Why Hollywood’s Aliens Keep Making the Same Bad Real Estate Decisions
You know what really grinds my gears after forty years in aerospace engineering? How Hollywood aliens never make good tactical decisions. I spend my days...
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Why I Keep Reading Dystopian Sci-Fi Despite Rolling My Eyes at Every New One
Look, I have a confession to make. Whenever someone tells me they just finished yet another dystopian sci-fi novel, I involuntarily grunt and whine something...
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Best Classic Sci Fi Films Ranked: The Originals That Started Everything
As always, our Science Fiction rankings began with John swearing at anyone who dared suggest Kubrick’s magnum opus doesn’t top the list. Max rolled his...
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Best Sci Fi Films Of The 2010s Ranked: The Decade That Brought Sci Fi Back To Earth
We knew the moment we started picking the best science fiction movies from the 2010s that we’d step on each other’s toes. Max had been...
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The Tangible Magic: Why I Still Choose Practical Effects Over Perfect CGI
It’s a feeling I get whenever I open up my dad’s paperback copy of Dune and read it. Turns out the same thing is true...
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I Miss Video Stores More Than I Thought I Would: What Streaming Did to My Love Affair with Sci-Fi
I still remember thumbing through the Science Fiction section at Hollywood Video one Friday night when I was seventeen years old. It was 2003, I...
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Why Modern Sci-Fi Movies Are All Flash and No Substance
I spend my days cutting film. Literally cutting strips of film, with scissors. Doing this shit for over twenty years has given me some insight....
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Five Brilliant Sci-Fi Shows That Got Shortchanged by Networks and Viewers
Sci-Fi Says No Presents My Favorite Science Fiction Shows that Got Screwed Over by Networks Ask me what pisses me off about modern sci-fi and...
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From Square-Jawed Heroes to Digital Prophets: How Sci-Fi Characters Grew Up Alongside Me
Sorting through boxes in the garage recently, I unearthed a stash of old Amazing Stories magazines dating back to the 1970s. Amazing Stories, for any...
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Why VHS Was the Golden Age of Sci-Fi Discovery (And Streaming Will Never Match It)
Last week I was cleaning out my garage, and I stumbled on a box of old VHS tapes I’d forgotten about under a stack of...
