One Man’s Trash: Robowar
And then there was that time the filmmakers behind Troll 2 and Hell of the Living Dead remade Predator…
And then there was that time the filmmakers behind Troll 2 and Hell of the Living Dead remade Predator…
We’ve done Roundtables in the past about robots and A.I., so our focus this week narrows specifically to the mecha genre, in which human pilots operate robotic suits or vehicles. What are your favorites from movies, TV, comi...
The original ‘Pacific Rim’ had no right to be any good, but in the hands of a strong filmmaker (who now has an Oscar to back him up), it ended up being a very satisfying and all-around entertaining blockbuster. With tr...
Robots are a staple of sci-fi movies and TV. Unfortunately, for every Terminator or Iron Giant (or Transformers, if you’re into that), a janky ‘bot crawls onto the screen as well. Because we’ve done Roundtables a...
Oh, what it must be like to live inside the brain of Michael Bay – a magical place where everything explodes, all booties are ogled, children swear like sailors, cars exclusively drive at high velocity, acting is wide-eyed squeali...
‘Humans’, the American/British sci-fi co-production about robots developing consciousness, was one of the more promising (if flawed) series to debut in the summer of 2015. Unfortunately, even though an entire second se...
Adapted from the 1973 sci-fi thriller written and directed by the late Michael Crichton, ‘Westworld’ is the biggest and most ambitious high-concept event series HBO has launched since ‘Game of Thrones’. The...
I’m sure you’ve noticed the influx of ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ merchandise that has been showing up on store shelves these past few months. It’s kind of hard to miss, really. Out of all the toys...
This summer is all mixed up. Strangely, the new USA Network series ‘Mr. Robot‘ is about humans, while AMC’s ‘Humans’ is about robots. Did someone mistakenly switch the script cover pages before the re...
Robots, androids, cyborgs and other forms of Artificial Intelligence have long been a science fiction staple. With this weekend’s theatrical release of ‘Chappie’ in mind, let’s take a look at some of our fa...
‘District 9’ was an explosive announcement of new directorial voice, but now, two movies later, Neill Blomkamp is still struggling to top or even match it. The verdict has yet to drop as to whether he’s a one-hit...
‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’ feels like watching all of the previous ‘Transformers’ movies back to back in both the best and worst possible sense. It sure is dumb and action packed, but it’s also...