******STARSHIP-SIZED SPOILERS!****** This month marks the season for my favorite holiday; Halloween. Even now, some decades since I’ve last trick or treated, I still look forward to the costumes, handing out candy to the kids, and of course, enjoying all the scary movies/TV shows that are trotted out this time of year. Even the Original…
Author: A Middle Aged Geek
I am a happily married, progressive-minded, middle-aged science fiction geek. My interests included photography, reading, movies, Halloween, and all kinds of nerdy-niche things. After months of prodding from my wife (and my friends), I decided to 'throw down' with a blog of all of my nerdiest of nerdly thoughts and musings... here's hoping you enjoy!
Amazon’s screenlife remake of “War of the Worlds” will not rock anyone’s world…
******SPOILERS****** Since the 1898 publishing of H.G. Wells’ classic alien invasion novel “The War of the Worlds,” there have been multiple adaptations. Notable versions being the Orson Welles’ 1938 Mercury Theatre radio play (which terrified an off-guard United States), the iconic 1953 Cold War-era movie, Jeff Wayne’s 1978 musical, a syndicated TV series (1987-1988), a…
“Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” ends an uninspired third season…
******STARSHIP-SIZED SPOILERS!****** I’ve already written two columns on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ (SNW) third season, with a double-review of its opening episodes “Hegemony Part 2,” and “Wedding Bell Blues,” and I recently did a writeup on the rest of the season to date. Then came the last two episodes, “Terrarium” and “New Life and…
“What you feared would come like an explosion, is like a whisper”: Robert Redford, 1936-2025…
One of the worst aspects of aging, aside from the increasing failings of our bodies, is seeing so many icons you loved, admired and grew up with exiting life’s rollercoaster before you. Sometimes, sadly, they disembark well before their time. Others leave after a long and memorable ride. Yet, whenever that moment arrives, it never…
“You’re gonna need a bigger display”: JAWS: The Exhibition opens at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles…
To any longtime readers, I swear that barring any unforeseen circumstances, this should be my final word on the 50th anniversary of “JAWS,” which happens to be one of my favorite films of all time. I’ve already published prior columns on my personal “JAWS” 50th anniversary celebrations and of recently revisiting the movie in 2D-IMAX,…
Halloween in Septober: “CreepIE Aftermath 2025” haunts the Inland Empire…
Septober is here! Anyone else feeling Halloween vibes earlier than usual this year? Maybe it’s due to the onslaught of Halloween product flooding retailers as early as late July this year (!). Personally, I think we should just rename September Septober and be done with it. At any rate, my corner of SoCal has just…
“This shark…swallow you whole!” Seeing “JAWS” (1975) in 2D-IMAX…
******THREE BARRELS OF SPOILERS!****** From Drive-In to IMAX For clarity, this will not be a review of “JAWS” (1975), which I reviewed the hell out of five years ago, and revisited again earlier this year for the movie’s official 50th anniversary celebration back in June. This column is about rewatching a movie I’ve seen countless…
BBC’s “Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets” (2004) is a little-seen, cosmic gem of a miniseries…
******SPACESHIP-SIZED SPOILERS!****** One day, back in 2004, I was perusing my local Barnes & Noble bookstore when I came across a large coffee table book titled “Voyage to the Planets” (originally titled “Space Odyssey” in the UK), written by Tim Haines and Christopher Riley. The cover featured a photorealistic image of a young astronaut standing…
“Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” third season is boldly going nowhere at maximum warp…
******STARSHIP-SIZED SPOILERS!****** The Promise After a lot of speculation and advocation by fans like myself, “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” (SNW) debuted in May of 2022 with one of the strongest pilot episodes of the nearly 60-year old Star Trek franchise. The SNW pilot, plainly-titled “Strange New Worlds,” was a tongue-in-cheek redux of director Robert…
2025’s Perris-Con in Riverside County, California offers a free mini-convention for Inland Empire sci-fi/comic book fans…
Return of the Newcomer Last year, the city of Perris, California, in Riverside County, held a small, free, mini-comics convention called Perris Fandom Con, which returned this year under the shortened name of Perris-Con. This free event, with free parking as well, was held on August 16th at the Perris City Hall building at 101…
The first two episodes of “Alien: Earth” deal with much more than xenomorphs…
******SPOILERS!****** Have to admit, I had more than a bit of trepidation going into this series. My parade of disappointments with the “ALIEN” franchise dates back 33 years with the the release of ALIEN3. Most of the franchise has existed in the shadow of its first two movies (“ALIEN,” “ALIENS”), rehashing variations of their simple…
Retro-Musings: “The Silent Star,” aka “First Spaceship on Venus” (1960) was an East German-Polish sci-fi flick that broke new ground…
******SPACESHIP-SIZED SPOILERS!******* As a youngster, I remember being home sick from school once with a mild fever. I flipped through the limited number of broadcast stations on our family’s 25″ Zenith TV before collapsing on the couch. I came across a promising sci-fi movie on a local station called “First Spaceship on Venus,” originally titled…