “The Third Rail,” The Strain, Season 1, Episode 11
Can a show be scary when the audience can’t take the villain seriously? That and the outcomes of bad special effects in this week’s recap of The Strain.
TV Review: Gotham
Gotham Begins. (Doesn’t sound quite as impressive as “Batman Begins” now, does it?
The Big Bang Theory Recap Season 8, Episode 1
The Big Bang Theory returns for season 8…Penny got her hair cut, Sheldon gets robbed on a train and Stuart is living with Mrs. Wolowitz….
The Thespian Thesiger–A Lost Icon
When one usually hears the words “Universal Horror” many names quickly come to mind. The first, and most obvious, names are Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff. Other famous actors that might pop into heads are […]
Fall 2014 SF Anime Preview
Coming soon: A bevy of sword-slinging princesses and knights, plus Astrid Lindgren! Yes, we are talking about Japanese TV…
Recap: “Loved Ones,” The Strain, Season 1, Episode 10
How do two concepts from Greek drama relate to “Loved Ones,” latest episode of The Strain?
Anime Roundup 9/18/2014: Moving On
In this week’s viewing: JoJo reaches halftime, Hunter x Hunter starts wrapping things up, and more!
Anyone For a Bit of DC on TV?
Marvel may have a lock on the big screen…but it looks like DC is going after the small one
Anime roundup 9/11/2014: Things Are Seldom What They Seem
In this week’s viewing: Nothing goes as expected, from the latest introduction in Sailor Moon to everything in Hunter x Hunter!
Hello Summer, Goodbye – After The Blockbusters, After The Hugos Have Gone
Gary Dalkin looks back on the state of science fiction as another summer of massive budget SF and fantasy spectacles draws to a close. It seems this summer may have been a little better than those of late. The latest Michael Bay atrocity aside, Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Godzilla received enthusiastic receptions and almost everyone loved Guardians of the Galaxy, which achieved the near impossible feat of pleasing fans, delighting general audiences and entering the popular culture as a new phenomenon in its own right.
Recap: “The Disappeared,” The Strain, Season 1, Episode 9
In an episode of The Strain focused on character, the person who’s supposed to b the most despicable turns out to be the most interesting.
Authors Making the Move to Movies
To 3D or Not to 3D…whether tis nobler in the mind of the audience to suffer the rollercoaster of special effects or to take arms in service of story, THAT IS the question.
The Mediums of Jurassic Park
The Jurassic Park franchise has appeared in books, film, comics and countless other outlets. Yet, these varied forms of media have also given fans varied looks at the story.
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