The Last Starfighter
Mar 05
I have fond memories of the Last Starfighter. I was a year or two younger than the hero in this movie when I first say this 1984 classic, I was also living in a trailer, loved video games, was awkward with girls, and wanted to be rescued from my life by Centauri and trained to be a starfighter. When I found it on Netflix, I was excited to share it with my eleven year old son. The excitement...
Do not disapoint me Haven, or I swear…
Aug 14
Haven has taken the front runner as the best thing on SyFy. Warehouse 13 got weird with Mika quiting at the end of last season; Eureka is the same thing each week; and I haven’t seen Alphas yet. Plus the season finally of Haven had a great twist and now I am hooked. I was a little unsure about Haven because I got burned on Steven King’s Colorado Kid which Haven is supposedly...
Syfy Channel, Too Bad To Be “Bad Sci Fi”
Feb 02
This may come as a surprise but I don’t watch a lot of the Syfy channel. Syfy has a few good shows, but most of the time the programing looks like filler until they can afford to run something good. It’s like late night TV all day long. Now, I like bad sci fi, in fact I am quite a fan, but lately the Syfy channel has become the bad monster movie channel. If Syfy is going to...
Michael Crichton’s “Eaters of the Dead” is a Hoax
Jan 26
I was doing research for a blog about Michael Crichton when I picked up a copy of Eaters of the Dead. The theme of the blog was going to be about how Crichton was a excellent Sci fi writer, but wasn’t recognized as such, because he had done so much work in other genre. People tend to think of him as a thriller writer or of his work on movies and TV like ER. A large number of his books...
Doctor Who: Robot = Awesome
Jan 25
Doctor Who: Robot is a must see. It begins with the Doctor regenerating from his Jon Pertwee incarnation and begins the Tom Baker years. It’s the first full episode of Tom Baker. The newly regenerated Doctor decides he needs a change of clothes. After serval hilarious attempt he comes up with his iconic outfit. Tom baker fans will remember the image of him running with one hand...