Jeremiah Tolbert

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Recommended Viewing: The Sleep Dealer

by Jeremiah Tolbert on Sep 02, 2009 (3) Comments

I have often thought that the future of sci­ence fic­tion isn’t in tales of first world nations like the United States. The future sto­ries we should be explor­ing and con­tem­plat­ing more are the ones involv­ing (and told by res­i­dents of) life on the fringes, in the fave­las and the bor­der towns, in the devel­op­ing world, […]

What are you favorite bad 80s SF films?

by Jeremiah Tolbert on Jul 23, 2008 (7) Comments

What are some of you favorite 1980s bad genre films?  Examples might include Weird Science, Willow, Krull, Flash Gordon… I leave it up to the indi­vid­ual to define “bad” and “favorite.”    I’m mak­ing a list, but I want to make sure I don’t for­get any.  Please help, Obi won Livejournal. You’re my only hope.

Recommended: WALL-E

by Jeremiah Tolbert on Jun 29, 2008 (0) Comments

Do you remem­ber that Disney CG film Dinosaurs? It’s orig­i­nal con­cept involved a fea­ture length movie with ani­mals that only emoted, and never spoke.  Having always been a big fan of com­puter ani­ma­tion, I was excited at the early rumors of the film.  Unfortunately, Disney execs got involved and the result was the talky-travesty that […]

Recycled: Fiddler On the Roof is Science Fiction

by Jeremiah Tolbert on May 06, 2008 (0) Comments

I didn’t have a chance to write a good post today, so here’s some recy­cled con­tent from last year: Nobody believes me when I tell them that I think Fiddler on the Roof is the best sci­ence fic­tion musi­cal tragi­com­edy ever. Fiddler on the Roof, at its core, is about a slightly old-fashioned man expe­ri­enc­ing future shock. […]