#151

This week’s episode of Mark Kermode’s Secrets Of Cinema was about sci-fi. Was good…

3 Likes
#152

Watched Interstellar last night.

Saw it back on release but was way too tired for the late screening I went to and don’t think I got much out of it. However, second time around thought it was pretty amazing. Loved the near future setting, the visuals, the score, the parent/child relationships and even the morse code bookshelf/other science stuff. Some of it was genuinely thrilling and other bits genuinely touching. Plus there are some really clever switcheroos in the story.

I seem to remember that most of DiS hated it on release. Just checked, and yup:

This is also entertaining :+1:

#153

I saw it in IMAX. 7/10 film but visually, in that format, it was something else.

#154

Thought it was an average movie, but in a weird way - instead of being meh all the way through, it swings wildly between amazing and dreadful every fifteen minutes or so, and the two just about cancel each other out.

1 Like
#155

What good sci-fi series are on 'flix and prime?

For reference, I really enjoyed Firefly (obvs) and Continuum. Liked Ascension, didn’t get on with The Expanse or Altered Carbon. Got a bit bored with Travellers.

#156

A million times this. There were bits of interstellar that were AMAZING but so many bits that made no sense whatsoever

My rule with Sci fi is I will suspend disbelief happily for anything at all as long as everything else follows on logically from that initial premise. I bought into the set up of interstellar but there were so many bits that made no sense afterwards. Why the living fuck did anyone think that a planet within the schwarzchild radius of a black hole would make a potential human habitation?? It’s like scoping out the fast lane of a motorway as a possible site to build a nursery school.

Oh and if the big problem on planet earth is crop failure, how does relocating to another planet help anyway? You’re presumably bringing your f fucked up crops with you!

1 Like
#157

Dozois is dead? Oh man, I had no idea. Great editor. :cry:

Rich Horton’s work is good, I think. There’s another one I enjoy but can’t think of. The Vandermeers, for historical anthologies, as I said above.

1 Like
#158

Oh Jonathan Strahan could be worth a shot, e.g. this

#159

gonna do a j.g ballard deep dive too i think, followed by a lil PKD. so much stuff to read, wish there was no such thing as work tbh, robs us of valuable sci-fi time.

1 Like
#160

so i finished the genocides.

good god. how to sort through my feelings on this book. first, very good. compulsive, what they used to call a page turner. but…erm…if you thought the road was ott bleak, this is probably not the book for you.

like i say, i would recommend, it’s a great book but…good god.

#161

Did you watch The OA? That was quite odd but pretty watchable.

I quite enjoyed Altered Carbon and The Expanse and I’ve nearly finished s2 of Travellers (a bit slow at times but quite enjoyable I thought). I would also be interested in any good sci-fi series recommendations.

I’ve got Prime but haven’t watched much on it except for Preacher and Lucifer (and The Grand Tour)

1 Like
#162

Nah, keep looking at that and not being sure of it - will check it out though

#163

I thought that The OA was absolutely brilliant - one of my favourite shows of recent years :+1::+1::+1:

Not everyone on DiS agreed…

2 Likes
#164

Have you watched American Gods on prime?
I love it. Absolutely clankin for season 2.

3 Likes
#165

i really enjoyed american gods too, but iirc they’re having a lot of production issues with s2 and it’s not looking likely to return :frowning:

#166

having just posted that i see they’ve actually been filming it for the last 2 months and it’s set for next year :man_facepalming:

1 Like
#167

Ooooo do firefly now for us pls

4 Likes
#168

oh yeah! I did, I forgot about that. I enjoyed it, definitely up for another season of that!

1 Like
#169

Oh. Arse. Didn’t read this until after posting my ‘excited for s2’ post!

#170

FFS I need to stop replying before reading all the other posts!

4 Likes