Science Fiction – Deep Sand

Avatar – A Movie Review

January 20, 2010January 21, 2010 John Action, Adventure, James Cameron, Sam Worthington, Science Fiction, Sigourney Weaver, Zoe Saldana

AVATAR takes us to a spectacular world beyond imagination, where a reluctant hero embarks on an epic adventure, ultimately fighting to save the alien world he has learned to call home. Reborn in his avatar form, Jake can walk again. He is given a mission to infiltrate the Na’vi, who have become a major obstacle to mining the precious ore. But a beautiful Na’vi female, Neytiri, saves Jake’s life, and this changes everything. Jake is taken in by her clan, and learns to become one of them, which involves many tests and adventures. This would normally be a film I’d recommend seeing, but suggest waiting to see it on DVD. However, I have to suggest watching it in the theater on a big screen.

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District 9 – A Movie Review

August 23, 2009 John alien, Aliens, Fantasy, Jason Cope, Nathalie Bolt, Neill Blomkamp, Science Fiction, Sharlto Copley, South Africa, space ship

Thirty years ago, aliens made first contact with Earth. Humans waited for the hostile attack, or the giant advances in technology. Neither came. Instead, the aliens were refugees, the last survivors of their home world. Lay and I went to see this movie at an 11 AM showing last weekend. I’d read all these great reviews, and thought it might be a decent film. Unfortunately, I was somewhat disappointed.

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Jumper – A Movie Review

April 26, 2009 John Action, Hayden Christensen, Samuel L. Jackson, Science Fiction

The concept is an intriguing one…this idea of being able to teleport one’s self to anywhere in the world. What a fun power that would be, and lead character, David, discovers the power during his high school days, and heads off to from an unhappy home to learn to use his power. It’s not terrible, but it certainly goes to low-end of my scale.

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Astronaut Farmer

October 21, 2007March 24, 2008 John Adventure, Astronaut Farmer, Billy Bob Thornton, Drama, Max Thieriot, Michael Polish, Science Fiction, Virginia Madsen

A NASA astronaut (Thornton), forced to retire years earlier so he could save his family farm, has never given up his dream of space travel and looks to build his own rocket, despite the government’s threats to stop him.

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The Journey Matters

June 1, 2006January 13, 2010 John Author, Goals, Journeys, Science Fiction, Ursual K LeGuin

It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters, in the end. –Ursula K. LeGuin