Doctor Who blogging: “The Name of the Doctor”
Doctor? Doctor… who? Moffat just keeps kicking that can down the road, don’t he?
Isaac Asimov
question of the day: Why have the works of Isaac Asimov had such a singularly bad record of getting turned into movies?
I’d venture to guess that Asimov’s name is synonymous with science fiction even among the general public who don’t read. It seems like a no-brainer for Hollywood to glom on to Asimov’s reputation to pre-sell films. So why hasn’t it?
the letters of Isaac Asimov and Gene Roddenberry, SF penpals (and other adventures in social networking)
Links my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
my reads: ‘Blackout’ by Connie Willis
Connie Willis is a rotten, terrible person. She’s so mean to her readers, among which I count myself as one of the most fervent, that it’s almost unforgivable.
classic ‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “Robot”
Made of spoilers. Don’t read until you’ve seen the episode unless you don’t care to have it spoiled for you.
The Core movie review: journey to the center of… you know
Yeah and yee-ha! but this is good old-fashioned pulpy, popcorny B-movie fun only with real science and no giant radioactive mutant anythings.
Armageddon movie review: it’s not the heat, it’s the stupidity
Oh, there will be those who say that Armageddon is mindless fluff, a complete waste of celluloid, a blot on humanity’s collective soul. Heed them not. Director Michael Bay and producer Jerry Bruckheimer have crafted as fine an educational experience as you will find these days.
