God, I love it when a story completely blindsides you. Like, you think you know what you’re getting into, and then something shifts and suddenly...
You know what’s funny? When I first showed Tron to my juniors three years ago, half of them laughed at the graphics. “Ms. Chen, this...
Last winter I found myself doing something I haven’t done in years – actually getting excited about going to movie theatres again. Not because I...
I’ve got a confession to make – I’m that teacher who plays <a href=”https://dystopianlens.co.uk/why-blade-runners-dystopian-vision-still-holds-up-in-the-digital-age/”><a href=”https://dystopianlens.co.uk/why-blade-runners-dystopian-vision-still-holds-up-in-the-digital-age/”>Blade Runner</a></a>’s opening theme while students walk into class, and honestly?...
Man, I used to be such a terrible sci-fi evangelist. Like, really bad at it. Someone would ask me for book recommendations and I’d immediately...
Man, I still remember the exact moment sci-fi horror clicked for me. I was maybe fifteen, staying up way too late on a school night...
You know what’s funny? I spend my days testing video games for bugs, which means I’m basically paid to break things that other people spent...
The first time I showed *2001: A Space Odyssey* to my AP English class, half the students fell asleep during the ape sequence. Can’t blame...
So I was procrastinating on a bug report last Tuesday night—you know how it is, sometimes you just can’t face writing “player can clip through...
Back in ’89, I was working on satellite propulsion systems during the day and watching whatever sci-fi I could find at night. Cable TV was...
