When Star Wars Rewrote the Rules – How One Film Changed Everything About Science Fiction
Man, I can still see that theater lobby in Houston, summer of ’77. My dad had dragged the whole family to see this space movie...
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How Future Clothes Tell Stories Better Than Dialog Ever Could
I was about fifteen minutes into my third viewing of Blade Runner 2049 when I stopped caring about the plot entirely. Not because it’s bad...
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Building a Sci-Fi Library That Actually Matters – A Film Editor’s Take on Books Worth Your Time
I spent way too long last weekend reorganizing my bookshelves, which is what happens when you’re procrastinating on actual work. But while I was moving...
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How Box Office Bombs Become Genre Legends: A Film Editor’s Take on Cult Sci-Fi
You know, there’s something almost perverse about how the sci-fi films we treasure most today were absolute disasters when they first hit theaters. I’m talking...
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Why Modern Sci-Fi Movies Are All Flash and No Substance
I’ve been cutting film for over twenty years now, and I can tell you something’s gone seriously wrong with big-budget science fiction. Sitting in my...
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Why We Keep Coming Back to Rain-Soaked Streets and Neon Dreams
You know what I love about film people who claim they’re “over” cyberpunk? They’ll roll their eyes at another Blade Runner discussion, dismiss Ghost in...
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Pixels Beat Polygons: Why I Still Fire Up My Old Sci-Fi Games Instead of Modern Masterpieces
You know what I did last weekend instead of diving into whatever AAA sci-fi blockbuster just dropped? I fired up Asteroids on an old CRT...
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When Pixels Could Transport You – The Sci-Fi Games That Built My Imagination
That startup sound from my Atari still gives me chills, you know? That electronic *whoosh* echoing through my bedroom in suburban Houston, promising another few...