Is there really much more that I can say about these paintings beyond their obvious brilliance? No. So I won’t. The portraits are done to perfection by artist Greg Peltz. Found via Josh Spear.
Archive for category sci fi
greg
Jul 27
isaac
Jan 26
The recent viewing of the film Moon has inspired me to go back and take a look at some of the great Science Fiction novels that I’ve read. Of course at the top of that list are books by the prolific Isaac Asimov, and at the top of his books would have to be his opus trilogy The Foundation
moon
Jan 25
Having already made up my mind as to which film was my favorite of the year, I present to you a very close second. Moon
is a film that harkens back to the hardcore science fiction genre, before a bunch of guys with weird haircuts, color matching swords, and lasers that had the odd ability of producing sound in a vacuum took it over in the late seventies. It’s the kind of film that has you trying to guess the outcome and figure out what exactly is going on, but does so while also assuring you that there is some kind of logic that threads everything together and that there is at least an inkling of plausibility to it. There are of course some moments where you have to suspend your disbelief on the coat rack for a bit, but they’re all things that still allow the basic rules of physics to apply and ask only that the audience allow for the “it could happen in the future” explanation to be instituted. Sam Rockwell makes up pretty much the entire film and should get the nod for best actor at the oscars this year (this would only happen in a universe where the basic rules of logic were used by the Academy), while Kevin Spacey fills the role of his trusty computer Gerty. This film has me thinking of rereading some of the Sci Fi classics from yore, and posting about them here so that Science Fiction can begin to take back its reputation from the crap that’s appropriating the title these days. Check out the trailer for the film here.
