Tag Archives: Science Fiction

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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RIP: Jerry Pournelle

Posted on September 10, 2017 by Steve

Science Fiction writer Jerry Pournelle passed away Friday from a long series of health incidents. For those who read a lot of the genre may recognize his name, Jerry often collaborated with Larry Niven on several books, especially The Mote in … Continue reading →

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Innerspace: 30 years later

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Steve

An Eighties spin on the Fantastic Voyage premise with the comedy of Martin Short while he was popular. Hard to believe Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan got together through this, they only share the opening 10 minutes of scene time. I … Continue reading →

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Forever War reprinted

Posted on August 2, 2017 by Steve

Joe Haldeman’s masterpiece has returned as a six-part comic book series. I vaguely remember seeing the graphic novel version in the early Nineties. Titan Comics found a good way to separate the story into logical chapters. I also know that … Continue reading →

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RIP Martin Laundu

Posted on July 17, 2017 by Steve

Martin gets a nod in the annals of Science Fiction primarily for Space: 1999 a show which could use a reboot/remake since it does have an interesting premise. Maybe he did it after seeing the popularity Leonard Nimoy got for Spock, … Continue reading →

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RIP Stephen Furst (belated)

Posted on July 8, 2017 by Steve

To most people Stephen lives on as Flounder from Animal House but to the Nerd crowd it’s Vir Cotto in Babylon 5. I was more annoyed by the Internet not having many photos of him in the one treasure I later remembered … Continue reading →

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Battlestar Galactica reunion at the Paramount

Posted on July 6, 2017 by Steve

For those who saw the entertainment news several weeks ago, Battlestar Galactica show runner/revamper Ron Moore finally admitted that he and the other writers never put together a plan for the Cylons. It was revealed during the closing panel at Austin’s … 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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RIP Bill Paxton

Posted on February 26, 2017 by Steve

What a fricking pisser to wake up to and see on the news within the first five minutes of my morning. I thought last year took away too many beloved people and now ’17 is trying to outdo ’16 by … Continue reading →

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RIP: John Hurt

Posted on January 28, 2017 by Steve

A really cool actor with a solid Sci-Fi resume has passed. Now if I can still still tell the difference between John and the American actor William Hurt. John first came to my attention as the Nostrumo’s navigator Kane who was indirectly … Continue reading →

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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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Arrival: Acquired taste

Posted on December 4, 2016 by Steve

It’s great to see some more cerebral Sci-Fi! Not the usual explosion-laden, aliens-as-a-surrogate for an Other America is supposed to hate. I’m amazed this movie even got made but I guess the studio approved Arrival when they looked at the cast. … 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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Three offbeat comics to check out

Posted on November 13, 2016 by Steve

They’re back for the fourth time and are now part of what’s called the Hasbroverse alongside the Transformers, ROM the Spaceknight, GI Joe and MASK. What I’d give to read the original Marvel run of about five years. Micronauts was a rarity … Continue reading →

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Italian #44: Christopher Lee

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Steve

What? The consummate Englishman from all those Hammer Horror movies? Saruman the White? Count Dokku? Scaramanga? Yes, the towering actor was half Italian. His mother was Countess Estelle Marie Carandini di Sarzano, an Italian citizen who married an English army officer. … Continue reading →

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