‘Destination Moon’ (1950), the film that probably should have led off the 50s Science Fiction cycle, actually is still an enjoyable adventure film, even if parts are a little dated. It is colourful and fairly realistic, certainly taking into account that it was released in 1950. Not that some of the information known then […]
There are a handful of authors I will read, regardless of what their new book is about. I see their name and go ahead and request or buy the book, confident I will enjoy it. In fact, I almost prefer going in blind, not knowing what the book is about. It’s a thrilling way to […]
Let’s take a visit through the anime stores of that most geekiest of areas, Tokyo’s Akihabara district. Hey, it’s like we’re really there!
There’s a whole universe of manga/anime figures available on the shelves of model and toy stores in Japan. And you know what, some lucky bugger has the job of designing and making them. In this case, a chap called Sho who works as a model sculptor at the Good Smile Company in the world’s geekiest area – […]
The Rick And Morty cartoon series just keeps on getting better and better. Here’s a heavy spoiler-filled review for you to catch up with these alien-filled gems.
Is this where we’re meant to make a quip about chucking a coin to The Witcher for the second season of this fantasy series appearing on Netflix? Watch the trailer and try to make sense of it all, we dare (hint: the time-jump cuts don’t help matters). Streams at Xmas, December 17th, 2021.
As you can tell from the cover of this ‘Back Issue’, the emphasis is on Bronze Age TV Tie-Ins. Mike Eury’s introduction shows just how extensive they were and also several that were never done. This subject has been tapped across several issues before but this one is a complete concentration. TV might has supplanted […]
The politics of Star Trek are a funny thing. Are we still dreaming of freedom and justice in space? Or have those dreams moved onto fresh territories?
In this fascinating science video entitled, The Origin of Life on Earth and Alien Worlds, Lex Fridman – the modern day Carl Sagan of A.I. and other fascinating edge science topics – gets together with Sara Walker, an astrobiologist and theoretical physicist, to chat about such topics as is consciousness fundamental to the universe, how […]
Senior astronomer at SETI, Seth Shostak, talks about his work in the search for ET intelligence, as well as his thoughts in ‘Oumuamua – the first known interstellar object detected passing through our solar system, and finally, an odd signal picked up by the Breakthrough Listen project.
There are a handful of authors I will read, regardless of what their new book is about. I see their name and go ahead and request or buy the book, confident I will enjoy it. In fact, I almost prefer going in blind, not knowing what the book is about. It’s a thrilling way to […]
Once, when the word ‘fantasy’ was mentioned, the automatic thought was something Tolkienesque, a plot involving magic, wizards and possibly god-like beings, with lots of conflict and a quest. The settings were invented worlds. Often the sides of conflict were very much black and white. Later, fantasy became broader to include contemporary or historical settings […]
How did a crazed serial attacker in 1830s London become an urban legend, then a fictional anti-hero, then the inspiration for Batman? It’s a fascinating mystery that has never been solved. So let’s talk about Spring-Heeled Jack, the first urban legend and steampunk super-villain.
Here’s the short scifi movie “Ripple Effect” by Hannah Bang and Margo E. Sawaya. In a not so distant future- a coalition of the old earth’s nations have sought and claimed the discovery of a new planet “Gaia” as the human race’s last hope for survival. However, when the human settlements rolled in, what awaited […]
