It’s been awhile since we’ve had explodey SF action-adventure on TV but, with the success of Guardians of the Galaxy, it was only a matter of time.
Will Killjoys‘ blend of tropes, trends, and disparate tones find its audience?
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Did I oversleep?
Doubtless you’ve heard that Rosetta’s Philae lander woke up on the weekend, and could be transmitting new messages very soon.
3-D Printers Prove their Mettle
The Dutch will be 3-D printing a steel bridge
Did anyone get that on video?
Forget the surveillance threat of those quadcopters with GoPros; check out the hi-res shots of earth from the ISS:
More video below, including Robo-Salad, a terrific hand-laser, belated but beautiful Con Cosplay, a superhero run, and a real museum for fans.
Orphan Black Review: “Insolvent Phantom of Tomorrow”
Orphan Black holds its plot threads together with coagulated blood, wracking up a body count that would be the envy of a Sopranos ep, and ending with a twist that indicates the writers, apparently, didn’t think the show was already bat-shi# crazy enough. Tetragametic chimerism, anyone?
Orphan Black Review: “Ruthless in Purpose, and Insidious in Method”
While a new clone wrestles with the events surrounding her, Donnie tries to live up to his new role, and Sarah and Associates (aided by a group of gamers) plot, Rachel quietly wins Supervillain of the Year.
Bond’s adversaries wouldn’t last two rounds against this woman.
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Holy Mary! Virgin births have been observed among an endangered species of sawfish. The sea has always churned up things that sound either mythic or science-fictional, as this video taken off Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands reminds us:
Humans, of course, remain the most curious of beasts. Below, we have recent vid of Disneyland’s unofficial “Bats” day, Montreal’s real-life superheroes, and Fanime 2015’s cosplayers:
Orphan Black Review: “Community of Dreadful Fear and Hate”
Orphan Black keeps fresh by, paradoxically, drawing on Restoration comedy, spaghetti westerns, and mob movies. Characters who have been sidelined head front and center, as consequences from last week remain unrevealed and Rachel cracks a code.
Weekend Review: Snowpiercer
This 2013 twist on post-apocalyptic, message-heavy SF comes from Korea and takes its inspiration from a French comic, but most of its characters speak English and it stars the MCU’s Captain America.
Baby, it’s cold outside.
Movie Review: Tomorrowland
Disney creates the theme park, and one area is named for notions of the future.
Vast numbers of young people assemble in minimal clothing and dance to electronic music played at maximum volume
Two young people in different eras get drawn into a paelofuturistic mystery and, predictably, learn the fate of the world is at stake.
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On the day Google remembers Sally Ride,a Spanish company proposes a satellite launch system that could dramatically slash the costs of reaching space.
The Russian space program, meanwhile, faces some problems, budgetary and otherwise.
In fictional space, meanwhile, Stan Lee guest-stars on the fan-made Star Trek Isolation:
Redneck Avengers, Con Coverage, and the search for Brian, below:
Orphan Black Review: “Certain Agony on the Battlefield”
This episode resolves some mysteries and points to the solution to a remaining major puzzle. It also confirms what the audience has suspected: not everyone is getting out of this season alive.