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).
Elon Musk’s plans for Mars getting larger and larger (science news).
Elon Musk announced at the U.S. Air Force startup pitch day that building his first sustainable city on Mars will take 1,000 Starships and 20 years. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has been thinking about the possibility of building a city on Mars for decades. So far, his grandiose plans have mostly been written off as […]
Mass Effect game director suggests new game in the franchise coming (game news).
And you know you want to play it right away, right? Hudson’s tweet has the most recent Mass Effect game in a series, Mass Effect 3: Omega, listed at the top, followed by the game’s first expansion, Mass Effect 2: Citadel, and the first Mass Effect 3 DLC, Mass Effect 3: Omega Guardian. The game […]
Potter – the Harry Potter dog (he’s magic).
What a cute way for one of the world’s most popular brands to send a shout out to Harry Potter fans, especially with the current Harry Potter movie craze. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire came out on Blu-ray earlier this year, and it’s a must-buy for anyone who hasn’t seen the films. The […]
Colour Out of Space (SF-horror movie: trailer).
Colour Out of Space is an upcoming scifi horror movie from Richard Stanley based on the Lovecraft story of the same-ish name, where a meteorite crashes in the peaceful rural town of Arkham, Massachusetts, and vegetation starts growing massive but mutated, animals are driven mad and deformed, and the the townspeople begin to go nuts […]
Wendy (fantasy film: trailer).
In Wendy, Benh Zeitlin re-imagines the Peter Pan tale, where, lost on a mysterious island where ageing and time are suspended, Wendy fights to save her gang of young runaways from the perils of growing up and various adult stranger-dangers. Hitting the cinema on February 28th 2020.
3D printing in spaceeeeee (science news).
Is there a company aiming to 3D print rockets capable of carrying over a ton of payload into space? There is – it’s called Relativity Space. https://singularityhub.com/2019/11/06/this-company-wants-to-3d-print-rockets-in-outer-space/ The Offworld Report – the best news offworld SFcrowsnest
Servant (horror TV series: trailer).
Servant is a new horror TV series from M. Night Shyamalan which will be hitting Apple TV+ on November 28th 2019.
Dune: The Sisterhood TV series from HBO faces set-back (news).
The Dune: The Sisterhood TV series from HBO faces a little set-back, as its showrunner – one Jon Spaihts – leaves the nascent programme for pastures new. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/dune-sisterhood-showrunner-exit-hbo-max-series-1252449 – The Offworld Report – the best news offworld SFcrowsnest.
Doctor Sleep (film review by Mark Kermode).
Our man of many movies, Mark Kermode, reviews Doctor Sleep – the horror movie sequel to The Shining, based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King. The film, set several decades after the events of The Shining, mixes elements of the novel and the Stanley Kubrick flick.
The Aeronauts (film review by Mark Kermode and Felicity Jones interview).
Here’s the review of the film, The Aeronauts, by our man-of-many-movies, Mark Kermode, as well as an interview with Felicity Jones. This flick looks kind of steampunky, even though it’s a historical adventure – stick on a pair of brass goggles and it could have leapt straight out of the pages of one of Stephen […]
