SciFi4Me: Live From the Bunker

Many many moons ago, a man named Bram Stoker wrote a story about a vampire. And it's had such an impact on the horror scene ever since.  Now, a man named Clint Stoker (and yes, he's a relative) is about to deliver a fresh interpretation of the classic tale in a new comic book. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/clint-stoker-s-dracula#/ https://www.youtube.com/c/Sweetcast https://sweetcomicsho...

So, this is the week Obi-Wan Kenobi returns to our screens with a new story. And we have a new trailer for Thor's upcoming movie. And the first season of HALO has come to an end. And THE ORVILLE is about to debut its third season on Hulu. And STRANGER THINGS will drop new episodes this week, too. This comes after a number of casting announcements for DOCTOR WHO. And it's all pretty meaningless, re...

The Cancel Cult strikes again! Over the weekend, the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America held their annual Nebula Awards, and like a lot of things related to the SF "Literati" there was some... controversy. Apparently, Mercedes Lackey -- the recipient of the Damon Knight Grand Master Award -- said something, and it was enough to get her removed from the event. Culture Casino shouts us...

So, earlier this week we got an article in Vanity Fair, in which details emerged regarding the upcoming STAR WARS shows on Disney+ and the fate of some movie projects. But there were other items of note -- mainly the fact that it appears to have a bit of revisionist history in the works.  Feedback: livefromthebunker@scifi4me.com  THE HERO AT THE END OF HIS ROPE: https://www.amazon.com/He...

This is not anything new, but it's certainly becoming a thing. And it's not likely to be a good thing in the long run.  Marvel has just made a deal to bring Stan Lee back, licensing his likeness for future projects. This will go well, right? THE HERO AT THE END OF HIS ROPE: https://www.amazon.com/Hero-End-His-Rope-ebook/dp/B004YWMRGA Tip Jar: https://www.paypal.me/scifi4me SubscribeStar: http...

Prequel after prequel after prequel... From THE HUNGER GAMES to STAR WARS to Harry Potter to WALKER, TEXAS RANGER and all points in between, we're getting an overdose of prequels. Do we need  them? Is this another legacy of George Lucas? Do they enhance or detract from the original stories? THE HERO AT THE END OF HIS ROPE: https://www.amazon.com/Hero-End-His-Rope-ebook/dp/B004YWMRGA Tip Jar:...

Yeah, this was supposed to be a "dark week" with no show, but the Russell T. Davies and the BBC made this little announcement over the weekend, something about a new doctor... Oh, wait. A new Doctor. Ncuti Gatwa has been revealed to be the 14th incarnation of the Time Lord, and it seems that he might be saying some of the right things. But there are still questions. Who is he?  THE HERO AT TH...

Have you ever participated in the National Novel Writing Month? Always great to hang out with other authors and wanna-be authors, talking plot and setting and characters and abortion... Wait. What? NaNoWriMo has sent out an e-mail in response to the leaked opinion draft from the Supreme Court. This organization dedicated to encouraging people to write novels -- which, on the face of it, isn't a po...

It's our first Monday of the month, which means we talk MONEY! Today on the program, we're looking at the stock price of The Walt Disney Company. Will it drop below $100 per share this week? What does the departure of their chief communications guy do for their public perception? How low can this all go? Special guest: Culture Casino https://twitter.com/CultureCasino https://www.youtube.com/channe...

There's a lot of news coming out of CinemaCon, the conference for movie theater chain owners, and some of it serves to reinforce that WarnerMedia Discovery's boss David Zaslav has a bit of a dilemma on his hands: promoting the current DC film projects while facing the prospect of completely changing it all. How do you solve a problem like the DCEU? THE HERO AT THE END OF HIS ROPE: https://www.amaz...

Today, we're talking with Bill Curtis and Chris Porter, the creators behind the audio drama SOLAR. Set in 2045, the story follows a doomed space flight, with astronauts stranded too close to the sun after a massive solar flare event damages their spacecraft and causes disaster back on Earth. SOLAR stars Helen Hunt, Alan Cumming, Stephanie Beatriz, and Jonathan Bangs https://www.curtco.com/solar ht...

Today: no real topics to speak of, mainly because we want to wait until we have a panel to discuss those things that need to be discussed -- such as Elon vs. Twitter, Disney's comeuppance, and other things in the news.  Meantime, we'll just go through a grab bag of random things and make the most of the hour. THE HERO AT THE END OF HIS ROPE: https://www.amazon.com/Hero-End-His-Rope-ebook/dp/B...

Here it is! The BUNKER 400 is upon us! Four hundred conversations and rants. Four hundred installments since 2014. And who would have thought we'd go the distance? So today, we'll take a look at where we've been and where we're going.  Join us for a celebration of this new milestone! THE HERO AT THE END OF HIS ROPE: https://www.amazon.com/Hero-End-His-Rope-ebook/dp/B004YWMRGA Tip Jar: https:/...

Well, he did it. As expected -- maybe earlier than expected -- Elon Musk has made a bid to buy Twitter outright. It's a hostile takeover at this point, and of course Twitter is blowing up this morning.  Is Elon Musk a free speech hero? Or is Elon Musk is a Bond villain on the make? Is Twitter important enough as a communications platform that it needs to be completely unfettered with no conce...

Over the past weekend, fans gathered in Chicago for ReedPop's first official STAR TREK convention since taking over the license from Creation. Mission: Chicago featured panels, toys, exclusives and more. Now we take a deep dive into the news coming out of the weekend, and there's quite a bit. NEXT GENERATION Filmation style - https://youtu.be/Jyz2pVqrEkI THE HERO AT THE END OF HIS ROPE: https://ww...

We have a new trailer for the upcoming fourth and final season of STRANGER THINGS, and it's National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day!  THE STATEMENT OF RANDOLPH CARTER - https://vimeo.com/645872886 THE HERO AT THE END OF HIS ROPE: https://www.amazon.com/Hero-End-His-Rope-ebook/dp/B004YWMRGA Tip Jar: https://www.paypal.me/scifi4me SubscribeStar: http://www.subscribestar.com/scifi4me Newsletter: ht...

The new Sonic The Hedgehog movie is out, and it's beating all expectations on the box office numbers. What's the secret to its success? Might not be as surprising as you think. But then again, it might be... THE HERO AT THE END OF HIS ROPE: https://www.amazon.com/Hero-End-His-Rope-ebook/dp/B004YWMRGA Tip Jar: https://www.paypal.me/scifi4me SubscribeStar: http://www.subscribestar.com/scifi4me Newsl...

Author Peter Topside returns to talk about the third novel in his PRETERNATURAL series: RECKONING. Blackheart is planning a war on God, and the people of Meadowsville are caught in the midst of hell on Earth... https://twitter.com/PTopside https://www.facebook.com/topsidepeter/ https://www.instagram.com/ptopside/ https://www.bookbub.com/authors/peter-topside https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1...

It was only a couple of minutes during a live award show, but Will Smith's assault of Chris Rock has had some serious repercussions -- not just for Smith's reputation, but also his career options and upcoming projects. Those projects may now be impacted to the point where some of them aren't moving forward now. What does this mean for the Oscars? What does this mean for Hollywood?  Herald PR...

The Walt Disney Company has decided to go all-in for the battle against Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida legislature, and it looks like that decision -- and who made it? -- may have some unintended and unexpected consequences. On Thursday, we looked at the PR angle to all of this. Today, we take a look at the financial hit this could mean for Disney. And with Amazon and WarnerDiscovery hot on...

The Walt Disney Company continues to wallow in controversy as activists inside the company go all-in with a political agenda that could ultimately mean Bob Chapek's ouster. Florida's HB1557 has become the flashpoint for employee and corporate officer agitation to make Disney a giant billion-dollar advocate for LGBT rights and special considerations.  Herald PR president Juda Engelmayer is bac...

Today's guest: Naomi Augustine, who debuts in the fiction world with the anthology MIXED REALITIES. Not only are we living in a computer simulation, but there are more than one running at the same time. The multiverse could just be a rearrangement of the same ones and zeroes in our universe.  Naomi is also an augmented reality specialist, co-founder of QXR Studios, and a researcher into augme...

It's an interesting twist on the time travel story -- when two young scientists develop time travel, one of them decides to go through the machine herself before it's fully ready. A bug in the software cause the machine to create thousands of duplicates. How to deal? Kill 'em all, maybe? Co-writer/director Jason Richard Miller and producer Ed Dougherty join us to talk about creating another time t...

So, there was this thing that happened last night, and of course everyone is talking about it this morning. But should we really be focusing that much attention on the antics of an industry that gets paid to deceive us? Might there be other things more worth our time and attention as society collapses in on itself? THE HERO AT THE END OF HIS ROPE: https://www.amazon.com/Hero-End-His-Rope-ebook/dp/...

In the latest episode of SUPERMAN & LOIS, we get a few more steps forward toward a reveal on Ally's ultimate plan, except for Anderson having plans of his own, of course. And a lot of this episode is spent on deception (or perception) and the fallout from same.  THE HERO AT THE END OF HIS ROPE: https://www.amazon.com/Hero-End-His-Rope-ebook/dp/B004YWMRGA Tip Jar: https://www.paypal.me/sci...