Tag: Science Fiction

  • Downsizing: it’s a small world …?

    Downsizing: it’s a small world …?

    Imagine there was a way to make people smaller, physically. It would solve so many problems. Houses would be smaller, fewer resources would be used and think of how good it would be for the planet! A brilliant solution. Too bad it is fantasy. That’s why it is fun to watch the film Downsizing.

  • 10 Romantic couples in movies

    10 Romantic couples in movies

    Romcoms are really not my thing. I don’t even get all that excited over purely romantic films. Still, there are some of my favourite films that happen to also have romance and romantic couples. So I’ll share those with you.

  • The Sandman: finally

    The Sandman: finally

    I don’t even remember the first book I ever read by Neil Gaiman. It could very well have been American Gods, which blew me away with its dialogue and well wrought fully fleshed out world. But it took me a while to switch over to his comic book series The Sandman. Not because I don’t like comics: I love them. I just did not see how I needed images to accompany his writing. It seemed redundant. I was wrong, of course. The Sandman is an awesome comic book series with great artists contributing. And then they wanted to make it into a tv series. Ha.

  • Looking forward to: tv trailers

    Looking forward to: tv trailers

    Sometimes I get really excited about trailers for an upcoming season of a TV show. That’s usually only for Star Trek series, as it is this time. But I can include some other shows I am a little excited for in this post. So what will we be watching?

  • Black Mirror: science fiction feels immediate

    Black Mirror: science fiction feels immediate

    Black Mirror tells us science fiction stories that feel like the near-future. You do not need to be a SF fan to enjoy this series. Get through the horrible first episode to enjoy the other fantastic stories.

  • Saturday morning: Voltron on Netflix

    Saturday morning: Voltron on Netflix

    The weekend only began properly if you tuned in to cartoons on Saturday mornings. With your breakfast in front of the tv. Now we are grown up, we still enjoy starting the weekend like this.