Failing again. Failing better.
Today is a very sad day for sci fi fans because today a giant has fallen. As I first saw on io9.com, Ray Bradbury has died. The author of FAHRENHEIT 451, THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES, THE ILLUSTRATED MAN, and SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES (among others), Ray Bradbury was, and will forever be, a big name…
Yikes. So in the middle of all the pomp and pageantry of the Queen’s diamond jubilee, a story like this surfaces. To quote from the BoingBoing article: Long-term unemployed workers say they were bussed to London to act as stewards for the Queen’s Jubilee, told they would be paid for the work and cared for…
Prometheus opens this Friday. I’m sure you can tell that I’m eagerly anticipating the release. Your best bet for “Prometheus Prep” is to re-watch Alien and Aliens before seeing Prometheus, but if you haven’t seen them before and/or you can’t do that, Blastr.com has a list of some things worth knowing/reviewing before you head into…
Remember the Air Force’s secret space plane, the X-37B? If you don’t, I talked about it here, here, and here. Launched in March of last year, the X-37B was originally supposed to return from space after only 270 days. Now it is scheduled to land sometime in mid-June. So what was the secret mission? What…
Take a look at the latest trailer for the new Bourne movie. So Renner is Bourne 2.0? A Super Bourne? Interesting. It looks like we may get a better handle on what it takes to make a Bourne, and it looks like Renner’s Bourne may not be the blank slate he was in the first…