http://closetscifigeek.com science fiction news and reviews for cool nerds Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:47:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   Zombie’s scare the bejesus out of me. I read in a dream book that Zombies represent a disconnection from feelings. If you are feeling numb, depressed, cold inside, or if you are completely consumed by a certain feeling, like hunger or fury, then you are the closest to being a ... http://closetscifigeek.com/2008/07/03/zombies-on-the-brain/ I had one of those lazy Sundays where I just got caught up on Battlestar Galactica...from season three right into season four. There's something to be said for watching the whole lot at once - you aren't constantly waiting for those incessant cliffhangers. And how about that ending, eh? Well, I ... http://closetscifigeek.com/2008/06/30/battlestar-galactica-meets-planet-of-the-apes/ Just a heads up: On occasion you'll see me review a book or DVD here and I'll be giving it away for free. I'll be doing this through Bookins, which is a fantastic online book/DVD trading service. What you do is sign up and then earn points for giving your ... http://closetscifigeek.com/2008/06/25/book-and-dvd-trade/ Thought I'd give this a quick mention as it's very cool. I used to make Ascii pictures of things on my old Atari 600XL back in the eighties. These guys have elevated it to an art form! Click on the picture to go an see Star Wars, animated in Ascii. ... http://closetscifigeek.com/2008/06/17/ascii-star-wars/ Recently, more anomalies have been showing up in my photos...anomalies such as those mysterious "orbs" you may have heard about. While skeptics say they are just dust on the camera lens, others think they may be signs of the paranormal. Whether they are real or not, I find them to ... http://closetscifigeek.com/2008/06/15/ghostly-photo-blog/ WARNING: SPOILER if you haven't watched the series recently! So am I the only one who will not be missing Owen on Torchwood? I could never get his appeal. Somehow he was this sex-god with women, and every woman on Torchwood was in love with him, but he was just ... http://closetscifigeek.com/2008/06/13/torchwoods-owen-harper/ Since I’m in a cycle of reminiscence about the SF influences of my childhood at the moment, I thought I’d share Starfleet with you. I remember being so excited about it as a kid. The baddies were scary, with centipede mind control devises on their heads, not to mention their ... http://closetscifigeek.com/2008/06/03/starfleet/ The Tomorrow People, Thames Television (A&E Home Video) Starring Nicholas Young, Peter Vaughan-Clarke, and Elizabeth Adare For those of us who tuned into "Nickleodeon" on weekday afternoons in the 1980's, the US-formatted DVD release of "The Tomorrow People" is a blast to our Gen-X retro past. Yeah, the special effects were cheesy and ... http://closetscifigeek.com/2008/05/31/in-the-dvd-player/ Spoilers ahead...I just have to say I am continually impressed at how well the folks at Lost are doing with keeping the show fresh and intriguing after so many years. The finale was just heartstopping, and the show just keeps getting weirder in a good way. A few thoughts: 1. The island ... http://closetscifigeek.com/2008/05/30/losts-season-finale/ Now, does anyone else remember Samurai Pizza Cats? A groovy parody of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Personally, I loved it. It was anarchic and had a manic creativity that TMNT lacked. The Pizza Cats, Speedy Cerviche (pronounced “ser-vee-chay”), Polly Esther, and Guido Anchovy, were a pizza delivery team during their down-time, ... http://closetscifigeek.com/2008/05/27/samurai-pizza-cats/