Month: March 2012
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“Weird Science-Fantasy” #27 (COOL COMIC COVERS #1)
Cool Comic Covers is a new series for the Strangers and Aliens blog. As listeners and readers know, Ben, Steve, and Dr. Jayce are all comic book fans. And comic book covers have some of the most interesting, intriguing, and engaging artwork in pop culture. This series will spotlight some of the comic book covers…
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Dr. Jayce’s New Little Alien
I always told my wife that I think all new borns look a little like aliens. They are cute aliens, but aliens non-the-less. However, our newest bundle of joy does not look like an alien or a stranger. She looks like an angel. I know I’m biased, but oh well. Serendipity Psalm O’Neal was born March…
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2012 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Films — What Are YOU Looking Forward to?
Well, the studios have already dumped a couple big sci-fi/fantasy films on us, with movies like Chronicle (haven’t seen but want to), Ghost Rider (haven’t seen, probably will even though I have zero expectations to like it), John Carter (best box office flop of the decade), and Hunger Games (thoughts on the book and movie…
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Star Trek: Our Poll’s Winning Captain…
[poll id=”6″] Well, is anyone surprised at the results from our poll? Captain Picard won our poll, with over half of the votes! He’s the captain most of you would prefer as their commanding officer. So, okay Dr. Jayce, you’ve won this round…but not the war! Picard is an even handed leader who commands respect…
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Episode 12 — “John Carter of Mars”
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSJohn Carter, Disney’s $250 million sci-fi epic adventure movie opened to disappointing numbers this weekend, pulling in just a touch more than $100 million. Disappointing box office aside, was the movie itself a disappointment? Ben and Steve saw it this weekend and recorded this special, impromptu episode of…
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REVIEW: Green Lantern Is ABOUT Hollywood
Green Lantern. For those who don’t know, it’s a superhero sci-fi fantasy action movie about Hal Jordan, who is given a ring (and a lantern, which charges the ring) that can create anything Hal can imagine using the power of green (also known as willpower) . . . which comes with a price: he is…
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TERRA NOVA Is Dead! Long Live TERRA NOVA!
Terra Nova has been cancelled by Fox. No surprise there. It’s an ambitious, high concept sci-fi show about time travel and dinosaurs. It was a big budget version of Land of the Lost, or a family friendly hybrid of Jurassic Park and Lost in Space. And Fox is legendary among geeks for greenlighting interesting sci-fi…
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Zombies as Walking Blasphemies
Zombies (both classic and modern, and if you don’t know the difference, please listen to our show) can be seen as types of blasphemies. Think about it for a second: the one thing God made in His image* becoming soulless and dead, but animated as if they were alive, in direct mockery of His creation.…
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My Mount Rushmore of Sci-fi TV
My Mount Rushmore of Sci-fi TV celebrates the man himself, Captain Jean-Luc Picard, The Twilight Zone, X-Files,and the often overlooked Farscape. MY RUSHMORE FOUR: Star Trek:The Next Generation- Picard rocks my face off! The Borg is scary as all get out. Data kicks tail. Worf makes me laugh. And the Holodeck makes my imagination go into fits…
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Episode 11 — “Zombies!!!”
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWe’re back for a new episode! This time: zombies. The sci-fi guys examine The Walking Dead and the zombie phenomenon. Do zombie stories have something to say about modern life? Or are they just gory thrills? Or both? The conversation goes from the beginnings of the zombie genre…
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REVIEW: Awake pilot episode
Tonight, NBC premiere’s a new police procedural with a sci-fi/fantasy twist. And it’s awesome. The premise: a man is in a car accident with his wife and son and finds himself straddling two worlds. In one, his son lived. In the other, his wife lived. Whenever he falls asleep in one world, he wakes up…