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Why does Asimov matter? Let’s put it this way Asimov rewrites our mythos around the values reason, rationality, science and humanism Huh? As humans we’re faced with many questions that we not only have no answers for, but that we cannot answer factually. We have to answer these unknowns with myths, stories that bound ourContinue reading “Why does Asimov matter?”
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Let’s talk about why Megalopolis is short-circuiting Hollywood Many years ago I was in a performance art collective. We held a monthly cabaret at a really dodgy pub with a heavy drinking criminal clientele. And we closed every cabaret with our house band Bangin & Blowin Nobody in the band could play their instrument, soContinue reading “Bangin and Blowin”
Megalopolis is what you just watched Megalopolis is a movie about a civilisation in decline made by a civilisation in decline watched by a civilisation so deep into its decline that it can no longer recognise a TikTok video of its own decline Megalopolis is a movie with the narrative structure of your TikTok feedContinue reading “Megalopolis is what you just watched”
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Why do we love science fiction movies?
Sometimes it’s because they take us to strange new worlds.
Other times they just have the best effects, the biggest explosions, or the most guns.
But when science fiction movies become legendary it’s often because they tell us something deep, true and meaningful.
Then there are the science fiction movies that step up to bat for legendary status
take a big swing
and miss
and sometimes, as much as we love the hits, we love those misses
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What was Sean thinking? You can kind of see the logic. In retrospect Sean Connery was the first of a new kind of masculine icon. Bodybuilders turned actors (Connery placed 3rd in Mr Universe) who expressed an ever more exaggerated masculinity. So Sean Connery starring in Zardoz isn’t all that different from Jason Momoa starringContinue reading “What was Sean Connery thinking?”
There’s a long history of calling Lord of the Rings fascist. Michael Moorcock in Epic Pooh of course. But Tolkien’s book is on the list of things that leftists tend to kneejerk reject as fascist. No doubt somebody will post Tolkien’s letter rejecting a German publisher in the comments. Which is fair, Tolkien was noContinue reading “In defence of Tolkien”
Now, I’m not about to say I would never accept a sponsorship that made me a hypocrite. But so far the answer is no. One of the ironies of the fast growth of the Science Fiction channel, podcast and community is that I am now being sent sponsorship offers… …by the producers of the culturalContinue reading “An Addictive Grinder”
“Extruded Fantasy Product” Did Diana Wynne Jones invent this term? Wherever it began it captures the predicament we’re in. The idea of a fantasy “genre” is as ridiculous as an “imagination” genre. Fantasy is the capacity of the human imagination to dream stories that satisfy our desires. The world is big and brutal and weContinue reading “Extruded Fantasy Product”
“How does one fashion a book of resistance, a book of truth in an empire of falsehood, or a book of rectitude in an empire of vicious lies? How does one do that right in front of the enemy? How does one do that in a truly future technological state? Is it possible for freedomContinue reading “Philip K Dick’s book of resistance in an empire of lies”
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