If shows like Babylon 5 and Star Trek DS9 have taught us, managing an interstellar spaceport can be hard. Offering amenities for travellers and staff, not knowing who to trust. But at least in those cases, there were organisations behind those stations, providing them with … Continue reading Spacebase DF-9 (2014)
In the year 2007, The Alien vs. Predator franchise was in terrific form. With audiences entertained after the perilous adventure in the Antarctic, along with a successful video game and comic outings to its name. A sequel was needed to effectively up the ante and … Continue reading Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007)
The Alien Franchise has attached itself into pop-culture psyche like the face-hugger does to its victim. What has emerged is one of the most iconic and memorable films in the history of sci-fi. There have been attempts at translating the universe to a video game. … Continue reading Aliens Autopsy Part 2 – Aliens: Colonial Marines (2013)
The Alien franchise has managed to do some impressive achievements over its lifespan. Turning a H. R. Giger painting into a sci-fi survival horror behemoth. With the critical and commercial praise of the series so far, a third instalment was a virtual guarantee. What the … Continue reading Aliens Autopsy Part 1 – Alien 3 (1992)
With last week focusing almost entirely on the doom and utter bleakness of space travel, for the final part of this trilogy, a change of pace is in order to a film that is a little more positive. For the final instalment, we focus on … Continue reading Space Mishap Extravaganza Part 3 – Lost In Space (1998)
As I mentioned in the previous article, space is unknown and unfriendly. Yet that assumption only takes into account what we currently know and what is currently true (admittedly at the heart of the problem). Ignoring the countless possibilities of countless what-if scenarios that lie … Continue reading Space Mishap Extravaganza Part 2 – The Cloverfield Paradox (2018)
Space has often been described as the next frontier, the highest peaks of our mountains have been surveyed, and we have a good idea about what’s lurking at the deepest oceans. With the dwindling resources on earth, the race to explore and colonise space is … Continue reading Space Mishap Extravganza Part 1 – Event Horizon (1997)
