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scifigene has joined the discussion: What does the world owe to NAPOLEON??
- December 31st, 2009
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scifigene has joined the discussion: Lessons Learned from 2009
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scifigene has joined the discussion: Who is your favourite voice of all time?
- December 29th, 2009
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scifigene has posted a new entry on: The Sci-Fi Gene
Avatar and the language of 3D
Continuity editing, the dominant style of narrative cinema and TV, is about how much you can get away with: two actors can film on opposite sides of the Earth, ten years apart, yet the viewer can be m…
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scifigene has joined the discussion: Your Favourite Cover Song?
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scifigene has posted a new entry on: The Sci-Fi Gene
Trick or Triffid?
Day of the Triffids, Episode 2, the ending: I wish to enquire - WTF? More on that story later. For now, thank goodness the BBC didn't fall into the trap of giving us an ending that made Any Sense What…
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scifigene has joined the discussion: Are you a book hound? What books have you read recently?
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scifigene has bookmarked the video Most realistic use of computer graphics ever.
- December 28th, 2009
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scifigene has posted a new entry on: The Sci-Fi Gene
Feed me, Seymour! [First impressions: Day of the Triffids]
I've just seen the first half of the BBC's new Day of the Triffids drama starring Dougray Scott, Joely Richardson and Eddie Izzard. The tone is serious - there's very little Doctor Who-style playfulne…
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scifigene has bookmarked the video Hot Chip - "Over and Over" Astralwerks Records.
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scifigene has joined the discussion: What can I do to help me sleep?
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scifigene has joined the discussion: Fight Club: Pop v. Soda
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scifigene has bookmarked the video SteamPunk'd.
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scifigene has bookmarked the video Tornado a1 peppercorn steam engine moves at york.
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scifigene has bookmarked the video The Foxes - Bill Hicks (Official Video).
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scifigene has bookmarked the video 60163 Tornado Steam Engine launch.
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scifigene has bookmarked the video Planet of the Daleks - Rough Render.
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scifigene has bookmarked the video The British Tea Ceremony.
- December 27th, 2009
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- December 26th, 2009
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scifigene has posted a new entry on: The Sci-Fi Gene
Family Cookbook [Reviews: Seizure, chromosome 6]
Seizure and chromosome 6 are novels by Robin Cook M.D. Both explore a number of similar themes - in particular doctors or medical researchers who take unethical routes to develop experimental treatmen…
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scifigene has bookmarked the video "This Is..." (SFL48-2009: Team Deathstar Holiday Chalets).
- December 24th, 2009
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scifigene has bookmarked the video guitar implements to make soundsculptures by G P Hall.
- December 23rd, 2009
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scifigene has posted a new entry on: The Sci-Fi Gene
Haikuphobia [Review: False Memory]
Atmosphere of dread.The monster is in yourself -watch out for haikus.Martie Rhodes, the programmer heroine of Dean Koontz’ novel False Memory, starts to experience episodes of fear. Initially this i…
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scifigene has joined the discussion: Best Sci Fi
- December 21st, 2009
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scifigene has bookmarked the video Human Touch.
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scifigene has joined the discussion: Game: YOU can ONLY talk in MUSIC - Lyrics/Album Names/Song Names/Band Names - etc.
- December 20th, 2009
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scifigene has bookmarked the video Machine Time.
- December 18th, 2009
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scifigene has posted a new entry on: The Sci-Fi Gene
On The Bleach [Review: Carriers]
Carriers is a low-budget horror movie starring Chris Pine. The world, or at least the USA, is decimated by a killer virus. A small group of survivors, including two siblings with opposite personaliti…
- December 17th, 2009
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scifigene has posted a new entry on: The Sci-Fi Gene
Ataque de Pánico! - the next District 9?
You may already have seen this: Fede Alvarez' short film "Ataque de Pánico!" made for £108 (plus muchisimas grasias) and uploaded to YouTube, which is in the news as it led to a slightly larger budg…
- December 14th, 2009
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scifigene has posted a new entry on: The Sci-Fi Gene
Gunpowder Plot
Fellow sci-fi blogger (and apparently a fellow Colcestrian too) Adam Whitehead has been busy with a fascinating and well-written series on the history of the plot arc in sci-fi drama. Part 1, Part 2 a…
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scifigene has posted a new entry on: The Sci-Fi Gene
Blood Borne
Viruses (virii) get a bad press in science fiction generally. In films such as Virus, Outbreak or Twelve Monkeys they are presented as a threat to the survival of humanity. This reflects the fears ass…
- December 11th, 2009
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scifigene has joined the discussion: Limericks!
- December 10th, 2009
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scifigene has posted a new entry on: The Sci-Fi Gene
The Black Hole
Miroslaw Balka’s Turbine Hall installation, How It Is, takes the form of a giant cargo crate. Although one end is completely open, the lighting arrangement means that as you enter the crate you quic…
- December 9th, 2009
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scifigene has bookmarked the video killing the dead.
- December 8th, 2009
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scifigene has joined the discussion: Do You Believe the crop circle at Arecibo was an alien message?
- December 7th, 2009
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scifigene has started a new discussion: Everyone's entitled to at least one...
- December 6th, 2009
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scifigene has posted a new entry on: The Sci-Fi Gene
Last Zombie Standing
Two films released onto YouTube in a week, and both have been a long time in production. Here's the final cut of Last Zombie Standing, my entry with Team Special Circumstances in the Movieum Zombie Fi…
- December 2nd, 2009
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scifigene has posted a new entry on: The Sci-Fi Gene
Soupremacy
Soupremacy is a music video collaboration between myself and composer David Novan. You can see the HD version on YouTube. This animation was produced in Cinema 4D and edited in Blender.
- December 1st, 2009
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scifigene has posted a new entry on: The Sci-Fi Gene
Screenplay Babylon [Review: Babylon A.D.]
This film, in which Vin Diesel's future mercenary smuggles a mysterious young woman and her religious minder from a chaotic, kill-or-be-killed Eastern Europe to the richer, advertise-or-be-advertised…
- November 29th, 2009
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scifigene has posted a new entry on: The Sci-Fi Gene
Kindness from a stranger
A few weeks ago I had a bag stolen. It happened quickly but was a huge loss although I was lucky enough to be amongst supportive friendly company at the time. I quickly found what some others in this…
- November 26th, 2009
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scifigene has posted a new entry on: The Sci-Fi Gene
Earth vs the Neutrino [Review: 2012]
The sun is spewing out more and more neutrinos – and they’re not the usual ones that pass through the Earth without so much as a blip on a billion dollar detection facility. No, these are special…
- November 24th, 2009
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scifigene has bookmarked the video Metamorphosis Socks.
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scifigene has posted a new entry on: The Sci-Fi Gene
Dream a little dream [First impressions: The Temporal Void]
This is an early update - it will be centuries before my descendents finally reach the end of this novel. Set centuries after the events of the Commonwealth novels, The Temporal Void is the sequel to…
- November 21st, 2009
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scifigene has posted a new entry on: The Sci-Fi Gene
How to get ahead in CGI
We used this scene in Last Zombie Standing but during the 48 hour period I only managed a low resolution fluid sim. Here's what it should have looked like:As I'm trying to get faster at these techniqu…
- November 19th, 2009
- November 17th, 2009
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scifigene has posted a new entry on: The Sci-Fi Gene
Mega Novella vs Giant Novel
If you are a Freudian psychoanalyst STOP READING THIS NOW. You have been warned.I’ve just started a new Peter F. Hamilton brick, The Temporal Void. I’ve also just finished a Dean Koontz novel, Fal…
- November 16th, 2009
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scifigene has posted a new entry on: The Sci-Fi Gene
History Of The World - Part I
Time has run out - like an aircraft carrier falling from the crest of a tidal wave, 2012 has been released upon us. Time for a quick history lesson from the movies:In 1,000,000 B.C. cavewomen were fi…
- November 15th, 2009
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scifigene has posted a new entry on: The Sci-Fi Gene
Water Zombies [Review: Doctor Who The Waters Of Mars]
Doctor Who special The Waters of Mars was, as promised, a darker episode than usual, with very little humour apart from Tennant's occasional clowning. There have been some great episodes that really p…
