CategoryScience Fiction
Alien: Romulus: Andy Turns Bad — Thanks to an Old Friend
Ash reappears in the story, a nice touch which reconnects the film to the original
Alien: Romulus (2024) Wait! This Movie is Actually Good?
A new character, Rain, tries to escape the Weyland Corporation mine in which her parents were killed but the xenomorphs have infiltrated the space station the escapees must board
Alien Covenant (2017) Could’ve Worked. Here’s How
I am going to boldly go and propose changes to the script so as to make the characters' decisions more natural and plausible
Alien: Covenant (2017): All’s Well That Ends Well for the Embryos
Or is it? We find out why David needs to sneak aboard the ship disguised as Walter — but it’s not what we might suspect
Alien: Covenant Part 5: Wake up, Daniels! It’s Obviously David!
The evil robot must board the ship again, and must find a way to make sure the alien boards the ship as well
Alien Covenant (2017): Dr. Frankenstein in Space
David, the robotic sociopath, turns out to have been breeding deadly aliens all this time
Alien Covenant (2017): David the Malicious Robot… Returns!
And, just in case we haven’t already suspected, David is lying about what happened to Dr. ShawAlien: Covenant (2017): When the Prophet Fails
Everybody trudges onto the planet in what amounts to hunting gear and they begin looking for Shaw’s ship...
Alien: Covenant (2017): A Story Driven by Stupidity, Coincidence
Nothing seems to happen as the natural result of a character’s choices, consistent with personality and motive
Prometheus (2012): In the End Did Dr. Shaw Really Learn Anything?
Elizabeth Shaw’s faith has been challenged throughout the film; for example, she learns that aliens, not God, created humanity. But do her responses make sense?
Prometheus (2012): Oops. Our Alien Creators Now Want to Kill Us
What should have been an awful revelation degenerates into what seems like the dumbest scene ever filmed
Prometheus (2012): Don’t Touch the Aliens’ Stuff!
Upon entering what is described as the Engineers’ “temple,” the crew unleashes strange and deadly perils…
Sci-fi Film Explores Idea That Earth’s Life Was Seeded From Space
Prometheus 2012 offers an intriguing premise: ancient civilizations were told in mysterious ways of a habitable moon in a distant galaxy (Part 1 of 4)
Hypothesis: Yes, ET Existed — But Mainly in the Past
A recent paper introduces the idea of cryptoterrestrials, technologically advanced civilizations on Earth, perhaps from earlier geological eras, as the source of the UAPs/UFOs
Interstellar 2014, Part 5: Time Travel Saves — But Also Destroys
Time travel solves some problems for planet Earth but it turns out to be no match for human mortality and sundered relationships
Interstellar (2014), Review Part 4: So Who Are “They” Anyway?
Will we at last find out?
Interstellar (2014): Dr Mann Uses Nature to Justify Murder
The awful secret that comes to light while the crew visits Dr. Mann's planet has nothing to do with the planetLast Saturday, we looked at Cooper and his crew landing on the first of three planets that might sustain human life. Humanity’s time on Earth is running out, and Cooper’s crew has been tasked with finding it a new home. The first planet they tried turned out not to be so ideal, and that one trip cost them decades of valuable time thanks to relativity. The planet was too close to a black hole, which meant that it had created a dramatic time shift. On Earth, over twenty years have passed since their mission began. Now the crew is traveling on to the next planet. The extra time spent on the first planet has left them with just enough fuel Read More ›
Interstellar (2014): The Plot Thickens—Well, Relatively…
Aside from adventures and misadventures exploring Miller’s planet, discovery of a dreadful secret awaits the crew