Posts tagged good sci-fi
It’s too bad she won’t live…
Feb 28th @ 6:00AM
…but then again, who does? Fantastic last words to a fantastic movie. Blade Runner can be considered a vis major in and of itself. Directed by Ridley Scott, a master of film, and based off of the novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” written by Phillip K. Dick. This movie has always stood out from a lot of sci-fi and has remained an important piece of the cinematic pie. I never actually knew why until I watched it last night. Having [...]
Exploring the Animal Within
Feb 14th @ 6:00AM
Ah, The Island of Dr. Moreau, H.G. Wells’ foray into the psychological landscapes of humanity and the beast within. For those who are unaware of this story, it is about a shipwrecked man who is picked up by a vessel on its way to a small, unknown island. Here he finds himself with two human companions, Montgomery and Moreau. The latter of which is a London surgeon whose experiments into vivisection were the catalyst that drove him from society and onto the remote island. [...]
War of the Worlds
Feb 8th @ 6:00AM
Another good one from H.G. Wells. Published in 1898, it may not be the first book to ever exploit the idea of interplanetary travel or the now cliche alien invasion. But it is easily the most well known and the many themes set forth in War can be seen throughout the last and current century. Taking for example Independance Day or The Day the Earth Stood Still. Both movies, separated from each other by almost 50 years, show humanity as helpless [...]
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Feb 4th @ 6:00AM
1865, the end of the war between the states, as well as the original publishing year for Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne. I always thought it was ‘A Journey’, but it is not, so from here on out, don’t say it like that, you’ll be harshly corrected by not only me, but your conscience saying how much of an idiot you are for saying it wrong.
This was quite different from Wells’ The Time Machine, mostly due to the [...]
Sunny Sun, Sunshine
Jan 26th @ 6:00AM
Ok, this isn’t anything new, I’ve mentioned this movie several times and just recently watched it with some friends. So I thought I should give it its own review.
Directed by Dany Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire, 28 Days Later), written by Alex Garland (also wrote 28 Days Later and writing the 2012 announced Halo movie), staring Cillian Murphy (Scarecrow) and Chris Evans (Push). Released back in July of 2007, this movie went mostly unnoticed, but garnished some good reviews under its own [...]
Further Look Into District 9
Aug 16th @ 6:07AM
The following was written by a good friend of mine in response to my review of District 9. He’s an incredible movie goer, has seen hundreds more movies than I, and thus, his judgment and taste is often taken with such incredible weight that I follow it.
“Lucas Says:
August 15, 2009 at 9:10 pm e
I’ll take the bait and “talk about it”.
¡¡¡CONTAINS SPOILERS!!!
I’ll have to admit that I was quite sceptical about this movie when I first saw the trailer, [...]
