The 1950s saw a boom of science fiction stories focused on the concept of psionics. Authors took nascent studies of the brain and its potential to wild places, exploring what could happen if humanity was able to use 100% of our brain capacity and gained superpowers. Everyone from Frank Herbert to Isaac Asimov, James Blish, and many more tapped into this concept.
When it came time for George Lucas to pivot away from doing a "Flash Gordon" movie and instead come up with his own fictional universe with enough worldbuilding to sustain a prequel trilogy, he developed his own version of psionics and combined it with elements of several world religions. The result was the Jedi and the concept of The Force, which are integral to the "Star Wars" universe and the success of its films. These movies gave audiences a unique yet also familiar imagery of samurai wizard monks. The Jedi were instantly memorable,...
When it came time for George Lucas to pivot away from doing a "Flash Gordon" movie and instead come up with his own fictional universe with enough worldbuilding to sustain a prequel trilogy, he developed his own version of psionics and combined it with elements of several world religions. The result was the Jedi and the concept of The Force, which are integral to the "Star Wars" universe and the success of its films. These movies gave audiences a unique yet also familiar imagery of samurai wizard monks. The Jedi were instantly memorable,...
- 3/30/2024
- by Rafael Motamayor
- Slash Film
Imagine there’s no VHS tapes. I wonder if you can. For the earliest Trekkies, the ability to own your favorite episode of Star Trek wasn’t difficult, it was impossible. This meant that some other media was required to record the true logs of the USS Enterprise. Enter books. The most reliable data storage device in history, and the first and possibly best destiny for Star Trek merch.
Since 1967, there have literally been thousands of officially licensed Star Trek books published. The question is, if fans only care about “real” canon do any of the Star Trek books actually qualify as part of the “real” story of the Final Frontier. The answer doesn’t fall into a simple binary. Star Trek books have been an integral part of the growth of the franchise since the very beginning. Here’s a quick and dirty guide to the mixed canonicity of the various Star Trek books.
Since 1967, there have literally been thousands of officially licensed Star Trek books published. The question is, if fans only care about “real” canon do any of the Star Trek books actually qualify as part of the “real” story of the Final Frontier. The answer doesn’t fall into a simple binary. Star Trek books have been an integral part of the growth of the franchise since the very beginning. Here’s a quick and dirty guide to the mixed canonicity of the various Star Trek books.
- 2/23/2021
- by Kayti Burt
- Den of Geek
Kayti Burt Sep 24, 2018
Astrophysicists have found a planet in the spot Spock's homeworld is meant to be. Your move, Vulcan High Command.
Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry & co. were pretty darn good at predicting certain technological advancements, but predicting the discovery of a planet in a specific location Vulcan is send to be in Star Trek canon is reason to think Roddenberry may have actually been a time traveler.
According to Popular Science, astrophysicists just found a planet orbiting the star HD 26965 that is where Roddenberry described the planet of Vulcan, aka Spock's homeworld, to be located. Even better? The exoplanet is in the star's "habitable zone," which means there is a possibility liquid water could exist on its surface.
“The new planet is a ‘super-Earth’ orbiting the star HD 26965, which is only 16 light years from Earth, making it the closest super-Earth orbiting another Sun-like star,” lead author of a...
Astrophysicists have found a planet in the spot Spock's homeworld is meant to be. Your move, Vulcan High Command.
Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry & co. were pretty darn good at predicting certain technological advancements, but predicting the discovery of a planet in a specific location Vulcan is send to be in Star Trek canon is reason to think Roddenberry may have actually been a time traveler.
According to Popular Science, astrophysicists just found a planet orbiting the star HD 26965 that is where Roddenberry described the planet of Vulcan, aka Spock's homeworld, to be located. Even better? The exoplanet is in the star's "habitable zone," which means there is a possibility liquid water could exist on its surface.
“The new planet is a ‘super-Earth’ orbiting the star HD 26965, which is only 16 light years from Earth, making it the closest super-Earth orbiting another Sun-like star,” lead author of a...
- 9/21/2018
- Den of Geek
Reviewed by Kevin Scott
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The Beast Must Die (1974)
Written by: James Blish (Original story), Michael Winder, Paul Annett, Scott Finch
Directed by: Paul Annett
Cast: Calvin Lockhart (Tom Newcliffe), Peter Cushing (Dr. Christopher Lundgren), Marlene Clark (Caroline Newcliffe), Charles Gray (Arthur Bennington), Anton Diffring (Pavel), Ciaran Madden (Davina Gilmore), Tom Chadbon (Paul Foote), Michael Gambon (Jan Jarmokowski)
I’ve been on a werewolf kick here lately. I’ve watched new flicks like “Wolves” (review forthcoming), and some really obscure stuff like “Full Eclipse” about werewolf cops. It’s been purely unintentional, it just happened that way. This film is the one that lit the fuse, and the best of the pack. It has volumes of cool stuff going for it, and is ripe for a good remake with all new cool stuff made possible by modern technology. I’ll get to that later.
This is an Amicus film.
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The Beast Must Die (1974)
Written by: James Blish (Original story), Michael Winder, Paul Annett, Scott Finch
Directed by: Paul Annett
Cast: Calvin Lockhart (Tom Newcliffe), Peter Cushing (Dr. Christopher Lundgren), Marlene Clark (Caroline Newcliffe), Charles Gray (Arthur Bennington), Anton Diffring (Pavel), Ciaran Madden (Davina Gilmore), Tom Chadbon (Paul Foote), Michael Gambon (Jan Jarmokowski)
I’ve been on a werewolf kick here lately. I’ve watched new flicks like “Wolves” (review forthcoming), and some really obscure stuff like “Full Eclipse” about werewolf cops. It’s been purely unintentional, it just happened that way. This film is the one that lit the fuse, and the best of the pack. It has volumes of cool stuff going for it, and is ripe for a good remake with all new cool stuff made possible by modern technology. I’ll get to that later.
This is an Amicus film.
- 2/5/2015
- by admin
- MoreHorror
Here's another installment featuring Joe Dante's reviews from his stint as a critic for Film Bulletin circa 1969-1974. Our thanks to Video Watchdog and Tim Lucas for his editorial embellishments!
Which one is the werewolf? Finding the answer makes a neat gimmick, smart promotion of which should make this otherwise tame British import a strong contender in ballyhoo markets. Rating: PG.
This British horror mystery has a good audience‑participation gimmick going for it: a "Werewolf Break," during which the story stops to allow viewers to shout out the name of whichever suspicious character they think is the werewolf that's been wiping out other cast members. Reminiscent of the sort of surefire gimmickry that William Castle specialized in during the early '60s, this bit is being shrewdly promoted by the always showmanship‑minded Cinerama Releasing, and should boost The Beast Must Die to good grosses in fast saturation playoff.
Which one is the werewolf? Finding the answer makes a neat gimmick, smart promotion of which should make this otherwise tame British import a strong contender in ballyhoo markets. Rating: PG.
This British horror mystery has a good audience‑participation gimmick going for it: a "Werewolf Break," during which the story stops to allow viewers to shout out the name of whichever suspicious character they think is the werewolf that's been wiping out other cast members. Reminiscent of the sort of surefire gimmickry that William Castle specialized in during the early '60s, this bit is being shrewdly promoted by the always showmanship‑minded Cinerama Releasing, and should boost The Beast Must Die to good grosses in fast saturation playoff.
- 9/2/2014
- by Joe Dante
- Trailers from Hell
2013 may have been the year of the Time-Lord, but Star Trek isn’t far behind and will soon celebrate its own 50th anniversary. First broadcast in 1966 (although the initial pilot was produced in ’65), as with any long-running science fiction franchise worth its salt, it is backed up by a high quality range of tie-in written fiction.
Back in the days before downloads, DVD recorders or even VCRs, fans had two ways of reliving the television adventures. Either plant a tape recorder squarely at the TV speaker for the episodes’ duration, or read James Blish’s novelisations cover to cover.
These written accounts soon gave rise to original adventures that, over the years, have taken twist and turn and today consist of an altogether different form. Whilst some could almost be described as a mere gimmick (X-Men crossover, anyone?), along the way there have been a number of novels that have...
Back in the days before downloads, DVD recorders or even VCRs, fans had two ways of reliving the television adventures. Either plant a tape recorder squarely at the TV speaker for the episodes’ duration, or read James Blish’s novelisations cover to cover.
These written accounts soon gave rise to original adventures that, over the years, have taken twist and turn and today consist of an altogether different form. Whilst some could almost be described as a mere gimmick (X-Men crossover, anyone?), along the way there have been a number of novels that have...
- 1/31/2014
- by Ian Coomber
- Obsessed with Film
Ever since James Blish first wrote novelisations of Star Trek episodes back in the 60s, fans have enjoyed reading adventures of their favourite Starfleet crews almost as much as watching them. These novelisations expanded into original novels, and as the number of readers grew so did the number of authors.
Over the decades there have been countless writers to have their works published under the hallowed Star Trek banner, with many who have written adventures for the various Starships (and stations) over the past few years alone. Ever since J.J. Abrams and co. gave big screen Star Trek a brand spanking new parallel universe to play in, it has been up to the prose writers to continue the adventures of the five TV series, and here is the best of those who do so in various page turning ways.
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Over the decades there have been countless writers to have their works published under the hallowed Star Trek banner, with many who have written adventures for the various Starships (and stations) over the past few years alone. Ever since J.J. Abrams and co. gave big screen Star Trek a brand spanking new parallel universe to play in, it has been up to the prose writers to continue the adventures of the five TV series, and here is the best of those who do so in various page turning ways.
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- 1/11/2014
- by Ian Coomber
- Obsessed with Film
My recent piece on a specific issue of 2000Ad generated some interesting and erudite feedback. I had attempted a reconstruction of issue #4 from memory and many of my details were wrong. For a start, I was mistaken about the date of publication, which was a year later than I thought; the claw that Claw Carver used in place of a hand belonged to a tyrannosaur, not a velociraptor; it wasn’t Mr Carver who uttered the word “bums” but a drunken doctor; the star of MacH 1 wasn’t in a traffic accident before he was turned into a secret agent with massive strength (I think I was mixing him up with the much later Visible Man).
To my shame, I also misremembered the cover, which I had described as an astronaut falling into a black hole, whereas in fact he was merely being crushed by the gravity of Jupiter into a dot…...
To my shame, I also misremembered the cover, which I had described as an astronaut falling into a black hole, whereas in fact he was merely being crushed by the gravity of Jupiter into a dot…...
- 5/5/2011
- by Rhys Hughes
- Boomtron
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