Deartháir, on August 30th, 2012
“They must have spent TENS of dollars on this!”
I have a large collection of movies and TV shows — much of it science fiction — sitting on my media server, but there is a significant chunk of it that I can only watch on certain occasions. By which I mean “when I’m [...]
Deartháir, on August 24th, 2012
What the hell is THAT thing supposed to be? (Image from ProudestMonkey.com)
We certainly weren’t expecting the overwhelming response we got to yesterday’s User Input; it does appear you lot are fans of your store brand imitation science fiction. But then, with the huge popularity of Mystery Science Theatre 3000, we probably shouldn’t [...]
Deartháir, on August 23rd, 2012
In the future! Villains will wear silly hats! And women will wear less! (We can't wait.)
We’ve talked before about the awesomeness of mainstream science-fiction flicks, but there’s a whole category we’re ignoring. Part of the magic of science fiction is the fact that the influence of some of the worst examples of [...]
Deartháir, on April 9th, 2012
Best. Toasters. EVAR.
As we all know, Hollywood hasn’t had a truly original idea in decades. The movie and television industry has become entirely dedicated to recycling and rehashing the old and the familiar, from George Lucas destroying our childhood by turning The Force into a bacterial infection, to James Cameron making a [...]
Deartháir, on March 5th, 2012
"Enterprise, beam m–… what? Oh. Yes, I'll hold."
This morning’s User Input comes to us by way of the legendary Mr. Emslie of Hooniverse fame. We were discussing science fiction and the various gadgets and gizmos that have shown up in films, set in the days of Christmases Yet To Come. As time [...]
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