Tag Archives: science fiction

All twelve movies in one clip. Pretty cool. Further proof of the adage that “even numbered Star Treks don’t suck” can be found in the current movie’s reviews.

“Best alien-folk-duo sci-fi-action romance-comedy ever.”

Fans try to explain the show to the Screen Junkies host.

If you really know where your towel is, you’ll enjoy today’s Google Doodle in honor of Douglas Adams’ birthday.

Stay out of the comments if you’ve not yet seen last night’s half-season finale. Otherwise dive in and dish.

Tech/sci-fi site IO9 has posted an item titled 10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Star Trek. Here’s my favorite: Star Trek visited Mayberry… twice. The show was so broke, it reused tons of outdoor sets from The Andy Griffith Show, particularly in the episodes “Miri” and “City on the Edge of Forever.” You can actually see Floyd’s Barber Shop, …

Stay out of the comments if you’ve not yet seen last night’s season premier of Doctor Who. Otherwise dive in and dish! EX-TER-MIN-ATE.

The news season starts tomorrow! #WhovianGiggle.

Gizmodo has published a list of ten science fiction staples that they say will never come to be because of the pesky physical laws of the universe. 1. Lightsabers2. Human teleportation3. Time travel4. Faster than light speed travel5. Generation ships6. Gravitational shielding7. Personal force fields8. Cryonic reanimation9. Consciousness uploading10.Infinite data processing Gizmodo follows each of the above items with mumbo-jumbo-y …

This clip asks the unanswered questions. Lots of them.

My second favorite author of all time, behind Arthur Clarke. Details. Ray Bradbury — author of The Martian Chronicles, Fahrenheit 451, Something Wicked this Way Comes, and many more literary classics — died this morning in Los Angeles, at the age of 91.

Americans United for Separation of Church and State are protesting the plan to provide $11M in Kentucky state road improvements to support the Christian theme park where the centerpiece attraction is an alleged replica of Noah’s Ark. “The Highway-36 appropriation is intended to promote and support a religious, evangelical enterprise, violating the separation of church and state and the Kentucky …

Equals: The Hunger Games. Saw it last night with Dr. Jeff and I do not get the hype as I found it hard to care whether the bland Twilight-y heroine lived or not. As usual, Stanley Tucci was outstanding. Otherwise, meh.

With an estimated take of $155M, Hunger Games is the only non-sequel to place in the top ten greatest opening weekends ever.