Archive for April, 2010
“First there was darkness…”
Apr 30th @ 6:00AM
…then came the strangers. From director Alex Proyas, who has brought us some very good sci-fi (The Crow, I, Robot and Knowing), comes this gloomy tale about aliens searching for the human soul and a man who shows them what it is. Dark City came out the year prior to The Matrix release and from [...]
The Sun As You’ve Never Seen It
Apr 27th @ 6:00AM
After My Sci-Fi moved to its new host, the e-mail client had never been set up. If anyone tried sending anything, sorry for the bounce back. E-mailing me at jonulf@myscifi.org will now work. Sorry for any inconvenience. Over three months ago NASAs Solar Dynamic Observatory was launched into space to little fanfare. Equipped with the Extreme [...]
The Truly “Forbidden Planet”
Apr 23rd @ 6:00AM
This is perhaps one of the better science fiction movies ever made, despite it being released in 1956, with now campy special effects, cheesy character development and predictable plot. Predictability mainly comes from the general structure of the story having been used in all sorts of other movies. In fact, Forbidden Planet is based loosely on Shakespeare’s The Tempest. [...]
My Sci-Fi: More Changes and a Recommitment
Apr 20th @ 6:00AM
My Sci-Fi started out as a forum to speak about science fiction movies, but in a few short months morphed into a sort of catch-all for the genre and now includes technologies that will be fueling futures we could only dream about a decade ago. So for almost two months straight there was something new [...]
The Automotive Revolution Has Begun
Apr 16th @ 6:01AM
The time is soon arriving that the oil barons have been dreading and conspiring against for years. That is, when electric vehicles (EVs) are no longer a pipe dream of burnt out hippies, but rather a fully viable consumer product. A while back we talked about Better Place, a company helping to visualize and build [...]
Something to Avoid: Splice
Apr 13th @ 6:00AM
A grave error has been made. A mistake that is practically unforgivable. A film that should never have made it out of the fim festival circuit actually got picked up by Warner Bros and is slated for a summer release date, with tons of “hype” behind it. The movie we’re talking about, the movie that [...]
BioShock 2: Scary Smart Sci-Fi
Apr 9th @ 6:00AM
It’s been pretty slow around here at My Sci-Fi, mainly because March was a super busy month for me. But don’t worry, I’m dedicated to keeping new content hitting this site regularly, and to make sure that happens, I’ll be expanding the range of topics even more. A few days ago I talked a little [...]
Snippet: Blu-Ray keeps getting “better”.
Apr 6th @ 6:27AM
Well, it seems you just can’t stop the format. It enjoys coming out with new and shiny improvements every few months. This time it’s increasing capacity. In a short time blu-rays will be rewritable with 100gb and a one-write 120gb capacity, this type of disc will be aptly named BDXL. Then you’re also going to [...]