Somewhere South Of Cybertron I really had my doubts about the Transformers franchise whenever I heard that a Bumblebee movie was in the works at Paramount. Although I enjoyed the first Transformers film way back in 2007, each and every film that followed seemed to get more sophomoric with the humor, more outlandish with theContinue reading “A Buzzing Success!”
Category Archives: Science Fiction
A Look Back At 2018
“Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot….” 2018 will go down as one of my favorite years. It included a few firsts, a couple of great returns, and one or two surprises as well. The year started off with a bang as I got the chance to attend Aro Lucha’s first professional wrestling event in Beaumont, TX. Continue reading “A Look Back At 2018”
Throwback Thursday: Anaconda
Deep In The Amazon Sometimes you intentionally go to the movies to watch a forgettable, dumb film. Sometimes the film you believed would be nothing more than a good way to kill an hour and a half becomes something more. In 1997, Anaconda was that type of film for me. I walked into the theaterContinue reading “Throwback Thursday: Anaconda”
Calcasieu Serialfest Chapter 5!
Sulphur, LA If you’ve ever enjoyed watching films such as Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Rocketeer, Star Wars, or almost any of the current crop of superhero films, you owe a little debt of gratitude to the classic serials of the early twentieth century. Almost every aspect of modern action and adventure films hasContinue reading “Calcasieu Serialfest Chapter 5!”
Throwback Thursday: The Last Starfighter
Greetings, Starfighter….. Way back in July of 1984, a science fiction yarn loaded with a newfangled form of special effects known as CGI (computer generated imagery) was released. That film, The Last Starfighter, nearly doubled its production cost of around $15 million dollars in ticket sales, but to this day it gets very little respectContinue reading “Throwback Thursday: The Last Starfighter”
“It’s Risky, But It’s Worth A Try”
In that galaxy far, far away… Apparently Solo: A Star Wars Story is a major flop for Disney. From what I’ve read, the film needs to make around $500 million just to break even and as of this writing, it’s crawling just beyond $350 million and things aren’t looking too good for the film. TheContinue reading ““It’s Risky, But It’s Worth A Try””
Throwback Thursday: Cat-Women Of The Moon!
1953 This week I’m taking the Wayback Machine to the 1950’s, a great time for film thanks to the release of such great classics like The Ten Commandments (1956), The Wild One (1953), and Some Like It Hot (1959). It was also an exceptionally wonderful time for science fiction. Classics like Invasion of The BodyContinue reading “Throwback Thursday: Cat-Women Of The Moon!”
Throwback Thursday: Jurassic Park
Isla Nublar Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park got the Steven Spielberg treatment with 1993’s film of the same name. The movie blazed new trails in practical and CGI effects. In fact, the CGI in that film is still considered by some as some of the best CGI in cinematic history. John Williams handled the musical dutiesContinue reading “Throwback Thursday: Jurassic Park”
Throwback Thursday: Space Rangers
Space Rangers was a short-lived science fiction series that debuted in January of 1993 on CBS. Only six episodes of the series aired and it was quickly removed from CBS’ schedule. Despite being created by Pen Densham (best known for his production work on The Outer Limits and The Twilight Zone revivals) and boasting aContinue reading “Throwback Thursday: Space Rangers”
Thor Finally Gets A Decent Film
The Titan Arrives It has taken ten years and almost twenty films to get to his big moment, but Thanos finally arrived on the silver screen in Avengers: Infinity War in April. As of this writing it has easily cleared the one billion mark and doesn’t show any signs of slowing down any time soon. ThereContinue reading “Thor Finally Gets A Decent Film”
Ken's Alternate Universe! 