Star Trek

10 Reasons We'll Miss Joss Whedon's Dollhouse [Dollhouse]

source: io9

The humanism. Sometimes it seems like most science fiction, one way or another, is about what it means to be human in a technological world, or else the kinds of identity crises that we face. Moon gave us a guy realizing he's not who he thinks he is, Avatar and District 9 gave us a human becoming a...

Published Fri, Jan 29

Quinto Clarifies Recent Interview Statement

source: Trek Today

Zachary Quinto sets the record straight about stepping away from Star Trek and science fiction-related projects for a few years. After Quinto’s interview with Wired yesterday, as reported here, fans were left wondering if he was stepping away from the Star Trek sequel as well, or if the s...

Published Thu, Jan 28

Worst Recastings Of Science Fiction's Rock-Star Characters [Monday Hate]

source: io9

We have high hopes Don Cheadle will make us forget Terence Howard completely, when he steps in as James Rhodes/War Machine in Iron Man 2. But it doesnt always work that way. Here are the worst recastings of science-fiction stars. Maybe in a couple days, we'll do the best recastings of beloved s...

Published Mon, Jan 25

5 Reasons Caprica Is The Season's Most Promising New SF Series [Rant]

source: io9

A lot of contemporary science fiction, from the Terminator franchise to Star Trek: The Next Generation, deals with what happens when we finally create AI. Will it rise up and destroy us ala Skynet or will it nerdily attempt to fit into human society ala Data? We've seen dozens of vengeful bo...

Published Mon, Jan 25

Avatar's Dark Knight Victory: A Good Or Bad Sign For John Carter Of Mars? [Avatar]

source: io9

Let's all hope this does what we're predicting and opens new doors for big-budget science fiction undertakings cinematically. But what about the next gigantic scifi picture from Disney, John Carter From Mars? A film that already has the the funds, the talent and is in production right no...

Published Mon, Jan 25

SciFi Weekend: Torchwood to US; Kissograms on Doctor Who; Rebooting An Old Roddenberry Series; Caprica Premiers; Rob Lowe Leaving Kitty

source: Liberal Values

The Hollywood Reporter has a story on the possibility of Fox picking up Torchwood. Russell T. Davis would write it and John Barrowman might still star, but I still have my doubts about this working as an American television show. Many shows with science fiction aspect have had difficulty mak...

Published Sun, Jan 24

source: Soul of Star Trek

In a live stream last spring, British science fiction writer Ian R. MacLeod enumerated “8 problems writing about the future.” As summarized by science fiction writer Bruce Sterling, they are: 3. Space travel not what we once imagined, and faster-than-light travel flatly impossible

Published Sun, Jan 24

10 Science-Fiction Heroes Who Don't Need Origin Stories [Rant]

source: io9

Remember when we didn't know every detail of Captain Kirk's backstory? He was so much cooler back then. Even though we loved J.J. Abrams' Star Trek movie, our main complaint was the way it diminished James Tiberius. So here are ten science-fiction heroes that don't have an origin story, and do...

Published Fri, Jan 22