Category: Sci-Fi

Rest In Peace, Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury, author of “Fahrenheit 451,” “The Martian Chronicles,” “Something Wicked This Way Comes,” and over 600 short stories, has passed away at the age of 91. With eerily apropos timing, the planet Venus completed its once-in-a-century transit of the sun even as he passed from this world. Watch, think,...

Avengers: I Hope It’s Good

Well, the new Avengers movie looks better and better with every trailer and clip I see. I sure hope it really is as good as it looks. Check out this latest clip: If the embeded video doesn’t play (or you want to see higher def version), you can find it...

Doctor Who: Curse of Fatal Death

I just stumbled upon this “official” Doctor Who parody, which was done for a BBC charity telethon back in 1999.  It has some pretty big names including  Rowan Atkinson, Richard Grant, and Hugh Grant, and is pretty funny. Plus it has the classic Master (far better than the new Master,...

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Need I say more? I don’t think so! And here’s a nice Featurette. …and I heard as it were, the noise of thunder. And I looked and behold was Death saying, come and see. And I saw. And Hell followed me.  

Freak’n Space Nazi Comedy Action Movie

Iron Sky (which I thought I blogged about last year, but can’t find the post now) is finally being released this year on April 4th, 2012. Check out the trailer! Keep in mind this is an independent film from Finland, from the creators of Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning, and...

Must See Movies of 2012

Here’s my top picks of the must see movies of 2012, in no particular order. Be sure to click the HD option to 720 and go full screen! The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey We all know the tale, and at long last the new movie has been revealed! The Hunger...

Scientists to Rip Spacetime Apart

If I’ve learned anything from Star Trek, it’s that when the words “spacetime” and “rip apart” occur in the same sentience, you get the heck out of the solar system at warp 9. Yet, having failed to blow up the planet with the LHC, particle physicists (being the crazy, zany,...

Interactive Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy

SF Signal has create an interactive guide to NPR’s top 100 list of science fiction and fantasy books.  They have create a beautiful flowchart and a pretty nifty interactive web app. The flowchart is good to download and print out (if you have a 52″ x 40″ printer), and the...

Dragon*Con 2011 Parade

I had a great time this year at Dragon*Con 2011. In my previous post I mentioned some of the highlights of Dragon*Con, but in this post I’m just going to zip through some great pictures I managed to take of the annual Dragon*Con parade. It was pretty fantastic seeing all...