There are a number of reasons why you shouldn’t make a movie about a supernova: scientific inaccuracies, belabored plot, writing yourself into an inevitable corner, etc. A supernova is kind of the “end game” scenario, no matter what, your protagonists will meet a fiery death. How does one make a movie about such a scenario…
Final Days of Planet Earth (2006)
The theme of alien invasion has always been my favorite subject in stories. I’ve often hoped that a race of aliens would come to this planet with the pure intention of conquest just so I could join a resistance movement like in Half-Life 2 or even Battlefield Earth. The idea utterly excites my imagination, which…
Infested (2002)
Well this was a treat of a movie. It had all the ingredients for a silly sci-fi monster movie. Bugs, host bodies, death, finale explosions, and lots of unrealistic CGI. Plus Amy Jo Johnson kicking more butt than she ever did as the Pink Ranger. On first viewing, the camera work just looked too good…
The Last Sentinel (2007)
The Last Sentinel has the rare distinction of being one of the few good Sci-Fi Channel Original movies. Despite what the cover of the DVD suggests, this story is more about Don “The Dragon” Wilson’s character Tallis than Katee Sackoff’s character who, interestingly, is never named. The story starts out simple enough. In this post-apocalyptic…
The Black Hole (2006)
Despite what the title tells you, the emphasis is on an electrical monster, not an astronomical force of destruction. There IS a black hole, but somehow the impending implosion of planet Earth is less dangerous than ONE stupid monster that the authorities can’t contain. The story starts out simple enough: a quantum research center has…