How technology and science are portrayed in movies and TV is always changing. Science fiction writers have dealt with this for years, but what about non-science fiction stories. How are these things treated in stories…
Why Do We Love Scary Movies? – Episode 071
- June 22, 2016
- Tagged as: 10 cloverfield lane, 28 days later, alien, american horror story, dawn of the dead, game of thrones, jaws, jeepers creepers, leviathan wakes, paranormal activity, saw, station eleven, the babadook, the crossing, the invasion of the body snatchers, the omen, the thing, the unknown, the walking dead
What is it about humanity that makes us enjoy watching scary movies? Why do we pay to go into a dark movie theater and watch terrible things? Brent and Erik delve into horror films and look at…
When Is Evil Good? – Episode 044
- July 31, 2015
- Tagged as: alien, aliens, entrapment, limitless, nightcrawler, no country for old men, prometheus, return of the jedi, return of the king, star trek, the babadook, the bad seed, the little mermaid, the player, the saints go dying, the stepford wives, the talented mr ripley, tomorrowland
When is it good to be bad? When do you root for the villain, and when you root against? When does evil come from within and when does it come from without? Brent and Erik look at…
Why are so many sequels so much worse than the original? Why do they retread the same group? Brent and Erik visit (revisit?) sequels and look at the “rules” that make the great ones great. Your Hosts…
Has CGI ruined movies? – Episode 031
- March 11, 2015
- Tagged as: alien, angel heart, beauty and the beast, beowulf, charlie and the chocolate factory, chef, chronicle, cloverfield, deep blue sea, dragonslayer, game of thrones, jaws, marvel's agent carter, star wars, the adventures of tintin, the hobbit, the lord of the rings, the polar express, titanic, willy wonka and the chocolate factory
Computer generated images are in almost every major studio movie, especially the upcoming summer blockbuster season. Has it gone too far and stifled creativity? Or has CGI actually unleashed it? Your Hosts Brent Hartinger Erik Hanberg Links…