He came in peace to leave us in pieces. Still a better doctor than the town had before. In Resident Alien, Alan Tudyk crashes on Earth and...
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Movies & TV
I’ve always tried to write in a cinematic way—you should be able to picture my stories on a screen. This stems from my respect and love for great movies and television. Not “great” as in “classic”, per se, or in “Oscar-worthy”, but high entertainment value. Did a movie hold me to my seat for several hours, or was the ongoing journey of a show worth the ride? Here, I discuss those large and small screen adventures I’ve particularly enjoyed.
Onward – An Epic Road Trip to Self Discovery
I’m going to state right from the start, until the story itself told me otherwise, I had thought the main characters were trolls. That out of the...
Andromeda Strain
The first real sci-fi virus movie Andromeda Strain is a 1971 classic and the forebear of all other sci-fi virus movies. And, as a pioneer, it...
Legend of Vox Machina – D&D Campaign > Stream > Anime?
Roundabout way of getting a D&D story on-screen... During the mysterious early 2020s, a YouTube channel known as Critical Role hit critical...
House of the Dragon – Before The Mad King, a Bunch of Miffed Targaryens
A Game of Thrones prequel that remembers the formula When Game of Thrones debuted in April 2011, viewers were blown away. It promised a grim fairy...
Modern Christmas Mythos
Elves as special forces and low-orbit space sleighs? The year is 1823. James Monroe is president of the United States (of which there are presently...
Free Birds
The SciFi Thanksgiving Holiday Special You’ve Been Missing Every December, and even a little bit before, the world is awash in Yuletide cheer. Every...
The Halloween Tree
Two sci-fi giants, one spooky Halloween classic Well, it's that time of year again. Candy. Costumes. Holiday specials airing nonstop for a month....
Princess Bride
Low-Magic Fantasy? Inconceivable! How a classic tale dodges fantasy’s biggest trap. Magic system. Magic system. Magic system. Start a conversation...
Frieren
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, is a surprisingly succinct title that describes exactly what this anime is about. We meet the protagonist, Frieren,...
Delicious in Dungeon
Iron Chef? More like Adamantine Chef! It's the cooking/dungeon-crawler mashup you didn’t know you needed. Anime has a reputation for magical girl...
Free Guy
Free Guy = Free Will. Can you be more than you’re programmed to be? 2021’s Free Guy was a Ryan Reynolds action comedy about an NPC (non-player...
Rings of Power
When is history not history? Can you write a fictional history as objective truth? Amazon’s Rings of Power is a controversial adaptation of J.R.R....
Logan’s Run
Despite the onesie vibe of silver age sci-fi and promotional artwork that looks like the box for an Atari video game, Logan’s Run is very...
Dollhouse
Dollhouse is an early-2000s TV show starring Eliza Dushku as a programmable human known as a Doll. She is part of a program where a company...
Avatar Last Airbender
Avatar: the Last Airbender is among the latest conversions from animation to live action on the major streaming services (in this case,...
A Prequel to a Sci-Fi Classic (With Apes)
Back in 2011, someone had the bright idea to trample on the grave of science fiction classic, Planet of the Apes. The Charlton Heston original...
Honor Among Thieves
THIS is how you make a D&D movie Fantasy movies have had a rough history in Hollywood. Cheesy special effects, ren faire level costumes, and...
Altered Carbon
What Happens When Tech Makes Life Cheap? Altered Carbon begins with a futuristic twist on the noir whodunnit. The victim commissions the detective’s...
The Witcher – One of the few times you don’t need to read the book first
Back in 1990, Polish author published a short story collection whose title, in English, was The Witcher. In 2008, someone translated the first of a...
12 Monkeys: Time Travel Cranked to 11
The Army of the 12 Monkeys was just the start Terry Gilliam’s 1995 movie, 12 Monkeys, starring Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt, was a looping time...
Legion may just be the weirdest corner of the X-Men Universe
In 2017, a show called Legion premiered on FX. It was set in the X-Men universe, though you’d hardly know it unless someone warned you in advance...
District 9 – A dystopian future, or an uncomfortable past?
It never became a franchise, because it was never looking to become one. District 9 feels like a forgotten relic of an era that wasn’t even all that...
Willow – A classic 80’s epic fantasy that is still worth a watch today
What do you get when you combine George Lucas & Ron Howard? Willow… Once Upon a Time, George Lucas had finished his Star Wars opus and needed a...