by G.L. Breedon | Sep 7, 2011 | Film, Science Fiction
There was an interesting article in The Guardian by film critic Jonathan Jones, who suggests that Steven Spielberg’s film Close Encounters of the Third Kind is the first great work of Postmodern art. He writes: What makes me call this film...
by G.L. Breedon | Sep 2, 2011 | Fantasy, News, Science Fiction, Weekly Recap
Dragon Con starts Friday in Atlanta. I09 has a great guide to sci-fi and fantasy for September. Good interview with sci-fi author Brenda Cooper. Nice review of Mike Ashley’s “Out of This World” history of sci-fi. Blade Runner Convention Reel from...
by G.L. Breedon | Sep 1, 2011 | Film, History, Retro-Nostalgia, Science Fiction
Saw this on i09, but the Vimeo post seems to have been taken down. Hopefully the Youtube version will stay up for a bit longer. From the YouTube description: One of the Blade Runner Convention Reels featuring interviews with Ridley Scott, Syd Mead and Douglas Trumbull...
by G.L. Breedon | Aug 30, 2011 | Art, Retro-Nostalgia, Science Fiction
I found a really fun site today via the Chicagoist. Artist Matthew Buchholz has created a series of alternate history images with a sci-fi twist. They’re great fun. As you can see.
by G.L. Breedon | Aug 29, 2011 | Film, Reviews, Science Fiction, Time Travel
My wife and I watched Source Code last night. It’s been a while since we watched a movie. We’ve been watching HBO’s Carnivale and the BBC crime drama Waking the Dead. But, we finally ran out of episodes of both. I have to say, I enjoyed Source Code...
by G.L. Breedon | Aug 25, 2011 | History, Science Fiction
I came across this article today about a life-on-the-moon hoax published on this day, 176 years ago in the New York Sun newspaper. The paper ran a six part series about red cucumber eating bat-men living on the moon and worshiping in temples. Somehow I had never...
