space entertainment

All posts tagged space entertainment

Gravity (2013) poster

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1454468/
https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/gravity

While doing everyday things in space, debris tears through everything leaving survivors on a desperate yet somehow extremely slow-paced race to survive.

Not memorable in any way. Do not watch.



Continue Reading

Master of Orion II - Battle at Antares - (1996 game) image

Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)

This is a generally crappy game. Several elements of gameplay are annoying, or take too many clicks or whatever. Sigh.

  1. Master of Orion – (1993 game)
  2. Master of Orion II – Battle at Antares – (1996 game)



Continue Reading

Star Control - (1990 game) DOS cover

Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.mobygames.com/game/205/star-control/
https://forums.starcontrol.com/

A basic top-down shooter.

Firefly (2002) cast

Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303461/

A space-western with a motley down-and-out crew struggling on the edge of a semi-dystopian planet-spanning civilization.

Easily one of the best television shows I’ve ever seen. I don’t just consider this mandatory, I will dog people to watch it. I bought two copies of this series just to give one away.

Let me stress this. This is a series so good that even after cancellation there was enough popularity to produce a movie. A movie for a cancelled series. The only one I’ve ever heard of. Serenity – (2005 movie) is itself mandatory viewing for those who have enjoyed Firefly.

Mandatory viewing. I have been brought to tears more than once.



Continue Reading

TODO – Is this out in blu-ray?

Farscape (1999-2003) s1c1 poster

Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0187636/
was www.scifi.com/farscape/ archive
https://www.henson.com/farscape/

An air force test pilot’s prototype spacecraft falls into a wormhole that takes him across the universe

While I really like this series, it’s a major uncomfortable mindfuck in many places and I don’t know how strongly I could recommend it to others. I would be far more hesitant in recommending it to those not already fans of the science fiction genre at large, whose members are often far more accepting of already-difficult subjects.

See also:



Continue Reading