Feb 26, 2021
Alien from L.A. may have had a lot working against it when it premiered on February 26, 1988 - an inexperienced director and star, a low budget and a laughable script. It found a new audience through MST3K, though, and it even has a sequel... of sorts.
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Feb 25, 2021
H.P. Lovecraft wrote the story in 1927 of this fearsome foe from outer space: the color magenta. If that premise isn't oddly intriguing enough, the movie version had the good sense to put Nicolas Cage in the lead role. Find out what exactly is the Color Out of Space that premiered on February 25, 2019.
Feb 24, 2021
The juggernaut that is the Star Wars universe has permeated every form of media, including video games. The first official game, The Empire Strikes Back, made its debut on the Atari 2600 system on February 24, 1982. Many players were thrilled play in the Star Wars universe, even while Harlan Ellison called...
Feb 23, 2021
If your science fiction could use more singing cowboys and robot hats, The Phantom Menace has got you covered. Find out why this serial delighted audiences with its tales of a lost, scientifically-advanced civilization and the crooning of Gene Autry.
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Feb 22, 2021
J. Michael Straczynski's Babylon 5 premiered on February 22, 1993 although it would be much longer before audiences got anything beyond the pilot episode. The show that paved the way for science-fiction on TV the flex serialized storytelling is the focus of today's Sci-Fi 5.
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