Category Archives: Sci-Fi

Yar? Nah.

Posted on 16/05/2013 by

[Contains warp-speeding SPOILERS!] To keep me inspired while writing a sorta-sci-fi script, I decided to work my way through the first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation. I was a big fan of the show back in my student … Continue reading →

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A Swing And A Miss

Posted on 10/03/2013 by

[Contains cup-spilling SPOILERS] I’m a pretty superstitious chap, and I like to believe that there is some sort of deeper significance behind certain synchronicities… but even so, I couldn’t help scoffing at the denouement of M. Night Shyamalan’s Signs (2002), … Continue reading →

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Dial “T-800”, Toll Free!

Posted on 27/02/2013 by

[Contains organic SPOILERS layered over a steel endoskeleton] Back in my school days, I was obsessed with Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991), and I can remember drawing countless cartoons of “Arnie” strolling around being a bad-ass borg… although these days, … Continue reading →

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Necrophiliads

Posted on 26/02/2013 by

Watching ITV2 last night, I was disturbed to discover that the late Audrey Hepburn had been digitally disinterred to shill for Galaxy chocolate, twenty years after her death. Shudder. The soul-crushing clip stars a preternaturally young A-Hep sat on a bus that’s … Continue reading →

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The Thrill Kiss Kult

Posted on 06/01/2013 by

Screenwriting books insist that you should never switch genres halfway through a script, because you run the risk of confusing and annoying your audience. I don’t have a problem with that sort of track-switching in theory… but I usually end … Continue reading →

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Laughing At Outer Space

Posted on 20/05/2012 by

In the past Ed Wood’s infamous sci-fi flick Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959) has been dubbed the “worst movie ever made”, but I think this charge is highly debatable. True, it is incredibly amateurish, but there’s nothing particularly offensive … Continue reading →

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Space Goblins & Earth Girls

Posted on 05/04/2012 by

By a wacky coincidence, there were two kiddy-centric “alien encounter” movies on TV last weekend… First up was E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-winning classic, starring Henry Thomas as a lonely boy named ‘Elliot’, who befriends a waddling, yelping … Continue reading →

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Come Back, Rogue 1

Posted on 26/03/2012 by

[Contains sadly two-dimensional SPOILERS!!!] I wasn’t especially keen to see Avatar (2009) at the cinema, because of its epic running time… but, weirdly for such a popular movie, I’ve never seen a copy of the DVD going s-hand in any … Continue reading →

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Do You Know Where Your Towel Is?

Posted on 25/03/2012 by

Back in the day, I used to be a huge Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy fanboy… I read the books, I watched the show, I listened to the tapes, and I even attended a convention or two… so by the … Continue reading →

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To Frell And Back

Posted on 09/03/2012 by

I hadn’t seen Farscape (1999-2004) since it was first broadcast by the BBC back in the day, but it had been on my “wish list” for a while, so when I saw a complete run of the first season going … Continue reading →

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