Tag: science-fiction
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Orphan Black
Orphan Black is a Canadian science fiction thriller show that ran for five seasons on BBC-America from 2013 to 2017. It was created by writer Graeme Manson (Flashpoint, Being Erica) and director John Fawcett (Ginger Snaps). It stars Tatiana Maslany in multiple roles. Sarah Manning (Maslany) is a con artist and petty criminal who grew…
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Writer Spotlight: Philip K. Dick
Philip K. Dick never got rich as a writer. He was a fairly obscure figure until Blade Runner, the 1982 Ridley Scott film based on PKD’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Dick died before Blade Runner was released. He did at least get to see an early cut of the film but he…
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Solar Lottery
Two hundred years in the future, Earth and the Solar System are governed by lottery. At random times the lottery chooses a new world leader, known as the Quizmaster. The general public’s lives are determined by their classification. The classified swear fealty to their bosses. These are binding contracts that they can’t get out of…
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Alien
Before Alien, science fiction space movies had a certain look — all shiny and pristine. Think of the corridors of the Starship Enterprise. The future is clean and bright, apparently. But would it really look like that? I doubt it. Alien was the first movie set on a spaceship that looked lived in. The Nostromo…
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The 7 Lives of Lea
The 7 Lives of Lea (aka Les 7 Vies de Léa) is a 2022 French series on Netflix that ticks a lot of my boxes: time travel, body swapping, interesting location. It’s a limited series (only seven episodes) based on the novel, Les Vies de Léo Belami by Nataël Trapp. By the title of the…
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Alternate Cuts, Part 1
Note: this was originally going to be a one-off but I got so deep in the weeds on the three movies below that the post got too long. I’m going to save the rest for a later post. The home video age is the era in which multiple different cuts of movies became an increasingly…
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Resident Alien
Resident Alien is a science fiction comedy series that currently airs on SyFy but is moving to USA for its 4th season (in 2025? no date has yet been announced). I’ve been evangelizing about this show since it first debuted in 2021 but it seems to still exist under the radar, which is why NBC…