I didn’t have high expectations for Fear the Walking Dead. I’m just one of those people who is a cynical jerk and thinks spinoffs are usually a waste of television space. The 90-minute pilot premiered on AMC on August 23rd to over 10 million viewers and that’s a cable series launch record. So yeah, a few…
The San Diego Convention Center may be huge, but it’s unable to contain all of the excitement of Comic-Con, which came to a close this week. There were lots of panels, trailers and fun and I’m here to talk film. The most buzzed about trailer to be released online was Batman v Superman: Dawn of…
In the UK, three years before Captain Kirk boldly went where no man had gone before, a shabby-looking, blue police telephone box materialized out of thin air and into the hearts and minds of a new generation of viewers. The Doctor had just announced his presence to an early 60s Saturday teatime audience. The blue…
We’re just over a year away from the premiere of X-Men: Apocalypse, due out May 27th 2016, and there’s a lot of news to share. Just as Jennifer Lawrence, James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender stepped in to reenergize the franchise, a young group will now look to reboot the series. Game of Thrones’ Sophie Turner…
You’d better have read the others. Last time on the Week of Chaos, we showed you what it really means to be alone in a crowd and the fear that comes with being lost in darkness. Now, a new kind of fear will come into play… In the future, the mind is sucject to the…
Tuning in… Welcome back, folks! The Week of Chaos continues with TWO short stories from Brandon Scott, the SECOND SET so far. Prepare to be… *Cue music.* …unprepared. Our first tale is one about innoncence and what happens when one is deprived of such in the face of a grim reality. What will become of…
(NOTE BEFORE READING: Use the links. They’re your friends.) We begin our Week of Chaos (READ THIS) with a piece that requires little introduction. Among our oldest Friday Fiction pieces, “Garbage Man” was requested by the Editor-in-Chief of Sci-Fi Bloggers to be prepared and ready for the upcoming segment in one night. And so it was that Brandon Scott became…
Tuning in… Ladies and gentlemen… …may I have your attention, please? *Cue music.* You’ve been patient. You’ve been diligent. You’ve been loyal. Now… …for demonstrating such tremendous qualities… …such incredible attributes… …you… …shall… …be… …rewarded. Friends… …bloggers… …Earthlings… …lend me your ears. The time has come, yet again, for you to get your proper dose……
I think there might be something wrong with science fiction writers. Which is quite the statement, because I am a science fiction writer. Why do we like to end the world so much? What is so inherently appealing about destroying it? Is it because we have a grudge against society, and this is our way…
If this is the music that plays at the end of the world… …then I say… “LET IT BURN!” After the Lights Failed is a chaotic album, and I mean that in the best possible way. It kept me on my toes as I drifted through each song, losing track of time and where I…
The upcoming X-Men: Apocalypse has found its Apocalypse. Actor Oscar Isaac has snagged the role of the latest villain in the franchise. Isaac garnered critical acclaim for his recent titular role for Inside Llewyn Davis, directed by the Coen brothers, and will be appearing in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Apocalypse will be set in…
In any movie/television series wherein the world has ended, the narrative is always the same: do what you can to survive in the post-apocalyptic world. But what happens when survivors are given a choice between staying alive and possibly saving the world? Cimmerian takes place three years after a virus created by a group called…
