1956’s “Forbidden Planet” is one of the seminal sci-fi movie classics, and for a host of good reasons; it was a prototype that many followed (it’s practically a theatrical pilot for 1966’s Star Trek), it has colorful, dazzling special effects, an able-and-willing cast, high production values (rare for ’50s science fiction movies), and its screenplay…
Month: April 2017
March For Science, part 2
Well, I finally did it. I went to my first public protest. After too many years of just signing petitions (both paper and online), voting and hoping, even calls to our congressmen and senators, my wife and I finally attended the March For Science downtown in our fair city and it was, indeed,…
March For Science, April 22
Once again, I apologize for getting just a bit political on this blog, but this is a cause near and dear to my heart. We now find ourselves in a reality where science, education, space and climate change research are all under direct attack. Climatology is vital to the near-future habitability of our planet……
Where did the once-brilliant ALIEN franchise go so wrong?
With the imminent release of “ALIEN: Covenant” (coming in May) I wanted to discuss the ALIEN franchise in general. But I became more intrigued by this question: at what point did this once brilliant franchise go so wrong? The first two films are unabashed classics. As ALIENS director James Cameron has said, ‘the first movie…
WonderCon Recap Day 3: Last Day…
As they used to say on multi-part TV shows, ‘First, some scenes from Part One…’ WonderCon Recap Day One 3/31/17 ‘…and here are scenes from Part 2…’ WonderCon recap, Day Two: 4/1/17 ‘…and now, the exciting finale of WonderCon 2017 in Anaheim!’ WonderCon 2017 Day 3 was a bit more relaxed (okay, I may have…
WonderCon recap, Day Two: 4/1/17
I begin this recap assuming you (my faithful 3-4 readers!) have already seen the Day One recap, so here goes: Day Two of WonderCon Anaheim was less eventful but no less personally satisfying. I decided to cosplay as Fred Flintstone for the entire day since I kind of half-assed it on Friday (by changing into…
WonderCon Anaheim 2017, Day One recap (3/31/17)
Well, yesterday was Day One of Anaheim’s “Comic Con Junior” known as WonderCon, and it was a lot of fun…without the crowds or chaos that is Comic Con San Diego (not that I don’t love it, mind you…). First, I plan to include all the pics and graphics on the full recap (to be published…