A science fiction/science fact review of Three Miles Down by Harry Turtledove, the fictionalized version of the Hughes Glomar Explorer expedition 50 years before the OceanGate Titan tragedy....
One of our most eclectic — and prolific — modern filmmakers, the Oscar-winning director of Traffic, Contagion, and Logan Lucky has worked in every genre and at every budget level, whether he’s crafting high-gloss heist pictures (Out of Sight, the Ocean’s trilogy), neorealist experiments (Bubble), or paranoid thrillers of...
Shows about time travel are as old as well... time. But there's only one that's had thirteen different actors play the same lead character Doctor Who. And now we know when the Fourteenth Doctor will make their debut- hang on. He looks familiar......
Despite its massive failure, the first attempt at adapting Frank Herbert’s Dune to the big screen made it possible for one of the most iconic science-fiction films to come out. Alejandro Jodorowsky's Dune promised to be one most ambitious and artistic sci-fi movies ever filmed. Jodorowsky, a director with a very powerful...
A safety panel highlighted the urgency of safely deorbiting the International Space Station (ISS) after it retires in 2030, warning of a catastrophe if the spacecraft were to make an uncontrolled reentry through Earth’s atmosphere....
We've long assumed that aliens will be like us, but there's every reason to think they are instead a form of unfathomable AI, says the UK astronomer royal Lord Martin Rees.
The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Quiet is the sixth feature from Ana Katz, who is prolific as a director, and even more so as an actor, and is perhaps her most formally adventurous. As with the meteorite, Katz employs rough sketches crafted by production designer Mariela Rípodas (at times animated in rudimentary fashion) to get across...
Joining the ranks of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s failed Dune adaptation, Saturation 70 is a pop culture curiosity that, more or less, only exists in the imaginations of those who care about it. However, whereas Jodorowsky’s sci-fi epic became a documentary that animated his extensive production notes, Saturation 70, a psychedelic...
Oh look - yet another author who's written a #SciFi novel, but can't bring themselves to admit this.
After all, 'serious' novelists wouldn't dirty themselves with something as vulgar as that, would they? Who'd invite them to cocktail parties? Long live the Posh vs. Tosh false dichotomy.
"#SamanthaHarvey: ‘I like Alien as much as anybody else. But I see this novel as space pastoral’...
Welcome to hell. Sorry, I meant Venus. Some say it's Earth's twin. But this world is nothing like home. And you're about to experience this scorching hot landscape firsthand....
The 2000s were a great time for science fiction. Thanks to The Matrix closing out the 90s, studios were more willing to give the green light to stories about science gone awry, leading to favorites such as A.I. Artificial Intelligence and Paprika, as well as superhero hits like Spider-Man 2, X2, and Iron Man....
George Lucas and the release of Star Wars in the 1970s unintentionally set a precedent for how almost every single piece of sci-fi media would depict space combat. Small spaceships fighting each other above in the atmosphere is synonymous with the genre, but does the science support this World War II style of dog-fighting in...
Gkids has acquired North American rights to Mars Express, the French animated feature from first-timer Jérémie Perin, which was an official selection this year of both Cannes and Annecy....
The Viper is a series of one-man space superiority fighters developed and operated by the Colonial Fleet in the early years of the 1st Cylon War. The origins of the Viper lie with the Caprican Air Force Viper jet, which was in service for some time before 58 BCH. It is presently unknown if the spaceborne iteration which fought...
We ran our last crowdfunding campaign in 2021, and the result was our “lucky” season 13, featuring thirteen new episodes, thirteen new shorts, the returns of most recent host Jonah Heston and original host Joel Robinson, and the introduction of a new host with Emily Connor. We also built the Gizmoplex, our very own...
@saila If you're focused on facial-recognition, you're missing the point. The DNA/mismatching is an allegory for the lengths humanity will go through in order to 'fit in' with whatever social mobility model happens to work. Just as parents fight to put their kids in 'the right preschool,' or Ivy Leaguers fight to get hired by the right companies, there's a structure to our civilization and people are willing to game that structure in order to succeed. Still an enjoyable, thoughtful piece of scifi.
In an era of lost science fiction, 'Space: 1999' dared to be different. Here's why it's worth another look, and why it bridged the era of Star Trek and Star Wars.
Once effectively banned, Chinese science fiction has exploded into the mainstream, embraced by the government and public alike –- inviting scrutiny of a genre that has become known for its expanding diversity and relative freedom.- 'Spiritual pollution' - Historically, science fiction has had a turbulent relationship with...
The Empire may be infamous, but that doesn't mean there aren't some major plot holes and unanswered questions about them. The likes of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Andor have subtly tried to patch things up, but these attempts haven't always been successful. Here are the most egregious questions about the Empire
We talked to famed tech writer Cory Doctorow about his new book, The Internet Con; the fight against Big Tech; and how technology itself isn’t the problem — it's about who holds the reins.
It’s time we all give director Damien Chazelle's Neil Armstrong biopic the acclaim it deserves. In honor of its five-year anniversary, here's why Chazelle and Ryan Gosling's collaboration is an underrated American masterpiece.
It didn't involve a transporter accident, but Star Trek: Lower Decks takes the Original Series episode "The Enemy Within" to it's logical, and emotional, extreme.
"Yes, I know. I know who's the Thing and who's not in the very end," he said during an interview with ComicBook.com. But if you were hoping for any elaboration, then keep on hoping. "Nope," Carpenter added when probed for more information. "Cannot tell you. Sorry,"...
The Mandoverse has a villain problem, as 'Ahoska's big bad was an underwhelming bore. Thrawn author Timothy Zahn has a solution to saving Disney+'s Star Wars shows.
Starting with Frank Herbert's Dune, the concept of spice as more than a condiment, with powers over humans and their societies, enriched science fiction.
You might not think there’s much to smell in space — but, according to the odor lab’s manager, Susana Tapia-Harper, space missions are known for getting pretty ripe....
Quick Mod Update - I have gotten some new insight about posts on the Microblog that helped me understand a particular function of Kbin that I did not understand before. As such, I've rescinded some bans on the magazine for particular users that simply used the #scifi tag, only to show up here automatically. My sincere apologies and gratitude for your patience.
Gareth Edwards made The Creator on a moderate budget, suggesting blockbuster budgets over $100 million aren't necessary. The Creator meets all the definitions of a blockbuster with its ambitious premise, hype, and large-scale visuals. Considering its futuristic and technology-based premise, one would expect its budget to be...
Most of the main cast of Sliders, including Jerry O'Connell and John Rhys-Davies, left before the Sci-Fi Channel show was completed. The multiverse is all the rage these days, thanks in large part to Marvel. But if you were a kid growing up in the late ‘90s, your first introduction to the many-worlds hypothesis was probably...
In 1996, Independence Day became the highest grossing movie of the year, cementing Will Smith as a leading man, turned director Roland Emmerich into one of Hollywood’s top names, and solidifying the alien invasion movie as the ideal summer blockbuster spectacle. But another alien invasion film came out in 1996, one with the...
Robyn Asimov acknowledges that her father's books had strong storytelling but lacked character development, which is something the TV adaptation improves upon....
Best Scifi Movie Prop Auction Ever Starts Next Week (propstoreauction.com)
Register now for the upcoming Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction: London, Nov 9-12, 2023
Doctor Who's Older Seasons Won't Be Streaming on Disney+ (gizmodo.com)
facepalm Fans in the U.S. will need to also have Max and BritBox subscriptions if they want access to the entire series.
Matthew Perry almost turned down ‘Friends’ for a sci-fi sitcom (www.msn.com)
Matthew Perry, who died Saturday at age 54, is beloved for playing Chandler Bing on the NBC sitcom “Friends.”...
Robots for deep-sea recovery missions in sci-fi and reality (robohub.org)
A science fiction/science fact review of Three Miles Down by Harry Turtledove, the fictionalized version of the Hughes Glomar Explorer expedition 50 years before the OceanGate Titan tragedy....
A Legendary Director Is Funding the Future of Experimental Sci-Fi (www.inverse.com)
One of our most eclectic — and prolific — modern filmmakers, the Oscar-winning director of Traffic, Contagion, and Logan Lucky has worked in every genre and at every budget level, whether he’s crafting high-gloss heist pictures (Out of Sight, the Ocean’s trilogy), neorealist experiments (Bubble), or paranoid thrillers of...
The best British Sci-fi show ever returns next month - with a difference (www.yahoo.com)
Shows about time travel are as old as well... time. But there's only one that's had thirteen different actors play the same lead character Doctor Who. And now we know when the Fourteenth Doctor will make their debut- hang on. He looks familiar......
The First Dune Movie Failure Secretly Spawned Another Sci-Fi Classic (www.msn.com)
Despite its massive failure, the first attempt at adapting Frank Herbert’s Dune to the big screen made it possible for one of the most iconic science-fiction films to come out. Alejandro Jodorowsky's Dune promised to be one most ambitious and artistic sci-fi movies ever filmed. Jodorowsky, a director with a very powerful...
A spacecraft to deorbit ISS 'not optional,' claims NASA safety panel (gizmodo.com)
A safety panel highlighted the urgency of safely deorbiting the International Space Station (ISS) after it retires in 2030, warning of a catastrophe if the spacecraft were to make an uncontrolled reentry through Earth’s atmosphere....
If alien life is artificially intelligent, it may be stranger than we can imagine (www.bbc.com)
We've long assumed that aliens will be like us, but there's every reason to think they are instead a form of unfathomable AI, says the UK astronomer royal Lord Martin Rees.
The Most Prophetic Sci-Fi Movie of the Decade Is Impossible to Watch Online (www.inverse.com)
The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Quiet is the sixth feature from Ana Katz, who is prolific as a director, and even more so as an actor, and is perhaps her most formally adventurous. As with the meteorite, Katz employs rough sketches crafted by production designer Mariela Rípodas (at times animated in rudimentary fashion) to get across...
The Gram Parsons Project - No, that project, the other one (www.msn.com)
Joining the ranks of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s failed Dune adaptation, Saturation 70 is a pop culture curiosity that, more or less, only exists in the imaginations of those who care about it. However, whereas Jodorowsky’s sci-fi epic became a documentary that animated his extensive production notes, Saturation 70, a psychedelic...
What If You Spent 5 Seconds on Venus? (youtu.be)
Welcome to hell. Sorry, I meant Venus. Some say it's Earth's twin. But this world is nothing like home. And you're about to experience this scorching hot landscape firsthand....
The Best Sci-Fi Movie Flops of the 2000s (www.denofgeek.com)
The 2000s were a great time for science fiction. Thanks to The Matrix closing out the 90s, studios were more willing to give the green light to stories about science gone awry, leading to favorites such as A.I. Artificial Intelligence and Paprika, as well as superhero hits like Spider-Man 2, X2, and Iron Man....
The Truth About Space Combat (youtu.be)
George Lucas and the release of Star Wars in the 1970s unintentionally set a precedent for how almost every single piece of sci-fi media would depict space combat. Small spaceships fighting each other above in the atmosphere is synonymous with the genre, but does the science support this World War II style of dog-fighting in...
Gkids Acquires Sci-Fi Noir ‘Mars Express' From Jérémie Perin (www.msn.com)
Gkids has acquired North American rights to Mars Express, the French animated feature from first-timer Jérémie Perin, which was an official selection this year of both Cannes and Annecy....
This guy built a full-size Battlestar Galactica Viper in his garage (imgur.com)
The Viper is a series of one-man space superiority fighters developed and operated by the Colonial Fleet in the early years of the 1st Cylon War. The origins of the Viper lie with the Caprican Air Force Viper jet, which was in service for some time before 58 BCH. It is presently unknown if the spaceborne iteration which fought...
MST3K Season 14 is holding a pledge drive - tote bag not included (showmaker.mst3k.com)
We ran our last crowdfunding campaign in 2021, and the result was our “lucky” season 13, featuring thirteen new episodes, thirteen new shorts, the returns of most recent host Jonah Heston and original host Joel Robinson, and the introduction of a new host with Emily Connor. We also built the Gizmoplex, our very own...
Dune Atreides Royal Ornithopter 10327 | LEGO® Icons | Buy online at the Official LEGO® Shop US (www.lego.com)
Gift a movie fan with this LEGO® Icons Dune Atreides Royal Ornithopter building set for adults, featuring 8 iconic characters from the movie
You Need to Watch The Most Secretly Important Sci-Fi Series of All Time on Tubi ASAP (www.inverse.com)
In an era of lost science fiction, 'Space: 1999' dared to be different. Here's why it's worth another look, and why it bridged the era of Star Trek and Star Wars.
'Killer Klowns From Outer Space' at 35: The Chiodo Brothers look back at their cult classic sci-fi horror flick (www.yahoo.com)
Stephen and Edward Chiodo reveal film's original ending, revisit Christopher Titus's first role and tease a potential sequel.
Chinese sci-fi steps into the spotlight (news.yahoo.com)
Once effectively banned, Chinese science fiction has exploded into the mainstream, embraced by the government and public alike –- inviting scrutiny of a genre that has become known for its expanding diversity and relative freedom.- 'Spiritual pollution' - Historically, science fiction has had a turbulent relationship with...
10 Things That Make No Sense About The Empire In Star Wars (screenrant.com)
The Empire may be infamous, but that doesn't mean there aren't some major plot holes and unanswered questions about them. The likes of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Andor have subtly tried to patch things up, but these attempts haven't always been successful. Here are the most egregious questions about the Empire
The weird aliens of early science fiction (www.bbc.com)
Humanity's ideas about aliens have been evolving for millennia – but in the era before television, they were considerably stranger....
Please God, No - A New ‘Total Recall’ Remake in the Works at Sony (moviesr.net)
The hit sci-fi movie from 1990 starring Arnold Schwarzenegger has already got a reboot film in 2012 that stars Colin Farrell in the leading role.
Cory Doctorow’s Vision for a Just Tech Revolution (jacobin.com)
We talked to famed tech writer Cory Doctorow about his new book, The Internet Con; the fight against Big Tech; and how technology itself isn’t the problem — it's about who holds the reins.
Writers respond to Marc Andreessen’s AI optimism with their own manifesto: ‘It’s mostly nonsense’ (www.geekwire.com)
The reviews for "The Techno-Optimist Manifesto" on AI have come in from award-winning writers at the GeekWire Summit, and they're not great....
10 Sci-Fi Movies That Aged Poorly Thanks To Real Tech (www.msn.com)
Sci-fi movies set in the past or near future tend to age poorly as real-world technology catches up....
7 coolest sci-fi future dystopias, ranked | Digital Trends (www.digitaltrends.com)
These future dystopias are seven of the best we've ever seen in science fiction.
Scientists Want to Melt the Moon to Make Lunar Roads (www.syfy.com)
Dozens of lunar-landing missions are in the works, so we might need a way to manage Moon traffic. See how we're planning on building Moon roads.
5 Years Ago, a Divisive Director Made an Underrated Space Epic — And Rewrote History (www.inverse.com)
It’s time we all give director Damien Chazelle's Neil Armstrong biopic the acclaim it deserves. In honor of its five-year anniversary, here's why Chazelle and Ryan Gosling's collaboration is an underrated American masterpiece.
Star Trek Just Brought Back a Classic Original Series Concept (www.denofgeek.com)
It didn't involve a transporter accident, but Star Trek: Lower Decks takes the Original Series episode "The Enemy Within" to it's logical, and emotional, extreme.
John Carpenter Confirms He Knows Who Was Human at the End of 1982's The Thing (www.syfy.com)
"Yes, I know. I know who's the Thing and who's not in the very end," he said during an interview with ComicBook.com. But if you were hoping for any elaboration, then keep on hoping. "Nope," Carpenter added when probed for more information. "Cannot tell you. Sorry,"...
Legendary Star Wars Writer Reveals a Huge 'Ahsoka' Flaw (www.inverse.com)
The Mandoverse has a villain problem, as 'Ahoska's big bad was an underwhelming bore. Thrawn author Timothy Zahn has a solution to saving Disney+'s Star Wars shows.
'Scavengers Reign' trailer teases Max sci-fi animated series (www.msn.com)
Max is teasing the new series Scavengers Reign....
How Sci-Fi Became So Fascinated With Spice (www.yahoo.com)
Starting with Frank Herbert's Dune, the concept of spice as more than a condiment, with powers over humans and their societies, enriched science fiction.
Exploring the space-time-stench continuum, where no nose has gone before (whyy.org)
You might not think there’s much to smell in space — but, according to the odor lab’s manager, Susana Tapia-Harper, space missions are known for getting pretty ripe....
Gareth Edwards’ ‘The Creator’ Proves That Blockbusters Don’t Need Massive Budgets (www.themarysue.com)
Gareth Edwards made The Creator on a moderate budget, suggesting blockbuster budgets over $100 million aren't necessary. The Creator meets all the definitions of a blockbuster with its ambitious premise, hype, and large-scale visuals. Considering its futuristic and technology-based premise, one would expect its budget to be...
Why Did Most of the Original Sliders Cast Leave the Series? (www.syfy.com)
Most of the main cast of Sliders, including Jerry O'Connell and John Rhys-Davies, left before the Sci-Fi Channel show was completed. The multiverse is all the rage these days, thanks in large part to Marvel. But if you were a kid growing up in the late ‘90s, your first introduction to the many-worlds hypothesis was probably...
You Need to Watch Tim Burton's Most Underrated Sci-Fi Movie (www.inverse.com)
In 1996, Independence Day became the highest grossing movie of the year, cementing Will Smith as a leading man, turned director Roland Emmerich into one of Hollywood’s top names, and solidifying the alien invasion movie as the ideal summer blockbuster spectacle. But another alien invasion film came out in 1996, one with the...
You Need to Watch the Best Time-Hopping Thriller of the Decade on Amazon ASAP (www.inverse.com)
Edgar Wright's sumptuous and extremely underrated psychological horror film is now streaming for free, making it the perfect Halloween watch.
The Futurama Episode That Set The Show's Writers Free From Fox's Terrible Notes (www.slashfilm.com)
Fox seemingly hated Futurama and loaded the creative team with production notes, so the creators opted for a bit of malicious compliance.
The George Lucas Lunch Meeting That Saved Star Wars From Disaster - /Film (www.slashfilm.com)
Sir Alec Guinness was ready to walk away from Star Wars because, as George Lucas recalls, 'He didn't like the idea of being a ghost.'
“Not My Father’s Strong Suit”: Foundation Author’s Daughter Says Show Does 1 Thing Better Than Her Dad’s Books (screenrant.com)
Robyn Asimov acknowledges that her father's books had strong storytelling but lacked character development, which is something the TV adaptation improves upon....