Tag Archives: Dystopia

Downsizing: Acquired Taste

Posted on February 8, 2018 by Steve

Downsizing was another victim of a bad release time (Christmas) and an inaccurate trailer which made it appear to be a Comedy when it’s really a Science-Fiction Satire. Might be why many hardly remember it. I think the movie will go … Continue reading →

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Starship Troopers: 20 years later, the satire that came true

Posted on December 29, 2017 by Steve

I remember how excited I was to see this flick when it opened. Unlike the dozens of Heinlein purists (aka, closeted Fascists/Libertarians), I enjoyed it immensely and quickly remembered that director Paul Verhoeven was a master of satire. He demonstrated this … Continue reading →

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City of Lost Children: 21 years or so later

Posted on December 26, 2017 by Steve

This French masterpiece made the rounds at Alamo during October’s theme of Dystopias in order to warm up the audiences for the new Blade Runner 2049. Somara had never seen it so I pounced on the chance to watch it … Continue reading →

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Planet of the Apes shirt!

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Steve

One horrible habit I have at WizWorld is acquiring cool shirts of franchises I will never see at Hot Topic or find easily online. An upside is retiring other, older, existing shirts which no longer amuse me. This gem is … Continue reading →

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Blade Runner 2049: Must See

Posted on October 14, 2017 by Steve

The long-awaited sequel arrives 35 years later to answer numerous questions from Blade Runner but (not a spoiler) it raises new ones, as a good movie should. 2049 begins with a quick explanation about what happened in the time since the … Continue reading →

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Summer of 1982 IX: Blade Runner: The Final Cut in 4K

Posted on September 30, 2017 by Steve

Better late than never? Well, five years late since I’m guessing Blade Runner‘s owners have a stake in 2049 being a hit by reminding us how incredible the first chapter is. It was disappointing  to end The Summer of 1982 festival with TRON. Firstly, … Continue reading →

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Alien: Covenant: Must See

Posted on May 21, 2017 by Steve

There’s good new and bad news regarding Covenant. The bad will go first…you have to see Prometheus for this chapter in the Xenomorph’s origin first, or some parts will leave you baffled. The good news, it made sense of Prometheus which was good … Continue reading →

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Death Race 2050: Time Killer

Posted on May 16, 2017 by Steve

A sequel to Roger Corman’s cult fave Death Race 2000 arrived this year and made it to Netflix right away. It’s definitely a low-budget operation because the only stars in it are Malcolm McDowell as the Chairman of the United Corporations … Continue reading →

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They Live comparisons never get old

Posted on April 9, 2017 by Steve
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RIP: Miguel Ferrer

Posted on January 20, 2017 by Steve

Poor guy, knocked out by cancer at 61. Well he had quite a resume of his own and didn’t live in the shadow of his famous father Jose Ferrer. His big debut was the OCP executive who approved the Robocop … Continue reading →

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High-Rise

Posted on November 22, 2016 by Steve

I remember seeing the trailer for this and then it never showed up at any theater. When it popped up on Netflix, I pounced on the opportunity to see another JG Ballard story brought to life. His other most famous … Continue reading →

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Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Posted on November 5, 2016 by Steve

Another book I managed to read before the movie is released in…2018. Yeah, I definitely got a better head start unlike The Martian. Spielberg is directing so the film adaptation may be fantastic like Jurassic Park or a humongous dud like this Summer’s The BFG. … Continue reading →

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Idiocracy: ten years later screening

Posted on October 8, 2016 by Steve

Earlier this week, I had the good fortune to watch a tenth anniversary screening of Mike Judge’s second sleeper hit and somewhat prescient film Idiocracy. Alamo and a series of other art-house theaters screened the movie simultaneously while bookending the movie with … Continue reading →

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John Carpenter

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Steve

Now to catch up on concerts and brushes with greatness which in two cases will be combined! First off…John Carpenter! Somara and I got to see him perform his music this June at the Moody Theater. It was a retrospective … Continue reading →

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More Image comics I enjoy

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Steve

If you love Science Fiction, I highly recommend Image. There’s more to them than The Walking Dead and creator-owned superheroes…I think they’ve scaled back on the latter. Below are my overdue plugs I promised two years ago. Rick Remender (Black Science) … Continue reading →

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