The Thing (review)
A useless, entertainment-free xerox copy of John Carpenter’s 1982 film of the same name…
Alien
classic ‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “Earthshock”
Looking at this story again, in the light of distance and in seeing reflections of what Doctor Who has become since 2005, I realize there was so much more that impacted me, and that it’s so much richer than I realized at the time.
question of the day: Is science fiction on the rise in Hollywood?
Do new remakes, reboots, sequels, and prequels indicate a suddenly love of SF in Hollywood?
‘Smurflien’: I say we take off and nuke the Smurf Village from orbit
Seriously, somebody stop me.
Saturday cute: Giger Alien wedding cake
I’d be afraid to cut into it, for it surely has acid for filling.
question of the day: What fictional boogeyman — zombie, vampire, Giger Alien, Oompa Loompa, etc — do you need to protect yourself against?
It just now bubbled up to my conscious mind that I cannot let my feet hang over the edge of the bed lest I lose a few toes to the monster under the bed. Someone could make a pretty penny designing a monster-under-the-bed-proof bed.
the MPAA and male nudity; more battles between TV networks and cable providers; the Oscars race is on; more: leftover links
Plus: Javier Bardem to star in Chilean mine movie; Matt Damon not to star in the next Bourne movie; Napoleon Dynamite and How to Train Your Dragon going to TV; lots more…
classic ‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “The Ark in Space”
Made of spoilers. Don’t read until you’ve seen the episode unless you don’t care to have it spoiled for you.
Saturday cute: Alien My Little Pony
Awww: Created by socialsquitten and available for sale on Etsy. (Got a photo or image that’s adorable and at least vaguely pop-culture related? Found such a photo online? Send a link or an image, and I might post it!)
going Godwin on ‘Toy Story 3’; why ‘Splice’ isn’t sci fi (and neither is ‘Minority Report’ anymore); more: leftover links
Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused. But … more…
