Tag Archives: science fiction

Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Metaphysical Reflection

January 16th, 2009 | Posted in demonology, Minority Report, science fiction, The Devil's Advocate, theological reflection

As readers of this site are aware, I attempt to move beyond a surface level analysis and appreciation of the fantastic in cinema and television to dig a little deeper in order to discover their social, cultural, and at times religious or spiritual aspects these venues provide. Last year I had the opportunity to teach […]

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Interview with Scott Derrickson: The Day the Earth Stood Still

December 8th, 2008 | Posted in science fiction, Scott Derrickson, The Day the Earth Stood Still

One of the classics of science fiction is The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951). In this film the alien Klaatu comes to earthwith the warning that humanity must decide to live in peace or face global annihilation brought about through a race of robots such as Gort, Klaatu’s intergalactic traveling companion. This classic has been […]

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The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008): Potential and Peril

November 19th, 2008 | Posted in 1950s, science fiction, The Day the Earth Stood Still

I was a young child when I first discovered the fantastic through television broadcasts of science fiction films. These became sources that fueled my fears and fed my imagination. My fears took shape through films like Invaders From Mars (1953) with the images of aliens burrowing underground and mind control devices drilled into the base of human […]

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Celebrating 50 Years of The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling Conference at Ithica College

November 16th, 2008 | Posted in 1950s, 1960s, conference, fantasy, Marc Scott Zicree, Rod Serling, science fiction, television, Twilight Zone

The discussion list for the Popular Culture and American Culture Associations included an item recently of interest to TheoFantastique. Ithica College is hosting a Rod Serling conference in October 2009. As the college event’s website describes the event: Picture, if you will, a place where communication students can study the creative work of one of […]

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Aliens R Us: Science Fiction and the Other

November 14th, 2008 | Posted in aliens, Othering, science fiction

Sean Cubitt is Director of the Media and Communications Program at The University of Melbourne. With Zaiudin Sardar he is the co-editor of Aliens R Us: The Other in Science Fiction Cinema (Pluto Press, 2002). As the subtitle indicates, this volume looks at various expressions of science fiction and how the genre has served as a […]

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The Love War: A Legacy of the ABC Movie of the Week

September 28th, 2008 | Posted in 1970s, science fiction, television

The other day a memory of 1970s television came to mind in the form of a science fiction tale, but I couldn’t remember the name of the program. Thank goodness for the Internet and Google. A quick search under “Angie Dickinson” and “Lloyd Bridges,” connected to “1970s television” produced the result I was hoping for. […]

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Planet of the Apes Blue-Ray DVD Release

September 24th, 2008 | Posted in 1960s, Planet of the Apes, science fiction

I’m a little late in promoting this information from a press release from Fox announcing the Blue-Ray DVD release of Planet of the Apes this November. I am a huge fan of the franchise as a formative one in my childhood interaction with sci fi, and last night’s research in trying to track down Eric […]

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Westworld and Logan’s Run as Select 1970s Sci Fi Cinema

September 23rd, 2008 | Posted in 1970s, Logan's Run, Michael Crichton, Westworld

I’ve been reflecting on science fiction films recently in preparation for a future interview to be posted here. Years ago it was an encounter with science fiction, later fantasy films, and eventually horror, that produced a lifelong interest in the fantastic. For some reason two sci fi films from the 1970s have been on my […]

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Cinematic Extraterrestrials: Call for Papers

August 11th, 2008 | Posted in archetypes, call for papers, pop culture, science fiction

       2008 Film & History Conference “Film & Science: Fictions, Documentaries, and Beyond,” October 30-November 2, 2008, Chicago, Illinois, www.uwosh.edu/filmandhistory Second-Round Deadline: September 1, 2008 Area: Cinematic Extraterrestrials As film made its way into 20th-century popular culture, depictions of extraterrestrial aliens became more prolific and specialized, eventually becoming fixed in the imagination as cultural archetypes, […]

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Science, Religion, and The War of the Worlds

July 29th, 2008 | Posted in H. G. Wells, science fiction, War of the Worlds

My personal story in terms of involvement with the fantastic goes back to a viewing of The Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) on television. I was probably six or seven at the time, but this experience hooked me in terms of fascination with science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Soon after watching this program I […]

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