Early in the development of Netflix’s “Space Force,” Greg Daniels — who created the show with star Steve Carell — met with the streamer’s research team to get a sense of what its subscribers like to watch. They told him how Netflix audiences particularly gravitate to workplace comedies with quirky characters and romantic entanglements. In […]… Continue reading ‘The Office’ Creator Greg Daniels on Returning to the Funny TV Business With ‘Space Force’ and ‘Upload’ — Variety
Month: May 2020
Humans in space (1/2) — Becoming Spacepolitans
Space colony ancestors from the last century To fully enjoy reading this post, listen to Spacelab by Kraftwerk Spacelab… Spacelab… An electronically distorted voice echoed in the room when many years ago I was dreaming about living and doing weird experiments among the stars. The dream has finally come true! Let’s see how. By space […]… Continue reading Humans in space (1/2) — Becoming Spacepolitans
Starship Troopers is the perfect film of a perfect book — Adam Loves SciFi
Starship Troopers is a perfect film. It is not the greatest film ever, nor was it particularly influential. It only made a small profit, and its sequels are best forgotten. Nevertheless, it is the perfect film because there is no way to improve it. Any change would detract from the bug-killing, satirical, self-aware fun that […]… Continue reading Starship Troopers is the perfect film of a perfect book — Adam Loves SciFi
Duncan Jones Is Developing a Sci-Fi Graphic Novel Titled MADI: ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE FUTURE — Entertainment Updates
Duncan Jones, the director of Moon, Source Code, Mute, and Warcraft, is currently developing a sci-fi graphic novel with writer Alex de Campi (Bad Karma, Blade Runner), and it will feature art from some of comics’ most talented artists including Glenn Fabry, Simon Bisley, Duncan Fegredo and Pia Guerra. The comic is titled Madi: Once […]… Continue reading Duncan Jones Is Developing a Sci-Fi Graphic Novel Titled MADI: ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE FUTURE — Entertainment Updates
Fantasy/Sci-Fi Festival Testimonial – May 18 2020
Filmmaker Sophie Black (SONGBIRD) We’re always a bit nervous when people watch our films, because we never know how they are going to react. We always hope that they’ll like it. But my crew and I were really grateful for the kind of words of your audience, and we’re so glad that they enjoyed watching the… Continue reading Fantasy/Sci-Fi Festival Testimonial – May 18 2020
Beowulf (2007 Film) — John Jr’s Blog
What is it? The 2007 British-American 3D live-action/computer-animated fantasy adventure film Beowulf. What is it about? This is how Rotten Tomatoes describes this movie: In a legendary time of heroes, the mighty warrior Beowulf battles the demon Grendel and incurs the hellish wrath of the beast’s ruthlessly seductive mother. Their epic clash forges the timeless […]… Continue reading Beowulf (2007 Film) — John Jr’s Blog
The Jungle Book (2016 Film) — John Jr’s Blog
What is it? The 2016 British-American fantasy adventure movie The Jungle Book. via The Jungle Book (2016 Film) — John Jr’s Blog
30 Breathtaking Photos By Julius Kähkönen That Look Like They’re From A Dream — Delaram Art & Design
Julius Kähkönen is a young photographer, visual artist, and entrepreneur from Finland. His unique style in editing and photography results in photographs that many would describe as dream-like or straight out of a fantasy film. It’s small wonder that such stunning visuals earned Julius quite an impressive following, his Instagram page has 357k followers alone.… Continue reading 30 Breathtaking Photos By Julius Kähkönen That Look Like They’re From A Dream — Delaram Art & Design
The Great, Unmade Michelle Pfeiffer Romantic Comedy: Legal Complications — Pfeiffer Pfilms and Meg Movies
Michelle Pfeiffer only appeared in four romantic comedy films in the 1990s, preferring to concentrate on drama, both period and contemporary, instead. It’s hardly surprising she chose to follow such a career path, if Legal Complications (1998) is an example of the scripts she was being offered at the time.Sandwiched between City of Angels and […]… Continue reading The Great, Unmade Michelle Pfeiffer Romantic Comedy: Legal Complications — Pfeiffer Pfilms and Meg Movies
The Terminator — The Virgin Cinephile
1984 / James Cameron / Arnold Schwarzenegger With more 80’s muscle, mullets and music you needed, its crazy its taken me this long to see a classic. James Cameron’s debut is such a bold statement it’s no surprise to see the work he’s done since. Although fresh in the sci-fi era, this tense action thriller […]… Continue reading The Terminator — The Virgin Cinephile