Some Short Mil-SF Movie Reviews

Some Short Mil-SF Movie Reviews

Cataline has a post up on the best mil-SF movies available [http://reactionarytimes.blogspot.com/2018/04/catalines-top-five-military-science.html] . Yes, it’s missing “Starship Troopers” (duh). Go read it, but in general, I agree. I’ve already posted my love for Mecha Groundhog Day, er… live die repeat.. er Edge of Tomorrow [https://thelastredoubt.com/2016/11/fate-courage-groundhog-day-and-edge-of.html]. I also unabashedly love Battle L.A. – which incidentally has a fantastic soundtrack. Go li…

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Psycho-Pass

Psycho-Pass

Over at Wasteland and Sky, the “100 best anime [https://wastelandandsky.blogspot.com/2017/06/100-accessible-anime-guide-for-fans.html] ” series has come to an end. There are a lot of items new to me on the list. Of the ones I’m familiar with though, I generally agree. First – please, God, no for Attack on Titan. Yes, the quality of the animation is excellent, and it’s a big deal, but it’s such a dark, depressing mess embodying the worst of the zombie genre – though the monsters in question hav…

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Review: Blame

Review: Blame

What do you get when you cross Gregory Benford’s Great Sky River [https://infogalactic.com/info/Great_Sky_River_(novel)]with a spaghetti western? Blame. A brief voiceover gives us the setting. In the far, *far* future where humanity lost the ability to communicate with the city it constructed, that they lived in, and so the city deemed them illegal residents, and began to exterminate humanity. Our story starts generations later.An aside. Yes. Given the word choice, I’m sure some people would l…

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On Lasers and Spaceships and Explosions

On Lasers and Spaceships and Explosions

Jon Del Arroz just posted over at superversive [http://www.superversivesf.com/2017/05/16/jon-del-arrozs-definitive-top-5-space-opera-series/] on space operas. > It’s #SpaceOperaWeek and I can think of no better way to launch my first regular Superversive column than to celebrate the genre in which I write and love. I’ll be doing more top fives as they feel appropriate, but as a writer of Space Opera, it makes a lot of sense to launch in celebration of some of my greatest influences. Naturally,…

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Hear Hear!

Hear Hear!

Ah, the space opera kerfluffle, cause in part by Tor celebrating space opera by having articles written on it by a person who doesn’t like it, and by others who don’t get why “opera.” The latest entry, with some insight [https://steemit.com/blog/@cheah/space-opera-is-about-opera]. > Science fiction is about fiction and space opera is about opera. If people want to read about science or space, there are plenty of non-fiction books, magazines and journals to choose from. If people want to delve…

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