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Altered Carbon Season One
Got through this Netflix original before Lost in Space was available and checked it out on the recommendation of my friend Matthew, who has read the novels this is based upon. I was more surprised by the full-frontal nudity (both genders) … Continue reading
Ready Player One: Disappointing Spielberg Schmaltz
The long-awaited film adaption of Ernest Cline’s bestseller is here and it’s terrible. I know all about the limitations of movies versus books, so spare methose comments. Ready was always going to be a huge challenge since Cline’s references were a copyright/trademark nightmare. … Continue reading
Posted in In Theaters, Movies
Tagged Cyberpunk, Dystopia, Eighties, Near Future, Science Fiction, Virtual Reality
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Pac Rim: Uprising: Rental or Streaming
Maybe it was for the best to not make anymore movies with jaegers and kaiju duking it out in the various cities on the Pacific Ocean. Uprising proved the old adage with sequels…more is less, especially when the producers are blatantly bending over backwards to kiss … Continue reading
Frankenstein turns 200
I’ve always found the story behind the book to be more interesting. Trust me, after the 1992 release of Coppola’s take on Dracula, I tried to read Mary Shelley’s opus. Holy crap! It is boring! Frankenstein probably took off because there was … Continue reading
Lost in Space 1998 and revised for today
Last week I went on at length about how excited I am for Netflix’s shot at making Irwin Allen’s beloved show that started off as Science Fiction and devolved into Science Dreck/Fantasy, back into the Sci-Fi journey it should’ve been. … Continue reading
Lost in Space is finally returning…
…and this time Netflix is going to do it correctly and/or better! Indie Poster Child Parker Posey as Dr. Smith. Best casting decision since Gary Oldman. The new series will have all 10 episodes available on April 13 this year! … Continue reading
Monsters v. Aliens
I was pretty thrilled to see this movie being available on Netflix since very little made by Dreamworks’ animation studio is interesting. After 20-plus years, they remain stuck in Pixar’s shadow, even with Pixar’s lesser stuff (Cars 1-3, Monsters University, … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Streaming
Tagged Alien Invasion, Aughts, Cartoons, Comedy, Science Fiction
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Downsizing: Acquired Taste
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
The Orville, it’s Star Trek with lame, pointless jokes
Everyone knows Seth MacFarlane is a huge Star Trek fan because he got the opportunity to play a minor engineering crew member on Enterprise over a decade ago. However, I guess the Paramount people weren’t interested in letting him lend his clout to … Continue reading
Wonder Woman crossovers/team-ups
It has been a great year for Wonder Woman! Beyond her killer film, DC Comics featured the princess in three team-ups with complimentary heroes. Thankfully, Zak Snyder couldn’t screw them up. First is the a team-up we could only have … Continue reading
Posted in Comic Books, Diversions, TV
Tagged Action, DC Comics, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Seventies, Sixties
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Starship Troopers: 20 years later, the satire that came true
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
Planet of the Apes shirt!
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
Blade Runner 2049: Must See
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
RIP Bernie Casey
Bernie was a well-loved actor in the realm of Sci-Fi and Comedy productions that I often saw him in. I first caught him as Major Spender in the mini-series version of The Martian Chronicles, he was the astronaut who “went native,” … Continue reading
RIP Harry Dean Stanton
If the celebrities I like could hang in there for a couple more weeks, I may catch up on all the other obituaries I want to post on my site without them piling up. Which brings me to Harry. He … Continue reading