Speaking of Avatar
Thursday, December 17th, 2009How do you know when a movie has set science fiction storytelling and all that crunchy good progressiveness back a few years? When it’s used as an excuse to roll out a 10 Sexy Sci-Fi Babes “photo essay.” Sigh.
Avatar, Sigh
Monday, December 14th, 2009This review pretty well sums up my apprehension about Avatar, I think. I’d love to go see it for the 3D eye candy and explosions (which, really, are just a subset of eye candy), but I’m afraid the story would make me froth at the mouth. Although, all elements of plot aside, I think I [...]
Sciencey Stuff
Friday, May 8th, 2009Related stuff: First, is that Roger Ebert criticizes the new Star Trek movie, in part, for its poor and imprecise grasp of science… and uses imprecise language to do so. Such as: “Consider, at light warp speeds, how imprecise it would be to say “At my command … 3 … 2 … 1 …” Between [...]