Solitary: Big Story On A Small Budget
The most impressive thing about Solitary is how few resources were used to make it. It’s microbudget, finished remotely due to the pandemic, and still a good film.
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Star Trek: Discovery: A Meh Story In An Awesome Universe
Is Discovery Deserving Of Its Negativity? The infamy surrounding Star Trek: Discovery has been bouncing around my pop-culture perceptions for a long time. I was primed to think the show would be terrible. That it would betray Star Trek proper. But, as established, I’m not the biggest Star Trek expert. I have little in the…
Friday Fiction: The Great Machine
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,…
Star Trek: Picard: Saved By Patrick Stewart
Picard Is Not Made For New Fans At All Once I knew I was reviewing Picard, I had every intention to go into the show with the mindset of a new Star Trek fan—having seen one or two episodes of TNG only. I wanted to review for fresh eyes. This turned out to be difficult….
Friday Fiction: Countdown
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,…
Volition: Deceptively Brilliant Science Fiction
Volition Is Much Smarter Than It Initially Seems Volition was the movie I didn’t know I needed. It was refreshing and enjoyable to get a film deftly and almost immaculately telling a story of time travel, premonitions, and cause and effect. Volition doesn’t start off seeming that way, though. At first, it gives off a vaguely…
Proximity: Somehow Only One Film?
Watching Proximity Is An Odd Experience Proximity is one of the strangest science fiction movies I have ever seen. It defies all expectations, makes many strange choices, and has a very good grasp of visual storytelling and visual composition—and yet is kind of bad. At first, the movie seems to be clear on what it is:…
Friday Fiction: New Tech, Same Problems
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,…
The Price of Safety: Smart Tech, Weak Characters
The Price of Safety Is More Action Than Sci-Fi The Price of Safety is a book full of good ideas but is plagued by sloppy execution. Very quickly in the reading, it was apparent to me that this was a book that loved its technology, and had an in-depth understanding of engineering and science, but…
Upload: Excellent Science Fiction, Satire, and Romance
Upload Is Some Excellent Science Fiction Upload was on my watch list for months before it arrived. As soon as the trailers came and it was clear that this really was going to be a satirical look at a future where humans can and do upload their brains, I was on board. And by episode one,…
Devs: Alex Garland Does It Again
Devs Is An Absolutely Brilliant TV Show Going into Devs, I had expectations. I had heard the pacing was slow. That it was hard to get through. I did not remotely have that issue. Instead, I was engaged, enraptured even. I also didn’t realize this was an Alex Garland show until the ending credits. And, if…
Glitch Techs: Men in Black, But Video Games
Glitch Techs Does Not Play Slow Games Glitch Techs proves to me that the new trajectory of animated shows is high energy motion and manic dialogue. It was jarring enough in DC Super Hero Girls, but this show takes it up to eleven. During the review-watching of Glitch Techs, I had to constantly rewind to hear…
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