STAR TREK - Discovery Series 2017

I am a Trekie and love newer Star Trek series movies.  Sorry, don't like the original TV series.

It's too bad that 'Discovery' is only on money-sucking CBS All Access instead of using cable providers.

But the show does look good.

Star Trek: Discovery - First Look Trailer


Welcome Aboard The U.S.S.  Discovery Bridge

TV SERIES - The 4400

I am a big SiFi fan so when I saw this complete TV series "The 4400" available on DVD I snapped it up.  One of the stars, Joel Gretsch, appeared in the miniseries "Taken."

Over 60 years 4400 people of all ages disappear (abducted) in a flash of light, 'today' a meteor size ball of light approaches from space but 'lands' off a Seattle, Washington, inlet and deposits the 4400 abductees.

What made this very enjoyable is a twist..... they were abducted by people (human beings) from our future.

AT THE MOVIES - "The Martian"

I just watched "The Martian" DVD..... wow, wow!

I became aware of "The Martian" on a TV interview with a astrophysicist where he said this was the most accurate SiFi move he's ever seen.  Well I agree.... with one 'small' got-ya.

I am a SiFi fan and every book I've read about Mars does NOT have long-term human habitats on the surface, they are buried or underground.  It is because of the storms.

But otherwise "The Martian" is outstanding!

MOVIE - Prometheus

Prometheus
3D SiFi movie in theaters 6/8/2012


Going to see this one after the rush.

Directed by Ridley Scott who did SiFi Alien (1979), SiFi classic Blade Runner (1982), Black Rain (1989), Thelma & Louise (1991), best picture Oscar-winner Gladiator (2000), Hannibal (2001), Black Hawk Down (2001), American Gangster (2007).

MEDIA - Modern SiFi Master Dies, Ray Bradbury

This is one of the writers that made me love to read when I was an adolescent. I've been a fan of SiFi and Fantasy ever since.

"Remembering Ray Bradbury and His 'Cautionary Tales'" PBS Newshour 6/6/2012

Excerpt

SUMMARY: Ray Bradbury, author of classic books such as "Fahrenheit 451" and "The Martian Chronicles," died Tuesday night at the age of 91. Jeffrey Brown and bestselling novelist Lev Grossman, who is also a book critic for Time magazine, discuss Bradbury's life, work and literary legacy.

JEFFREY BROWN (Newshour): Ray Bradbury was a modern master who helped bring the genre of science fiction writing into the cultural mainstream. And it began as a young boy, with fairy tales.