Author Archive: ColonelFrog
Colonel Frog is a long time science fiction and fantasy fan. He loves reading novels in the field, and he also enjoys watching movies (as well as reading lots of other genre books).
Debunking the Philadelphia Experiment (video).
Joe has a look at debunking the strange story of the infamous Philadelphia Experiment. Supposedly, an advanced military tech experiment gone wrong in October 1943, when as part of an invisibility cloak system developed by Einstein, the US warship USS Eldridge was teleported from the shipyards of Philadelphia to Norfolk, Virginia, with some disastrous results […]
The Future of Humanity (Michio Kaku interview: video).
Japanese-American physicist/futurist Michio Kaku discusses the first image of a black hole as well topics from his new book, The Future of Humanity, in which he explores how we humans might actually develop a long-term sustainable civilisation in the solar system and then the rest of the galaxy. You can find his new book over […]
Black Mirror (season five: trailer).
Here’s the trailer for the 5th season of Black Mirror, coming to Netflix on June 5th 2019. You know, like the old Tales of the Unexpected. But with technology. And better, I dreamt that Charlie Brooker whispered in my ear that Black Mirror was going to be streamed on Netflix in June. I woke up […]
Fear the Walking Dead (5th season trailer).
Fear the Walking Dead, the East Coast cousin of the original show is back for its 5th season on June 2nd 2019 in the USA along with the always reliable Morgan plus a very cool gun-slinger. Yeee-haaaa.
Nick Pope chats about the USA’s Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (video interview).
Nick Pope is interviewed about the USA’s Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) – a formerly secret department formed to study unidentified flying objects. Although begun in 2007 (when its existence was frequently denied) the AATIP program’s existence was made public in December 2017 in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, along with […]
The Dead Don’t Die (horror film trailer).
Another trailer for this zombie comedy movie, The Dead Don’t Die, featuring Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton, Chloë Sevigny, Steve Buscemi, Danny Glover, Caleb Landry Jones, Rosie Perez, Iggy Pop, Sara Driver, RZA, Selena Gomez, Carol Kane, Austin Butler, Luka Sabbat and Tom Waits. This one hits the cinema on June 14th 2019, so […]
I Am Mother (Netflix scifi movie: trailer).
Here’s an original science fiction movie, I Am Mother, landing with Netflix on June 7th 2019. It features a young girl (played by Clara Rugaard), who is the first vat-grown human to be raised in a post-extinction disaster shelter by a droid called Mother (voiced by Rose Byrne). But the robot mother and human child’s […]
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D – 6th season opener (trailer).
Here’s the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D season six opener, in which the action seems rather space-based. Hey, where’s the Guardians of the Galaxy when you need them?
Watchmen (HBO TV series: trailer) (2019).
Here’s the first trailer for the much anticipated HBO Watchmen TV series, with Jeremy Irons as Adrian Veidt and Ozymandias, plus Don Johnson as Chief Judd. This one looks to have its own plot distinct from the original graphic novel, even if it does share many of the same characters. Given the age of Ozymandias, […]
Live long and prospurr?
Everyone likes classic Star Trek, right? And everyone likes cats, too? So what could be better than combining the two and having a series of Star Trek cats! Good old Chronicle Collectables, the same people that brought us the War Rocket Ajax model at a hefty $1600 US dollars have now released a range of […]
