Strangers and Aliens: Science Fiction & Fantasy from a Christian Perspective
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Wonder Woman: Coming to a Small Screen Near You? Finally?
Apparently Wonder Woman is getting another chance to get on TV. With Arrow looming on the horizon, bringing Green Arrow to the small screen, looks like Wonder Woman might be getting the Smallville treatment, with an “early adventures” series similar to Smallville’s retellings of the beginning of the Superman story. I’m trying to imagine this…
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Episode 25 — “Great Pre-Star Wars Sci-Fi Movies”
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSIn this latest episode of the show, Ben, Dr. Jayce, and Steve discuss their favorite sci-fi and fantasy movies from before Star Wars changed science fiction and fantasy cinema forever! What will they choose? What movie will make Dr. Jayce completely disown you if you like it? And…
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Mary Marvel #5 (Cool Comic Covers #23)
It’s Friday! That means another Cool Comic Covers, a weekly (sometimes more!) look back at some of the most interesting, intriguing, and engaging artwork in pop culture. This week, after last week’s romantic diversion, we take a look at a cover that is a little less bogged down by controversy and is just plain COOL .…
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TOTALLY FUNNY: The Dark Knight Rises (How it Should’ve Ended)
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Creepy or Cool?
Do you think this is creepy or cool?
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THOUGHT CLOUDS: Justice League #12 (the kissing issue) (Comic Review)
JUSTICE LEAGUE #12 Geoff Johns, writer; Jim Lee, artist I know, I know. Superman belongs with Lois Lane. Wonder Woman belongs with Steve Trevor. And the world is up in arms because Superman and Wonder Woman were caught kissing. And HOW I know it is that the Internet told me. What the Internet DIDN’T tell…
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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…
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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…
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THE BOOTH AT THE END (series review)
(This is part of a series of reviews of online sci-fi and fantasy.) THE BOOTH AT THE END I’m watching the latest episode (episode four of season two) of what has turned out to be my new favorite speculative fiction TV show. But it’s not on TV. And probably never will be. No network is…
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Episode 24 — “Where Are the Christian Sci-Fi Movies?”
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWhile Dr. Jayce and Ben were at the Gideon Media Arts Conference and Film Festival, they got together with two other men who were also there as faculty, Roland Mann and Gary Voelker . . . who also, coincidentally (or not) are Strangers and Aliens listeners! The four…
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Disney Doing WEIRD Things
What’s Next? Forget plants…I want them to start working on transportation technology.
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Superman and Wonder Woman Sitting in a Tree (Cool Comic Covers #22)
It’s Friday! That means another Cool Comic Covers, a weekly (sometimes more!) look back at some of the most interesting, intriguing, and engaging artwork in pop culture. This week, with all the hoopla about Superman kissing Wonder Woman, I was reminded of a cover image I saw when I was just a young man . .…
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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
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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…
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Avengers Deleted Scene
Check this scene out that didn’t make the film.
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THOUGHT CLOUDS: Batman Earth One (comic book review)
(This review originally appeared on The Spirit Blade Underground Podcast.) BATMAN EARTH ONE Geoff Johns, writer; Gary Frank, artist Here’s what the critics have to say about Batman Earth One, by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank: “. . . new, breathtaking . . .” – Brad Meltzer, important writer guy “. . . the right…
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MOVIE REVIEW: Total Recall (2012)
Total Recall is an interesting movie. As an effects movie, especially as a sci-fi effects movie, it is fantastic. The special effects, and the world those effects create, are brilliant. As science fiction, with its look forward into future technology and culture, it is fantastic. Some of the ideas in this movie just make sense,…
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Adventure Comics #425 (Cool Comic Covers #21)
It’s Friday! That means another Cool Comic Covers, a weekly (sometimes more!) look back at some of the most interesting, intriguing, and engaging artwork in pop culture. This week, a bad day scenario if I’ve ever seen one . . . I hate it when this happens. You know the situation. You’re climbing up a mountain…
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Episode 23 — “Sci-Fi Rip Offs”
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSBen, Steve, and Dr. Jayce are together again . . . and, fortunately for you, none of them sing the song from The Muppets Take Manhattan (although Ben has it stuck in his head as he types these words). The topic? Sci-fi rip offs. The three of them…
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Watch Movies at Dr. Jayce’s House
I just wanted to invite everyone over to my amazing home theater. I WISH!!! Who wouldn’t want to watch movies here?! There are amazing home theaters with various themes (Star Trek & Star Wars), do you have a favorite? If so Post the pics as comments, so we can see and comment on them. To…
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