science fiction

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Turns 40? “So What? Big Deal.”

12.06.24 | Gary Cahall | Tags: Christopher Lloyd, Cult Films, Jeff Goldblum, John Lithgow, Peter Weller, science fiction, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimesion | no comments

As a longtime film fan who is entering “the September of my years,” I’ve come to realize there are some movie-related moments which I’ll never get to experience. Odds are I’ll never watch the lost Lon Chaney silent shocker London…

Poll: What’s Your Favorite 1980s Sci-Fi Movie?

03.15.21 | Jon Morgereth | Tags: 1980s, Aliens, Back to the Future, Blade Runner, blockbusters, Cocoon, Dune, E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial, Escape from New York, Flash Gordon, Heavy Metal, Predator, Return of the Jedi, Robocop, science fiction, Starman, The Abyss, The Empire Strikes Back, The Fly, The Road Warrior, The Terminator, The Thing, They Live | no comments

For this week’s poll, we want you to pick your favorite science fiction film of the 1980s. This is a deceptively complicated ask, as the decade was packed with sci-fi blockbusters that not only defined the era, but helped mold…

Poll: What’s Your Favorite “Star Trek” TV Series?

06.08.20 | Jon Morgereth | Tags: Avery Brooks, Kate Mulgrew, Leonard Nimoy, Paramount, Patrick Stewart, science fiction, Scott Bakula, Sonequa Martin-Green, Star Trek, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek: Voyager, William Shatner | 7 comments

Space. The final frontier. Since 1966, the continuing voyages of the Starship Enterprise and other United Federation of Planets ships/outposts have captivated the minds of generations of viewers. Over 50 years later Star Trek remains a global phenomenon that still…

Who’s Your Favorite Incarnation of The Doctor from “Doctor Who”?

02.03.19 | Jon Morgereth | Tags: BBC, Christopher Eccleston, Colin Baker, David Tennant, Doctor Who, Jodie Whittaker, John Hurt, Jon Pertwee, Matt Smith, Patrick Troughton, Paul McGann, Peter Capaldi, Peter Davison, science fiction, Sylvester McCoy, Tom Baker, William Hartnell | 3 comments

For over 50 years the BBC series Doctor Who has had viewers of all ages enjoying the deeply human adventures of the otherworldly Doctor and his companions. With the great Jodie Whittaker‘s debut season as the show’s first-ever woman Doctor…

Ghost in the Shell: Cybernetic Future Shock

02.03.19 | Jim Brymer | Tags: 1990s Films, Anime, Ghost in the Shell, science fiction | 1 comment

Anime and manga are a form of entertainment that originated in Japan. Manga is an adult comic book format, while anime is the adult cartoon form — often derived from manga versions of the same. Go to any comic book…

Tom Baker’s First Season of “Doctor Who” Hits Blu-ray In June

04.22.18 | Chris Cummins | Tags: BBC, Cult Television, Doctor Who, science fiction, Tom Baker | no comments

For the majority of Doctor Who fans living in the United States, their first exposure to the long-running British science-fiction show came via public television in the 1980s…with the great Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor. With his trademark hart…

Weekend Open Thread: What’s Your Favorite Science Fiction Film?

03.10.17 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Open Thread, science fiction, Star Trek, Star Wars | 3 comments

For this weekend’s Open Thread we are traveling to a galaxy far, far away and boldly going where no Open Thread has gone before. You see, earlier this week our poll asked whether you preferred Star Wars or Star Trek….