Have you noticed? We are in the future already. Stem-cell research, prosthetic limbs for running which are actually more energy efficient than the limbs nature gave us, heart-transplants; about the only thing we can’t do yet, it seems, is the personality transplant—but I’m sure it won’t be long until that happens (I mean, have you seen the increase in popularity of Botox Manchester lately?) Yes, over-night that boring mate you had will become the most interesting person you’ve ever known.
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Independence Day, what a let down! It always amazes me how many bad science fiction films are made which cost a thousand times that of films which were fine as they were: low-budget, maximum effort.
You have classics like Flight Of The Navigator—where a boy discovers an amazing space-ship, maybe the best small space-ship to have ever graced the silver screen, and gets to fly it about and have the time of his life—and Inner Space, a bizarre Read the rest of this entry »
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For as long as I can remember, I have loved science-fiction in all its forms. Books, TV-shows and movies. I love the fantastical elements of it, I love that it is an escape from my normal life into worlds where anything is possible. I can lose myself in science-fiction novels all day long if I let it happen.
Recently, I have been enjoying the works of Philip K Dick, who has to be one of the greatest Sci-Fi writers of Read the rest of this entry »
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The script for Sunshine was written by Alex Garland, the guy who, when he was only twenty six, became a cult icon and the subject of international fascination by writing arguably one of the best backpacking thriller adventure books of all time: The Beach.
As with the film of The Beach, Danny Boyle directed Sunshine, the fateful story of Earth’s last chance of hope via an ambitious—and it has to be said slightly unbelievable—trip to the Sun to reignite it Read the rest of this entry »
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Can it be done? Can this novel be made into a movie that can do it justice? The answer is a difficult one to deduce. If one considers the mess that was David Lynch’s attempt in 1984 then the answer is a resounding, no. However, with the right budget, today’s technology and the wealth of acting talent there is, there should be no reason why a successful attempt can’t be made.
For all the errors in the 1984 Dune movie, Read the rest of this entry »
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