Posts tagged good sci-fi

Starship Troopers, the Book, Not that Terrible Movie

After being published in 1959, Starship Troopers was considered a controversial piece of science fiction. Not because it was racy (there was practically no discussion on things of a sexual nature) or because of violence (while there was plenty of that though it was fairly tame).  The “controversy” behind this book is actually found with [...]

Childhood’s End

Try as I might I could not think of a more creative title for this post.  Attempting to find a few words or a phrase that would do this book justice is, well… quite impossible.  Childhood’s End by Sir Arthur C. Clarke is the best piece of science fiction I have ever read(PERIOD) Originally published [...]

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

Originally published in 1884 by Seeley & Co., Flatland was a critique of the social practices and beliefs of the Victorian culture. Written by an English school master (Edwin A. Abbott), it is now considered one of the best introductions to perceiving dimensions (Isaac Asimov is quoted to saying as much).

The Not So Infallible Iron Man (2)

As far as comic book movies go, the Iron Man series is by far the best Hollywood has done.  Some of you might cry foul pointing at the new Batman movies, but Batman Begins and The Dark Knight are just too high cinema to put them in the same realm.  It’s more that Christopher Nolan [...]

“First there was darkness…”

…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 Truly “Forbidden Planet”

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. [...]

BioShock 2: Scary Smart Sci-Fi

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 [...]

A Lonely Trash Compactor

So the other day, I was watching my little girl while my wife was out.  With nothing to do, I decided I might as well introduce her to my favorite Pixar movie, Wall-E.  But, since I’d seen it a million times, I watched it with commentary by director Andrew Stanton.  This was a major treat, [...]