Strangers and Aliens: Science Fiction & Fantasy from a Christian Perspective
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The Way of the Writer (The Way of the Writer)
“The Way of the Writer” is a new thing I plan to do with this blog (it’s actually a carry over from my old blog). I’ll be using it as a “topic heading” for any posts about writing and the writing life that I do here. I don’t claim to be an expert or a…
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Geek Bible — Strangers (and Aliens) in a Strange Land
I promised on a message board or something that our next Geek Bible segment would focus on where our podcast takes its name from. And when we did our roundtable podcast with Roland and Gary during the Gideon conference, that came up in the discussion as well. We were taking about different views Christian have…
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Other Podcasts . . .
Over the last month or so, two new podcasts have come to my attention that deal with issues of the intersection of Christianity and geekery. They haven’t been around long enough for me to add them to our official list (which consists of two). The official list of recommended podcasts are podcasts that have been…
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Ep. 41 — Looking Ahead to 2013
http://media.blubrry.com/strangersandaliens/strangersandaliens.com/wp-content/ThePodcast/StrangersAliens_041.m4aPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSIn this episode we look ahead to the upcoming year, including: The year of C.S. Lewis at Strangers and Aliens — http://strangersandaliens.com/2012/12/2013-strangers-and-aliens-year-of-c-s-lewis/ The Strangers and Aliens “Book Club” — http://strangersandaliens.com/2013/01/book-club-the-lion-the-witch-and-the-wardrobe/ The C.S. Lewis Book giveaway. Listen to the podcast to see how you could win . . . if you…
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Upcoming 2013 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Movies!!!
2012 was a great year to be a geek. From Avengers to The Dark Knight Rises to The Hobbit, and even from Prometheus to Skyfall, it was a pretty big year. (Read our list of movies we were looking forward to last year at this time here.) This year looks to be just a big,…
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BOOK CLUB: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Call your library! Search your shelves! Borrow from a friend! Head to the bookstore! Or click on your favorite online bookseller! January is the first month of the Strangers and Aliens “book club” . . . and 2013 is the Year of C.S. Lewis . . . so that means it’s time for us to…
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2013: Strangers and Aliens’ “Year of C.S. Lewis”
We’ve got a lot of different things planned for the coming year. Interviews that we are setting up. Finishing the Seven Deadly Sins podcast series. More Negatron. Other things that we aren’t ready to talk about because they are still up in the air, and if they happen we’ll tell you about them. But one…
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Ep. 40 — The Science (Fiction) of Christmas Fantasy
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSBen, Steve, and Dr. Jayce tackle some of the big questions of Christmas. And then a group of children answer the questions as well, while posing some other questions for the three strangers and aliens, too. Does Frosty have a soul? Is Santa a Time Lord? Is Rudolph…
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Unusual Sci-Fi/Fantasy Christmas Movies
UPDATE: This 2012 blog post has been expanded into an actual SERIES of posts that you can find here: http://strangersandaliens.com/category/christmas-2/strange-christmas-movies/ A short list of movies that aren’t Christmas movies . . . except they actually ARE Christmas movies. They take place at Christmas, or Christmas plays a big part of the plot. Some of these may not…
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Ep. 39 — The Hobbit: an Unexpected Movie
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSBen, Steve, and Dr. Jayce have seen The Hobbit . . . but do they think YOU should? Find out here! Listen as Ben says there will be no small talk . . . and then promptly his wife makes HER first appearance in the show! They talk…
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JABBERWOCKY (“Winter Terry Gilliam Film Fest” Part 1)
Terry Gilliam is my favorite film director. So this winter, I’ve decided to watch his movies, in order, from Jabberwocky to The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus. (And, when The Zero Theorem comes out, I’ll add that one in, too.) For this series, I will be rating each movie on a scale of 1 to 12…
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You Thought the Star Wars Holiday Special Was Bad?
If you thought Star Wars Holiday Special was terrible . . . wait until you see this: Donny and Marie’s Star Wars special! It has everything: dancing stormtrooper, terrible puns, Red Foxx (complaining that this year planet Sanford “has no sun” — his show Sanford and Son came back in 1980, but it was just…
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Ep. 38 — December Doomsday!!! (Interview)
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSSteve interviews Geoff Holding, the mastermind behind the website End of the World 2012? at http://www.endoftheworld2012.net/ . . . The website covers many different topics, and Steve and Geoff also cover many different topics . . . but, of course, the question they will also be covering is “will…
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RANKINGS: A Christmas Carol Slamdown!
A Christmas Carol is the most adapted Christmas movie of all-time. That means that there are more movies about Scrooge and his conversion than any other story-ever. However, we must warn you that not all Carols are created equal. Therefore, I am making this list to save you the time and trouble of figuring out…
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Ep. 37 — Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Reboots!
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSBen and Steve tackle REBOOTS! Are reboots evil . . . necessary evil . . . or necessary? What recent reboots work . . . and what don’t? And what is the GREATEST reboot of all time? Steve thinks he knows. And Ben just may know the second…
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A Christmas Carol . . . in KLINGON!!!
In researching A Christmas Carol, I came across this video from The Wall Street Journal. I’m not sure what’s stranger . . . A Christmas Carol in Klingonese or The Wall Street Journal reporting on it! Definitely worth watching the report. I don’t know if it is something anyone is still doing — the actual…
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RANKINGS: If the World Ended & You Could Only Watch 7 Christmas Movies…
Tis the season to spend lots of quality time with family and friends, so be sure to make quality decisions on how you spend that time this Christmas season! Quick if the world was about to end and you could only watch 7 Christmas movies which ones would you pick? Too late! I have picked…
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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?…
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M. Night’s After Earth Trailer
Original Video– More videos at TinyPic
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An Epic Christmas: Watching Rankin Bass Christmas Specials as an Epic Mini-Series
UPDATED POST: When I first posted this last year, I mentioned it may be incomplete due to not seeing (or remembering that I had seen, as it turned out) some Rankin Bass specials. I’ve since seen them, and have updated below my thoughts about how they might, or might not, fit into the series. I…
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