Sci-fi Unchained

Ever wonder what our first foray amongst the civilizations of the stars might be? Im convinced a good amount of us will try to eat and or copulate with whatever alien race first visits us openly.

You know those guys that pop up in a show or movie that makes you point at the screen and say "oh hey, its that guy!" but don't really remember who they are? Well, lets go over a few of them. From one off bit roles to reoccurring characters, the actors that fill those rolls are some of the most memorable ever!

A really big scifi trope, as big as clones or intelligent robots, body snatching has been steadily ingrained in classic scifi mythos and has been used in almost every long running scifi show I can think of! From Stargate SG-1 to Falling Skies, people being replaced by robots, puppets, aliens, clones, has become a BIG component that has been utilized to a great extent by the genre.

Who are you? Not who have you become, what you do because of someone or something else, but who are you in your metaphorical bones? Strip away all of the bits of us that are there due to external influences and why we do certain things, act in specific ways, like or dislike this that or the other, all of that is not US. Those bits are accessories. add ons, patch work. Didn't know your psyche was F...

One of the definitive eras in Star Wars is the Clone Wars that helped shape the galaxy into what we know in the original trilogy. Its a war thats fought between two major scifi tropes; clones vs robots. But can that happen in real life?

Do you ever come across something you think is entirely unbelievable? Then you do a quick Google search and find out.......its real. And terrifying.

Are there notable trends and commonalities among the best and most successful science fiction shows and movies? What draws the audience to the theaters, to get that subscription, to turn on the tv channel? Can we mark out what those signifiers are?

There are a decent handful of projects slated for release this year. We can speculate on how well they will perform based on the quality of the past. So lets do that!

Speciating from homosapiens, what we are now as the human race, which should or would we speciate into? Mechanoid individuals known as cyborgs or genetically bolstered people called homosuperior.

Lets dive into Zach Snyders latest stinker, Rebel Moon. Does it have an redeeming qualities?........does it???

The Empire of the Hand, the Eriadu Authority, and the Zero Command are all cool, minor factions of the Warlord Era that ultimately were all absorbed into the Imperial Remnant. It is interesting that none of the factions are outright DESTROYED, they all get reincorporated in one form or another into a reforged, reinvigorated military power.

One of the New Republic's greatest opponents of the era, Warlord Zsinj was a classic, mustache twirling villain. His war of espionage, economic and biowarfare, and terrorism against the New Republic all made him and his Empire a chief obstacle that desperately needed to be overcome.

The largest faction to emerge from the splintering of the First Galactic Empire and arguably THE most important faction of all the old Star Wars expanded universe, the Imperial Remnant was GREAT!

One of the less significant, but still integral factions of the old expanded universe, the Greater Maldrood (aside from having such a silly name) was still a major player in the Warlord Era for two central reasons: they had a massive amount of territory with an important trade route and they had Gilad Pellaeon as their military commander.

For years after the death of Vader and the defeat of Sidious at Endor, the galaxy was steeped in a free for all, all out brawl between not only the Rebellion and what remained of the Empire, but a now fractured Empire and its own warring factions that sought to dominate each other. The Pentastar Alignment is one such Imperial faction.

Suffice to say, Disney has made some terrible decisions lately, with great confidence, landing them in some hot water: their over priced star wars hotel, having to merge Hulu with Disney Plus, their park ticket price hikes. And the bad decision making has bled into Star Wars and Marvel as well, unfortunately.

If you're around my age, you probably grew up with a straight to VHS Disney movie called Treasure Planet and WOW was it one of the most slept on Disney movies of all time!

There are untold numbers of world wide mysteries scattered amongst history and folklore. One that I have perused as of late, is the lore and origins of the famed Leprechaun from Irish folklore. And in doing so.... may have discovered a possible origin?

There are dozens upon dozens of great science fiction shows and movies to get into if you are looking to try out the genre. But where should you start?

It's here! The next season in one of the most fun and enthralling pieces of Star Wars we have had in years. Also, be sure to check out this episodes sponsor, RT Book Reviews! www.rtbookreviews.com

I am an enormous fan of the work given to the annals of time by Howard Phillips Lovecraft and his subsequent literary followers. I highly encourage any and all to grab a short story or poem of his on a dark and stormy night, when the cold buffets your extremities and the pitch of night grasps hold of your imagination.

From powering commercial vehicles, to cities and space ships, cold fusion is the way of the future. And there have been some major break throughs in the past few years!

So when I switched my podcast over to RSS, none of my episodes were ported over. So I thought I'd re upload one of my favorites.

Suffice to say, the reviews for the newest Ant Man movie are mixed and confusing. My thoughts on the film are a little more nuanced than just thumbs up or down, what are yours?

Artificial intelligence has grown exponentially in our use of it over the past 15 years. From interactive A.I. to industrial and commercial, artificial intelligence is a monumental human creation. But do we allow it to outpace and supplant us?