The Warped Shelf – Blade Runner (AFI Top 100 #97)
We’re back on the AFI list with a milestone for sci-fi films, but we might actually have opposing thoughts on this one, friends. Get ready for lots of smoke and rain. Episode #129
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How I’d Fix It: Prometheus
Prometheus is by and large the greatest disappointment I’ve had this year at the movies. There was a metric ton of potential for it, with the cast the movie had in it, the crew it had behind it, and the money that had been poured into the production. What came of all that potential was one of the greatest-looking average films that […]
Read moreDoes it Hold Up: Aliens
Quite often, movies, books, music, television shows, and other pieces of pop culture serve as a reflection of the time when they were made. Sometimes they are very much rooted in that time, and no longer feel relevant in the decades that follow. Occasionally, though, they maintain every ounce of the power they were infused with when they were first […]
Read moreGreat Moments in Cinema: Alien
Part of the brilliance of director Ridley Scott’s Alien (1979) is the way in which it demystifies space travel. His characters aren’t heroic astronauts or brilliant scientists or mystic space knights. Instead, they are blue-collar working stiffs who just happen to make their living on a mining ship that traverses the stars. It is a clever (if not wholly original) […]
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