Tag Archives: Science Fiction

Lee Majors! The kickoff to Brushes week!

Posted on September 26, 2016 by Steve

Another WizWorld Austin has come and gone! This year’s was great too. It finally had a gauntlet of people I wanted to see, meet, have photos with and get autographs of. Then comes the buying of crap but on the … Continue reading →

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Happy 150th birthday HG Wells

Posted on September 21, 2016 by Steve

The guy who gave us four major stories Hollywood keeps remaking via film and TV was born on this day. Many authors are often known for like one, maybe two major novels with the public at large, unless it’s Stephen … Continue reading →

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John Carpenter

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Steve

Now to catch up on concerts and brushes with greatness which in two cases will be combined! First off…John Carpenter! Somara and I got to see him perform his music this June at the Moody Theater. It was a retrospective … Continue reading →

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More Image comics I enjoy

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Steve

If you love Science Fiction, I highly recommend Image. There’s more to them than The Walking Dead and creator-owned superheroes…I think they’ve scaled back on the latter. Below are my overdue plugs I promised two years ago. Rick Remender (Black Science) … Continue reading →

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Two new crossover comics for the Summer of ’16

Posted on August 14, 2016 by Steve

It’s always exciting to see favorite characters from different owners/licensees get together! Judge Dredd works on numerous levels despite many people forgetting that it’s mostly a British parody of America’s love of violence: Dirty Harry and other unhinged, plays-by-his-own-rules cop. IDW … Continue reading →

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Night of the Comet

Posted on March 15, 2016 by Steve

I missed out on Night of the Comet in theaters around 1984 but enjoyed the hell out of it when it made its debut on Showtime the following Christmas. I think the film was whipped together to take advantage of the Halley’s … Continue reading →

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Westworld, the original

Posted on March 12, 2016 by Steve

This is a movie I have always seen somewhere around the middle but never from the beginning. I scored a cheap DVD of it in the last year in anticipation of HBO’s overdue, behind-schedule show which will lengthen the story … Continue reading →

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Why Image Comics is the new “number three”

Posted on January 8, 2016 by Steve

Lately I’ve been shifting around my comic book buying/reading habits after how much DC’s 2011 hard reboot fizzled out. One major reason is how the clueless Hollywood division is now meddling with the editorial staff on what to publish and … Continue reading →

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Mystery Science Theater 3000 will return!

Posted on December 13, 2015 by Steve

…and the Maggi Republic helped! We pitched in enough to get the Blu-Rays plus I wanted the stretch goals, no wait, add-ons of thumb drives of Crow and Tom. Having had the great luck to meet Joel Hodgson a couple … Continue reading →

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Neat, odd and great crossover comics

Posted on November 26, 2015 by Steve

I’m back on a roll about the comic books I’ve been reading lately. I guess I’ll just have to accept that the time, inspiration and energy will happen at irregular intervals. A while back I plugged a weird, obscure crossover … Continue reading →

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The Martian: Must See

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Steve

Another rare case of the film telling the story better than the original novel. If I could do it all over again, I’d still read The Martian before the movie’s release because Andy Weir’s interview on Inquiring Minds made the book compelling. … Continue reading →

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The Martian by Andy Weir

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Steve

I think this is the first novel I’ve read with a movie on the horizon in 30 years. The last time I did this was Dune when I was in high school. (Mentally reviewing…so far, yes.) Had I known about the … Continue reading →

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Get away from the Alamo you bitch!

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Steve

Alamo Slaughter had this cargo loader from Aliens in the lobby. I didn’t check to see if it’s the real thing or a replica. Either way, looks pretty close to what I remember.

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2001 A Space Odyssey in 70mm

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Steve

I have seen 2001 over a dozen times. Mostly on cable. The first full viewing was at the Springfield Public Library during their Summer of Sci-Fi. I think it would be 1979, maybe 1980 since it was before being on HBO. Seeing … Continue reading →

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RIP Patrick Macnee, aka Steed

Posted on June 25, 2015 by Steve

I put up a picture of his most iconic role because most people didn’t recognize his name. For those not into the nerdy genres, he was also Sir Denis Eton-Hogg in This is Spinal Tap, the English owner of Polydor Records, the band’s … Continue reading →

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