Aliens invade Australia in the sprawling sci-fi action adventure, ‘Occupation,’ which owes as much to Irwin Allen disaster movies of the 1970’s as it does to its more modern pew-pew-pew counterparts.
After what happened on last week’s episode of The Flash was pretty much a waste of time, as the plan neither worked nor advanced the plot much at all, one … Continue reading The Flash S03 E22: ‘Infantino Street’
This was quite an unusual Fourth of July for me for several reasons. My eldest grandson, who is in the Marines, is deployed overseas. His brother, who is fresh out of … Continue reading Survive and Live Free with “Independence Day: Resurgence”
J. Michael Stracyznski’s Babylon 5 (1994 – 1998) was groundbreaking for a number of reasons – its unified five-year structure, its use of CGI, and Stracyznski’s use of internet forums … Continue reading Biff Bam Pop’s Alien Invasion – Londo & G’Kar
I grew up on science fiction shows and watched shows like Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon on a 12-inch television screen. Although the aliens from the old television shows were scary, … Continue reading Biff Bam Pop’s Alien Invasion: The Most Frightening “Alien”
The first alien I ever loved originally came to earth in 1950s Milwaukee. He didn’t have the best intentions, since he planned on alien abducting my good friend Ritchie; used … Continue reading Biff Bam Pop’s Alien Invasion: “Mork and Mindy”
By carefully keeping the aliens in the shadows, M. Night Shyamalan’s Signs manages to tap into primal terrors that truly resonate.
Why do so many aliens want to kill us? Okay, maybe humanity leaves a lot to be desired. There’s war, murder, avarice aplenty, and people that want to elect Donald … Continue reading Biff Bam Pop’s Alien Invasion – District 9
Look, it’s a love/hate relationship, this thing I have with event comics. And I know I’m not alone. It’s what allows me to sleep at night. Sleep. You know, that … Continue reading Biff Bam Pop’s Alien Invasion – “Invasion!” (The 1989 DC Comic Book Series)
Alien invasions have been the premise for some of the best – and worst – games of all time. While these games have you primarily saving the world from imminent … Continue reading Biff Bam Pop’s Alien Invasion Goes Gaming with Mat Langford
When the trailer for JJ Abrams’ Super 8 first hit the public eye, everything about it seemed so mysterious. It appeared as a sort of supernatural film, but it was … Continue reading Biff Bam Pop’s Alien Invasion rolls camera on Super 8
So here’s the thing: E.T. never really appealed to me as a kid. It came out when I was nine, and it didn’t make a dent in my hardcore Star … Continue reading Biff Bam Pop’s Alien Invasion – E.T. & Me
