Anime roundup 3/27/2014: All You Need Is Love
In this week’s viewing: Samurai Flamenco expounds about love, Nobunagun features someone who needs to admit it, and more!
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Asni’s Art Blog: The Doctor’s Companions
Where would the Doctor be without his Companions. That’s Companion with a capital C. There have been even more companions, than there have been incarnations of the Doctor, but as far as fan art goes, Rose Tyler, Amy Pond and Jack Harkness are clearly in the lead.
Save the Cheerleader, Save the World!
Samantha scratches her itch for more Heroes with a rewind to the beginning.
SciFi4Me.com, Your Portal to the Science Fiction Multiverse
“Greetings! Welcome to SciFi4Me.com – where we talk science fiction, not wrestling. “ I ask you how can one not love a sci-fi based website that has that as the first thing you see on […]
Anime roundup 3/20/2014: It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
In this week’s viewing: Samurai Flamenco confronts insanity, Kill la Kill and Nobunagun say that’s fine because it’s awesome, and more!
Recap: “Hassun,” Hannibal, Season 2, Episode 3
Violence on Hannibal is so operatic, so rococo. Its inventiveness is so refreshing that, if it weren’t upsetting, it would almost be beautiful.
Review – The Fictional Man by Al Ewing
Niles Golan is an ex-pat Brit in Hollywood. Never grown-up, he narrates his life with an internal monologue transforming his everyday inadequacies into triumphs. Niles is his own fictional creation: to himself, a genius novelist […]
Star Trek, The Empire
In Star Trek: TOS, the episode Mirror, Mirror introduced us to an alternate universe featuring an Earth dominated empire. Star Trek ‘the Franchise’ has managed to pull that same feat off in the real world.
I Just Can’t Stop Thinking About ‘Her’
James Weber can’t stop thinking about HER. Who says the singularity can’t be beautiful?
Dammit, Jim, I’m A Writer — Not A Mathematician!
Why is Dumas’ novel titled The Three Muskateers when there are four main characters and they use swords? Why is local channel 4 shown on cable channel 25? How many Dalmatians did Cruella de Ville actually dognap? The titular 101…or was it more…or less? Something funny is going on with our math and Buddy wants to know what it is. Meanwhile, it’s giving him such a headache…!
Recap: “Sakizuke,” Hannibal Season 2, Episode 2
No show is as obsessed with the details of mutilation and gore than Hannibal. It’s equally obsessed with the elegant, geometric composition of shots.
Anime roundup 3/14/2014: Long Time Passing
In this week’s viewing: Samurai Flamenco and Nobunagun pause for some backstory, booze is the sin that keeps on giving, and more!
Asni’s Art Blog: His Hotness the Doctor
The Doctor is hot. No doubt about that: He may have started out as a cranky old man, a mad scientist, traveling the universe with his granddaughter – but at least since Tom Baker, the […]
Have You Seen The Yellow King?: True Detective Season 1 Reviewed
True Detective is gaining a lot of attention: Mr. Simpson walks us through the scene of the crime.
COSMOS Premieres Tomorrow
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey with Neil deGrasse Tyson premeires tomorrow
Anime roundup 3/6/2014: Raise Your Freak Flag
In this week’s viewing: Samurai Flamenco finally has some answers, Hozuki no Reitetsu has dancers, and more!
Recap: “Kaiseki,” Hannibal, Season 2, Episode 1
In case you missed it, a recap of of the Season Two opener of Hannibal
The Top Ten Greatest Spaceships of All Time
A list of the top ten greatest spaceships of all time, following some rules, of course.
Movie Review: Sanitarium (2013)
The Asylum trope seems to be gaining in popularity, in recent years, the most famous version being the second season of American Horror Story. We are forced to see, and consider, where the insane are coming from, forced to relate, to interact with non-sense and un-reason.
Which Steel is Real?
The 2011 movie Real Steel staring Hugh Jackman was inspired by the Richard Matheson 1956 short story titled Steel. A 1963 episode of Twilight Zone was also based on the story. Which cinematic version held true to the story, or would the minds of Hollywood been better off leaving the story to the pages.
The MCU and S.H.I.E.L.D: A Crime Against Comics
John takes a look at the ever shifting background stories and world histories as comics move from books to film.
Spanning Generations: SF That Can Excite Everyone
Darren Slade posits that one of the best features of science fiction is it’s potential to appeal and engage audiences, regardless of their age.
ROBERT E. HOWARD and the Many Faces of CONAN
Conan, from Weird Tales to remakes – with a dash or two of Frazetta thrown in for verisimilitude.
Anime roundup 2/27/2014: Tangled
In this week’s viewing: The Pilot’s Love Song fills in some continuity, Nobunagun goes more nuts than ever, and more!
Review – The Fictional Man by Al Ewing (Solaris, 2013)
The Fictional Man, published by UK imprint Solaris, is based on an impossible conceit, one of those high concept movie-friendly ideas where one aspect of reality is altered from our world but things continue just the same. Absurd, but depending on how well it’s done we buy into it for the duration. Here it is generally very well done. Al Ewing is a breathtakingly clever writer and his conceit is that human cloning was perfected decades ago but then outlawed because everyone is entitled to their own unique identity.
Hannibal Season 2 Precap: The Nightmare Encyclopedia
Hannibal is the most visually distinctive show on TV.
Top Ten Best Science Fiction Movie Villains of All Time
The top ten villains to grace the screen.
About Author
R.K. Troughton works as an engineer, developing tomorrow’s high-tech gadgets that protect you from the forces of evil as well as assist your doctor in piecing you back together. His passion for science fiction and fantasy has been fed through decades of consumption. He is the author of numerous science fiction and fantasy screenplays and short stories, and his debut novel is forthcoming. His articles appear every Wednesday morning on Amazing Stories.
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