Why I Can’t Stop Playing ’80s Sci-Fi Soundtracks in My Classroom (And Why My Students Don’t Mind)
I’ve got a confession to make – I’m that teacher who plays Blade Runner’s opening theme while students walk into class, and honestly? They love...
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Why Most Sci-Fi Critics Miss the Point (And What Actually Makes Great Science Fiction)
After forty years of designing actual spacecraft and reading science fiction that imagined futures I was trying to help build, I’ve got some strong opinions...
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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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Why I Keep Falling for the Friendships Nobody Talks About in Sci-Fi
You know what gets me every time I’m watching sci-fi with my students or just binge-watching at home on a Friday night? It’s never 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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Why I Keep Going Back to That Worn-Out Blade Runner VHS When I Could Just Stream It in 4K
Last Tuesday night I did something that probably makes me look like a complete weirdo to anyone under 25 – I fired up my old...
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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...
