Why is cyberpunk so hard to film? Science fiction is the mythos of modernity. It is to the 20th and 21st century what the Christian mythos was to earlier centuries. And like Christian symbolism, it’s incredibly easy for the symbols of scifi to look naff. That’s cheesy or kitsch for US readers. Mythic symbolism isContinue reading “Johnny Is Jesus”
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Star Trek is propaganda
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Damo’s thoughts on Andor (so far)
Andor season 2 Has been less of a big thing than expected. So far. This is more about the online media landscape than about Andor. TV was once transitory. Watch it or miss it. Streaming shows are becoming more like books. People know Andor will still be there, so are watching it in their ownContinue reading “Damo’s thoughts on Andor (so far)”
Lost & Found
We’re further from a 21st century mythos than ever I set myself the quixotic task of finding a new mythos for the 21st century back in the early days of Covid. At first that search was the thesis of my course Writing the 21st Century Myth, then the Science Fiction podcast, then the channel. AndContinue reading “Lost & Found”
Why MAGA loves UFOs
The real revolution behind Andor
Orwell saw Big Elon coming
The magical space communism of Star Trek TNG
The Enterprise-D doesn’t have union reps
Instead it has an HR manager
So. Is the US an oligarchy?
You should buy your books on Amazon
Why is it not such a good idea to “walk away” from tech platforms like Amazon, Facebook etc? A number of people responded with their own decisions to walk away from these platforms after my last post on Walk Away Syndrome WAS. I’m not here to critique anyone’s personal decisions made for their own healthContinue reading “You should buy your books on Amazon”
Wait…are we an oligarchy now?
America was a sold a sci-fi narrative of infinite growth and the technological singularity, to cover the rise of a new oligarchy It’s the most cliche idea in sci-fi An all powerful technology corporation Weyland-Yutani, Omni consumer products, Cyberdyne Systems X-Corp! oh…wait…it seems Grok hallucinated some reality into our sci-fi here! And a promethean techContinue reading “Wait…are we an oligarchy now?”
Technogarch script preview
Members can now preview the shooting script for Rise of the Technogarchs This is in production, but comments will be noted
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