Even if I live to be 100, I will never understand why knowing more about the fate of Boba Fett became such a big deal among fans of the original Star Wars trilogy. Despite this, there’s no denying that This Place Was Home by ND Stevenson is a really good, heartwarming piece of Boba Fett… Continue reading Fett Fanfic
Tag: speculative fiction
Star Trek: Coda
When I dipped a toe in the waters of the Star Trek tie-in towards the end of last year1 I had no idea that the Trek Litverse was just about to wind itself up: Following the conclusion of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine on television, the success of the series’ continuation in book form, known… Continue reading Star Trek: Coda
For 2022
On the same principle that lots of us rewatched Soderbergh’s Contagion in the early days of the first lockdown1, HBO stands to do well with an adaptation of Station Eleven: The show, based on Emily St. John Mandel’s 2014 international bestseller, follows the survivors of a flu pandemic. Despite the desperate realities of the world… Continue reading For 2022
Ack! Ack! AckAckAck!
By the time Tim Burton came to making Mars Attacks he was (rightly) pretty darned famous, which explains the cast he could get at the height of his powers: Between 1988 and 1993, Burton made a string of classics: Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Batman, and The Nightmare Before Christmas. So it was no surprise that some… Continue reading Ack! Ack! AckAckAck!
Invasion gets renewed
In the wake of the news that Apple TV+ have renewed Invasion for a second season, showrunner Simon Kinberg talks a good game about what he plans to do with the show: […] there’s a lot I want to explore with the aliens in subsequent seasons. I mean, there’s not a ton of alien information.… Continue reading Invasion gets renewed
Firefly Returns
Subtract Joss Whedon and the original cast, and let’s see what comes of the Firefly reboot: […] Disney plans to reboot the series as an exclusive for its streaming platform Disney+. Disney had acquired the rights to the franchise after their 2018 acquisition of Fox. _Firefly_seems like the perfect option to diversify their current line-up… Continue reading Firefly Returns
Ridley Scott
Towards the end of a lengthy snark-fest of a MeFi thread, following an interview in which Ridley Scott blamed the poor box office of his latest directorial project, The Last Duel, on "millennials" came this comment on Scott’s career: Ridley Scott is right about one thing. Blade Runner was ahead of its time. Well, that… Continue reading Ridley Scott
Share Your Flavor
Jenifer K. Leigh brings us a sweet short story called Share Your Flavor, about a world where humans and dolphins were able to use technology to communicate properly: “Now, in a week you’ll be receiving your Knowledge Link Dolphin Communication Partner, or DCP. In your first conversations with them, you’ll probably want to refer to… Continue reading Share Your Flavor
Trains to Omelas
John Holbo brings us The Ones Who Take the Train to Omelas: A couple years back I made a post about Le Guin’s “Omelas”. I teach it, and it’s been rattling around up there in the attic. I had this idea for a visual gag. And that led to a story, which led back to… Continue reading Trains to Omelas
Modern TV
Although Douglas Rushkoff hangs his story off How NFTs Will Kill Netflix on a particularly shiny/grubby bit of modern technology, the real issue is more about how consumers will react to having to chase their favourite TV shows from app to app, from subscription to subscription:1 A new world of NFT-based media may liberate us… Continue reading Modern TV