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Favorite Cult Classics (Part the Second)

by storiesbywilliams on October 8, 2012 in Movies, Sci-Fi and tagged 2001: A Space Odyssey, a boy and his dog, Akira, Alien, aliens, BAMA, boston-atlanta metropolitan axis, chestbuster, facehugger, h.g. giger, johnny mnemonic, keannu reaves, molly millions, monoliths, Neuromancer, peter weller, Philip k dick, PKD, Ridley Scott, Screamers, second variety, sigourney weaver, stanley kubrick, sunshine, the nostromo, the sprawl, the supreme being, time bandits, William Gibson, xenomorph

Welcome back! As promised, the second half of my nostalgic, cult classic favorites for you to peruse! Let me know what you think, and feel to add some contenders of your own. Cult hits are nothing if not personal, and what constitutes a classic is open to interpretation. Okay, six to ten, here goes: 2001: […]

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Happy Canada Day!

by storiesbywilliams on July 1, 2012 in Movies, Reviews, Sci-Fi and tagged Alliance, Babylon 5, biopod, bioport, Canada Day, Canada's 145th birthday, canadian sci-fi, ConSec, cybernetic implants, cyberpunk, cyberspace, david cronenberg, dina meyer, Dolph Lundgren, don mckellar, ephemerol, existenz, Henry Rollins, Ice-T, Inception, jennifer jason leigh, johnny mnemonic, jude law, keannu reaves, last night, Lo-Tek, michael ironside, molly millions, NAS, NEB, nervous attenuation syndrome, Neuromancer, peter weller, revok, robocop, sally shears, sandra oh, sarah polley, scanners, science ficiton, science fiction movies, Screamers, sirius 6b, Takeshi Kitano, the matrix, the sprawl trilogy, Udo Kier, vale, wayne's world, wetwire implants, William Gibson, yakuza

Hello and welcome to my Canada Day post! As it is the True North’s national birthday – commemorating the day when the original provinces came together and agreed on Confederation, the first act of national building and quasi-declaration of independence – I thought it fitting that I do a post honoring Canada’s contribution to the […]

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The Post-Apocalypse in Sci-Fi

by storiesbywilliams on June 26, 2012 in Books, Movies, Reviews, Sci-Fi and tagged a boy and his dog, apocalypse, apocalyptic, biological weapons, charlton heston, david brin, district 12, katniss everdeen, kevin costner, mad max, mad max: beyond thunderdome, mel gibson, mother abagail, nevil shute, nuclear war, on the beach, panem, Philip k dick, pierre boulle, planet of the apes, post-apocalyptic movies, post-apocalyptic novels, randall flagg, Sci-Fi, science ficiton, Screamers, second variety, stephen king, super influenza, superflu, the capitol, the hunger games, the postman, the road warrior, the stand, the trashman, v-8 pursuit special, wwIII, wwIV

Thanks to the announcement of “Revolution”, and my impending lawsuit against NBC, JJ Abrams and anyone else who ripped me off, I’ve been thinking a lot about post-apocalyptic stories. This is a very fertile area, and some friends here once again had the foresight to mention examples in advance which I was sure to include. […]

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Sexy Robot Women!

by storiesbywilliams on May 25, 2012 in Cool Stuff, Movies, Novels, Series and tagged Alien, alien: resurrection, aliens, android, annalee call, arny, arny bot, austin powers, auton, Battlestar Galactica, bionic woman, Blade Runner, cameron, caprica six, cyberdine, cylons, deckard cain, disney imagineer, Dr. Evil, ellen ripley, fembot, feminism, gynoids, Jessica, John Conner, maria, metropolis, NEB, Nexus 6, oscar goldman, Philip k dick, PKD, rachel tyrell, replicant, replicants, robot women, Screamers, second variety, sexy robot women, sirius 6b, skynet, stepford wives, summer glau, t-800, Terminator, terminator 3, terminator: the sarah conner chronicles, the six million dollar man, TX

Technically, they’re called Gynoids, which refers to anything which resembles or pertains to the female form. Sounds pretty awkward doesn’t it? But if female robots become a reality, chances are, this is what they’ll be called. Assuming of course that the copyright on Fembots holds. In any case, in honor of my recent foray into […]

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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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Coming reviews!

by storiesbywilliams on July 9, 2011 in Movies, Reviews and tagged 2001, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, A Scanner Darkly, Akira, Alien, aliens, Avatar, Big Brother, Blade Runner, classic sci-fi, District 9, Dune, Dune 1984, Dune miniseries, Impostor, Inception, Lord of the Rings, movie reviews, movies, Philip k dick, Sci-Fi, science fiction, Screamers, Solaris, Space Odyssey, Star Wars, Star Wars prequels, Star Wars trilogy, Terminator, Terminator Salvation, V for Vendetta, Willow

Not long ago, I plotted a list of movies that I wanted to review in the coming weeks and months. Thus far, I’ve fulfilled on the two of the first three I promised: Terminator: Salvation and Independence Day. However, the third movie I planned to do (Transformers 2) has dropped from the list. Why review […]

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