Tag: ben

  • “Batman VS Superman” A Strangers and Aliens Cartoon

    You’ve seen Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, now check out the Strangers and Aliens rendition! Find more videos that bridge the gap between Christianity and Pop-Culture at youtube.com/strangersandaliens

  • Some Thoughts about the Disney/Star Wars News

    Some Thoughts about the Disney/Star Wars News

    A few thoughts I have had after recording the episode about Disney buying Lucasfilm . . . When I was three or four, my parents took me to a little theater where I first saw Star Wars. I remember vividly going to see Empire Strikes Back with my family, and I remember the butterflies in…

  • Angry Birds & Star Wars . . .

    Angry Birds & Star Wars . . .

    I have not paid for a full version of Angry Birds yet. I enjoy the free versions a lot, and my kids love the games, but the free levels are enough. But here? I think I’ll be purchasing this, day one, full version, and for the next little while afterward my wife will probably not…

  • WHO: Season 7 Off to a Running Start!

    WHO: Season 7 Off to a Running Start!

    As of this writing, the first two episodes of Doctor Who’s seventh season have aired. Or, as in my case, downloaded. (Legally. I promise. I used iTunes to buy the season.) So, how has it been? In a word, fantastic. Both episodes require almost no previous knowledge of the show, but both are deeply satisfying…

  • THOUGHT CLOUDS: Justice League #12 (the kissing issue) (Comic Review)

    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…

  • Superman and Wonder Woman Sitting in a Tree (Cool Comic Covers #22)

    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 . .…

  • 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  

  • MOVIE REVIEW: Total Recall (2012)

    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,…

  • Adventure Comics #425 (Cool Comic Covers #21)

    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…

  • Tales of Asgard (Cool Comic Covers #19)

    Tales of Asgard (Cool Comic Covers #19)

    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, Tales of Asgard, a reprinting of some lost-ish Thor stories by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby! But the covers were not by Jack Kirby. Originally, these were…

  • Red Dwarf Season 10 Trailer!

    Red Dwarf Season 10 Trailer!

    I love Red Dwarf. I mean, how many other sci-fi comedies can you think of that actually explore Big Science Fiction Ideas while making fun of Big Science Fiction Ideas and telling heart felt stories (sometimes)? Now, moments of off color humor aside, and also putting aside the second to last season, and also putting…

  • SCI-FI/FANTASY FOR KIDS: Phineas and Ferb!

    SCI-FI/FANTASY FOR KIDS: Phineas and Ferb!

    In a previous podcast that Steve and I co-hosted back in the day, in an episode that is long since deleted and gone, I asked “What is there for the current generation that is as inspiring as Star Wars was for us?” Steve answered: “Phineas and Ferb.” Now, I had heard of this show. I…

  • Superman Teaser!

    Superman Teaser!

    One of the things that excited me when I saw The Dark Knight Rises was the teaser for Man of Steel they played. They have two versions, apparently shipped out randomly with The Dark Knight Rises. I was worried about Man of Steel when I learned Zack Snyder was directing. I have not seen Watchmen.…

  • Marvel Movies Revealed!!!

    Marvel Movies Revealed!!!

    Marvel Studios has revealed the titles of their upcoming movies . . . giving some insight to the plots, and, in some situations, revealing specifics about projects that have, until now, just been rumors. Released because of SDCC, Marvel has shown off some logo artwork that has gotten me pretty excited. Here’s some of our…

  • Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind vol. 6 (Cool Comic Covers #18)

    Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind vol. 6 (Cool Comic Covers #18)

    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 we take a turn away from American comics and look at the cover to a manga series: I love Hayao Miyazaki. Almost anything he does becomes a…

  • REVIEW: Doctor Who the Movie (and the MOVIES . . .)

    REVIEW: Doctor Who the Movie (and the MOVIES . . .)

    Netflix is the one and only reason I have become such a huge fan of Doctor Who. Before Netflix, I was a casual observer. I enjoyed watching old episodes from the original run (Tom Baker being my favorite Doctor), but mostly as a curiosity, a foray into the history of sci-fi. I was familiar enough…

  • Spider-Man (Cool Comic Covers #17)

    Spider-Man (Cool Comic Covers #17)

    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, well, we did it for Avengers . . . how could we NOT do it for Spider-Man? And so, Strangers and Aliens’ favorite Spider-Man comic covers. There’s…

  • Why PROMETHEUS Could NOT Be the ALIEN Prequel You Wanted

    Why PROMETHEUS Could NOT Be the ALIEN Prequel You Wanted

    You can read my review of Prometheus here. This post is not a review, but a response to one criticism I’ve been seeing about the movie. Vague spoilers, sort of, here. I know that a lot of people have been disappointed and/or confused about how Prometheus does or does not fit into the Alien franchise…

  • Episode 19 — “Some Days You Just Can’t Get Rid of a Bomb: Batman Movie Retrospective”

    Episode 19 — “Some Days You Just Can’t Get Rid of a Bomb: Batman Movie Retrospective”

    Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS In preparation for The Dark Knight Rises, Ben, Dr. Jayce, and Steve take on the Batman! They take a look back at the Batman films, starting with Adam West’s 1966 Batman, moving to the Tim Burton era Batman and Batman Returns, into the Joel Schumacher era with…

  • The Brave and the Bold #14 (Cool Comic Covers #16)

    The Brave and the Bold #14 (Cool Comic Covers #16)

    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 really cool blast from the past! The Brave and the Bold is best known as a Batman spotlight or a team-up book. But, it started out…