‘Sci-fi coolness’ Archives
The Mercury Men – interview with Chris Preksta
A WHILE ago I blogged about the deliciously retro web serial the Mercury Men. Evoking memories of the Buster Crabbe era Flash Gordon series, it follows Edward Borman, a lowly government office drone, who is trapped in his office building when it is seized by the glowing and [Read More]
JJ Abrams’ Star Trek prequel reimagining as an early 1990s teen comedy
I GOT this unique take on the Star Trek prequel / reimagining from @laughingsquid on Twitter and it is sooo funny. Have a look – and see how many Trek references you can get, as well as classic teen comedy homages too. Funny Videos | Funny Cartoons | More Video Clips [Read More]
Top Five science fiction spaceships
IN all my years of living science fiction, I have lost count of the number of times I have jumped to lightspeed, launched from a catapult bay, charged up the main gun or scored a kill in the money lane – at least in my head. In reality, space ships are functional and [Read More]
The Mercury Men are coming
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OCCASIONALLY in Scifi Love towers, I come across a shining beacon of creativity and coolness – such a beacon is The Mercury Men. It is an upcoming sci-fi web series about aliens invading Earth with their doomsday device, the Gravity Engine. So far, so delightfully [Read More]
Leah Moore and John Reppion – a special SciFiLove interview
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LEAH floated in space, and then suddenly in front of her she saw The Doctor, taking his place in a perfectly formed comic book page, filled with beautiful colours, and underneath there was a name … The Whispering Gallery. She snapped awake, turned to her husband John [Read More]
A sneaky peak of Leah Moore, John Reppion and Doctor Who
ON Monday, I’ll put up the interview I did with Leah Moore and John Reppion, for my day job at the Liverpool Echo and Liverpool Daily Post. In the meantime, here’s some artwork from the new Doctor Who comic they have written and Ben Templesmith drew, called The [Read More]
Doctor Who Journal of Impossible Things toy is genius
REGULAR readers of this blog (I’m talking to you – my friends who I nag, and whoever it is in Mountain View, California) will know that I love Doctor Who. And within the Who, I especially loved Human Nature and the Family of Blood, Paul Cornell’s wonderful [Read More]
New Judge Dredd movie artwork online
THE first bits of artwork for the new Judge Dredd movie have been put up on io9 and they are awesome. Moody, vicious, cool – in short, everything the 1995 Sylvester Stallone film wasn’t. Looking back now, it is hard to credit just how much Sly’s stab at [Read More]
Top science fiction inventions we should have by now
WHEN I was a boy, I grew up under the assumption that by the time 2008 rolled around, we’d be living on the moon, eating our meals in pill form and using jet packs to get around. Instead, things are pretty much the same now as they were then, but why? It’s [Read More]
Aural pleasure – William Shatner is The Transformed Man
SEEING as I’m in a linking kind of mood, this is pure gold! If you’ve had a bad day, turn on, tune in and chill out – it’s the Shat at his psychedelic, sci-fi best!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-yy2URAYqU&feature=related I like to close my [Read More]
