Swedish Student SciFi Film - "The World Outside"

This is an interesting 8 minute movie that shows how some people's thirst for knowledge is insatiable. The price of learning what lies beyond the boundaries we know may be very high and totally unexpected. The ending may be a little disturbing for young childen.

Watch "The World Outside" by Dryget.



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Schlocky horror films to be updated

Fans of "The Creature from the Black Lagoon" and "The Brood" rejoice (or tremble)! The L.A. Times reports that director Carl Rinsch is taking over responsibility for making the remake a made success.

Does anyone care?

I watched the original movie when I was a kid and very bored late at night when there was nothing else on television. I should have gone to sleep instead.

The premise of the original movie is that the so-called "missing link" is an amphibian humanoid whose descendants bypassed hominidism and evolved into modern humans. At least one lineage of the original fully developed critter survives in the Amazon river, apparently emerging from the depths once each generation to breed with human women.

There you have it: science fiction at its finest. I think I'd rather see a remake of "Ernest Goes To Camp".

I never watched "The Brood".

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More Harry Potter stories on film?

J.K. Rowling has said she is done with Harry Potter. After making her one of the wealthiest and most respected women in history, Harry seems to have nothing more to say about himself.

But what about Harry Potter's world of witchcraft and magical muggery? Would it be possible to craft new tales set in the past? Would Rowling be interested in doing so? Would she be willing to let film-makers take a stab at telling the tale of how Hogwarts was founded?

Imagine a movie in which the four founders struggle to revolutionize their emerging society, only to end up divided and disappointed with their alliance in the end. The final scene of such a film could show Salazar Slytherin leaving an egg in a secret chamber deep beneath the castle to await the arrival of his heir.

When one of our forum regulars suggested that the Potter fad is dying out, the wheels in my head started turning.

I was especially thinking of the recent Tolkien fan movie "Born of Hope", which is a really good movie. But there have been great fan films for Star Wars, Star Trek, and other popular SF & F franchises. So why not something along those lines for the Harry Potter world?

David Heyman need not devote his life to the study and practice of making Harry Potter movies. He could let other creative hands take a shot at it.

What do you say, J.K.? Are you game for one more go? Wouldn't it be cool to write about the goblin wars?

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Zelda fans get their movie ... sort of

If you have been waiting anxiously for a movie based on video game The Legend of Zelda, wait no more. "The Hero of Time", a Zelda fan movie, has finally been released. You can watch it on DailyMotion. Here is the most recent trailer for the film:



We have a little discussion about the movie at SF Fandom.

There is an official Website and you can watch it here.

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Finally: the truth about Balrogs wings debates

People keep seeking me out to discuss Balrog wings with me. I've written a couple of essays through the years that I felt, on each occasion, should put the issue to rest -- at least as far as people's perception of my position on the matter is.

Unfortunately, there are some Websites that mislabel me as being a pro-Wings advocate. That's just plain wrong.

I have objected to both the Pro-Wings and Anti-Wings positions for many years. Neither side can put together a solid, reasonable, logical case for its position.

So I've tried once again, on the Tolkien Studies on the Web Blog, to explain where I stand (which is not with either group).

Read "The Truth About Balrogs (Again)".

It's about as short and simple an essay as I can write.


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