Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention, please? You’ve been patient. You’ve been diligent. You’ve been loyal. Now, for demonstrating such tremendous qualities, such incredible attributes, such unbelievable resolve, you shall be rewarded! Friends, bloggers, Earthlings, lend me your ears! The time has come, yet again, for you to get your proper dose of excitement, adventure,…
Okay everyone, this is it, the one we’ve all been waiting for. I remember when the first Iron Man‘s credits finished rolling and I thought, Okay, maybe there’ll be something good here. The movie was fantastic, but I just feel like there’s one last thing that I need to—HOLY $%&#ing $#!& on a $%$#$%&#ing Krispy Kreme…
Fair warning: Even though I suggest these as options for after FOX’s Almost Human, most of them actually came out before this series aired. As a poster on i09’s site recently pointed out, the intriguing style of the show may actually be as much sci-fi tribute to the 1980’s classics as it is something new. But…
The world is changing faster than it has at any other point in its history. Science and technology are evolving and advancing in ways previously thought to be impossible. As they have done so, philosophy, politics and many other societal elements have also gone through significant shifts. These are all leading to a variety of possibilities, all under the heading…
Written for the Screen and Directed by Gavin Hood Based on the Novel by Orson Scott Card Starring Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Viola Davis, Hailee Steinfeld, Abigail Breslin and Ben Kingsley PG-13, 114 minutes At the climax of Ender’s Game, what should be the most exciting part of the film, our protagonist poses a question:…
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There is so much. Really, there is. You pick up this book, and you read it, and there are all these words, and we learn something, many things, and we take those things and act. You do it with movies, comics and games, too. Pick it up, learn from it, act. And then, your actions lead…
As most of you probably know, Syfy, formerly known as Sci-Fi Channel, has been on a steady decline in terms of quality programming and ratings. I don’t know whether or not this is a result of poor leadership or a lack of good content, but my guess is that it’s the former, seeing as…
The utopian future was one of the most prevalent sci-fi concepts from the 1950s all the way until around the late 70s and early 80s. Notice I said “sci-fi,” not “future.” As we all know, apocalypse has pretty much been on most people’s minds since the atomic bombs dropped. However, science fiction gave us an…
The Wolverine, directed by James Mangold, was, to me, a surprisingly good movie, especially since I stayed after the credits and got a taste of what was to come in the X-Men universe. My hopes have only grown since the release of the new trailer for X-Men: Days of Future Past, which will have director…
So we all know the problem with the science fiction of the 50s through about the 70s or so: overly optimistic. If we can make it to the moon then surely Mars isn’t that much farther, right? Jetpacks and hovercraft for everybody! Well, they may have gotten that stuff wrong but here’s some tech that…
Cyberfiction: After the Future explores a place where cybernetics sets the terms for society, life and culture—our world of ubiquitous info-tech, instantaneous capital flows, and immanent catastrophe. Economics fuses with technology to create a new kind of speculative fiction: cyberfiction. Paul Youngquist reveals the ways in which J. G. Ballard, Philip K. Dick, Samuel Delany,…
