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Tag Archives: science fiction
Review of “Ghost in the Shell (mild spoilers)”
* * C I didn’t get a chance to see this film in the theater, partly because it was gone so quickly from them, which is never a good sign. This weekend, I had the chance to watch it on … Continue reading
What Makes a Hero a Superhero?
A recent YouTube video by Diversity in Comics got me thinking. In his video, he claims that both Indiana Jones and James Bond are super heroes, which I completely disagree with. But then I started thinking about comic book characters. … Continue reading
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Tagged breeds of man, diversity in comics, indiana jones, james bond, science fiction, super heroes
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Review of “Great Wall”
* * C Great Wall is a film about a pair of European mercenaries, William (Matt “Bourne” Damon) and Tovar (Pedro Pascal), who come to China looking for the secret of gunpowder. Instead, they discover the Taotie, a race of … Continue reading
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Tagged great wall, matt damon, movie review, pedro pascal, science fiction, taotie, tian jing
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Review of “Edge of Tomorrow” (rewatch/spoilers)
* * * * A I saw the Tom Cruise/Emily Blunt science fiction film “Edge of Tomorrow” when it was in theaters and really liked it. Rewatching it, it stood up well. I had forgotten a lot of it. Bill … Continue reading
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Tagged bill paxton, edge of tommorrow, emily blunt, master sergeant farrell, movie review, science fiction, tom cruise
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Scince Fiction: What Does the Future Hold?
Science fiction can be used as an allegorical medium, allowing ideas to be taken out of their familiar context and shown in a new light. A great example is the classic Star Trek episode Let That Be Your Last Battlefield, … Continue reading
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Tagged allegory, dune, in time, let that be your last battlefield, milieu, science fiction, star trek, what if
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Top Science Fiction Movies of the 1990s
Here are my top 10 science fiction films of the 1990s, with the reasons why I think they deserve to be on the list: The Matrix: Probably the greatest science fiction film ever made. Gattaca: Possibly the best hard science … Continue reading
