Pondering lists of movies got me thinking, in true stream-of-consciousness fashion, about what actually defines the genre. After all, quite a lot of purists have tried to say that Star Wars should be rightly categorized as Fantasy, and the Incredibles— and superhero stories in general– seem to step outside any Read more…
Short comparison of my top ten list vs. top ten SF movie rankings on IMDB (as of 2/7/07): Common Films:Star Wars, Metropolis, Alien, Aliens, Blade Runner On the IMDB list, not mine:Empire Strikes Back, The Matrix, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Incredibles. On my list, not IMDB:The Day the Earth Read more…
I’ve written about what makes a bad SF film. I thought I’d post my thoughts on a few good ones. I decided to make a list of what I consider the top 10 SF films of the 20th century. There are omissions that I know will tick people off, but Read more…
Follow-up to my post about SF writers who blog: I’ve come across another list of SF blogs at Whatever. . .
Following up from my earlier post about the SF Film Marathon.I read a post by fellow hamster Marie on her Blog about one of my favorite bad movies, the epic of pretentious hippie psychedelica, Zardoz. Seeing her visceral reaction to this movie made me think about this film, and why Read more…
Sort of a companion to the earlier post Other SF Authors Who Blog; here’s a short list (probably incomplete) of blogs from current and former members of my writer’s workshop, the Cajun Sushi Hamsters From Hell. Tobias S. Buckell Ellen Klages Geoff Landis Demented Michelle Maureen F. McHugh Catherynne M. Read more…
I was just at the CWRU SF Marathon (an annual event here in Cleveland, if you’re in the area, consider going, it’s like a live version of MST3K) and a couple of recent examples of cinematic SF cheese made me wonder exactly what might be wrong with some modern SF. Read more…
Anyone who’s reading this will probably be interested in other SF writers who blog. Very cool list from the SF Signal blog.