Or should I?

They would scream that they did not want to become human.

Masamune Shirow's first Ghost in the Shell volume

Cassandra and I Major in western feminism

Could the Spinosaurus really kill the T-Rex?

I just talk for a half hour about being in love with James Cameron

Class conflict and limb removal in Snowpiercer

Thoughts on the narrative of Metroid -- both within and without

Appleseed (2004), Appleseed Ex Machina, Appleseed Alpha

Appleseed Volume 1 and the OVA

What can Terminator teach us about the future of warfare?

GamerGate, Tropes vs. Women, Free Speech

Pitch Black, Dark Fury, Chronicles of, Riddick

Story form in 2013's great zombie stealth/shooter

Neil Marshall's masterpiece, and the Escape Trilogy

Death as a theme in The Fountain, Jacob's Ladder, Bonjour Galaxy Express 999, AI: Artificial Intelligence, and Blade Runner

Modern SF satire -- many have tried...

Retrospective of the Mass Effect trilogy

Checking in with Sarah, Alison, Cosima, and the gang

War movie or summer blockbuster? Can't it be both?

Ray Bradbury's classic can tell us something about longform storytelling

The meaning of Godzilla, SyFy ranting, scifi film in 2014, Tupac news?

In defense of an underrated sequel

Talking point horror: You’re Next, The Cabin in the Woods, High Tension

Ahead of the new season, let's recap BBC America's hit show Orphan Black

Shinji Ikari? You mean Hideaki Anno -- or... US?

Taking a more candid approach, I talk this week about the recent, amazing anime series Kill la Kill

A look through Evangelion as a franchise

The Strong Female Character as a trope is much-aligned by both sides, but I think this naked chick that kills everyone might change your mind

What was it about The Thing (2011) that reset my perception of SF film?

Taking the more direct approach, this week we look at how PKD's A Scanner Darkly makes us feel awful... for something

Talking about the Alien/Predator/AVP. When did they go wrong and why? You… don’t need me to tell you

Down in the trenches with one of the few movies in recent memory to begin to explore the soldier, an idea ripe for analysis by films of all genres, especially SF.

Videodrome -- awash in blood and sexual imagery. We'd rather not look deeper, but here. Here's my hand. Ready? Let's go.

The battle commences as we take a look at one of the most beloved cult classics of the 80s, Robocop.