Sci-Fi Media: Films, Books and Television

[calikid]

Just got done watching the sci-fi movie ‘The Signal’ and those with alien abduction scenarios may internalize this movie better than most, basically because of the shear strangeness of the happenings. Most likely the movie will have sequels.

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The movie Signal aims to get you thinking. The story can be maddening to follow, but it sure is cool to look at and has mixed reviews by the critics.

Thanks for the recommendation.
Special effects in THE SIGNAL were stunning.
Fishburn (Morpheus from Matrix) was good as usual.
Ending was predictable, but not bad.
Good rental.

[calikid]

Helix Season 2
January 16. SyFy has advertisements running.

Looks like the action is moving away from the South Pole laboratory, to some as yet unnamed island.
My interest was flagging the end of season 1.
Hope the writers can punch it up.

[CasperParks]

Back to the Future II, Marty McFly was sent 30 years into the future 2015. ABC has an article with what the film got right and what it got wrong, complete with clips from the film. Click here to read.

Film did get flat screens right, Biometrics and 3D movies.

[calikid]

Back to the Future II, Marty McFly was sent 30 years into the future 2015. ABC has an article with what the film got right and what it got wrong, complete with clips from the film. Click here to read.

Film did get flat screens right, Biometrics and 3D movies.

Great Scott!
Hendo Hoverboard: The World's First Hoverboard

[Doc]

Back to the Future II, Marty McFly was sent 30 years into the future 2015. ABC has an article with what the film got right and what it got wrong, complete with clips from the film. Click here to read.

Film did get flat screens right, Biometrics and 3D movies.

Funny, I'd seen so many predictions that never happened: flying cars for commuting, the Wankel Engine, personal robots...well, when they started talking about "flat screen TV" I had enough. I said, "BS! They'll never be able to make that big thing (CRT TV) into something an inch thick you can hang on the wall!" (Of, course, now at home we have a couple of them, not to mention the monitors that are now cheaper and much better than the CRT was!)

[newyorklily]

An internet campaign has begun to bring back the X-Files. Considering all of the places we can now view TV shows, I think there is a good possibility someone will pick it up. And I really want to see how Scully's hybrid son, William turned out.

Read all about it and listen to the podcast interview with Gillan Anderson here.
https://www.nerdist.com/pepisode/ner...lian-anderson/


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[CasperParks]

An internet campaign has begun to bring back the X-Files. Considering all of the places we can now view TV shows, I think there is a good possibility someone will pick it up. And I really want to see how Scully's hybrid son, William turned out.

Read all about it and listen to the podcast interview with Gillan Anderson here.
https://www.nerdist.com/pepisode/ner...lian-anderson/

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Back to a series instead of another film? Maybe the SyFy channel could do a three part min series.

[calikid]

This could be fun!

CSI: Cyber
New show starting in March 2015.
"It takes a hacker to catch a hacker".

[CasperParks]

They Live!



A classic film that continues to resonate.

[CasperParks]

12 Monkeys, SyFy Channel

SyFy Channel's 12 Monkeys series began 01/16/2015. The 1995 film was inspired by a short film from the 1960s. TV series would fall under the "inspired" by clause.

Time travel is tricky. I was able to watch episodes one and two. Thus far, I give it a decent rating of five out of five stars. Writing and directing is good, cast is stellar. Budget must be huge.

Big budget TV series struggle, they must pull high ratings to justify cost for companies to advertise when aired. Over the past few years, a number of great science fiction shows have fallen by the wayside.

Changes in how people are viewing entertainment has the market place in turmoil.