December 31, 2018
JD DeLuzio Obituary 0 Comments
As the year closes, we lose Larry Roberts, 81, to a heart attack.
As a manager of the US Defense Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency, ARPA, Roberts oversaw the development of Arpanet, the major forerunner to the World Wide Web. On October 29, 1969, the first message (“Login,” but only “lo” got through) went from UCLA to Stanford. Roberts later went on to work in the burgeoning computer industry.
December 31, 2018
JD DeLuzio Newspace 4 Comments
Another year comes to its conclusion! Back in ’84, Isaac Asimov made some predictions for our coming year. Like all good futurists and SF writers, he got a few things right and others…. Well…. He foresaw in broad strokes where the computer/information age was heading, but he was a tad optimistic with regards to our future presence in space.
Not that we’re not involved in space.
Dr. Brian May’s just-released tribute to New Horizons
If you think you might have to travel a bit to get to wherever you’re going for New Year’s Eve, consider: just as 2019 gets underway, NASA’s New Horizons will pass the Kuiper Belt object, 2014 MU69 aka Ultima Thule.
Click for more, including some top science stories, a blue day in NYC, a strange defense for a fallen geek star, and some recent cosplay video.
December 30, 2018
W. Blaine Dowler WDDP DVD 3 Comments
The New Year brings in another lackluster list of titles.
December 29, 2018
W. Blaine Dowler GSFH Ask The Bureau 2 Comments
The final decision to make in our Greatest Science Fiction Hero tournament is ready: is the greatest hero in the history of the genre Spock or Jean-Luc Picard? The brackets can be seen here.
December 25, 2018
W. Blaine Dowler xfrp The X-Files
The latest episode of the X-Files Retrospective podcast, covering Sixth Extinction and Sixth Extinction Part II: Amor Fatio, is now available here for your listening pleasure. Intro and outro music attribution is below. You can also follow the show from its own feed (RSS, iTunes, Stitcher) or through the Bureau 42 Master Audio Feed (RSS, iTunes, Stitcher).
December 23, 2018
W. Blaine Dowler disney, Mary Poppins Movies
It took over 50 years, but this Disney classic finally got a sequel. Is it a Toy Story level sequel that easily stands beside or above the original, is it a direct to video cash grab quality sequel that never should have been made, or is it something in between?
December 23, 2018
DC’s latest attempt at making a big splash with their cinematic universe has arrived.
December 23, 2018
Odds are good you grew up with Spider-Man. He was made when you were a kid, you watched his cartoon, slept on his sheets, and left the house wearing him on your butt. This is about Miles Morales, who is not your Spider-Man, he’s the new Spider-Man. To introduce us, they bring in our Peter Parker Spider-Man, but who has also aged with us, so now he’s a middle aged, divorced web-slinger with a bit of a gut. To flesh out the story, we get Spider-Gwen, the young punk version of the original Spider-Man’s girlfriend with Spidey powers, and just to flesh it all out we also have the 1930 black and white Spider-Man Noir, Peter Porker the Spectacular Spider-Ham, and Peni Parker, the anime Spider-Mech pilot. With all of this, obviously there is something for everyone, or did you need some More…
December 23, 2018
There are very few releases coming out on Christmas Day.
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January 2, 2019
Doctor Who Review: “Resolution”
JD DeLuzio Doctor Who 9 Comments
You say you want a resolution? Well, you know, this “New Years Special” provides more of one than the official season finale, while bringing back the villain we know each Doctor will face.
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