Movies based on video games have had a checkered past in Hollywood. For every hit, there have been two or three box office duds. But Hollywood continues to go back to the…
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Star Trek: Discovery – what would Roddenberry think?
Three episodes in and I’m hooked. As the camera panned out from the U.S.S. Discovery in the closing sequences of “Context Is For Kings”, I sat back, smiled and thought, “This is…
Star Trek: Marmite?
So Star Trek: Discovery has finally been released into the wild, and we’ve all had a chance to watch the pilot and let it percolate a while. If you haven’t watched it,…
The Great Sci-Fi Revival?
With the release of several highly successful and critically well-received sci-fi films over the last few years, are we witnessing a great revival within the science fiction genre? In the last 18…
Another Look into the Black Mirror
A look back on a Sci-Fi classic America almost missed out on… Dystopian and Orwellian futures are nothing new to British science fiction. If you follow the news, you might even learn…
The Road(s) Not Taken
Have you ever sat down and watched your favourite science fiction drama or fantasy televisions series, and gotten so caught up in the narrative, that you actually find yourself loving these characters?…
The MCM London Comic Con
The MCM London Comic Con is just around the corner and we’ve been given a heads up of what all you can expect this year. What’s On At October’s Comic Con? MCM…
Why Stargate Universe Failed
A few years ago, I wrote an article entitled ‘Why Stargate Universe Is Destined To Flop‘. I was right, it did. But not for the reasons I predicted. Stargate Universe was actually a…
What next for Sci-Fi?
It’s September 2012. Over the last twelve years, I’ve lost count of how many sci-fi shows have flopped and been cancelled; how many sci-fi movies have proved to be massive disappointments. Is…
Top 5 Characters Most Likely to Rob You
Which dirty sci-fi characters would mud-wrestle you for a wad of cash, if needs demanded it? Sci-fi is full of duplicitous, scheming criminal masterminds, but just who would make the top 5?…
Top 7 Tips for Creating New Sci-Fi in 2012
Sci-Fi has changed. Over the past fifty years, the topics and settings that capture the imaginations of viewers and readers everywhere have shifted. Where Star Trek once captivated millions, now the going…