Science Comedian » movies http://www.sciencecomedian.com Brian Malow Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:38:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Philip K. Dick at the Movies http://www.sciencecomedian.com/blog/2011/03/philip-k-dick-at-the-movies/ http://www.sciencecomedian.com/blog/2011/03/philip-k-dick-at-the-movies/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:15:00 +0000 Brian http://www.sciencecomedian.com/?p=1665 My newest video for Time.com is about Philip K. Dick and all the movie adaptations of his books and stories, the latest of which is The Adjustment Bureau, based on the story “Adjustment Team” written in 1953.  It’s fascinating that…

]]> My newest video for Time.com is about Philip K. Dick and all the movie adaptations of his books and stories, the latest of which is The Adjustment Bureau, based on the story “Adjustment Team” written in 1953.  It’s fascinating that Dick’s 50-year-old stories are just now being brought to the big screen – and still seem modern.  Testament to the strangeness of his brain.

I do mistakenly say that Blade Runner is one of ten PKD “books” that have been adapted, when I meant to say, “stories.”  Only a few novels have, so far, provided source material for films – Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, A Scanner Darkly, Confessions of a Crap Artist, Radio Free Albemuth.  Most of the movies are based on short stories (which do appear in books).

I produced, wrote and edited the video along with producer Craig Duff, who shot and provided additional editing:

Link:
The Movies, Philip K. Dick and You

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 FORA.tv has a short video of me performing at the recent Wonderfest science festival in Berkeley.  I’m talking about bad science in science fiction movies, and the example in the clip is a classic moment from Star Wars…

Link to video on YouTube

Link to video on FORA.tv

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]]> With so many recent movies and TV shows about time travel – Star Trek, The Time Traveler’s Wife, Lost, FlashForward, Heroes – I thought it might be fun to explore the science behind this science fiction device.  Our most recent video for Time.com asks, Is Time Travel Possible?…

]]> http://www.sciencecomedian.com/blog/2010/01/is-time-travel-possible/feed/ 0 James Cameron Interview About Avatar http://www.sciencecomedian.com/blog/2009/12/james-cameron-interview-about-avatar/ http://www.sciencecomedian.com/blog/2009/12/james-cameron-interview-about-avatar/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:26:29 +0000 Brian http://www.sciencecomedian.com/blog/?p=1062 New half-hour interview with James Cameron about the making of Avatar. From Popular Mechanics:

]]> New half-hour interview with James Cameron about the making of Avatar. From Popular Mechanics:

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