I, Robot stylized as i, Robot is an American movie released in 2004. The genre of the film is science fiction action, directed by Alex Proyas. The screenplay by Jeff Vintar and Akiva Goldsman is from a screen story that was written by Vintar. It was based on his original screenplay named … Read more
Every superhero has an archenemy. Spider-Man has Venom, Doctor Strange has Dormammu, and the X-Men have Magneto and his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. These heroes and villains would often fight multiple times, and some of their battles could last dozens or even hundreds of comic book issues. However, the hero-villain rivalry was … Read more
The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is arguably the biggest movie series in the world today. Marvel Studios, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Studio, has currently produced 23 films for the MCU since 2008, and the number of movies they create will continue to get bigger as they haven’t scratched the surface … Read more
Science fiction posters are wonderful to look at because most of them contain great color combinations and a lot of different creatures. Today, science fiction movies have great posters and maybe it’s every graphic designer’s dream to create a sci-fi poster for a movie even just once in his life. With emerging … Read more
Introduction Star Wars is a series of science-fiction movies created and directed by the ingenious George Lucas. The series began in the mid-seventies with the release of the first movie in 1977, Star Wars, which was later titled Star Wars IV: A New Hope. Thus, began a series of extraordinary movies that … Read more
Ancient precursors to science fiction (or proto-science fiction) Many historians believe that science fiction is as old as civilization itself. Believe it or not, even in the ancient times such work that resembles science fiction did exist. Few of the earliest surviving works of ancient “science fiction” literature included The Epic of Gilgamesh … Read more
The best 1950s science fiction movies The 1950s is considered the golden era of science fiction. This period was kicked off by author Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles and magazines such as Galaxy that featured the works of the “Big Three” in the science fiction world — Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, … Read more
Early establishment as Timely Comics Marvel Comics is a publisher of comic books in America and as well as other related media. Their published comic books feature some of the most popular characters such as Spider-Man, Thor, Black Panther, The Incredible Hulk, Captain America, and Iron Man. Most of the fictional … Read more
Douglas Adams was an English sci-fi novelist as well as a radio/TV writer, comic author, and dramatist. He is best known for his series, The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy novels, which sold over 15 million copies. The very gifted Adams wrote other publications such as Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, The … Read more
Early life: the young prodigy One of the greatest science fiction writers of all time, Isaac Asimov was born to Jewish parents to Petroivichi – a faraway village in Russia, in 1920. There’s no definitive record pertaining to his date of birth but his family gave him a range of dates between … Read more
Some ideas in science fiction becoming real Science fiction’s concepts and ideas seemed too implausible, fantastical and far-fetched to become real. However, some of these concepts and gadgets have come to exist, and we actually use many of them. For example, take cues from the sci-fi space series Star Trek. Star Trek … Read more
In 1892, J. R. R. Tolkien was born Joseph Ronald Reuel Tolkien in what is today Free State Province in South Africa. During his early years, his father worked as a manager of a British bank’s South African office. His father died when he was three; Tolkien, his mother, and brother moved … Read more
Star Trek was an American science fiction television series that first aired in 1966. It depicted a time many years in the future, where mankind wasn’t restricted by many of the cultural issues that affected the lives of those watching the television show. The crew of the Enterprise spent their time traveling … Read more
Clive Staples (C.S.) Lewis is one of the most successful and influential writers of the 20th century. He wrote the high fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia between 1949 and 1954; its film adaptation would become a worldwide success. He also wrote science fiction (such as The Space Trilogy), essays, books on … Read more
Bradbury was born in Waukegan, Illinois, on August 22,1920. He had a good childhood, supported and loved by his extended family. Waukegan would supply the inspiration for many of Bradbury’s writings, where it was fictionalized as “Green Town”. Beginnings Also at 14, Bradbury received his first pay as a writer when comedian, … Read more