Golden Age Scifi and Other Cool Stuff by Jackson Allen
As promised last week, I present ‘Bingo’ by Chris Landreth for this week’s Sci-Friday. In this CGI short, a young man is psychologically brutalized by circus characters into believing he is a clown. Sound weird? It is! Bingo is a mad romp through a whimsically menacing world and you’ll either love it or hate it. Please…
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Good morning and Happy Friday – grab your favorite hot beverage and watch as Chris Landreth Bends Your Head with ‘the end’: + Add New Category I love films like these, they challenge and subvert your expectations about the nature of storytelling and self while exposing you to new dimensions of visual possibility. Chris Landreth…
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Most people freak out when they hear the word ‘radiation’ but not you! Thanks to XKCD, now you can enjoy your pocket guide to nuclear radiation. Amuse your friends, confuse your enemies. Survive the next atomic holocaust with ease now that you know how many micro-sieverts you can safely absorb in a 24-hour period! As…
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For this Sci-Friday, take a step into the surreal, hilarious world of StrangeVehicles, a multi-year scifi project by Trevor Roberts I can only describe as: “What if the Sarlacc Pit was a national park?” This 16-minute overview of the Mystery Flesh Pit National Park is a walking tour through brilliant scifi, and fully-immersive science fiction….
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Wow – back from a two-week break. Check out some new free scifi wallpapers and follow along as we catch up. Tons of stuff has been happening behind the scenes as I continue to write Cinderellavator. Additionally, I participated in #Pitmad yesterday on Twitter and Mesh found a whole group of new people excited about…
If you’re into solarpunk, you’ll want to watch this fascinating TED talk. Bjarke Ingel is using solarpunk and future architecture to show us how we’ll get to the beautiful future we’re dreaming about. Whether consciously, or unconsciously, Ingel encapsulates solarpunk concepts in this tour of his team’s projects. First, look at a waste-to-energy power plant…
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Wanna feel old? 1991 was 30 years ago. For this Sci-Friday, we take an interesting slice-of-life look at the day in 1991 when we lost scifi pioneer and Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry. History shows that it was the right decision. In a world where people go out of their way to ‘make a statement,’ Roddenberry…
Welcome back to Sci-Friday. Regular readers of the blog know how much I love Back to the Future and Robert Zemeckis in general. But there’s something else you’ll learn in this Back to the Future gag reel featuring outtakes from Michael J. Fox, Lea Thompson, and Christopher Lloyd. Watch it and see if you pick…
Fun fact: we’ve been chasing flying cars since 1917. True story. Now, for this Sci-Friday, our flying car is here! The Jetson One is a commercially available personal electric aerial vehicle that you can own and fly. Watch the video and then let’s discuss: Look, I get it. It’s not the Flying DeLorean we’ve all…
Panic in Year Zero is scifi with a jazz soundtrack, a classic tale with yesteryear stars, and a masterclass in indie filmmaking. A special treat for Sci-Friday, one of the greatest post-apocalyptic movies you’ve never seen. You’ll want to watch Panic in Year Zero for a lot of reasons: 1) It’s Scifi 2) It features Jean…
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