The weekend of May 18, 2013 will live long in my consciousness. It will stand for quite some time as the weekend that two of my favorite franchises tried to hit one out of the park… and failed miserably. You can count my “favorite” franchises on one hand. Among them are Doctor Who, Superman and Star Trek (not [...]
Archive for the ‘Science Fiction’ Category
Fandom Into Darkness
Posted: May 23, 2013 by J. Marcus in Doctor Who, Film Review, Science Fiction, Television, Watching the DoctorTags: Doctor Who, Jenna-Louise Coleman, Matt Smith, Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness, Steven Moffat, The Name of the Doctor
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The All-New Adventures of the Original Podwits!
Posted: January 19, 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Books, Film, Podcast, Science Fiction, TelevisionTags: Frank Miller, Game of Thrones, Gremlins, John Carter, Lord of the Rings, Robert Rodriguez, Sabrina, Sin City, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Hobbit, The Phantom, The Prisoner, The Shadow, The Spirit, Tintin
Accept no substitutes! The Podwits are back once again and THIS time it’s personal! The boys picked up a few good books and are talking remakes. Do we really need ‘em? And WILL comics legend Frank Miller ever make a decent movie again? The Podwits race through all this and more… but did someone cut [...]
The Aural Adventure is Just Beginning
Posted: January 16, 2013 by J. Marcus in Music, Music Review, Science Fiction, TelevisionTags: GNP Crescendo, La La Land Records, Star Trek
For those who may be new here, I am J. Marcus. Aside from being one of the founding members of The Podwits, I am the Podwits’ resident Star Trek expert. By no means do I know which starship has the most efficient warp-core design, nor do I know Yeoman Rand’s cabin number (cheap shot, I know), but [...]
Dion Drowned, Brian Died and J. is a Banana
Posted: December 1, 2012 by Podwits Administrator in Christmas, Film, Podcast, Science Fiction, TelevisionTags: Batman, Christmas, Christopher Nolan, Doritos, holiday foods, Joss Whedon, Justice League, Man of Steel, Porn, pringles, Punisher, The Avengers, XXX, YouTube, Zack Snyder
In this week’s podcast, our boys take one step beyond into the tantalizing world of holiday foods gone wrong. With a brief detour into madness, the wits of Pod once again ask the question, “is Porn truly the greatest example of audience-driven entertainment?” All that plus the latest skinny on the possible Justice League film [...]
In Space, No One Can Hear You… Scream
Posted: November 10, 2012 by Podwits Administrator in Film, Podcast, Science Fiction, TelevisionTags: Adam Baldwin, Alan Tudyk, Firefly, George Lucas, Indiana Jones, Jewel Staite, Joss Whedon, Lucasfilm, Morena Baccarin, Nathan Fillion, Ron Glass, Serenity, Star Wars, Summer Glau, The Black Hole, The Walt Disney Company, Touchstone Pictures
Lucas may have sold out to the Mouse House, but The Podwits are still independent originals! But that won’t stop us from jumping on the bandwagon of those discussing this earth-shaking media news! After all, we ARE Internet know-it-alls! J and Dion also take a look back at the show that was one of Joss [...]
You’ve Gotta Fight… For Your Right…
Posted: September 8, 2012 by Podwits Administrator in Doctor Who, Music, Podcast, Science FictionTags: Bruce Willis, Censorship, Copyright, Doctor Who, Hugo Awards, mp3, Music, Neil Gaiman, Robots, Science Fiction, TV
As the Podwits’ “World Without Dion” storyline comes to its epic conclusion, Brian and J. find themselves struggling in a wasteland without their beloved friend. Will Dion ever come back? Meanwhile, the remaining two Podwits ponder just what it means when you “buy” media online… and gasp at the horror of science fiction fans attacked [...]
The Cup of Dion
Posted: August 25, 2012 by J. Marcus in Comic Books, Podcast, Science FictionTags: Amy Pond, Battlestar Galactica, Blake's 7, Doctor Who, HBO, Pond Life, Smallville, Steven Moffat, Superman, SyFy Channel, True Blood, Wonder Woman
Brian and J. are on their own this week and left to ponder the canon of Dion, the inevitable courtship of Superman and Wonder Woman and Jessica Hamby’s beyond-cute video blog! All that and the return of a venerable (?) sci-fi television series on this week’s Podwits Podcast!
“Get Your Ass to Mars!” in 2023
Posted: July 27, 2012 by Dion in Science Fiction, TechnologyTags: 2023, Bas Lansdorp, Mars, Mars One
OK, the title may be a tad dramatic, but I thought it was completely appropriate to quote the iconic Schwarzenegger line from 1990′s Total Recall when writing this story. Bas Lansdorp, a thirty-five year old Dutch entrepreneur, has formed a company called Mars One which is sketching out plans to send a crew of ten on a one way mission—yes, [...]
When Comic Books Saved Science Fiction
Posted: July 17, 2012 by Brian in Comic Books, Science Fiction, The Comic SpinnerTags: Avengers, Eternals, Fantastic Four, Fourth World, Jack Kirby, New Wave SF, Roy Thomas, Thor
Join Brian every other Tuesday as he talks comic books from a reader’s perspective, both his new experiences with the medium and reflections on over thirty years of enjoying the finest in sequential art. I’ve made no secret of the fact I’m not a fan of “New Wave” science fiction. Don’t get me wrong, the [...]
Men in Black 3: The Great MiB Film That Could Have Been
Posted: June 29, 2012 by J. Marcus in Film, Film Review, Science FictionTags: Alice Eve, Emma Thompson, Josh Brolin, Men In Black 3, Rick Baker, Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith
This week I had some time to kill, so I did what anyone with nothing better to do WOULD do. I went and saw Men in Black 3. The film reunites Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones as Agents J and K (respectively) who are in the 14th year of their partnership. This movie’s twist… [...]