MOVIE OF THE WEEK
Dark Skies (1996)
“History as we know it is a lie.”
Did you know that the famous Roswell UFO crash was not the end of aliens among us? If you don’t believe it, watch “Dark Skies.”
Great, Emmy winning series from 1996 starring Eric Close, Megan Ward, J.T. Walsh and, for 8 episodes, Jeri Ryan. “Dark Skies” explores the possibility [...]
Minority Report (2002)
In 2054, an experimental Washington, D.C. police force called Precrime has cut crime in the city by 90%. Precrime employs three “precogs”, mutated humans with precognition to view murders that occur in the future; the officers of Precrime then analyze and interpret the three visions to track down and stop the murder before it happens.
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Space 1999, Season One (1975)
Nostalgic SF cult classic from the late 1970’s. Brings back childhood
memories for me with those rather drab uniforms and the bell
bottoms…strongly reminescent of the uniforms of the first Star Trek
movie…Star Trek: The Motion Picture, which didn’t appear until 1979.
Martin Landau stars as Commander John Koenig, one of, if not Landau’s
best known/remembered roles. No doubt, the [...]
RODDENBERRY PILOTS: PLANET EARTH, GENESIS II & STRANGE NEW WORLD
Following the success of Star Trek, Gene Roddenberry, the creator, had virtually no success with any of his follow-on projects.
Here are three of them – Genesis II, Planet Earth and Strange New World – all three based on the same premise of characters awakening in a far future Earth after a bout of suspended animation.
STRANGE [...]
The Hitch Hiker’s Guide To The Galaxy (1981)
This is the original 6-part BBC serial from 1981, not the much newer (2005) film version, of The Hitch Hiker’s Guide To The Galaxy. Considered a Cult Classic, it is one of the few Science Fiction TV shows that is both highly enjoyable and fun, relying heavily on that stoic British wit.
Snippet of a plot [...]
Voltron – Defender of the Universe
1985 to 2007. A surprisingly long run animated giant robot series, fairly popular despite being eclipsed by Transformers.
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Conan: The Adventurer
1997 to 1999. Never saw this one. Robert Howard, Lin Carter and L. Sprague DeCamp are probably happy that I didn’t. (Not to mention Frank Frazetta.
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Phantom of the Opera
1925’s Phantom of the Opera, starring Lon Chaney – the man of a thousand faces – as the Phantom.
Classic.
Gargantua
1998. Hmmm. Pacific Island, check. Giant reptile, check. Giant reptile baby, check. Hapless main character(s), check. License to use Gojira name…license to use….dammit! Fire the licensing department! Tear up the artwork and DO NOT start filming the titles.
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