Welcome! Many of you who will read my blog know me personally, and I hope that eventually, will share my postings with other like-minded, sci-fi, fantasy, and horror fans. I am going to attempt to keep this blog updated as much as possible, and I hope that my posts will bring forth discussion and perhaps spark new interest into genres that are not mainstream.
A little background about myself: I grew up in the 1970's and fell in love with the Star Wars toys several years before I saw an actual Star Wars movie. The first Star Wars movie I saw in the theater was "Empire Strikes Back", and as a nine-year-old, it blew me away. At the time, I thought it was the best movie ever and I gasped in my seat at Darth Vader's big reveal. These days, the element of surprise in films is mostly diminished due to the Internet with massive spoilers and over-broad reviews. I am glad I got to live that moment in my life spoiler free.
I am also a huge Star Trek fan, (I am not one of those Star Trek vs. Star Wars people). Both are actually very different. I view the Star Wars saga as sci-fi fantasy whereas the original Star Trek franchise was more science-based and thought provoking. Most of the technology we have today is due to Star Trek fans, who as children, saw the technology on that show and turned it into reality.
As we kick-off the Summer television viewing season, there are a lot of shows returning like Defiance on the Syfy channel, Falling Skies on TNT, Under the Dome on CBS and the surprise horror-hit Hemlock Grove on Netflix. There are also new offerings for our science fiction viewing pleasure, that may seem somewhat familiar, such as Extant on CBS starring Halle Berry in a premise that reminds me of the movie The Astronaut's Wife, (alien pregnancy), Dominion on Syfy, which has an eerily familiar plot about battling angels (Supernatural, anyone?), and The Last Ship, which is based off a novel by the same name regarding a virus of apocalyptic proportions wiping out most of the Earth's inhabitants (too many versions of this scenario to name, just pick one).
There is going to be a lot to discuss this Summer and moving forward, and I hope that you will join me on my blogging odyssey. So, with that in mind, which television shows are you looking forward to seeing this summer? Which ones will succeed and which ones will fall to the wayside?
Until next time, I am
Sci-Fi Fan FL
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