Discovering a hidden gem in the science fiction universe is a special thing. We all know the feeling, right? When we finally find that show that lives just outside the mainstream but looks us right in the eye and rocks our collective worlds? Yeah, that’s what I’m talking about. Sci-fi has got to be the richest, most diversified genre out there. Even as a medium solely for entertainment, a single sci-fi show can bang out…
When I reflect on the figures who initially shaped the genre of science fiction, I find myself thumbing through the brittle pulp magazines of the past and remembering the hazy serials that played on early television sets. There’s something a little too quaint about those bygone days, when…
It’s become fashionable for anyone claiming to be a sci-fi fan to declare they’ve “Gotten beyond all that” neon and rain-soaked alleyways of cyberpunk dystopias. ‘Ugh, you could never pay me to relocate there,’ they groan and roll their eyes at yet more shadowy megacity business where everyone…
Which brings us round to sci-fi, a genre that should really come into its own when it comes ot imagining where technology might take us. Indeed, it has the somewhat infamous reputation of having a bit of wild and harebrained ideas that most wrote off as near-impossible. Yet…
While watching a movie, I sometimes zone out and start thinking of the good old days when watching a movie was eventful. Picture this: me as a child, filled with excitement and curiosity, looking through the shelves of a video rental store. The store was filled with the…
When I was young, I did not get to experience the world of sci-fi through the modern day fancy eye-catching technology or CGI magic. My crude experience was looking through the VHS tapes that were worn out to a point where the image almost begun to fade. I…
Hearing the word “reboot” can be a bit of a downer, to be honest. And it’s not even that the word itself is heavy or anything. It’s just that “reboot” brings to mind the fondly remembered and often gutsy artifacts from the distant past inasmuch as it is…
Plot twists in Sci – Fi stories always leave me breathless, and questioning everything I know. It was while watching the movie “The Sixth Sense” for the first time that I experienced a twist that forever changed how I viewed films. This genre truly does have some of…
When attempting to analyze the world of science fiction, it promptly strikes me how reality and imagination blend with one another in a baffling way. Science fiction, at its most basic, is an art that has respect for science, but permits the imagination to exceed its bounds. I…
Whenever I remember the feelings of nostalgia while I was glued to a flickering, old-fashioned monitor screen – flying a ship with barely enough pixels to resemble a ship – brings back a lot of feelings. It was an era when the wonder of creativity blended seamlessly with…
Dystopian science fiction has always fascinated me. These genres act as a canvas where people can portray their deepest fears and compel us to think through the philosophy of humanity. While reading these spine-chilling tales of the future, I’m bound to ask questions that challenge my understanding of…
I’ve thought a lot about why apocalyptic science fiction stories are so captivating. There’s something compelling about stories depicting civilization’s collapse, cities becoming ghost towns, and the remaining people struggling with the destruction. These accounts go beyond modern day because remnants can be found in ancient myths–gods erasing…
