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If you woke up tomorrow with a different set of memories, would you still be you?

A while back I watched A Scanner Darkly. While this is a good enough film (and yet another cinematic adaptation of a Philip K Dick novel), it’s certainly not the best film I’ve seen about fractured identities and perspectives that are warped by drugs or technology. Total Recall has much more fun with the

topic. Based [...]

If You Were to Create a Sci-Fi Show, What Would it Look Like?

Here are some things I’d like to see:
I would like to see some sort of epic space opera along the lines of Star Wars, where swashbuckling, magic, and spaceships all combine for a really good ride.
What about cyberpunk? Am I the only one missing the heady cyberpunk days before the web was solidified? Back before [...]

Stargate SG-1 Ends Tonight…So Where Does That Leave SciFi?

I’m about nine seasons behind with Stargate SG-1 so I won’t be watching the series finale that’s airing tonight. (Not to mention, I’ll be out performing comedy improv in West Los Angeles!) So now SG-1 is dead, and BSG is dying soon. Whither SciFi? We have Painkiller Jane (I’m not even sure what that concept [...]

Battlestar Galactica’s Brief Journey: How Long Should Sci-Fi Shows Last?

With the recent news about the impending end of Battlestar Galactica after only four seasons, I have to ask the following question:
How many seasons is the right amount of seasons for a good, serialized science fiction show?
The new Star Treks were supposed to last around seven seasons (many did not make it that far). Farscape [...]

What Happens When Time Stops?

Just a question to throw out there:
In the Twilight Zone episode where the guy has the stopwatch that stops time, what ultimately happens when his stopwatch breaks?
Has he now stopped time forever, leaving all people in the world in a state of suspension?
Will time start again when he himself dies?
Will he even die at all? [...]

 

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