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- 1. This Prometheus trailer will blow your mind
- (Science fiction films)
- ... why there's only a few really, really great ones. Thereafter, there are only evolutions of copycats." Here's the official Prometheus synopsis: "Ridley Scott, director of Alien and Blade Runner, ...
- Created on 19 March 2012
- 2. Prometheus short film released with Guy Pearce
- (Science fiction films)
- ... reported in Alien Prequel News, this is the only connection between the two films. "When the first Alien movie and Blade Runner were made, I thought that in the near future the world will be owned by ...
- Created on 11 March 2012
- 3. Harrison Ford being cast in new Blade Runner film
- (Science fiction films)
- Here's a twist. While we reported that Ridley Scott would not be casting Harrison Ford for his Blade Runner follow up, apparently it's still a very real possibility. Deckard, the veteran bounty hunter ...
- Created on 07 February 2012
- 4. Red Dwarf returns for Season 10
- (Science fiction TV)
- ... for Season 10 with 6 new episodes in 2012. We last saw the Red Dwarf cast in three episodes entitled Back to Earth in 2009 (Season 9). It was a pretty awful return, with Blade Runner references that ...
- Created on 13 January 2012
- 5. WOTF Winners Bradley P. Beaulieu and Stephen Gaskell Release Strata
- (Press Releases)
- ... platform in the sun's chromosphere. Combining the gritty futurism of Bladerunner, the racing thrills of Tron, and the sensawunda of Robert Charles Wilson's work, Strata is ideal for SF fans who love big ...
- Created on 06 January 2012
- 6. Top science fiction films
- (Guide articles)
- Films you should watch before you leave the planet. Ranked from 1 to 100. Science fiction guide index 1 Blade Runner Ridley Scott (1984) 2 Gattaca Andrew Niccol (1997) ...
- Created on 28 December 2011
- 7. Blade Runner sequel and Prometheus update
- (Science fiction films)
- ... a Blade Runner follow up. What more could any science fiction fan ask for? He revealed a few telling snippets about both projects when talking to The Wall Street Journal. Regarding the highly anticipated ...
- Created on 05 December 2011
- 8. Asimov's Caves Of Steel movie adaptation: robots and spacers
- (Science fiction films)
- ... with Leonardo DiCaprio and another Blade Runner (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?) adaptation again with Ridley Scott at the helm. 20th Century Fox’s The Caves of Steel can’t come soon enough! ...
- Created on 26 September 2011
- 9. Ridley Scott directing Blade Runner follow up
- (Science fiction films)
- This is amazing news. According to Deadline, Ridley Scott is set to direct "another installment" of Blade Runner after he finishes working on his latest science fiction Alien inspired film Prometheus. ...
- Created on 18 August 2011
- 10. Moon inspired Mute to become a graphic novel first
- (Science fiction films)
- ... Even if it’s not a direct sequel to Moon, something set in the same universe would be potentially compelling. Mute reportedly is set in a futuristic, Blade Runner style Berlin, and tells the story of ...
- Created on 29 May 2011
- 11. What's happening with the Neuromancer movie? An update, three years on
- (Science fiction films)
- ... had a couple of movies and a raft of commercials under his belt before tackling Blade Runner and let's face it, that turned out ok..., but one of those movies under his belt was Alien. Kahn is no doubt ...
- Created on 25 May 2011
- 12. Blade Runner sequels and prequels happening
- (Science fiction films)
- The iconic science fiction film Blade Runner, based on a book by Philip K. Dick and directed by Ridley Scott, will be followed up with sequels and prequels soon. Variety reports that Alcon Entertainment ...
- Created on 03 March 2011
- 13. Philip K. Dick's robotic head
- (Authors)
- Philip K. Dick has been resurrected from the dead as a talking robot head by Hanson Robotics. Below is the video to prove it. What makes this post even more bizarre is that this is the second Philip K. ...
- Created on 14 January 2011
- 14. Yet more versions of Avatar: Extended Collector’s Edition due 16 November
- (Science fiction films)
- ... in this set," he said. It took Ridley Scott over 30 years to release three official versions of his science fiction classic Blade Runner, it's taken James Cameron less than a year with Avatar. Perhaps ...
- Created on 11 October 2010
- 15. Ridley Scott and the BBC to adapt The Man in the High Castle
- (Science fiction TV)
- Ridley Scott, director of Blade Runner and Alien, is working with the BBC to adapt Philip K. Dick's iconic novel The Man in the High Castle for television. The Man in the High Castle is Philip K. ...
- Created on 09 October 2010
- 16. Blade Runner writer drafting Ridley Scott's The Forever War
- (Science fiction films)
- ... has revealed that David Peoples is the man Ridley Scott has chosen to write the screenplay. Peoples is best known for writing Blade Runner (with Hampton Francer), along with Lady Hawke, Twelve Monkeys, ...
- Created on 05 August 2010
- 17. Harrison Ford to join Cowboys and Aliens
- (Science fiction films)
- ... casting news coming soon..." Harrison Ford hasn't been in many science fiction and fantasy films since the heady days of Blade Runner and Star Wars (apart from the recent Indiana Jones and the Kingdom ...
- Created on 07 April 2010
- 18. Moon sequel Mute Witness a homage to Blade Runner
- (Science fiction films)
- ... of twists and turns along the way. It also features the voice of Kevin Spacey as Gerty, Sam's robot helper. He calls the sequel, Mute Witness, his "love letter to Blade Runner" and said that "just like ...
- Created on 01 March 2010
- 19. Google Phone, Nexus One, annoys Philip K Dick's daughter
- (Science fiction films)
- ... Philip K. Dick who wrote the novel that inspired the Blade Runner movie, said in an interview that she was “shocked and dismayed” by reports detailing the phone. In Blade Runner, Ridley Scott's science ...
- Created on 18 December 2009
- 20. Why I'm mad at Ridley Scott
- (Science fiction films)
- It's hard for me to be mad at Ridley Scott; the man's one of my favourite directors. Blade Runner -- a brilliant classic. Legend -- flawed, but absolutely gorgeous. Thelma & Louise -- sublime. Gladiator ...
- Created on 13 November 2009
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Written by John Howell
05 Oct 2009
Science fiction authors have long been outcasts from the literary world, in some cases critics using the worst examples of the genre as ammunition against it. Unfortunately though, at times even science fiction authors themselves can turn on their own kind: "Science fiction is rockets, chemicals and talking squids in outer space,” mocked Margaret Atwood (The Guardian, 28 January 2009), one of her... Read more
05 Oct 2009
Science fiction authors have long been outcasts from the literary world, in some cases critics using the worst examples of the genre as ammunition against it. Unfortunately though, at times even science fiction authors themselves can turn on their own kind: "Science fiction is rockets, chemicals and talking squids in outer space,” mocked Margaret Atwood (The Guardian, 28 January 2009), one of her... Read more
Written by Gerard Wood
08 Jul 2010
Almost any time we write anything about Neil Gaiman, you can be sure that someone will feel the need to post a comment “outing” the man as a Scientologist. While we have a fairly relaxed attitude to comments and will publish almost anything that contributes to an article, you won’t find many comments about Neil Gaiman’s alleged ties to the Church of Scientology published on this site. We simply... Read more
08 Jul 2010
Almost any time we write anything about Neil Gaiman, you can be sure that someone will feel the need to post a comment “outing” the man as a Scientologist. While we have a fairly relaxed attitude to comments and will publish almost anything that contributes to an article, you won’t find many comments about Neil Gaiman’s alleged ties to the Church of Scientology published on this site. We simply... Read more
Written by John Howell
09 Dec 2007
After 25 years since its original release, a definitive version of Ridley Scott's science fiction masterwork Blade Runner, Blade Runner: The Final Cut, has arrived. So what exactly has changed? And is it worth all the fuss? After attending a recent screening I can report that there are significant differences, mainly improvements, between this new version and Ridley's first Director's Cut released... Read more
09 Dec 2007
After 25 years since its original release, a definitive version of Ridley Scott's science fiction masterwork Blade Runner, Blade Runner: The Final Cut, has arrived. So what exactly has changed? And is it worth all the fuss? After attending a recent screening I can report that there are significant differences, mainly improvements, between this new version and Ridley's first Director's Cut released... Read more
Written by Gerard Wood
16 Oct 2007
Daren Aronofsky’s The Fountain is a movie that divides opinion. During its press screening at the 63rd Venice International Film Festival in September 2006 it was booed; at the public screening the following evening it received a 10 minute standing ovation. To get an idea of just how divided opinion is, take a look at Rotten Tomatoes, a website that rates movies based on published reviews. Of 181... Read more
16 Oct 2007
Daren Aronofsky’s The Fountain is a movie that divides opinion. During its press screening at the 63rd Venice International Film Festival in September 2006 it was booed; at the public screening the following evening it received a 10 minute standing ovation. To get an idea of just how divided opinion is, take a look at Rotten Tomatoes, a website that rates movies based on published reviews. Of 181... Read more
Written by Gerard Wood
02 Aug 2011
Dan Simmons’ latest novel, Flashback (July 2011), is “[a] provocative novel set in a future that seems scarily possible,” proving “why Dan Simmons is one of our most exciting and versatile writers." So says the publicist anyway. Dan Simmons is one of our most exciting and versatile writers, but sadly Flashback doesn’t prove that. And yes, Flashback is a provocative novel, but it doesn’t... Read more
02 Aug 2011
Dan Simmons’ latest novel, Flashback (July 2011), is “[a] provocative novel set in a future that seems scarily possible,” proving “why Dan Simmons is one of our most exciting and versatile writers." So says the publicist anyway. Dan Simmons is one of our most exciting and versatile writers, but sadly Flashback doesn’t prove that. And yes, Flashback is a provocative novel, but it doesn’t... Read more
Written by John Howell
19 Oct 2011
After watching the pilot to Fox’s ambitious TV time travelling dinosaur fest called Terra Nova, I am praying that when I watch the next episode the entire cast gets eaten by dinosaurs (in fact, that hope is the only reason I’ll be able to sit through another one). The entire cast’s gruesome deaths at the hands of a frenzied T-Rex or a velociraptor having a bad day can’t come soon enough.... Read more
19 Oct 2011
After watching the pilot to Fox’s ambitious TV time travelling dinosaur fest called Terra Nova, I am praying that when I watch the next episode the entire cast gets eaten by dinosaurs (in fact, that hope is the only reason I’ll be able to sit through another one). The entire cast’s gruesome deaths at the hands of a frenzied T-Rex or a velociraptor having a bad day can’t come soon enough.... Read more
Written by Gerard Wood
25 Mar 2012
No movie release in 2011 was more misunderstood and unfairly maligned as a result of misunderstanding than Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch. Odds are you’ll disagree with that statement. An indication of the movie’s reception by “audiences” (non-professional reviewers) and the critics can be found on Rotten Tomatoes, where audience approval is calculated to be 47%, and of the 196 critical reviews... Read more
25 Mar 2012
No movie release in 2011 was more misunderstood and unfairly maligned as a result of misunderstanding than Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch. Odds are you’ll disagree with that statement. An indication of the movie’s reception by “audiences” (non-professional reviewers) and the critics can be found on Rotten Tomatoes, where audience approval is calculated to be 47%, and of the 196 critical reviews... Read more
Written by John Howell
30 Jan 2012
If you own an iPhone 4S you may have impressed your friends (or perhaps not) with the built in, voice-driven personal assistant called Siri. You can ask it to book appointments, call people, search nearby restaurants, make calculations, and a great deal more. Most of the time it gets it right too. Now Siri has an Android rival called Evi, and if first impressions are anything to go by, it's an impressive... Read more
30 Jan 2012
If you own an iPhone 4S you may have impressed your friends (or perhaps not) with the built in, voice-driven personal assistant called Siri. You can ask it to book appointments, call people, search nearby restaurants, make calculations, and a great deal more. Most of the time it gets it right too. Now Siri has an Android rival called Evi, and if first impressions are anything to go by, it's an impressive... Read more
Written by Gerard Wood
07 Jun 2010
Finally having had the opportunity to watch Nicholas Winding Refn’s Valhalla Rising, I now appreciate why it was received so well at film festivals and yet failed to get a wide theatrical release. It’s hard going. On one hand it’s almost unbearably brutal and on the other it is layered with the sort of mind-bending symbolic meaning that leads the viewer to the brink of utter confusion and leaves... Read more
07 Jun 2010
Finally having had the opportunity to watch Nicholas Winding Refn’s Valhalla Rising, I now appreciate why it was received so well at film festivals and yet failed to get a wide theatrical release. It’s hard going. On one hand it’s almost unbearably brutal and on the other it is layered with the sort of mind-bending symbolic meaning that leads the viewer to the brink of utter confusion and leaves... Read more
Written by John Howell
10 Mar 2012
I have a confession to make. I'm not proud of it, but there's no use trying to hide it any longer, the damage has already been done. I was an Apple fanatic. Hard core. Completely obsessed. I'm not proud of my behaviour. I have no real excuses. All I can say in my defense is that I have always been a gadget fan, so naturally I was ripe for the plucking. My psyche was compromised, wide open to the fruit... Read more
10 Mar 2012
I have a confession to make. I'm not proud of it, but there's no use trying to hide it any longer, the damage has already been done. I was an Apple fanatic. Hard core. Completely obsessed. I'm not proud of my behaviour. I have no real excuses. All I can say in my defense is that I have always been a gadget fan, so naturally I was ripe for the plucking. My psyche was compromised, wide open to the fruit... Read more
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