But what kind of impossible is it? Michio Kaku explains degrees of SF im/possibility in his new book, Physics of the Impossible.
Kaku’s site may be found here.
Author Archives: JD DeLuzio
Recent Science Round-up
The Centauri may be out there, the world’s largest telescope releases its first pix, some researchers doubt the existence of hobbits, ten teams take up lunar challenge, astronomers spy a lot of dark matter….
Official Watchmen Movie Photos
Discussion: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles– Season Finale
This two-parter ends the first season.
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Weekend Review: The Beast of Hollow Mountain
This film ends our post-Cloverfield reviews of giant monster films past. It may be the first such film shot in full colour and one of the last projects to involve Willis O’Brien (though, sadly, not on effects). The plot involves a cowboy up against rustlin’ villains…. and one really big varmint.
Review: Crime Bible
Fifty-two introduced the Crime Bible and the Religion of Cain. This five-issue mini-series examines the implications of these elements, while focusing on two of 52‘s best-drawn characters, Kathy “Batwoman” Kane and Renee “the Question” Montoya.
Does it live up to its promise?
You say it’s your birthday….
Superman and Captain Marvel both celebrate their fictional birthdays on this day….
Novel Review: Life of Pi
Yann Martel’s award-winning novel, metafictional and metaphysical, does not fit the conventional definition of fantasy. Its protagonist survives a shipwreck and finds himself adrift on the ocean with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. As a sea yarn, however, it shares company with the traveler’s tales of yore and includes at least one encounter with the literal fantastic.
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles– Discussion “The Demon Hand”
Do we give them a hand over this episode, or do the writers belong on a psychiatric ward?
Weekend Review: Planet of the Dinosaurs
This 1978 production, made in the wake of Star Wars‘ success, hasn’t much to do with our recent post-Cloverfield reviews of Kaiju, but it does feature some nifty dinosaurs and the second-ever appearance of the rhedosaurus, the monster which arguably inspired a genre.
How the MST3K gang missed this one I do not know.