The MTV Movie Awards are notorious for doing parodies of the top-grossing film every year. Just about all of them are funny, but this was one that I still think of from time to time. Years later, it still gives me a chuckle, especially the scenes where Wanda Sykes plays the Oracle and Will Ferrell […]
New Skyfall Trailer!
Perhaps to follow up on Daniel Craig and the Queen’s big Olympic performance, Columbia Pictures has decided to release yet another trailer for the upcoming Bond movie Skyfall. But unlike the one that premiered after Craig and Queen Elizabeth II’s show, this one is way bigger and badder! Guess they thought the last one was […]
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The Future is Here: Robotaxis and Podcars!
Fans of Total Recall may recall the Johnnycab, a robot taxi service that helped Arny get to where he was going and flee his armed assailants. Well, as it turns out, personal automated podcars (aka. robotaxis) are not a thing of the future anymore. Yes, as it turns out, Masdar City in the United Arab […]
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Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Hello all and happy July 29th! Or, as its known to many fantasy and sci-fi geeks, the day that The Fellowship of the Ring the first volume in the LOTR trilogy was published in 1954. Yes, I learned that just this morning, and thought it was the perfect excuse to finally do the review I’ve […]
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Whiskey Delta
“Ambulans mortuus: noun. Lit. “moving dead” (lat.). A viral strain that appeared in Western Hemisphere in the early 21st century. Origin unknown. Characterized by high fever and death in infected subjects, followed by reanimation and extremely violent behavior. No known cure.” -Merriam-Webster Dictionary. 2021 Edition. Green and black. Always the same. Nothing ever looked different […]
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Chasm City
Next up in my review of Alastair Reynold’s Revelation Space universe is the prequel novel and setting piece known as Chasm City! Released in 2001, one year after Revelation Space and a year before Redemption Ark (I know, prolific, aint he?), the story takes place outside of the main trilogy, but details the setting and […]
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Opening Ceremonies, the Queen, and James Bond
I trust just about everyone caught the Opening Ceremonies on TV today. And even if you didn’t see it live, I imagine it’s only a matter of time before you catch the highlights on replay or Youtube. And I for one was seriously impressed! Between the amazingly-choreographed reenactment of the industrial revolution (under the watchful […]
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