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Of Invincible Aliens that were Easily Vanquished

by storiesbywilliams on February 26, 2013 in Books, Movies, Sci-Fi, Series and tagged achilles heel, alien invasion, Battle: Los Angeles, Battlefield Earth, battleship, borg queen, captain picard, h.g. wells, Independence Day, John Travolta, Kang and Kodos, L. Ron Hubbard, locutus, M. Night Shyamalan, martian tripods, martians, Paul Verhoeven, Q, rihanna, science fiction, scientology, signs, Star Trek, Star Trek TNG, the borg, The Day of the Triffids, the simpsons, The War of the Worlds, Transformers, uss enterprise, USS Missouri, uss voyager

If there’s one thing that’s become an annoying cliche in commercial science fiction movies, and even some novels, it’s the idea of a super-advanced alien race that come to Earth, proceeds to kick ass, but then gets beaten by a ragtag bunch of superheroes by the most implausible means. You know what I’m talking about, […]

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Cool Ships (volume X)

by storiesbywilliams on May 23, 2012 in Cool Ships, Movies, Series and tagged aerospace fighter, akira-class starship, alien nation, battle mechs, battletech, borg, covenant assault carrier, defiant, descent freespace, District 9, ferro-fibrous, fleet of sacred consecration, freespace, generational ship, GVD Hatshepsut, high charity, Independence Day, liberty-class cruiser, mc80 liberty-class cruiser, mon calamari, mon calamari cruiser, mothership, prawns, retribution-class battleship, shivan, Star Trek, star trek ds9, terran ships, the prawn, UNSC, unsc aegis fate, unsc forward unto dawn, vasudan, warhammer 40k

Aerospace Fighter: Here’s one I found while sifting through info for another post (see Giant Robots). Like the mechas from that list, this too comes from the Battletech universe. And the name pretty much says it all. This futuristic fighter, which is found in the air forces of every Clan, is capable of flight in […]

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Updated Review List

by storiesbywilliams on August 26, 2011 in Movies, Reviews and tagged 2001: A Space Odyssey, 28 days later, A Clockwork Orange, A Scanner Darkly, Akira, Alien, aliens, Aliens franchise, anime, Avatar, Blade Runner, children of men, classics, District 9, Dune, Dune 1984, Dune 2000, Dune miniseries, equilibrium, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, ghost in the shell, i robot, Impostor, Inception, Independence Day, iron man, Lord of the Rings, metropolis, movie reviews, movies, ninja scroll, Paycheck, Philip k dick, PKD, Predator, Predator 2, Predators, princess mononoke, Reviews, Sci-Fi, sci-fi movie reviews, sci-fi movies, science, science fiction, Screamers, Soderberg, Solaris, starship troopers, Strange Days, sunshine, T2, Terminator franchise, Terminator Salvation, The Adjustment Bureau, The Matrix Trilogy, The Star Wars prequels, The Terminator, Tron, twelve monkeys, V for Vendetta, vampire hunter d, wall-e, watchmen, Willow

Hello, and welcome to my updated review list. After many, many reviews and plenty of change-ups in the lineup, I decided it was time to revise my master playlist. I do this mainly for the sake of being succinct, seeing as how I put up three in the last two months. The first was dedicated […]

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Of Plot Holes and Oversights…

by storiesbywilliams on August 20, 2011 in Movies, Reviews and tagged science fiction, Sci-Fi, aliens, Terminator Salvation, Kyle Reese, Christian Bale, Independence Day, Will Smith, Vivica A Fox, dystopian, equilibrium, skynet, Taye Diggs, Angus Macfadyen, Kurt Wimmer, prozium, Libria, cleric, sense offender, Randy Quaid, grammaton cleric, Marcus, John Conner, mother ship, Kathy Bates, Idoru, Misery, Jeff Goldblum, HBO, cableman, Area 51

Hello again. Today I thought I’d break with the norm and do another “best of” post. Thing is, this time around I didn’t want to do one dedicated to “best lines” or anything like that. No, today I thought I’d tackle some of the worst moments in movie history. And if there’s one thing I’ve […]

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Starship Troopers

by storiesbywilliams on July 28, 2011 in Movies, Reviews and tagged arachnids, brain bugs, bug war, bugs, casper van dien, Clancy Brown, D-Day, denise richards, dina meyer, Hamburger Hill, Independence Day, Iwo Jima, Klendathu, michael ironside, mobile infantry, neil patrick harris, Paul Verhoeven, powered armor, robert a heinlein, Sci-Fi, science fiction, starship troopers, Total Recall, War on Terror

Here we have yet another example of a sci-fi book adapted to film, with significant changes being made! And, much like with Blade Runner and 2001: Space Odyssey, this wasn’t necessarily a bad thing. Whereas the novel was an in-depth look at the timeless nature of military service with some rather interesting social commentary thrown […]

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Independence Day!

by storiesbywilliams on July 9, 2011 in Movies, Reviews and tagged aliens, Bill Pullman, Brent Spiner, cult classic, foreign policy, Fourth of July, Harry Connick Jr, Independence Day, jets, Judd Hirsch, lasers, missiles, movie, movie review, nuke, review, Sci-Fi, science fiction, shields, ships, Vivica A Fox, Will Smith

Welcome back! For my second review, as promised, I will be covering the enduring (ahem) “classic” of Independence Day. Though it has been repeatedly panned by critics, is an undoubted cheese-fest and full of plot holes and Deus Ex Machina plot twists, I have to admit that I actually liked this movie when it first […]

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Of Sci-Fi Movie Reviews!

by storiesbywilliams on July 7, 2011 in Movies, Reviews and tagged classics, cult classics, fantasy, Independence Day, movies, Revenge of the Fallen, Reviews, Sci-Fi, science fiction, Terminator Salvation, Transformers, Transformers Revenge of the Fallen

Today, I made an important decision with regards to this blog of mine. After much consideration, I have decided to include science fiction movie reviews to the lineup. Why? Because I love reviewing movies! Because there are countless sci-fi movie classics that rival the written word. And because many books have been adapted to film, […]

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