I’m really excited for Star Trek Into Darkness. I’ve been looking forward to J.J. Abrams’s next venture to where no one has gone before since the credits rolled on his last. The trailers, the returning cast and the mystery surrounding Benjamin Cumberbatch’s character all have me chomping at the bit. Luckily I don’t have toRead more
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One of my favorite science fiction tropes is terraforming. The idea of transforming an uninhabitable planet into a beautiful, blue ball with oxygen and water is fascinating. The process worked relatively well in Firefly but had some catastrophic results in The Search for Spock. We are created in God’s image and, at his heart, heRead more
I never really watched the television series Lost in Space. I think that SyFy played reruns when I was growing up but I was far more interested in the crew of the Enterprise than the crew of the Jupiter 2. Even though I never watched the show, I do know about the family’s robot protectorRead more
As I wrote in my review of Iron Man 3, Robert Downey Jr. is and has been absolutely perfect as Tony Stark. He made Iron Man and was the biggest draw for non-nerds in The Avengers. I would have seen every movie in Phase One of the Marvel Cinematic Universe whether or not Downey hadRead more
I originally started this blog because I love Jesus and I love nerdy things. I believe there are innumerable intersections between Christian culture and nerd culture. When we acknowledge those intersections and spend some time thinking about them, I believe they can help draw us closer to God. God is speaking to us through theRead more
Over the past year I have really fallen in love with Doctor Who. I love the Doctor, I love the companions and I love all of their timey-wimey adventures. If I had a TARDIS I’d fly all through the time vortex, visiting some of the most significant moments in history. While none of us haveRead more