“We are Forerunners. Guardians of all that exists. The roots of the Galaxy have grown deep under our careful tending. Where there is life, the wisdom of our countless generations has saturated the soil. Our strength is a luminous sun, towards which all intelligence blossoms… And the impervious shelter, beneath which it has prospered.”

John C. Wright on blue sci-fi

To quote in full: The social commentary involved in stories where a brawny space-privateer in a torn shirt and broken power-armor is firing a vehicle-mounted automatic weapon one-handed upon an undead but rampaging vampire-lord Tyrannosaurus Rex thundering down the...

Shorts

So No More Jar Jar Binks, Then? Pictured: A former filmmaker and producer Jabba the Lucas is apparently a bit pissed off at the fact that Disney (very wisely) ignored all of his ideas for STAR WARS VII: The Force Awakens. They even had the audacity, the bare-faced...

Hands OFF, George…

The next STAR WARS movie will probably be bad enough without Jabba the Hutt George Lucas getting his CGI mitts all over it: Life imitates art… sometimes waaaaaay too much Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new...

Crossing the Rubicon

Up until fairly recently, the #Gamergate thing was one of those routine storms in a teacup that flares up from time to time between those of us who like a bit of order and sense in the world, and those Morlocks* among the “social justice” set who stand...

Stupid yet satisfying

When it comes to movies, most people who have heard of my favourites- Serenity, The Dark Knight Trilogy, 300, Hot Fuzz, etc.- generally point out that I have dreadful taste in films. This is usually followed by a genteel philosophical discussion a rather heated...

Stupidity is contagious

And you’re surprised that I’m wearing a HazMat suit in public? But we knew that already. Guess what else is highly contagious? Two patients who had symptoms similar to those Ebola and were rushed to a New York hospital today do not have the virus, it was...

Quinntervention

Blatantly stolen Copied from Vox Day. Who got it from somewhere else anyway. When the whole GamerGate thing broke open three weeks ago, my first reaction was probably best described as a rude scatological noise, followed by a, “hey, look, DESTINY IS FINALLY...

Bring on the sexbots

There’s a golden oldie over at Blackdragon’s blog about the power reversal that would occur if realistic female sex robots were manufactured in large quantities: I have said often that over the next 50 to 60 years, society is in for changes so massive, it...

Cultural Vandals

I first heard that phrase in connection with the controversy over whether or not the first Moon landing actually happened back in 1969*. It was used in a rather interesting BBC documentary- it might actually have been the History Channel, come to think of it- by...