The Science Fiction community on Facebook have been arguing for a week straight about the status of Star Wars as science fiction…or not. So here is my ultimate and final answer (almost) to the question.
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Even Plato is excited for Apple Vision Pro
It’s Plato’s Cave strapped to your face. At least you could look away from the cave wall. But now Apple will track your eyes and keep showing ads however hard you try to look away. But the irony is even Plato would be excited for the Apple Vision Pro. The duality of Apple in today’s video…
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Bollywood Star Wars absolutely needs to be a thing
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Are you a Malthusian villain?
I’m always surprised how often people are willing to repeat Malthusian statements made by the villains in superhero movies like “human beings are a cancer on the planet” with stopping and thinking…
…wait, didn’t the villain say that?
Thanks to Ty Sowry and Allen Howell for comments and today’s most discussed thread in the Science Fiction community.
Further thoughts on the Malthusian villain and how to avoid sounding like one on the Science Fiction channel…
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The neo-religions of science fiction
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Interstellar – shooting script
I’m working hard to get myself martyred. But whether it will be at the hands of fundamentalist conservative Christians, or transhumanist adherents of the Church of Scientism…well…you be the judge. Members of the Science Fiction podcast community can now read the full shooting script for my next video essay Interstellar Is A Religious Experience. IContinue reading “Interstellar – shooting script”
Not Asimov – season 2
After too many years having these discussions on scifi forums, I long ago realised that, however bad a scifi tv show might be, someone will pop-up and say “well I quite liked it actually”. So as season 2 of Not Asimov lumbers towards our screens, and as a time saving measure, I have collated theContinue reading “Not Asimov – season 2”
The redemption of Christopher Nolan
I have the same criticism of Chris Nolan’s movies as many critics. Once you get past the high concept movie making, how much meaning is there in the Nolan filmography? It’s not just the inaudible dialogue that made TENET problematic. When you get down to it is there anything more to Nolan than narrative gimmicksContinue reading “The redemption of Christopher Nolan”
Last hope for heroic fantasy
I was really hoping the D&D movie would be good. There’s been a of disappointing capital F for Fantasy storytelling recently. Fake Tolkien. Wheel of Tedium. Willow…best ignored. So I was prepared for the worst. What I got is one of the best heroic fantasy movies for a very long time. And maybe more importantly…aContinue reading “Last hope for heroic fantasy”
James Gunn made me cry
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Every way Dune 2 could be a total catastrophe
Dune is a story about men in rubber suits fighting over who gets to eat the poop of giant sand worms.
There’s a lot of ways telling that story on a cinema screen can go HORRIBLY wrong.
Even after the success of Dune part 1 – which I consider to be a masterpiece – Denis Villeneuve has an uphill fight to repeat the trick with DUNE 2.
As a lesson in narrative craft and storytelling, it’s valuable to think through what those challenges are and how the story will have to be adapted to prevent it being a total…
…DUNETASTROPHE
TRIGGER WARNING – contains criticism of Frank Herbert and the essentially gendered nature of archetypal storytelling.
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Rogue One was Disney’s biggest mistake
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