Author: M.W.Chase

Dragon*Con 2014 Costumes

I posted previously about Dragon*Con 2014, with a few pictures of some of the artifacts at their steampunk museum, but I just discovered this epic video by Crimson Arrow highlighting some of the particularly impressive costumes at Dragon*Con 2014. It is definitely a must see!

Dragon*Con 2014

We got back from Dragon*Con 2014 last week, but this is the first chance I’ve had to actually post about it. As always, we had a great time. We got to see Kevin J. Anderson, Jim Butcher, Harry Turtledove, Gene Wolfe, and Walter Koenig. Patrick Stewart was also there, but...

Star Trek: Axanar

More crowd-funded fan-made sci-fi movie goodness! Take a look at the Kickstarter campaign for Star Trek: Axanar. Their 20 minute prelude film is pretty good, and they are right on target for their budget for the full 90 minute movie! Crowd-funded fan-made sci-fi movies are truly the wave of the...

Earth from Space

Take a look at this amazing video of Earth, as filmed from the International Space Station! Truely epic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dAHGvmT6v8#t=153

Star Trek Continues in the Mirror Universe

The fan-made Star Trek Original Series continuation has a new episode out, “Fairest of them All”. Taking place in the Mirror Universe, this episode starts off where the original episode, “Mirror, Mirror”, left off. It is fan-made, but the costumes, props, and special effects are all top notch. The acting...

Leaked Star Wars Footage!

New leaked Star Wars footage from the Frankfurt airport in Germany. And before you ask, of course it’s a joke. But it demonstrates some really good CGI work by the creators of this little film. Thumbs up!  

Interstellar Trailer

Here’s the trailer for the upcoming Christopher Nolan film, Interstellar, which comes out this November. It’s hard to tell much about the movie itself, but this could very well be a great sci-fi drama, assuming it’s done right. We’ll just have to see!

Star Wars Trailer Mash-up

While most of us are just waiting for the new Star Wars films to come out, some fans are still hard at work coming up with brilliant new ways to showcase the original films. One such fan-made trailer is this brilliant mash-up of the original trilogy footage to the Guardians...

Warp Drive, Mr. Sulu

Looks like the folk at NASA’s Eagleworks are still hard at work on a possibly plausible faster-than-light system, generally known as an Alcubbierre drive, which is sort-of similar to the warp drive of Star Trek fame. If you have an hour to kill, take a look at this informative talk by NASA’s...