Children of Men The Dystopian Thriller That Hit Too Close
I remember vividly my first experience watching Children of Men in 2006; I had never felt like so uneasy watching a dystopian film before. Contrary...
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Ten Essential Sci Fi Films Of The 2000s And Why They Still Matter
Arguments began before we sat down. Quinn started the fight defending Children of Men‘s long takes while Max scoffed at “arty single-shot bullshit.” Diane crossed...
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Why I Keep Going Back to Old-School Sci-Fi Instead of Modern CGI Spectacles
I was 12 years-old when I first put on that beat-up VHS tape of Blade Runner and it changed everything for me. It was long...
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Why Every Good Sci-Fi Story Needs Its Freaks (And I’m Not Sorry About It)
There are many questions, that come up in virtually every class I teach science fiction to high schoolers about, including the query: “Do we need...
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When Pixels Could Transport You – The Sci-Fi Games That Built My Imagination
It’s really funny; that Atari startup sound still gets me pumped! I mean, the whole *whoosh* sound echoing through my bedroom in suburban Houston, telling...
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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...
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Teaching Teenagers About Dystopia While Watching Hollywood Create One: My Joker 2 Experience
I went to see Joker 2 last week and, I gotta say, I walked away with the same feelings you’d experience if a high school...
