Travels Through the Fourth Dimension
And it’s time time time, and it’s time time time, And it’s time time time that you love, And it’s time time time. ~ Tom Waits Time is an illusion: our naive perception of its […]
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THE MONSTER THAT CHALLENGED THE WORLD (1957) REVIEW
Continuing his look at old genre movies, Steve travels back to 1957 and looks at a movie often touted by Famous Monsters of Filmland. Is it good? Hey, it’s better than many black-and-white monster films!
LATHER/LIVE, RINSE/DIE, REPEAT… IT’S DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN!
This week Steve goes in a time circle*This week Steve goes in a time loop*This week Steve breaks out of a time warp and reviews the movie “Happy Death Day,” which is not your average “Sorority Slasher” movie.
“THE POWER”—THREE MOVIES ABOUT POWERS
This week, Steve examines how differently powers, like telekinesis, can be handled by Hollywood. Some movies do it well, and some less well.
CLASSIC SF MOVIES #2: George Pal’s Destination Moon
Steve reviews a seminal classic: Destination Moon, the first Hollywood SF blockbuster that respected both science and science fiction.
The Quatermass Xperiment – Revisited
In this post I’ll look at The Quatermass Xperiment, and next week consider the follow-up, Quatermass 2.
“Don’t Worry Grandma! I Don’t Read Comic Books, Just the Classics!”… (Illustrated)
The combination of visual simplicity and effective story telling awakened my sense of wonder and exposed me to new ideas which widened my understanding of life and reality.
In the Beginning…
Memorable first lines can not only make-or-break a story, these quick literary introductions can become just as iconic as the entire body of work.
No. 4 – H. G. Wells, The Time Machine, War of the Worlds, and the Social Impacts of Science
I suspect what most people remember most about H. G. Wells gets confused with Orson Welles, the actor. You know, that infamous radio announcement? When the radio started blaring out reports on Halloween, 1938, that […]
Who Cares About the Science in Science Fiction?
I do! Let me introduce myself. I’m an astronomer, a professor at the University of Wyoming, and a science fiction writer. I’ve been blogging for a number of years at www.mikebrotherton.com, primarily about the intersection […]
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