Starship Troopers: Fascist Satire Disguised as Popcorn Cinema
# Starship Troopers: Fascist Satire Disguised as Popcorn Cinema Kathleen here, settling once and for all the argument that’s been raging in our group since...
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Aliens: How James Cameron Turned Horror Into a War Movie and Won
Zara is writing this piece because Logan and Dylan have been having an insufferable argument about whether sequels can ever match originals, with Logan claiming...
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Attack the Block Review London Council Estate Aliens Done Right
# Attack the Block Review: London Council Estate Aliens Done Right I remember when Attack the Block first hit cinemas back in 2011 (Wikipedia), and...
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Threads Review The Most Devastating UK Nuclear War Film
Here’s the thing about nuclear war films: most of them focus on the bang and miss the whimper. Hollywood gives us mushroom clouds and dramatic...
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Why Every Sci-Fi Weapon Tells a Story About Power (And What We’re Afraid Of)
You know what’s weird? I was at a sci-fi convention three years ago – one of those smaller ones in South Jersey where they actually...
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Why Every Sci-Fi Weapon Tells a Story About Power (And What We’re Afraid Of)
You know what’s weird? I was at a sci-fi convention three years ago – one of those smaller ones in South Jersey where they actually...
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Military Sci Fi Movies That Show the Cost of War and Technology
Last weekend, I found myself arguing with my brother-in-law about *Starship Troopers* over Sunday roast. He insisted it was just mindless action, all flashy bugs...
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Sci Fi Guns That Bring Realism to Fictional Warfare
The first time I really paid attention to how a sci-fi weapon *felt* was watching Blade Runner 2049 in IMAX. Not the visual effects —...
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Sci Fi Gun Design Realism vs Fantasy in Weapon Creation
Last week I was tinkering with a prop blaster from a friend’s garage sale — one of those chunky plastic things that lights up when...
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Sci Fi Warships The Appeal of Futuristic Naval Power
There’s something about watching a massive battleship fire its main guns that makes your chest vibrate, even in a movie theatre. I was maybe twelve...
