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Spaihts on working with Scott

SFG — Sat, 12 May 2012 22:48:40 +0000

Jon Spaihts, screenwriter of Prometheus, on the benefits of working with a top-flight artist like Ridley Scott :
“I’d go home, then come back the next morning, and on the wall there would be a four foot-wide painting of the scene I had talked about the night before,” he remembered. “That’s the luxury of working at the level at which Ridley Scott works.”
How An Unsung Screenwriter Got To Work With Ridley Scott On Prometheus, And Ended Up ‘Riding A Bronco

Top 10 Best Sci-Fi Films

SFG — Thu, 10 May 2012 19:47:08 +0000

I’ve been thinking about this for a couple of days now, and I really can’t compile my all-time favourite top ten sci-fi list.
There’s just too many really good science fiction films out there that would miss out on a spot.

Quite a few of what’s contained in the link at the bottom of this post would be there, but not all of them, and of the ones that I would have in my list, the position is likely to be different too.

It’s just so damn hard coming up with a definitive listing of the best anything. I’ve been trying to compile a list like this for the past five years or more, on and off, and it’s always a case of “but what about this film” or “what about that film” and “but this film had this really cool so-and-so” or, well, you get the picture.

Maybe I should just STFU and get on with it one of these days. *shrug*

The link which started all this nonsense … Top 10 Science Fiction Films

Happy Star Wars Day

SFG — Fri, 04 May 2012 06:44:23 +0000

Humans will never reach another star

SFG — Tue, 01 May 2012 19:59:23 +0000

Screenwriter Jon Spaihts says science fiction consistently overestimates the future achievements of the human species. Which, as far as I’m concerned, is part of the raison d’etre of the genre.
If it’s not about reaching for the stars and attempting to predict what may become of the human race in centuries to come, or how the human spirit can triumph in the face of adversity – both natural and man-made (or even alien-made), what is it about?

‘Prometheus’ Screenwriter: Humans Will Never Reach Another Star, And Other Sobering Views On The Future
On Forbes.com

New Star Trek TV show in the Offing?

SFG — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:19:51 +0000

Well, possibly.
At least if the reports that Brians Singer and Fuller are considering pooling their resources to get one made are to be believed, then there could certainly be the foundations for new Trek on TV.

Harrison Ford in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner Sequel? Yes please.

SFG — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:28:35 +0000

This is big news.
If this happens I’d be a very happy visitor to the cinema upon the film’s release.
Digital Spy article.

DIY TARDIS

SFG — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:45:35 +0000

Now then, this is how it’s done.
Ladies (and the BBC props department!), take note!

This is brilliant!

SFG — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:16:44 +0000

The Bark Side: 2012 Volkswagen Game Day Commercial Teaser

Bad NASA

SFG — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:21:24 +0000

A new documentary about space tourist Richard Garriott’s flight to the International Space Station is hitting theaters now, but the sci-fi movie he made aboard the orbiting lab remains under wraps.

C’mon, NASA. Sort it out.

1st Science Fiction Movie Filmed in Space Stays Underground on space.com

Sci-Fi Films of 2012

SFG — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:12:41 +0000

Got a couple of links for you in this post.
First up is The Best Science Fiction Films at This Year’s Sundance from io9.
A lot of these look good to me, but out of all of them I’m intrigued most by Song of the Spindle and Chasing Ice.

Second link is Eleven Science Fiction And Fantasy Films To Look For In 2012 from Forbes.
Of this list I’d most like to see The Hunger Games, Prometheus and ParaNorman.

I guess my ‘Films of 2012′ list at the end of the year will reflect how many I actually got to see.