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...
Sci Fi Art
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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...
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Why I Still Get Goosebumps Watching Model Spaceships Crash Into Each Other
I’ve been thinking about this a lot recently, rewatching The Thing (probably the 20th time) over the weekend. Somethings about those stupid practical effects always...
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How Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner Taught This Engineer to Appreciate Science Fiction as Art
It was 1983 and my wife rented the movie Blade Runner on VHS – at that time video rental stores were relatively new and renting...
