GorT received the following interoffice memo from Dr. J regarding the Science Fiction TV show countdown: GorT,I’ve enjoyed your commentary on the top 50 Sci-Fi shows as ranked by people other than us.I’d like to share a few of my … Continue reading →
So, I’ve received some feedback from other Castle dwellers as well as some operatives and minions. Always great to hear the opinions. I’ll present the top 5 here and let folks digest. Over the next few days, I’ll post up … Continue reading →
Getting closer…I appreciate the mail and will be posting feedback and mail after the full list is up. Number 10: The Outer Limits I never really went back and watched The Outer Limits or its inspiration, The Twilight Zone, save … Continue reading →
Tick, tick, tick – we’re getting closer to number 1…do you know what it is? Did you cheat? Number 15: Blake’s 7 GorT has no pattern recognition here – never heard of it or saw it. Blake’s 7 featuresRoj Blake, … Continue reading →
As we close in on number 1, you’ll start seeing some consistently strong contenders. However, still a few anomalies remain. Number 20: Starblazers / Space Battleship Yamato GorT watched this on Saturday mornings regularly. The article references both Speed Racer and … Continue reading →
Marching down the list, we get a few good ones here… Number 25: Max Headroom GorT watched this whole series and enjoyed it as a young lad – geeky science fiction, quirky humor (I was a young lad) and Amanda … Continue reading →
Number 35: Cowboy Bepop You think that Guardians of the Galaxy is the only mixed team that includes an odd cast of characters? Cowboy Bebop ran for 20+ episodes in the late 1990s and remains a fav in the … Continue reading →
Number 40: Life on Mars This was a short-lived BBC show where a detective was hit by a car and wakes up in the 1970s. Ok, maybe “science fiction”….or maybe just an interesting premise as the series focused more on being … Continue reading →
The next installment: Number 45: Knight Rider Blech. I think I just threw up in my mouth a little. Ok, maybe a lot. GorT was never a fan of this show. Way too campy. Hasselhoff was over the top. Ugh. … Continue reading →
It’s been a while since GorT (or others here) did a multi-part post/series. We’ve had some memorable ones. While this one may not become one, it’s of interest to me and a few followers that I’ve traded emails with so … Continue reading →
Amazon Studios just quietly greenlighted the drama The Man In the High Castle. Based on Philip K. Dick’s Hugo Award-winning novel, The Man In the High Castle is written by Frank Spotnitz (of the X-Files) and to be directed by David Semel (Legends). It is set in … Continue reading →
Dr. J. took in the documentary Jodorowsky’s Dune last week. The movie discussed director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s attempt to make the movie Dune in the early 1970s. Dr. J. highly recommends the movie if you are a film junkie and/or are curious to … Continue reading →
It’s true, but today the Czar will take a little help from our good friend and frequent Castle visitor (and more frequent plumbing jammer) Uncle Jay. The Big Guy sends the Czar a fun little story from UK.News.Yahoo, which you … Continue reading →
So if you missed the relaunch of the Cosmos series last night with Neil deGrasse Tyson, I would recommend tuning in on Friday to watch. There is plenty to say about his personal views and maybe even some of the … Continue reading →
This will make sense if you watched the Day of the Doctor Gentle Readers, This contains spoilers, but as it is after the 48 hour embargo period, Dr. J. decided to start off with spoiler free reviews then delve into … Continue reading →
Rockin’ the Gallifreyan Robes Gentle Readers, Dr. J. learned over the weekend that Matt Smith will be completing his run as the 11th Doctor on Doctor Who after the 2013 Christmas Special. Dr. J.’s been a big fan of the … Continue reading →
There isn’t a redeeming website attached to the Gawker tree. Of course, this is what happens when you have a bunch of under-educated 20-somethings trying to educate themselves through the Internet. Today’s io9 website, which seems to deal mainly with … Continue reading →
Some of you may be saying, “Gerry Anderson? Who is that?” Gerry Anderson was a staple in GorT’s youth as the Saturday night lineup was the Muppet Show followed by Space: 1999. Mr. Anderson died at the age of 83. … Continue reading →
It takes a special gift to write a scientific news story about something so unscientific that the author, Joel N. Shurkin, clearly thinks is stupid as well. And he has a model example for you to read. A professor—what is … Continue reading →
GorT has a number of favorite genres for fiction which include mysteries (particularly British characters such as P.D. James’ Adam Dalgliesh series, Sarah Caudwell’s Hilary Tamar series and Deborah Crombie’s Kincaid/James series, but also some other sub-genres), British naval historical … Continue reading →
She even had companions and prior companions… Rumor has it, Helen Mirren would be willing to play a Time Lord… h/t – SWFBF Dr. J.
Continue reading →Science writer George Dvorsky has a really fascinating and informative piece up at io9 cleverly titled “Intense Magnetic Fields Around White Dwarfs Reveal an Entirely New Class of Molecular Bonding,” in which he reviews how the incredible magnetic fields around … Continue reading →
One finds that arguing with an environmentalist is empowering for them within 5 minutes, and disastrous for them within 10 minutes. In other words, the longer you engage them, the worse they do. What it comes down to is that … Continue reading →
The Czar has already received questions about an extraordinary claim that there are signs of life on Venus. Specifically, a Russian scientist says he has photographic evidence of a disk, a black “flap,” and a scorpion-like creature. The scientist is … Continue reading →
Your Mandarin would like to take a moment to provide an important public service announcement and award the coveted Boot in the Gut™ award. Apparently water does not provide the health benefits that we have all been led to believe … Continue reading →
A NASA astrobiologist claims that he has found fossilized evidence of alien life on a microbe. So why hasn’t the press been busting into your regularly scheduled viewing? Perhaps it is because the scientist, Richard Hoover, has done this before, … Continue reading →
Yes, I went and saw Tron 2 over the Christmas break. As a kid, I thought the original Tron, while campy and cheesy, had a certain cool element to it – at least in terms of Science Fiction entertainment. It … Continue reading →
Where are the most woo-woo places in the US? You know, the place where you get all funky with crystal healing, spiritual chakras, and so on? Los Angeles, right? San Francisco? Seattle, maybe? The Czar will shock and delight. His … Continue reading →
Or Belisarius, what do you think? Thanks as ever to Flava Last. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. www.gormogons.com
Continue reading →The Volgi pointed me at a recent post by one of my favorite authors, Orson Scott Card, over at the National Review Online in which he highlights a number of books in the Science Fiction / Fantasy genre that may … Continue reading →
Overall, I have to admit that I really enjoyed the finale of Battlestar Galactica. It was a show that took risks and provided a unique diversion on TV at a time when I think TV was doling out rather mediocre … Continue reading →
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.”Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene 2, lines 1-2 News has been leaking out over the last few days about the upcoming name … Continue reading →
GorT is a science fiction fan and grew up with a variety of science fiction shows. These include some pretty bad ones like Automan, Battlestar Galactica (the bad one), V, and Space: 1999. Of course, Star Trek was a big … Continue reading →
It’s weird how relevent the Gomorgons website is to every single thing the Czar thinks about. His six-year-old Царевич has recently completed a Lenten sacrifice by watching all six Star Wars episodes in their entirety (that means without wandering off … Continue reading →
As mentioned earlier, GorT and family went to the see Star Wars: The Clone Wars in the theater. My seven-year old son is fixated on Star Wars. As readers will probably learn over time here, I’m rather easy on most … Continue reading →
