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Science Fiction

12 SF and Fantasy Novels that should be on your bookshelf.: A brief overview of 12 science fiction and fantasy novels that you should get around to reading.

20 Million Miles To Earth - 50th Anniversary Edition DVD: Really good monster movie DVD done right by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Aeon Flux: Aeon Flux is a mysterious assassin working for the Monicans, a group of rebels trying to overthrow the government. When she is a sent on a mission to kill the Chairman, a whole new mystery is found.

Alien Nation: Alien Nation is an after the fact kind of science fiction DVD movie.

Alien Nation The Complete Series: Great science fiction cop TV show that was a spin-off of Alien Nation the movie with James Caan and Mandy Patinkin.

Alien Raiders: A blending of horror and SF that is well written, well acted and definitely worth your time.

Alien Raiders - The Raw Feed: This horror science-fiction thriller DVD rocks!

Alien vs Predator - Requiem Unrated: Big green monster goes after other big green monster going after another big green monster in a jade colored environment.

Appleseed ExMachina: Manga becomes anime

Astro Boy Volume 1 to 5 (2003 version): Fun enough manga DVD set though a bit too violent for its intended kid audience.

AVPR - Fans Will Love What They've Done: A hybrid Alien/Predator is unleashed on Earth after causing the crash of a Predator spacecraft. A Predator is dispatched to Earth to take care of the situation leading to a dark hunt in a small Colorado town.

Babylon A.D.: If Toorop can smuggle a young woman into N.Y.C. he will make a great deal of money the only question is: Can he get the job done when competing interests seem intent on preventing her from arriving?

Blade Runner 25th Anniversary Contest ends 12-14-07:

Captain Video Master Of The Stratosphere: Back in the good old days, movie theatres ran a few news clips, a couple of serials, and a cartoon or two before the main feature.

City Of Ember: Teens Lina and Doon seek to save the population of the city of Ember by any means necessary.

Clockstoppers: Zak becomes embroiled in a time stopping adventure as he tries to save his father from a megalomaniac researcher.

Dark Fury – The Chronicles Of Riddick (Animated): A bridge of the gap between 'Pitch Black' and 'Chronicles of Riddick' to give more insight into Riddick as a character.

Delta State: Cool looking animated science fiction series in a 2 DVD set

District 9: A flunky in the MTU is appointed to oversee the relocation of 1.8 million aliens living in a shanty near Johannesburg when he is exposed to a biological agent that helps him change his view of things.

District 9 DVD: Just watch it. Telling you anything takes away from this great sf DVD

Doctor Who - Planet of the Dead - David Tennant: Made for TV movie after season 4 is quite fun.

Doctor Who - The Complete First Series - With Clips: Doctor Who THe Complete First Series made even this non fan of Doctor Who a fan.

Doctor Who - The Complete Third Season: Season Three of BBC Doctor Who series really kicks ass.

Doctor Who - The End of Time: The end is nigh for the Doctor but is it also for humans?

Doctor Who - The Next Doctor - Christmas 2008: The Doctor meets the Doctor in the 2008 Christmas episode of Doctor Who

Doctor Who - The Waters of Mars: The Doctor lands on Mars on the last day of the first Mars base.

Doctor Who 104 - Tom Baker - Destiny Of The Daleks: 4 part show originally aired 1979. Good stuff, even for this very casual fan of the series

Doctor Who 108 - The Horns of Nimon: Fun episode with Tom Baker

Doctor Who 115 - Keeper of Trakken: Decent Doctor Who episode where the Doctor meets future companion Nyssa

Doctor Who 117 Castrovalva - Peter Davison: This one is for fans only and you have to watch 115 and 116 before

Doctor Who 121 - Black Orchid - Peter Davison: An Edwardian mystery of sorts masquerades as a much lesser Doctor Who episode

Doctor Who 130 - The Five Doctors: Malevolent force brings the five doctors together for great 20th anniversary special

Doctor Who 136 The Caves of Androzani - Peter Davison: Pretty good episode with lots of caves and plot twists

Doctor Who 15 and 16 - Space Museum and The Chase: Decent William Hartnell era stories. The Chase includes Daleks

Doctor Who 52 - Jon Pertwee - The Silurians: Jon Pertwee as Doctor Who in program 52 (1970) battles underground reptiles.

Doctor Who 61 - The Curse of Peladon - Jon Pertwee: Good but low budget Doctor Who full of political intrigue.

Doctor Who 64 - The Time Monster - Jon Pertwee: One of the better Doctor Who in 6 episodes

Doctor Who 73 - The Monster of Peladon: Doctor Who returns to Peladon for more chase scenes in styrofoam cave and lesser 6-part story.

Doctor Who 86 The Masque of Mandragora - Tom Baker: Good episode set in Renaissance.

Doctor Who 96 - Underworld - Tom Baker: Decent enough episode with weak blue screen sfx

Doctor Who The Complete Fourth Series: Most excellent Doctor Who DVD set. Season 4 rocks.

Donnie Darko: Donnie Darko is a teen boy being visited by a time bending demonic rabbit. Well maybe.

Earth vs. The Flying Saucers - Ray Harryhausen: Classic Ray Harryhausen sfx movie

Equilibrium: In a Fascist future where all forms of feeling are illegal, a man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system.

Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Limited Edition Collector's Set: A reluctant Cloud is pulled into battle against his younger brothers to save the children with geostigma and prevent the genes of Jenova from infecting the lifestream.

Five / 5ive: First American post nuclear holocaust movie now on DVD

Forbidden Planet - Special 50th Anniversary Edition: Classic science-fiction movie now in great restored DVD version

Frank Patrick Herbert (October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986) American science fiction author.: The life and times of Frank Herbert

Fringe - The Complete First Season Blu-ray: Good mystery scifi show gets better as season advances and actors get better. 20 episodes 4 Blu-ray discs

Godzilla Blu-ray - Matthew Broderick version: 2 or 3 movies in one but decent after a quarter of the way in.

Gorgo: Gorgo stars Bill Travers and William Sylvester as two British treasure hunters who often lost their British accent but find a Godzilla like creature on the coast of Ireland.

Hackers: Falsely accused of being part of a conspiracy to cause an environmental disaster a group of hackers must prove their innocence and reveal the true criminals.

Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire: Harry's fourth summer and the following year at Hogwarts are marked by the Quidditch World Cup and the Triwizard Tournament.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: Harry Potter inherits a text book which aids in his understanding of potions, but who owned the book before him and why is Dumbledore so anxious for Harry to get to know the new potions master?

Hellboy II: The Golden Army: Hellboy and the bureau of paranormal research try to prevent the rise of the Golden Army an indestructible army being brought to life by the Prince of the Elves.

Hercules: Lou Ferrigno is Hercules.

Hunters Of Dune: Duncan Idaho and Sheeana are fleeing everyone in the universe and meeting with only moderate success in this sequel to Frank Herbert's Chapterhouse Dune

I Am Legend: Scientist and last man in NYC tries to find cure for virus.

Impact: Decent scifi yarn about asteroids, the moon, and the possible end of the world.

Invasion Of The Body Snatchers 1978: One of few great remakes of a sci-fi classic movie

Iron Man: Weapons manufacturer Tony Stark comes to terms with his legacy by becoming Iron Man and seeking to repair some of the evil he has visited up on the world.

Isaac Asimov: January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992, Russian-born American author and biochemist.: The life and times of Issac Asimov

Jim Henson Fantasy Film Collection - Labyrinth: This fantasy DVD is about what happens when you wish your little brother away.

Jim Henson Fantasy Film Collection - The Dark Crystal: One of three Jim Henson / Frank Oz DVD in the Fantasy Film Collection

Jim Henson's Fantasy Film Collection - Mirrormask: For movie buffs who like to be transported to another world Mirrormask is a movie not to be missed.

Journey To The Center Of The Earth: Possibly one of the worst movies ever put on film.

Jumper: Kid discovers he can jump to wherever he wants to in the world and then that there are people who want to kill him.

Knowing: If metaphysics and astrophysics is your balliwick then you will enjoy this Nicholas Cage movie in which the end of days is predicted by a child in the 1950's

Legion of Super Heroes Volume 1: 4 selected episodes from the Warner Brothers series Legion of Super Heroes - volume one.

Looker: Technological thriller by Michael Crichton that is pretty good.

Magma : Volcanic Disaster: A Sci-Fi Channel made for TV disaster movie. Very so so.

Mimobot Star Wars USB Keys - The Ideal Geek Gift: A great gift for your geek.

Mirrormask: MirrorMask centers on Helena, a 15 year old girl in a family of circus entertainers, who often wishes she could run off and join real life. After a fight with her parents about her future plans, her mother falls quite ill and Helena is convinced that it is all her fault.

Moon - Sam Rockwell: Sam is all alone on a moon base but .... Excellent science fiction DVD

Night Skies: Based loosely around the Phoenix Lights incident of 1997 the justification for this movie is as inexplicable as the lights themselves.

Panic In The Year Zero: A very intelligent, well-written, and well-made movie about the end of the world following a nuclear holocaust.

Phil The Alien: If you want more out of science-fiction films than your basic Hollywood blockbuster and if you like weird and quirky science fiction movies, Phil The Alien is right up your alley.

Primer: If you could be in two places and two times at the same time would you do it?

Race to Witch Mountain: A pair of alien teens have to recover their space ship in order to prevent the destruction of earth.

Red Dwarf Back to Earth - Director's Cut: The Red Dwarf crew finds itself on earth where it discovers it is a TV show facing cancellation. Good stuff.

Repo Man: Repo Man has got to be one of the best science fiction comedy DVDs out there.

Returner: A young woman from the future forces a local gunman to help her stop an impending alien invasion which will wipe out the human race.

Robot Jox: Robot Jox is a morality play - an anti-war movie playing with cold war themes and pacifist philosophy in kind of a Sam Peckinpah Straw Dogs sort of way.

Serenity: Joss Whedon created one of the smartest science fiction series in history when he launched Firefly to an unreceptive public.

Sinbad Of The Seven Seas: It's silly, mindless and starring Lou Ferrigno

Six - The Mark Unleashed: Dystopian Christian science-fiction, awful even for that genre.

Soldier: After being defeated and left for dead by his genetically engineered replacements, Sergeant Todd must save a peaceful community from destruction by the same soldiers.

Species: Babe from outer space looking for bf to mate.

Species: Clothing minimalist babe/alien tries to mate before gov't agents get her. Great creature feature.

Star Trek: A superb prequel to the legendary science fiction series of 1966-68

Stardust: Guy get shooting star for girl, guy finds shooting star, guy is in cool fantasy movie DVD

Stargate Atlantis - Season 5 Final Season: Final season DVD set of oft spinned-off science fiction show.

Stargate Atlantis Fans' Choice Blu-ray: Pilot and final episode on one disc with nothing in terms of special features

Stargate Atlantis Season 2 Complete Series Collectionn: Very good science fiction TV series now as 26 DVD set

Stargate Atlantis The Complete Series - Season 3: Series starting to wear a bit thin but still fun to watch.

Stargate Atlantis The Complete Series Collection: Very good DVD set of fun science fiction series but a bit underwhelming in packaging.

Stargate Atlantis – The Complete First Season.: A successful spin off of the long running Stargate SG-1 series.

Stargate SG1 - Children of the Gods: New improved version of the pilot episode for Stargate SG1

Stargate Universe SGU 1.5: Very good Stargate spinoff 10 episodes 3 DVD

Starship Troopers: In a time when humanity is under threat of extinction only the best and brightest can rescue us - want to learn more?

Starship Troopers 2: Starship Troopers 2 is an indirect sequel to the original Starship Troopers that went straight to video.

Superman: Doomsday: The animated version of one of the most successful Superman graphic novels ever.

Survivors The Complete Seasons One and Two - BBC: A plague wipes out the planet and a group of UK survivors try to cope.

Terminator - The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 1: Set in 2007, Sarah Connor and John fight Skynet to pre-empt the Terminators. Good series

Terminator - The Sarah Conor Chronicles Season 2 Blu-ray: Way cool but short lived. 22 episodes on 4 discs

Terminator Salvation The Machinima Series: Decent enough 6 13-minute episode Terminator story done as RPG shooter game.

The Box Blu-ray and DVD Special Edition: Stuff happens over 2 boring hours with no resolution.

The Curse of the Shaman: A spur of the moment curse effects the lives of two closely knit families.

The Day That Panicked America:

The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951) - 2-Disc Special Edition: Classic science fiction movie is still great: Give peace a chance, or else.

The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951) Blu-ray: SF classic reissued in time for the Keany Reeves / Jennifer Connelly remake.

The Day The Earth Stood Still 2008: Remake of a classic science fiction movie is not as good but not that bad.

The Day the Earth Stood Still Blu-ray 3-Disc Special Edition: 2008 and 1951 version of the movie both on Blu-ray with digital copy. A good bang for your science-fiction buck.

The End Of August At The Hotel Ozone: Winner of first prize at the Trieste International Festival of Science Fiction Films and was an official selection at the Cannes International Film Festival and it is easy to see why.

The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy: Based on Douglas Adams' worldwide best-selling novel

The Last Sentinel: Very good action-packed humans versus the drones science fiction DVD

The Matrix 10th Anniversary Blu-ray: Classic science fiction movie looks great on Blu-ray

The Matrix Blu-ray: Classic science fiction looks great on Blu-ray

The Running Man: A wrongly-convicted man must try to survive a public execution gauntlet staged as a TV game show.

The War of the Worlds: H.G. Well's classic novel is brought to life is this tale of alien invasion.

The Water Horse: Legend Of The Deep: A boy discovers an unusual egg while beachcombing

Torchwood - Children of Earth aka Season 3: Excellent 5 part episode most certainly worth watching

Torchwood - The Complete Second Season: 13 episodes 5 DVDs kicks ass

Tuck Everlasting: A family of immortals is stalked by a man in a yellow suit who seeks their secret.

Under Pressure: A psychology and electronics expert goes undercover on a submarine to find out why submariners are having breakdowns.

Underworld: Evolution: A continuation of Underworld - Lycans v Vampires

V For Vendetta: The futuristic tale unfolds in a Great Britain that's a fascist state.

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea - Season 4 Vol.1: Star Trek under water. Show looks pristine on HDTV

War of the Worlds - Tom Cruise: Purely a rental.

Wetware: The boppers have come up with a plan to create meatbots but it is a plan that could destroy humans and robots alike.

Wild Palms: David Lynch's bizarre vision crashes into Oliver Stone conspiracy theories in Wild Palms' world of virtual reality.

X Files - Fight The Future - Blu-ray: Fight the Future takes place at a strong time during the writing and direction of the X-Files series and is the beneficiary of a strongly forged mytharc that was well understood by the fan base

X-Files: I Want To Believe: A less than stellar X-Files monster of the week cinematic release. A little too long, a little pedestrian. Would have been a good made for T.V. or straight to video release.

Stephen R. Donaldson - Runes Of the Earth: A return to the Land and the chronicles of Thomas Covenant as Linden Avery returns to the Land to save her son who has been kidnapped by Lord Foul.

Robert Heinlein - Friday: A consummate story teller's less than stellar story.

Helsing - Hellsing Ultimate Vol. 1: The Hellsing foundation has a mission to rid the world of vampires and ghouls and they have a secret weapon - Arucard a red cloaked vampire

Jack Mc Devitt - Chindi: Jack McDevitt's hard SF novel Chindi both satisfies and examines this sense of wonder, which inspires not only SF readers and writers, but every explorer and scientist who seeks to understand the universe.

Anne McCaffrey - Crystal Singer: Imagine training all your life for a single purpose and then discovering you cannot pursue that dream.

Anne McCaffrey - Dragonflight: When thread threaten Dragonriders take to the sky.

Philip Palmer - Debatable Space: When a group of pirates kidnap the Cheo's daughter they soon realize they have bitten off more than they could chew.

Michael L. Wentz - Resurrection Of Liberty: An excellent first novel perfect for fans of classic science fiction.