Strangers and Aliens: Science Fiction & Fantasy from a Christian Perspective
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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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STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS teaser trailers . . .
Continuing the speculation started here . . . So an “announcement teaser trailer” has been` for STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS has been released. It is not a trailer . . . and it’s not teasing . . . it’s announcing the tease for the trailer? Anyway, SPOILERS and SPECULATION lie ahead! Oh, and an extra…
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The Most OVERRATED Christmas Movies Ever
Let’s be honest, we all love Christmas season, because of the family time, but if we were all honest we would admit that the holidays can be some of the most stressful times of the entire year. Many reasons exist for this fact, but one of those reasons if due to conflict with the fam.…
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Ep. 36 — Favorite Sci-Fi Characters
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSAfter a Thanksgiving break, Steve, Dr. Jayce, and Ben return with a list of their favorite five science fiction characters! Some may surprise you . . . others not so much. After that, they each reveal a science fiction character that many people love . . . but…
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Yesterday’s Future: CHRISTMAS!!!
In the future, we won’t have to do anything for ourselves. We’ll even have robots who can . . . . . . celebrate Christmas for us! Actually, I know some people who would prefer this . . . ~ Ben More Yesterday’s Future . . .
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STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS plot revealed . . .
In news that has been reported pretty much everywhere . . . I want to know what you strangers and aliens think about this information. We’ve got the official synopsis, and I have a few thoughts of my own . . . but let the fanboy speculation begin!!! Here is the official synopsis of Star…
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Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome (series review)
(This is part of a series of reviews of online sci-fi and fantasy.) BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: BLOOD AND CHROME So, the Battlestar Galactica prequel movie, Blood and Chrome, is finally here. But, interestingly, it’s not being seen on SyFy. It’s not being released on DVD or Blu. Not yet, anyway. No, it’s being released in segments…
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Professor Negatron — new podcast spin-off series!
You may have heard us mention Professor Negatron in the past. But what is Professor Negatron? Who is he? Where is he? Here’s the answer to where: http://negatron.strangersandaliens.com The answer to what: well, it is something of an experiment. It is a weekly movie review podcast, yes. It will review sci-fi, fantasy, and superhero movies (and other…
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Super Hero Tournament of Champions: Nightwing vs. Green Arrow
DR. JAYCE: WHO WOULD WIN?: Nightwing WHY?: The only none super human super hero that I would likely give an edge to over Nightwing is Batman and that is because he trained him. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE OUTCOME: I like Green Arrow, but he didn’t have a chance. STEVE: WHO WOULD WIN?:Nightwing…
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Ep. 35 — “It’s Our Birthday!”
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSIn this episode . . . * We celebrate the podcast’s first birthday! * We introduce a new co-host, Twitter-bot!!! * We probably fire said new co-host, Twitter-bot!!! * Listener feedback about Star Wars! (Listen to the episode about the Star Wars Disney purchase here.) * Ben plugs…
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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…
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POLL: What do you think about the Disney purchase of Lucasfilm/Star Wars?
It looks like our anniversary episode is going to have a substantial mailbag segment, so I wanted to extend the invitation to all you strangers and aliens out there to sound off about how you feel about Star Wars’ new home with Disney! We recorded one episode right after the big news (you can listen…
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Episode 33 — “The Ending We Wanted”
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSIn something of a sequel to our episode about sci-fi TV shows that were cancelled too soon — called, coincidentally, Sci-Fi TV: Cancelled Too Soon — we bring you an episode in which we dream a little bit about how we wish some of those cancelled series would…
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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…
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