Patrick Stewart To Return As Jean-Luc Picard To Rescue Ailing Star Trek Franchise
The recent announcement by Patrick Stewart, Britain’s veteran stage and movie actor, that he is returning to the role ofContinue Reading
Category: Culture
2000 AD’s Rogue Trooper To Be Adapted As A Movie By Duncan Jones
It’s generally agreed that Rogue Trooper was one of the better characters – or stories – to have emerged duringContinue Reading
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Author Of Sherlock Holmes, On Conscription In Ireland
I must admit to being a fan of the fictional “consulting detective” Sherlock Holmes. Or rather, a fan of theContinue Reading
The Atari VCS Crowdfunding Controversy
Like most gamers I have a great deal of fondness for Atari, the former American technology company which pretty muchContinue Reading
A Sci-Fi Short Film, Code 8
Despite the fitting theatrical swansong of the mutant antihero character, Wolverine, in 2017’s excellent movie release, Logan, or the retro-enjoyment ofContinue Reading
Lindsay Ellis On The Hobbit Trilogy Of Movies, More Jackson Than Tolkien
Here is a nice series of retrospective, if occasionally discursive, videos from the geek pop-culture commentator Lindsay Ellis examining theContinue Reading
Channel Awesome And The Justin Carmical Or JewWario Assault Allegations
At first sight, the recent troubles at the popular geek website, Channel Awesome, seemed to be little more than aContinue Reading
The Fall Of Gondolin, JRR Tolkien
Despite my fascination with JRR Tolkien’s Middle-earth canon, or “legendarium”, I am fairly critical of the well-known “barrel scraping” whichContinue Reading
A Sci-Fi Short, Arch
Okay, so this is very familiar post-apocalyptic fare, in the vein of Mad Max and a hundred other end-of-the-world moviesContinue Reading
The Channel Awesome Controversy And Those Allegations Of Misconduct
Some readers might be aware of the independent American media website, Channel Awesome, and its eponymous profile on YouTube. OverContinue Reading
Two Sci-Fi Short Films, Lunatiques and Hyperlight
I haven’t posted any science-fiction or fantasy short films in a while so here are a couple of nice examples.Continue Reading
Quantum Leap, An Alternative Or Lost Ending?
My youngest sister and I have a great deal of affection for the science-fiction series Quantum Leap, having watching reruns of theContinue Reading
The Terror, AMC’s Adaptation Of The Dan Simmons’ Novel
Blame Sidney Lumet’s all-star mystery, Murder on the Orient Express, the 1974 dramatisation of the eponymous novel by Agatha Christie.Continue Reading
Modelling, Miniatures, Dioramas And Photography
Like most Gen X men, in my early childhood I spent a lot of time playing with physical toy soldiers beforeContinue Reading
A Tour Of Adam Savage’s Workshop, Home Office And Props Collection
Most hardcore fanboys and -girls with a taste for collecting genre memorabilia – or creating their own – will haveContinue Reading
Netflick’s Altered Carbon, A Watchable If Derivative Cyberpunk Noir
It’s somewhat ironic that the basic premise of Netflick’s futuristic mystery-drama, Altered Carbon, hangs on the idea of human mindsContinue Reading
The Cured, A New Zombie Movie Set In Ireland
I’m not a great fan of the zombie sub-genre, whether on television or in the cinema. That said, I didContinue Reading
Dr Who Review, A History Of The Show
I’m not a huge devotee of the long-running British television science-fiction series, Doctor Who, but I have great degree ofContinue Reading
Wynonna Earp Offers Cheesy Horror, While The Exorcist Presents The Real Thing
Wynonna Earp, the contemporary dark fantasy drama co-produced by the Space and Syfy networks in North America, has received someContinue Reading
Adam Savage Builds Replica Binoculars From Blade Runner 2049
For all its flaws, I greatly admired last year’s cinematic release, Blade Runner 2049, Denis Villeneuve’s sequel to the 1982Continue Reading
Sci-Fi Pulp Cover Collection
I know that some readers share my passion for the pulp art of the 1930s to early ’60s, particularly theContinue Reading
Syfy’s TV Vampire Horror, Van Helsing, Surprises With Some Dramatic Bite
I have a long list of television programmes bookmarked on my Netflix profile which fall into the category of deferredContinue Reading
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