I enjoyed the first season of Netflix’s The Order-which I am wont to do whenever something deals with werewolves–but couldn’t help but notice that the bloom was off the rose. By which I mean I started to notice certain things, like these werewolves are stupid. Now that’s less a commentary on the CGI-ified werewolves themselves […]
The first–and only–season of Nightflyers appeared Netflix earlier this month and it’s pretty entertaining (though by no means as good as it should/could have been) though it was not where the story of the Nightflyer began. It began life as a short story by George R. R. Martin (A Game of Thrones, Fevre Dream, Wild […]
Could someone please tell me how series a based on 2007’s Event Horizon is supposed to work–I’ve got some ideas but I’m reasonably certain the series wouldn’t take the path I have in mind and even if it were to, I’m not on the writing staff and who’ll buy the cow if give away the […]
The official trailer for Marvel’s Jessica Jones dropped a few days ago and it’s pretty good though the problem is that going in you know that this is the last season (and if you didn’t before reading this, you do now). No matter how good the third and final season is it’s going to end; […]
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Syfy has cancelled Nightflyers, the sci-fi series based on the George R.R. Martin (Wild Cards, A Game of Thrones) novella after one season While this is mildly disheartening, having seen the first two episodes I don’t think it’s a huge loss in that the series–at least visually–owed too much of […]
If you’ve visited these parts before, you probably picked up on an undercurrent, a intimation of dislike if you will, for the Syfy Channel. If so, let me be clear: My irritation with Syfy is like a rash that flares up often enough that a more sensible person would have sought medical attention long ago. […]
You don’t typically get much in the way of mea culpas (and in Latin, no less!) out of me, but seeing that I originally posted that George R.R. Martin’s Nightflyers was on Syfy, not Netflix , I felt an apology was in order. This is important for two reasons. First, I subscribe to Netflix, not […]
What the hell is a ‘sharktopus,’ you might ask? It’s a cross between a shark and an octopus, and while combining either of those two creatures should have nothing to do with it moving about on land–like it does in the trailer–you have to admit that it’s pretty interesting. It’s also proof that despite the […]
Till now I haven’t posted anything–that I can recall, at any rate–from the upcoming Alan Taylor-directed followup to Terminator: Salvation, Terminator: Genisys. Though I have a reason: Namely, I expect this movie to premiere with a small splash, and quickly vanish without a trace. It’s less a question of franchise fatigue that ham-handedness on the part […]
“”Animal” doesn’t break any new ground, but it is attractive to look at, and has some great pratical creature effects.” Anyone who’s read this blog knows that I don’t particularly enjoy features from The Asylum. For those unfamiliar with the company they produced movies like Sharknado, all those Mega Shark movies, as well as ZNation. My […]
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