by Drew | Dec 27, 2009 | Uncategorized
Star Trek, Avatar, Moon, District 9, Best Served Cold, The Gone Away World, BattleStar Galactica, Doctor Who, Dollhouse, Dark Reign, Blackest Night, Stargate Universe, and so much more. 2009 has been the year for big events in genre media of all kinds. While it would...
by Drew | Dec 26, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi My rating: 4 of 5 stars Travelling the same paths of the broken near-future as Bruce Sterling, The Windup Girl drops the reader into a struggling, but surviving Thailand as it might be 100 years from now (more or less). It’s a...
by Drew | Dec 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Avatar has taken a lot of heat because the story is relatively simplistic, and it’s fair to say that you won’t be surprised by the events as they unfold. But let’s give credit where credit is due: The story is, for the most part, motivated by character, even if that...
by Drew | Dec 22, 2009 | Uncategorized
Interesting article from Newsweek where James Cameron and Peter Jackson interview each other on how technology has impacted film-making. Nothing too deep here, and a little bit of wishful thinking on both their parts, but it’s worth the read when you consider...
by Drew | Dec 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
I’ve been watching Red Letter Media’s Reviews for the last year or so as he’s been effectively deconstructing the Star Trek: TNG movies. His latest (and greatest) review is an extended takedown of The Phantom Menace. His style is definitely black...