Science Fiction
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Rebooting Terminator. They should make a Future War Movie.
(This is a re-edit of an early article. The original is available here.) The emergence of AI and advancements in robotics have made the Terminator franchise very relevant. Whenever people talk about an AI apocalypse, they usually reference Skynet: the franchise’s rogue supercomputer that tries to destroy humanity and starts using time travel to prevent…
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Star Wars Rewritten. A No-Spoiler Version of Episode 2. Part 3
How to Create a No-Spoiler Version of Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones. Part 3 I grew up watching the Star Wars Prequels and love them to no end, but I will admit that they’re flawed films. The fan base has, subsequently, provided a host of suggestions and proposals on how to fix…
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How did the Daleks defeat the Time Lords?
When Doctor Who was revived in 2005 (New Who), it was revealed that during the intermission, a war had broken out between the Time Lords and the Daleks, destroying both civilisations. The Doctor was now the last of his kind, and the Daleks had suffered a major setback. Still, after watching the classic series, the…
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How to Make a ‘No-Spoiler’ Version of Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones Part 2
I’ve become a little obsessed with figuring out how to create a no-spoiler version of the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy that a new fan could watch before the original films without having any of the twists or reveals spoiled. I’ve already made an outline for the Phantom Menace, and am now working on Attack of…
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How to make a no-spoiler version of Attack of the Clones Part 1
Some time back, I wrote a series of articles outlining an alternative version of Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace. I wanted to see if it would be possible to create a ‘No Spoiler’ version of the prequels that a new fan could watch before the Original Trilogy, without spoiling any of its twists…
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The Return of Doctor Who’s Granddaughter
The return of Susan Foreman explained, with a bit of Doctor Who head canon thrown in. Spoilers for Doctor Who Series 15. I love Doctor Who, but to be honest, the most recent series was not great. Ncuti Gatwa was a good Doctor, and there were a lot of cool ideas, but the writing has…
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There should be a Star Wars Movie about the formation of the Old Republic
I’d love to see a movie about the formation of the Republic For years, almost from the moment that Disney bought Star Wars, there has been speculation about an Old Republic movie, set during the ancient wars between the Jedi and the Sith Empire. I’m a big fan of that idea (especially since the main…
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What Will Humanoid Robots Actually Do? What Sci-Fi Predicts.
What will humanoid robots/androids actually do? I’m guessing they’re meant to be generalist machines, able to do anything we need. But I can’t imagine generalist machines would be that good at any specific task, and if they were, humanity might object. This is explored in a lot of great Sci-Fi stories, and there is a…
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The Mandalorian season 2 was the perfect Star Wars epilogue. (Part 2)
This article turned out unintentionally long, so I split it into two parts. Part 1 is available here. In part 1, I discussed the problems that The Mandalorian has had since season 2 ended. I also had a few suggestions about what should have happened in season 3 or in a Mandalorians (plural) successor show.…
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Andor Ends On A High Note. Season 2 Final Arc Review (episodes 10-12)
Major Spoilers for Andor Season 2 Phenomenal. Andor has released its last batch of episodes, and it went out on a high. In some ways, the finale arc was cleaning shop. The second season has been primarily focused on the Ghormans. But that story reached its culmination in the previous arc, with the Ghorman massacre.…
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Andor Season 2 Arc 3 is Amazing (episodes 7-9)
Major Spoilers for Andor Season 2. Incredible. I could probably end the review there. I won’t. But that is the tldr. The most recent episode block of Andor season 2 is out (episodes 7-9). In previous weeks, I have had a few nitpicking complaints. Nothing major, just small things that didn’t quite work. Not this…
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What Went Wrong with The Mandalorian Season 3? (Part 1)
This article was unintentionally long, so I’ve split it into two parts. Spoilers for The Mandalorian The Mandalorian was a course correction for Star Wars after the disappointing Rise of Skywalker. It became something of a cultural phenomenon, and its second season ended on a high note. Hopes were high for season 3, but it…
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Star Wars: A Bunch of Thoughts on Andor Season 2’s Second Arc (episodes 4-5)
Spoilers for Andor season 2 The second arc of Andor season 2 is out, and it’s another home run. It’s an improvement on the excellent previous arc as well. Prior Criticisms Addressed As great as the first arc was, I did have some nitpicking criticisms. Chiefly, the previous arc didn’t have quite enough story to…
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Using real science to speculate about alien ecosystems.
Just some random thoughts about alien ecosystems Recently, I’ve noticed loads of documentaries and videos that use real-world science to make predictions about how alien plant and animal life would evolve on other planets and environments. I say ‘loads’, I’ve seen two: a Netflix documentary and a Kurzgesagt video. Admittedly, they’re not really ‘science’ documentaries,…
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Star Wars: Andor Season 2 Kicks Off with a Bang.
Spoilers for Season 2 Episodes 1-3 Andor is back! ‘Star Wars for grown-ups,’ as Stellan Skarsgård calls it. Fair play to him, I guess. Andor is probably the best piece of Star Wars media since the Original Trilogy, and season 2 has kicked off with a bang. A New Episode Structure They’ve changed the formula…
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