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  • Two Very Similar Sci-Fi Trailers for Upcoming Movies

    Two Very Similar Sci-Fi Trailers for Upcoming Movies

    Is it me or does this movie . . . Seem a LOT like this movie: Oblivion is April 2012. After Earth is June 2013. It’s Tom Cruise vs. Will Smith in the battle of the “dead earth except not quite so dead considering the people we see in the trailers” movies! Who will win?…

  • Episode 34 — “Gideon Festival Comic Book Writer and Artist Contest Winners”

    Episode 34 — “Gideon Festival Comic Book Writer and Artist Contest Winners”

    Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSLast summer, the Gideon Media Arts Conference and Film Festival featured a new contest: The Comics Writer and Comics Artist Contest. Sponsored by Kingstone Comics, publisher of The Book of Godand The Christ Graphic Novel, one of the prizes (in addition to a cash prize) was to be…

  • Super Hero Tournament of Champions: Jean Grey vs. Wonder Woman

    Super Hero Tournament of Champions: Jean Grey vs. Wonder Woman

    DR. JAYCE: WHO WOULD WIN?: Wonder Woman WHY?: Yes, Grey has all sorts of mind powers, but Wonder Woman’s physical strength would win out in the end. It would take one second for WW to snap Jean Grey like a twig. Grey could play defense for a little bit, but over the long haul WW…

  • Episode 30 — “Paeter Frandsen of Spirit Blade Productions”

    Episode 30 — “Paeter Frandsen of Spirit Blade Productions”

    Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThis episode is a special episode — an interview with the “granddaddy of Christian sci-fi podcasting” and the producer of Christian sci-fi stories, Paeter Frandsen. He is also the mastermind behind the Spirit Blade Underground, a fan community for people of Christian faith and geek fandom. The interview covers…

  • Super Hero Tournament of Champions: Spider-Man vs. Flash (Wally West)

    Super Hero Tournament of Champions: Spider-Man vs. Flash (Wally West)

    Dr. Jayce- WHO WOULD WIN? Flash WHY? Spidey is quick but not Flash quick. Flash’s abilities are often underrated. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE OUTCOME? This one isn’t even close in my mind. Speed wins out and webs do no harm to the hero in red….I mean the other hero in red.   Ben-…

  • H+ (series review)

    H+ (series review)

    (This is part of a series of reviews of online sci-fi and fantasy.) H+ Like The Booth at the End, H+ has an interesting premise, although it comes in on the sci-fi end of the speculative spectrum. It is more like Electric City in form, though. Instead of having episodes, it consists of short, four…

  • ELECTRIC CITY (series review)

    ELECTRIC CITY (series review)

    (This is part of a series of reviews of online sci-fi and fantasy.) ELECTRIC CITY Before I watched The Booth at the End, my favorite online original series was this animated electro-punk futuristic sci-fi adventure (a variation of steampunk, without the steam). It stars Tom Hanks as one of the city’s elite assassins, and since…

  • MUSIC VIDEO: Red Shirts

    Thought you Strangers and Aliens might appreciate this: This is actually a song that was written for a book called Redshirts by John Scalzi, which I have not yet had the pleasure (or displeasure, depending on how good or bad it may be) of reading. ~ Ben  

  • Why Is Breaking Bad So Freaking Good?

    Why Is Breaking Bad So Freaking Good?

    Breaking Bad is an interesting show. I’d heard many people talking about it, many of them fans of speculative/imaginative fiction, but it wasn’t until it made it to Netflix that I managed to watch it. And once I started watching, I was enthralled. But why? What is so engrossing about this show? Well, there are…

  • Aquaman #9 (Cool Comic Covers #12)

    Aquaman #9 (Cool Comic Covers #12)

    It’s Friday! That means another Cool Comic Covers, a weekly (almost) look back at some of the most interesting, intriguing, and engaging artwork in pop culture. This week: In honor of Aquaman’s loss to Thor in the Super Hero Tournament of Champions, a cool Aquaman cover. There are actually many, many cool Aquaman covers. In the…

  • AVENGERS WEEK: The Avengers and Its Place in the Superhero Cinema Cycle

    AVENGERS WEEK: The Avengers and Its Place in the Superhero Cinema Cycle

    The Avengers is actually a natural progression, if you look at the history of superheroes on the big screen. Every ten to twelve years, a game changer comes along to set the course for the next cycle of superhero related media. 1941. Animated shorts featuring Superman are seen in theaters. Since they were animated in…

  • AVENGERS WEEK: Onward, Christian Super-Soldiers!

    AVENGERS WEEK: Onward, Christian Super-Soldiers!

    I wanted Captain America to be something different than the other 3 (or 4, if you include the Hulk) set-up movies for the Avengers. In Iron Man and Thor (and Hulk, who fits so well into the discussion that, if you don’t think he belongs in the discussion, just disregard…it’s either that or a lot…

  • AVENGERS WEEK: Thor (COOL COMIC COVERS #9)

    AVENGERS WEEK: Thor (COOL COMIC COVERS #9)

    Cool Comic Covers is a weekly (almost) look back at some of the most interesting, intriguing, and engaging artwork in pop culture. This week: Thor! Continuing Avengers Week here at Strangers and Aliens, it’s Thor’s-day. Yes, we had to do it. So even though Captain America was after Thor, we had to do do Thor today.…

  • AVENGERS WEEK: Hulk (COOL COMIC COVERS #7)

    AVENGERS WEEK: Hulk (COOL COMIC COVERS #7)

    Cool Comic Covers is a weekly (almost) look back at some of the most interesting, intriguing, and engaging artwork in pop culture. This week: It’s Avengers week here at Strangers and Aliens! Each day we are going to take a look at the characters who will be featured in the upcoming (depending on when you are…

  • AVENGERS WEEK: Iron Man & Iron Man 2 (movie reviews)

    AVENGERS WEEK: Iron Man & Iron Man 2 (movie reviews)

    IRON MAN (reviewed as a single movie) Iron Man was the first movie that Marvel really took as its own. And it was amazing. A “game changer,” as people say. It was fun and loud and cocky and new. It set up a sequel, with the great press conference announcement at the end, and also…

  • Fear #1 (COOL COMIC COVERS #4)

    Fear #1 (COOL COMIC COVERS #4)

    Cool Comic Covers is a weekly (almost) look back at some of the most interesting, intriguing, and engaging artwork in pop culture. This week: I don’t know why I love swamp monsters. It has something to do with the primal idea of the very earth or soil coming alive beneath you, perhaps. Or the idea of…

  • April is Poetry Month!

    Okay, so it’s the 9th, but, hey, HOLY WEEK! That sort of takes precedence over poetry, dontcha think? Anyway, this challenge has its roots in a request I made to Ben and Jayce for topic ideas. While I have a whole bank of ideas myself, sometimes I like to get other people’s input on what…

  • THOUGHT CLOUDS: Harlan Ellison’s Phoenix Without Ashes (Comic Review)

    THOUGHT CLOUDS: Harlan Ellison’s Phoenix Without Ashes (Comic Review)

    PHOENIX WITHOUT ASHES Harlan Ellison, writer; Alan Robinson, artist This review of a graphic novel starts with a review of a TV series from 1973, so bear with me. When I was but a lad, I went and saw Star Wars on the big screen and wanted more. On the small screen, in my very…

  • RANKINGS: Top 10 Time Travel Movies of All Time (#2)

    RANKINGS: Top 10 Time Travel Movies of All Time (#2)

    Back to the Future (1985) Marty Mcfly (Michael J. Fox), Travels back in time and accidentally alters the natural timeline that directly impacts him and his family. He must right his wrongs, before he ceases to exist. When: 1955 & 1985 Best part: Mcfly and his rock and roll moments were worth the entire price…

  • Steve’s reply to Dr. J’s Star Wars Rankings

    Steve’s reply to Dr. J’s Star Wars Rankings

    This list is my reply to Jayce’s list, and represents a totally non-objective view of the movies. This is not based on the merit of their acting, production, directing, etc. but solely on how I perceived them at the time and their impact on me. I present them chronologically so the narrative will make a…