Why 80s Practical Effects Still Beat Modern CGI (And I Can Prove It)
I’ve got this beaten-up VHS copy of The Terminator that I grabbed from a garage sale maybe ten years ago. The case is cracked, the...
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Forty Years of Real Spacecraft Taught Me Why Hollywood Space Travel Makes Me Cringe
I’ve been watching science fiction butcher the physics of space travel for decades now, and honestly? It still gets under my skin every time. After...
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Why Hollywood’s Aliens Keep Making the Same Bad Real Estate Decisions
You know what drives me absolutely nuts after forty years in aerospace? Watching Hollywood aliens make terrible tactical decisions. I mean, here I am –...
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The Sci-Fi Shows and Movies That Actually Got Space Physics Right (And Why It Matters)
I was probably fourteen when I first watched 2001: A Space Odyssey in my friend Jake’s basement, and honestly? It completely screwed up my expectations...
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Why I Keep Reading Dystopian Sci-Fi Despite Rolling My Eyes at Every New One
Look, I need to confess something that’s been bothering me for years. Every time someone announces another dystopian sci-fi novel, I do this thing where...
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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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The Tangible Magic: Why I Still Choose Practical Effects Over Perfect CGI
There’s something about holding my dad’s old paperback copy of “Dune” that feels different from reading it on a screen – and honestly, that same...
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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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The Science Fiction Fan Theories That Made Me Question Everything I Thought I Knew
You know what happens when you’ve spent forty years building actual spacecraft? You develop this annoying habit of picking apart everything in science fiction. But...
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Five Brilliant Sci-Fi Shows That Got Shortchanged by Networks and Viewers
You know what really gets me fired up? Finding a science fiction show that actually respects its audience’s intelligence, only to watch it get canceled...
