Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher has passed away following a massive heart attack which she suffered on a flight to LAX. You can read more about it at StarWars.com or CNN. May the Force be with her — she will be in our hearts always.
So many people criticize both the Star Wars prequels and “The Force Awakens” for being clones of the original series. But what is often forgotten is that Star Wars is the very embodiment of the Hero’s Journey, and its themes and archetypes live on from generation to generation. Although this...
So, the official first trailer for the new live-action Ghost in the Shell movie recently came out, and I have to say, it does look pretty good. Apart from the “whitewashing” controversy, which is no small matter, the trailer itself does show a film that seems to stay true to...
The first trailer for Luc Besson’s new film, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, has just come out, and it looks pretty awesome. He’s best know for the hit sci-fi movie The Fifth Element, and Valerian seems to have a similar vibe. You can read a bit more about it on...
The second full trailer for Star Wars: Rogue One is out, and it’s packed with some spectacular scenes! We also get see Darth Vader, though I’m pretty sure he won’t have too much screen time as he’s not the focus of the film or even the villain (the villain is...
Tony Stark Elon Musk has announced SpaceX’s big plans for getting a human colony set up on Mars, perhaps sometime mid-century or so if everything pans out. That’s some pretty big ambitions, and it’s risky too, but ambition and risk are two things humanity must have in abundance if we...
Another year at DragonCon has come and gone! We had a great time as usual, and it was good to meet up with old friends and make new ones. I tried not to spend as much time as I did last year in the Space and Science tracks, but I...
The full two minute trailer for Star Wars: Rogue One has been unveiled! I don’t even know what the say right now! I’m utterly speechless! I keep using exclamation marks even though I know better! So stop reading these random ramblings and just watch the trailer! Do it now!
“Blade Runner” is a sci-fi cyberpunk classic, and it already has quite the film noir feel. But what if I told you someone has actually create a remixed trailer for “Blade Runner” in the classic film noir style? Well, someone named Chet Desmond has done just that, and the effect...
Although I didn’t go to San Diago Comic-Con (DragonCon is more my thing) I have certainly been enjoying the flood of trailers pouring out from the various studios. It’s impossible to say which of these movies I’m looking forward to more. I guess I’m looking forward to them all! “Suicide Squad”...
