Luc-E

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The year is 2022. Company spokesman Robert Watson (Jesse Hettig) says it well enough to be quoted, with classic infomercial style: “Robotlix patented breakthroughs in servo-cognition were just the beginning of our evolution as the premiere leader in domicile and custodial robo-synth technology. And today, we… Continue reading →

The Cabin in the Woods

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What do you get when you combine all of the monsters and horror clichés in history with five coeds out for a weekend of fun, putting them all, neatly, into one ninety-minute movie? You get The Cabin in the Woods… Continue reading →

H.R. Giger: Creator of Worlds

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There are some people whose lives made such a difference in our world (our own microcosm of self-importance) that we forget, at least impulsively, how much they did for the world at large. Swiss surrealist artist, designer, and sculptor H.R. Giger was just such a man who… Continue reading →

Re-Animator: The Anatomy of a Classic

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If Dr. Gruber only knew the cult favorite he started back in 1985, being the guinea pig for that glowing, now-famous antidote for death. Yes! Who can forget the screaming Dr. Gruber, with eyes bulging, his eyes spraying blood, heralding the carnage to come? Continue reading →

Onward to Paradise: A Sequel to Prometheus is Confirmed

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Rumors are rumors no more. A confirmed sequel is in the works for Prometheus, titled Prometheus 2 (alternatively titled Paradise). Continue reading →

Dissecting Cinema: Europa Report

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Six astronauts go on a privately-funded mission to the moon of Jupiter known as Europa. Their assignment is to investigate the existence of life on Europa. Will they make it back to Earth? Will their data be saved or lost … Continue reading →

Wet Your Lips for Apocalypse Kiss!

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Calling all Nexus 6 Replicants and sundry lifeforms across the universe! Humans, aliens, androids, and sentient beings everywhere are talking about this one. “Do androids dream electric sheep?” is the question we (like Philip K. Dick) seek to answer…all the more happily again! Continue reading →

Space Girl

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…5…4…3…2…1…0 Space Girl Comes to Solar Systems Near You! Coming at us with the biggest bang yet, sending shock waves across light years is Space Girl (aka Lauren Franscesca)! A rocket-fueled ride in a runaway universe causes g-force climax at … Continue reading →

Riley’s Vlog: Thoughts on Aliens, Mars, and Curiosity

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Wow! Even the crew at Space Jockey Reviews, with otherworldly wisdom and wonder to spare, has never pondered before, with such intense, intelligent depth, about life, beyond Earth, to the stars, out of our galaxy, past the limits. With light-speed … Continue reading →

The Bay

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What happens when you  take millions of pounds of steroid-laced chicken poop, as much chemical pollution from agricultural runoff, add a radioactive water leak, and throw it all into a bay inhabited by carnivorous isopods that shouldn’t be there? Who knows! But, with such a mixture of really bad things, no outcome could be good. Continue reading →

“Prometheus Actually Explained (With Real Answers)”

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Space Jockey Reviews loves Prometheus–the prequel to the 1979 classic, Alien–even with the myriad questions and issues some consider unanswered, confusing, contradictory, and, in the worst comments, downright “stupid.” Part of the charm that Prometheus delivers is, in fact, just … Continue reading →

The Contagious Podcast Talk Show – with Chris Rennirt

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Recently, Chris Rennirt – Editor in Chief at Space Jockey Reviews – was the guest of John Horrordude Ginder and Lien Mya Nguyen on The Contagious (Podcast Talk Show)! As expected, the nuclear-charged cohort opined over the pros and cons of…you guessed it…cons! The fitting title is… Continue reading →

Death Valley Dreamlapse

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DEATH VALLEY DREAMLAPSE from Sunchaser Pictures on Vimeo. Space Jockey Reviews, of course, could not resist posting and reviewing this truly out-of-this-world wonder/music video featuring the most-loved pieces of pretentious matter in the universe–stars! Wow! What an extraterrestrial treat this … Continue reading →

Oblivion

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“Earth is a memory worth fighting for,” but…

…is a clone memory as authentic as the original…and, is it worth fighting for?  Hmmm.  Before seeing Oblivion, I might have said that an original is better, somehow, without knowing how…exactly.  Why did I start this review with that question?  Probably because… Continue reading →

War of the Worlds (1953 vs. 2005)

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What would we do if we were invaded by beings from another planet? How would we react when we found out that there was intelligent life out there in the universe? What if they had been living among us without our knowledge all along? Continue reading →

Starship: Rising

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Space Jockey Reviews Mission Control, get ready! Starship: Rising is a new movie in the works from Morphius Films that has the Space Jockey Rockets ready to launch already. It’s from director Neil Johnson (also the director of Alien Armageddon, … Continue reading →

PROMETHEUS: A New Classic

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As Prometheus begins, we are moved, like a bird, through clouds, over a beautiful landscape—a terrain with rivers and mountains leveling off to geography that seems too familiar to be alien. The planet has everything to sustain life as we know it today on Earth—or so it seems.  Could it be Earth? Of course, it could. Is it for sure? We have no way of knowing…yet. Continue reading →

RAY BRADBURY: A Lifetime of Wonder and Imagination

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Space Jockey Reviews is sad to report (along the so many others) the passing of the science fiction legend, Ray Bradbury. The author of such classics as Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, Dandelion Wine, and Something Wicked … Continue reading →

PETER WEYLAND – TED 2023

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Here’s the ever-ambitious, pretentiously-overreaching Sir Peter Weyland (Guy Pearce) of Weyland Industries. (Of course, he’s a billionaire business man, as well.) He’s stirred up a hornet’s nest of controversy, since his announcement of plans to build the first humanoid robotic … Continue reading →

Happy Birthday, David!

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“What is it about robots that makes them so robotic?” Here’s a neat and very creative video produced by Twentieth Century Fox, promoting the upcoming release of PROMETHEUS.  It’s a mock commercial advertising androids produced and sold by Weyland Industries–the … Continue reading →

IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE

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Yes, it’s another “It” movie! And it’s a welcome addition to the list of 50s sci-fi favorites!  “It” comes from outer space, even before the opening titles, as a bullet-shaped fireball, with sparks flying, on a crash course for Earth. Continue reading →

ALIEN: Remembering a Classic

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If you’re one of the few who’s never seen Alien, read no more than this paragraph.  I wouldn’t want to spoil a classic waiting to be seen.  However, if you have seen it, you may be interested in my take on a movie that affected me like no other… Continue reading →

EDEN LOG

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After reading reviews of Eden Log, and after seeing the movie myself, I agree that you either love it or hate it.  There is little room for a middle of the road reaction to this one.  As with so many others, it’s all about what you expect and appreciate from movies that break the mold of formula and predictability. Continue reading →

PROMETHEUS: Thinking Back and Ahead

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I will never forget seeing, for the first time, the Space Jockey, in his alien cockpit, fossilized on the big screen.  Since then, back in 1979, I have, with each repeated viewing of the movie Alien, only imagined the mysteries behind this surreal specimen, preserved and painted permanently in my mind. Continue reading →