Science Fiction and Fantasy Comment and Reviews
The Orville hits our screens last year to no little acclaim. It somehow captured the nostalgia for Star Trek that for many Discovery failed to. Many were curious how someone like Seth Macfarlane could pull off a science fiction comedy so obviously based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, both for legal reasons and the... Continue Reading →
The phrase so far so good seems to sum up this second episode of the new season. This weeks offering was perhaps the most Star Trek like episode we have had to date. Whilst the mystery of the red bursts and Spocks disappearance were still a motivating factor the story was an independent one that... Continue Reading →
The original Bladerunner is rightly considered one of the most influential science fiction films ever made and sits alongside 2001 a Space Odyssey as a masterpiece of film history. The original was focused on a Rick Deckard played by Harrison Ford who was a Bladerunner, a policeman tasked with tracking down rogue Replicants. Replicants are... Continue Reading →
This week Season 2 of Star Trek Discovery kicked off with an interesting first episode. We left the crew at the end of the Klingon War on their way to Vulcan to pick up their new Captain when the Enterprise appeared in dire need. Season 1 had its problems, there were issues with continuity both... Continue Reading →
Perhaps one of the most tragic of all series is Firefly. The masterpiece of sci-fi western by Joss Whedon was a phenomenon in the amount of praise it has received and yet the series only ran for 14 episodes and was cancelled on the 11th. I was a late arrival to Firefly, it had been... Continue Reading →
Assassins Creed is an immensely engaging and popular videogame franchise from the workshops of Ubisoft. It started in 2007 with its 11th game released December 2018. The whole franchise balances stealth, action, combat and story in to an enticing and time swallowing adventure. Ostensibly set during key historical periods, The Crusade, Renaissance Italy, War of... Continue Reading →
When I was 11 at Middle School we used to end the term with a games afternoon when we could bring in board games in to play. I remember a friend bringing a copy of Heroquest. I was captivated by this game, the plastic models and adventure. This was my first experience of a Games... Continue Reading →
Space, Above and Beyond was a short lived sci-fi series from the 1990's running from 1995 for 23 episodes and one season alone. The series revolved around a team of US Marines aboard the USS Saratoga in Earths first interstellar war with the enigmatic Chigs. The pilot introduced the war which involved an unexpected attack... Continue Reading →
Its no secret that I am not much of a fan of the new series of Star Wars books that are now making up the new canon, likewise comic books have never been an interest with mine, although recently I have delved a little deeper. Hoping to gain a little more detail to the Star... Continue Reading →
Into the Nebula 