Sometimes my disappointment should be something I can throw at the screen. Not that you shouldn’t always worry about book adaptations, because invariably, the books are almost always better. But by the time we got halfway through screening this film, I wondered whether anyone in the production of this film had read the first book,…
Tag: sci-fi
Trailer Tracks: Flash Gordon (1980) – Mike Hodges
The music of Queen, art deco space ships, Max Von Sydow, Topol, Timothy Dalton and Brian Blessed, tongue-in-cheek storytelling… yup… time to watch this one again…
Trailer Tracks: Stargate (1994) – Roland Emmerich
Long before it spawned a series of spinoffs, this film came along, and simply wowed a lot of viewers. I remember the first time I saw it, the marrying of adventure, science fiction, and the sense of wonder and discovery that I love, this movie totally rocked! Kurt Russell and James Spader star in this…
Trailer Tracks: Enemy Mine (1986) – Wolfgang Petersen
This one was a joy to discover when I was young, it had sci-fi, it had aliens, monsters, a war and distant planets, but then it was also something more. It became about friendship, letting go of prejudices, survival, and what it is to be human… Dennis Quaid and Louis Gossett Jr. really impressed me…
Leviathan Wakes (2011) – James S.A. Corey
I love a good science fiction movie or television series, but oft-times I have a hard time digging into science fiction books, the exception being Arthur C. Clarke, Star Wars and Star Trek novels with occasional deviance into other titles if they catch my attention. I’ll read all manner of books, they just have to hold my…
Trailer Tracks: The Black Hole (1979) – Gary Nelson
Today, we take a look at the original trailer for one of Disney’s Sci-Fi movies. I love this movie, there are a number of goofy things about it, but just as many brilliant ones, and the ending, something I didn’t understand much when I was a kid, totally works for me now. Some of…
The Breach (2009) – Patrick Lee
I heard David Goyer picked up the rights for this book (and probably its sequels) and it sounded rather intriguing so I figured I would take a look. I’d come across things that said it was like a combination of 24 and The X-Files with a dose of Indiana Jones thrown in for good…
Battlestar Galactica (1978) – Saga of a Star World
It struck me that I wanted to revisit some television shows, and while I thought about it, I realized there were a couple more names that could stand alongside Spielberg, Lucas and Roddenberry as entertaining me and shaping me as I grew up… Donald P. Bellisario and Stephen J. Cannell. The tv series that…
Tim’s Thirteen of 2013
So ends 2013, just like that! What a year! We have continued to grow and do so much here at The Mind Reels, and we’re hoping for an even bigger year next year! So I decided to throw together a list of the movies I most enjoyed this year, the ones that got to me,…
Almost Human – Tim Plays Catch-Up
I remember being very excited that Karl Urban was going to be starring in a new sci-fi show, and I was rather happy that J.J. Abrams (I tend to like Abrams work. I know its not for everyone, but I enjoy it for what it is, entertaining) was serving as executive producer alongside J.H. Wyman, the…
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