Oral history and the social sharing of the campfire have been with us since we first harnessed flame to push back the night. But that fear of the dark has been with us ever since and we tempt and taunt it with ghost stories that cause us to huddle closer, laughing over loud at the…
Tag: Alien
Dark Matter S01E01 – Pilot
Two of the driving minds behind the Stargate television series, Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie, and Lost Girl executive producer Jay Firestone unveil their latest project on Space this evening. They show itself is wrapped in a mystery, with only the barest of plot details being revealed. And the show reflects that as well,…
Issues Vol. 1
I’be been meaning to start this blog for awhile as I have a great little comic store at the end of my street, West End Comics, and the gent who runs it, one Kirk by name has been very kind to pull my weekly comics and always has great recommendations for me… So what’s in…
Hot Docs 2015: The Visit – Dr. Michael Madsen
If alien life landed on our doorstep, would we be ready? Would we know how to handle it? Are there procedures in place? The simulated experience of an alien’s (the audience) arrival on Earth is put up onto the screen by Madsen, as he puts the United Nations in the spotlight, as the only body in the…
Doctor Who (Jon Pertwee) – The Daemons
The last story of Season 8 is viewed this week. This one was decidedly fun, and though it starts off playing some of the spookier elements, those are quickly pushed to the side, which is too bad, as they were really entertaining and made for a rather unique Doctor Who story, a type that…
Doctor Who (Jon Pertwee) – The Claws of Axos
The Master (Roger Delgado) stirs up more trouble this week for the Doctor (Pertwee), Jo (Katy Manning) and UNIT, when he arrives with a biological UFO whose inhabitants have designs on the planet Earth and whose power the Master wants to use to repair and steal the Doctor’s TARDIS. This four part story was…
Doctor Who (Jon Pertwee) – The Mind of Evil
The Master (Roger Delgado) returns to menace the Doctor (Pertwee), Jo (Katy Manning) and the Brigadier (Nicholas Courtney) with a machine, inhabited by an alien parasite that feeds on the evil impulses of the mind. This six part story was written by Don Houghton and aired from 30 January to 6 March, 1971. The…
Airwolf (1985) – Natural Born and Out of the Sky
String (Jan-Michael Vincent), Dom (Ernest Borgnine) and Caitlin (Jean Bruce Scott) put Airwolf through her paces this week’s dual installment. First up is Natural Born, airing 23 February, 1985, this one was written by Westbrook Claridge and Alfonse Ruggiero. Young Kevin (Lance Sloane) is a natural born helicopter pilot, he and his uncle (Noble…
Alien Abduction (2014) – Matty Beckerman
The found footage genre is packed full of material at this point, and it’s probably not going anywhere for a while, just like ‘reality’ television, I think we’ll be stuck with it. So when this one popped up on my Netflix recommendations, I knew, at some point, I’d get around to watching it. For the…
Jodorowsky’s Dune (2013) – Frank Pavich
The most influential science fiction never made. There’s no other way to put it. The names involved with this film resonate across all of pop culture, and specifically the sci-fi films that followed this film, that never shot a single frame… I wanted to see this one as soon as I heard about it,…
The Mind Reels 