The Sci-Fi Gene
Blog URL http://sci-fi-gene.blogspot.com
Located London, London United Kingdom
Part support group, part research institute for those who, like me, enjoy the best and the worst of sci-fi.
Latest Blog Posts
- How to get ahead in CGI on Nov 21, 2009 in last zombie standing blender fluid simulation cgi
We used this scene in Last Zombie Standing but during the 48 hour period I only managed a low resolution fluid sim. Here's what it should have looked like:As I'm trying to get faster at these techniques, I always look at what the time constraints wer...
- Mega Novella vs Giant Novel on Nov 18, 2009 in the temporal void false memory dean koontz novella sci-fi peter f. hamilton novel science fiction
If you are a Freudian psychoanalyst STOP READING THIS NOW. You have been warned.I’ve just started a new Peter F. Hamilton brick, The Temporal Void. I’ve also just finished a Dean Koontz novel, False Memory, of similar proportions – more about b...
- History Of The World - Part I on Nov 16, 2009 in 1984 1969 2009 One Million Years B.C. 2012 2010 10000 B.C. 1492 2046 2001 1941
Time has run out - like an aircraft carrier falling from the crest of a tidal wave, 2012 has been released upon us. Time for a quick history lesson from the movies:In 1,000,000 B.C. cavewomen were fighting dinosaurs and wearing rabbit-skin lingerie.
- Water Zombies [Review: Doctor Who The Waters Of Mars] on Nov 15, 2009 in waters of mars sci-fi martian gothic television review doctor who
Doctor Who special The Waters of Mars was, as promised, a darker episode than usual, with very little humour apart from Tennant's occasional clowning. There have been some great episodes that really play on claustrophobia effectively and this is one...
- Last orders at the blood bank [Review: Thirst] on Nov 14, 2009 in Kang-ho Song chan-wook park vampires Ok-vin Kim bakjwi Thirst
Thirst (Bakjwi) is a Korean vampire movie directed by Chan-Wook Park and starring Kang-ho Song and Ok-vin Kim. I must be straight with you: due to circumstances beyond my control (and unrelated to the movie) I’ve only seen ¾ of Thirst so cannot co...
- Software hamster? Afar mother stews? on Nov 13, 2009 in chromakey vampires Thirst waters of mars sci-fi gene sci-fi doctor who blender science fiction cgi
"I am completely operational, and all my circuits are functioning perfectly" - H.A.L. 9000The shape of things to come: any, all, some or none of the following stories will be featured in subsequent Sci-Fi Gene posts.Doctor Who returns to TV this week...
- Killing The Dead on Nov 7, 2009 in zombie film challenge killing the dead bad gas johnnie oddball special circumstances last zombie standing zombies
Here's the winning zombie film, Killing The Dead produced by team Bad Gas.The Zombie Film Challenge website has links to this film and the winners of previous 24 and 48 hour challenges, as well as several of Johnnie Oddball's excellent articles on ho...
