Tag: war
When war itself goes science fiction (science video).
Future battlefields will employ ever-more technology, says Isaac Arthur, whether that battlefield is on earth, in the sea, in space, or inside cyberspace. In this 30-minute science video, Isaac examines the roles robots, drones, artificial intelligence, armoured suits, and nanotech could play in the future of war.
Martian Colonies… peaceful independence, or will war be needed? (video).
Here’s a short science video examining what will happen after the Martian colonies reach millions of people and the urge to declare nationhood and independence beckons. Can Mars win its independence peacefully, or will there be conflict on the way out?
War, Politics And Superheroes by Marc DiPaolo (book review).
The problem with any book focusing on comicbooks is that either the authors are going to be long term comicbook readers or going to have to cherrypick as they get up to speed on the topic they want to discuss. With nearly eighty years of super-heroes now and impossible to have read everything, the difference […]
Red Dawn film review (Frank’s take).
This is just what the cinema world was really clamoring for at this moment…a pointless and protrusive generic action war movie update based on a mildly serviceable mid-80’s military yarn from yesteryear. At least movie audiences got a kick out of 1984’s ‘Red Dawn’ that had some reasonable jingoistic kitsch to go along with its […]
