So, we’ve had the top ten sci fi villains, so let’s have a quick look at the top ten heroes from science fiction. I’m complining this list based on the following factors: 1. Universe saving – how many times has this hero saved the universe or their home planet or whatever? 2 Impact on the [...]
Perhaps most associated with Star Wars, the concept of empires in science fiction had been a sci fi trope for a long time before Star Wars and will no doubt continue to be used long after George Lucas has finally finished tinkering with the original trilogy. In any case, galactic empires don’t begin and end [...]
Along with stop motion animation and practical makeup, proper painted movie posters are fast becoming a lost art. Like Tom Jane’s character in The Mist – himself a poster artist – points out, it’s easier to photoshop two big faces next to each other than it is to paint a poster from scratch. The undisputed [...]
The inspiration for this list came while watching the bonus features on my Planet of the Apes boxset. There’s a fascinating bit of footage that stars Charlton Heston in the same role he played in the movie and Edward G. Robinson as Dr. Zaius. Apparently, this short scene was shot in order to show the [...]
Sequels are a funny thing. Ocassionally a home run’ll get hit and something like The Empire Strikes Back or The Godfather Part II will come along and blow everyone’s mind, but for every Wrath of Khan there’s a King Kong Lives, a Beneath the Planet of the Apes or Rocky V. More often than not, [...]
Ewok. The very mention of the name is enough to reduce Star Wars fans to a quivering wreck. Almost universally hated, the Ewoks were introduced in Return of the Jedi and, I’m sure, sold thousands of teddy bears, but goddamed if they’re not despied now. This list was a hard one to write because looking at [...]
And so we come to the final installment of the original Star Wars trilogy: Return of the Jedi. Saying Return of the Jedi is the least of the original SW movies reminds me of that old saying about sex – even when it’s band, it’s still pretty fucking good. ROTJ (doesn’t “arr-oh-tee-jay” roll off the [...]
Ah, The Empire Strikes Back. Possibly the defining movie of my childhood and undoubtedly one of the greatest movies ever made. A New Hope, as great as is it is, feels a little flat and one dimensional today, but not so with Empire, which only seems to get better with age. Like ANH, there’s plenty [...]
A bit of a change here, because for once I’m not going to list my ten personal favorite things/moments/whatever but, instead, I’m listing the top ten things that you may or may not have noticed; things that reward you for rewatching the movie in question. And, as you’ve no doubt deduced from the title, the [...]