This post contains spoilers for the first five volumes of the "Sandman" comics, and will most likely spoil events for the upcoming second season of the show.
It's going to be a while before season 2 of "The Sandman" drops on Netflix, which means we've got plenty of time to speculate on what's going to happen. For fans of the comics, we've already got a pretty good idea: we're definitely going to see the events of "Season of Mists" adapted on-screen, which is bound to be a fun time. We'll get to meet Delirium and Destiny, we'll get to watch as demons escape into the mortal world, and we'll get to see Gwendoline Christie's Lucifer start her own piano bar in Los Angeles. It's gonna be a good time.
What's less certain is the adaptation of "A Game of You." Although we're sure the show has no plans of skipping...
It's going to be a while before season 2 of "The Sandman" drops on Netflix, which means we've got plenty of time to speculate on what's going to happen. For fans of the comics, we've already got a pretty good idea: we're definitely going to see the events of "Season of Mists" adapted on-screen, which is bound to be a fun time. We'll get to meet Delirium and Destiny, we'll get to watch as demons escape into the mortal world, and we'll get to see Gwendoline Christie's Lucifer start her own piano bar in Los Angeles. It's gonna be a good time.
What's less certain is the adaptation of "A Game of You." Although we're sure the show has no plans of skipping...
- 11/24/2022
- by Michael Boyle
- Slash Film
The top sci-fi books in January 2022 see the world transformed in myriad ways, from an Arctic plague to a UFO sighting to fleeing Earth for the stars.
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
Type: Novel
Publisher: William Morrow
Release date: Jan. 18
Den of Geek says: Sequoia Nagamatsu’s debut promises to be for 2022 what rereading Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven was for 2020: a speculative plague narrative that may hit too close to home, but that may also be just the catharsis we need as we continue to adjust our lives in a post-covid era.
Publisher’s summary: For fans of Cloud Atlas and Station Eleven, a spellbinding and profoundly prescient debut that follows a cast of intricately linked characters over hundreds of years as humanity struggles to rebuild itself in the aftermath of a climate plague—a daring and deeply heartfelt work of...
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
Type: Novel
Publisher: William Morrow
Release date: Jan. 18
Den of Geek says: Sequoia Nagamatsu’s debut promises to be for 2022 what rereading Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven was for 2020: a speculative plague narrative that may hit too close to home, but that may also be just the catharsis we need as we continue to adjust our lives in a post-covid era.
Publisher’s summary: For fans of Cloud Atlas and Station Eleven, a spellbinding and profoundly prescient debut that follows a cast of intricately linked characters over hundreds of years as humanity struggles to rebuild itself in the aftermath of a climate plague—a daring and deeply heartfelt work of...
- 1/3/2022
- by Natalie Zutter
- Den of Geek
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The release of Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune,” arriving so quickly on the heels of “Apple’s Foundation” adaptation, shows and films that the lure of adapting so-called “unfilmable” books for the screen remains as strong as ever. No matter how successful — or not, as anyone who’s watched the “Breakfast of Champions” movie knows all too well — any adaptation of a book people believed couldn’t be done nonetheless appears to be such an accomplishment that filmmakers can’t help but look for subjects to aim their attention towards.
With that in mind, here are some of the few remaining untouched unfilmable masterpieces left in the world of genre literature to explore for yourself in their original form,...
The release of Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune,” arriving so quickly on the heels of “Apple’s Foundation” adaptation, shows and films that the lure of adapting so-called “unfilmable” books for the screen remains as strong as ever. No matter how successful — or not, as anyone who’s watched the “Breakfast of Champions” movie knows all too well — any adaptation of a book people believed couldn’t be done nonetheless appears to be such an accomplishment that filmmakers can’t help but look for subjects to aim their attention towards.
With that in mind, here are some of the few remaining untouched unfilmable masterpieces left in the world of genre literature to explore for yourself in their original form,...
- 10/25/2021
- by Graeme McMillan
- Variety Film + TV
It might seem like an odd thing to say about one of the world’s wealthiest men, but George Lucas has gotten the shaft. Not to whine, but we always talk about him as a cult leader, a businessman, or an Emperor Palpatine impersonator; never as an actual film artist. Part of that’s understandable, as Lucas has spent more of his career producing other people’s work or licensing his own than he has actually making movies. But the lack of serious critical conversation about his filmography bums me out. It’s difficult to reckon Lucas’ roots as an abstract, non-narrative filmmaker with his transformation into an intellectual property impresario, but I’m fascinated by it. Star Wars not only shaped my world as a child, but it held my hand as I took the first steps into the larger world of cinema. Through reading about the production of Star Wars,...
- 12/18/2015
- by Nathan Smith
- SoundOnSight
The term ‘Afrofuturism*’ was coined by an American writer, Mark Dery, in 1994, and many of the key artists and theorists associated with the movement — Sun Ra, George Clinton, Janelle Monae, Flying Lotus, Greg Tate, Octavia Butler, Samuel R. Delany, Alondra Nelson, the list goes on — are/were American. But is it solely an American deal? In curating the film program ‘Space is the Place: Afrofuturism on Film’ at Brooklyn’s BAMcinématek, I wanted to highlight that the movement also has a distinct international, pan-African reach.** I included Wanuri Kahiu’s superb “Pumzi”, which is Kenya’s first science fiction film. “Afronauts” by Frances Bodomo — who grew up in Ghana (and Norway,...
- 4/11/2015
- by Ashley Clark
- ShadowAndAct
What It's Like To Watch Game Of Thrones As Told By Game Of Thrones GIFs by Johannah King-Slutzky I'm a super intense science fiction fan. In fact, I was president of my school's science fiction club. But that doesn't mean I had an easy time getting into Game of Thrones. Ask me about Merlin lore and I've got your back (<3 u, Geoffrey of Monmouth). But distinguish Winterfell from Riverrun, I cannot. I thought George R. R. Martin was a pseudonymn for Samuel R. Delany for at least a year after the HBO series premiered, which should tell you a little something about my genre predilections. Luckily, like everyone else, once I got a couple episodes in I was hooked. In honor of the conclusion of Season 3 of Game of Thrones, here's a gif story about the emotional heat and hair-raising chills of [...]...
- 6/10/2013
- by Johannah King-Slutzky
- Nerve
I don’t even remember the first time I met Bob Morales. We might have met when he was an intern at the Village Voice and I was a freelance writer, but I have no memory of that. When I was publicity manager at DC Comics, he was always around. As a writer and editor – for Reflex, for Publishers Weekly, for Vibe – he was an invaluable asset for me to exploit.
But he was so much more.
Bob was a world-class gossip. If you read Bleeding Cool over the last 20 years, you’ve read one of Bob’s stories. He would, occasionally, let me use him to snipe at someone who was annoying me, on the condition that Bob agreed the person in question deserved it (he always agreed).
Bob was a brilliant writer, of comics and of prose. Most comics fans know him from his work on Captain America,...
But he was so much more.
Bob was a world-class gossip. If you read Bleeding Cool over the last 20 years, you’ve read one of Bob’s stories. He would, occasionally, let me use him to snipe at someone who was annoying me, on the condition that Bob agreed the person in question deserved it (he always agreed).
Bob was a brilliant writer, of comics and of prose. Most comics fans know him from his work on Captain America,...
- 4/26/2013
- by Martha Thomases
- Comicmix.com
The latest issue of Roy Thomas’s fine magazine Alter-Ego arrived in today’s mail. This one was dedicated to the late Joe Kubert, who died some seven months ago. It arrives a couple of days after I learned of the passing of Joe’s contemporary (and my ex-boss) Carmine Infantino. The synchronicity is odd and painful. These two men were excellent artist/storytellers and quite a bit more and they were among the first of their kind; they helped invent comic books. Years back, when I was chipper and unbald and fanzine folk began asking to interview me, I was flattered and – sure, always happy to open my gob. And so I did. But I wondered: shouldn’t these young journalists be talking to the older guys, the ones who were there at the beginning? Because most of them were already past youth and, as novelist Samuel R. Delany observed at the time,...
- 4/11/2013
- by Dennis O'Neil
- Comicmix.com
The other writer on the platform was Tony Bedard and he was getting most of the questions. We were at the Supercon in Miami and our topic was the Green Lantern.
What was Tony doing there? That’s easy. He was answering questions about the current status of Gl and well suited to do it, was he, being the writer of The Green Lantern Corps, one of the Gl spinoffs and a part of what has become, I guess, a franchise. Tony’s in the know.
Me? Well, let’s see…I wrote the character about 40 years ago, briefly, and I can retail a factoid or two regarding his early years, in the 1940s, and I saw the movie. But the recent stuff? Nah.
And that’s what our Miami audience was interested in, the current continuity, not the senescent blathering of a fossil about what was, to them, ancient history.
What was Tony doing there? That’s easy. He was answering questions about the current status of Gl and well suited to do it, was he, being the writer of The Green Lantern Corps, one of the Gl spinoffs and a part of what has become, I guess, a franchise. Tony’s in the know.
Me? Well, let’s see…I wrote the character about 40 years ago, briefly, and I can retail a factoid or two regarding his early years, in the 1940s, and I saw the movie. But the recent stuff? Nah.
And that’s what our Miami audience was interested in, the current continuity, not the senescent blathering of a fossil about what was, to them, ancient history.
- 7/5/2012
- by Dennis O'Neil
- Comicmix.com
For many years Welt am Draht, Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s 1973 three-and-a-half hour, made-for-tv science fiction opus was one of the late German directors’ most underscreened films. Dazzlingly stylish, and with narrative and thematic concerns anticipating the cyberpunk themes that would take root in science fiction more than a decade later, the film was only shown in America once in 1997 — that is, before it was restored and received a short run at MoMA in 2010. Fassbinder was quoted in MoMA’s catalogue as saying the film, translated as World on a Wire, is “a very beautiful story that depicts a world where one is able to make projections of people using a computer. And, of course, this leads to the uncertainty of whether someone himself is a projection, since in the virtual world projections resemble reality. Perhaps another, larger world has made us as a virtual one? In this sense it deals with the old philosophical model,...
- 1/10/2012
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
For many years Welt am Draht, Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s 1973 three-and-a-half hour, made-for-tv science fiction opus was one of the late German directors’ most underscreened films. Dazzlingly stylish, and with narrative and thematic concerns anticipating the cyberpunk themes that would take root in science fiction more than a decade later, the film was only shown in America once in 1997 — that is, before it was restored and received a short run at MoMA in 2010. Fassbinder was quoted in MoMA’s catalogue as saying the film, translated as World on a Wire, is “a very beautiful story that depicts a world where one is able to make projections of people using a computer. And, of course, this leads to the uncertainty of whether someone himself is a projection, since in the virtual world projections resemble reality. Perhaps another, larger world has made us as a virtual one? In this sense it deals with the old philosophical model,...
- 1/7/2012
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Batya Weinbaum's feminist speculative fiction journal Femspec, Issue 10.2 is now available in full ass-kickery mode.
This current issue of the feminist fantastical journal, which includes peer-reviewed articles, poetry, reviews, and original prose, poses such questions as:
- Why does female masculinity exist in children's fantasy?
- Why are female characters in literature considered powerful or adequate only when they exhibit characteristics that are traditionally male?
- What effect does fairy-tale literature have on gender theories within different cultures?
Is it too late for us to change our thinking regarding gender, or are the rules, roles and meanings too much set in stone?
As a collective whole, issue 10.2 portrays how gender has significant contributions to the world and how we choose to live in it, how we identify ourselves and others, and how we may be able to break free from existing gender constraints, initiating a change in outdated and current mindsets or ways of thinking.
This current issue of the feminist fantastical journal, which includes peer-reviewed articles, poetry, reviews, and original prose, poses such questions as:
- Why does female masculinity exist in children's fantasy?
- Why are female characters in literature considered powerful or adequate only when they exhibit characteristics that are traditionally male?
- What effect does fairy-tale literature have on gender theories within different cultures?
Is it too late for us to change our thinking regarding gender, or are the rules, roles and meanings too much set in stone?
As a collective whole, issue 10.2 portrays how gender has significant contributions to the world and how we choose to live in it, how we identify ourselves and others, and how we may be able to break free from existing gender constraints, initiating a change in outdated and current mindsets or ways of thinking.
- 12/2/2010
- by Superheidi
- Planet Fury
Thankfully for those of who will be running ourselves ragged on Friday, July 23rd, covering all the horror-related events at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con, the genre-centric fare on Saturday, the 24th, is a bit lighter. But what there is should bring out the fans in droves.
Saturday – July 24
10:00-11:00 Panel of the Living Dead: Surviving the Post-Apocalyptic Zombie Onslaught on Xbox 360 — Xbox 360 has become the exclusive epicenter for zombies. The team behind Capcom's Dead Rising 2 joins the industry's top zombie creative minds and a special guest zombie authority for a behind-the-braaaiiinnss look at the popular zombie titles on Xbox 360. Chomp on insights into how they've developed their unique lexicon on undead lore and storytelling approaches, and get survival tips for the inevitable zombie apocalypse. Join the flesh-hungry undead for a special Dead Rising 2 surprise from Capcom and be one of the first 25 zombies attending the panel to receive...
Saturday – July 24
10:00-11:00 Panel of the Living Dead: Surviving the Post-Apocalyptic Zombie Onslaught on Xbox 360 — Xbox 360 has become the exclusive epicenter for zombies. The team behind Capcom's Dead Rising 2 joins the industry's top zombie creative minds and a special guest zombie authority for a behind-the-braaaiiinnss look at the popular zombie titles on Xbox 360. Chomp on insights into how they've developed their unique lexicon on undead lore and storytelling approaches, and get survival tips for the inevitable zombie apocalypse. Join the flesh-hungry undead for a special Dead Rising 2 surprise from Capcom and be one of the first 25 zombies attending the panel to receive...
- 7/10/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Tambay alerted the S&A audience of BAMcinématek’s Contraband Cinema week showings of She’s Gotta Have It, Eldridge Cleaver and Chameleon Street here in NYC. But there are some other great films also showing in this series – docs mostly – that you should check out.
Tomorrow, Saturday July 3rd is what looks to be an interesting flick about the fantastic and notable (also difficult and confusing, but that’s subjective) bi-racial sci-fi writer Samuel Delany, writer of The Einstein Intersection, Dhalgren, and Return to Nevèrÿon series:
The Polymath or The Life and Opinions of Samuel R. Delany, Gentleman
Sat, Jul 3 at 7pm
Q&A with author and film subject Samuel R. Delany and director Fred Barney Taylor
Science fiction author Samuel R. Delany reminds his readers that revolution is both personal and political. Taylor’s film mirrors Delany’s life as a queer, biracial man whose writings rock the...
Tomorrow, Saturday July 3rd is what looks to be an interesting flick about the fantastic and notable (also difficult and confusing, but that’s subjective) bi-racial sci-fi writer Samuel Delany, writer of The Einstein Intersection, Dhalgren, and Return to Nevèrÿon series:
The Polymath or The Life and Opinions of Samuel R. Delany, Gentleman
Sat, Jul 3 at 7pm
Q&A with author and film subject Samuel R. Delany and director Fred Barney Taylor
Science fiction author Samuel R. Delany reminds his readers that revolution is both personal and political. Taylor’s film mirrors Delany’s life as a queer, biracial man whose writings rock the...
- 7/2/2010
- by Curtis the Media Man
- ShadowAndAct
Back in March I interviewed notorious filmmaker Bruce Labruce about his most recent gay gore and full sex flick, Otto; Or, Up With Dead People. I asked him about the “zombie porn” that he mentioned on the DVD commentary.
Labruce: As a matter of fact, it may be happening this spring. I have a short script, and I’m talking with some big porn names. It would be in conjunction with an art opening I’m having in late May in La at the art gallery that represents me, Peres Projects. I’m planning on working with Joe Castro, a low-budget special effects/gore/splatter wiz who has worked lately with Herschell Gordon Lewis! I’m just trying to pull together the funding now, so if you know anybody…
Cut To: Now. Labruce is in the homestretch of shooting L.A. Zombie, and I’m invited to the set to watch.
Labruce: As a matter of fact, it may be happening this spring. I have a short script, and I’m talking with some big porn names. It would be in conjunction with an art opening I’m having in late May in La at the art gallery that represents me, Peres Projects. I’m planning on working with Joe Castro, a low-budget special effects/gore/splatter wiz who has worked lately with Herschell Gordon Lewis! I’m just trying to pull together the funding now, so if you know anybody…
Cut To: Now. Labruce is in the homestretch of shooting L.A. Zombie, and I’m invited to the set to watch.
- 9/14/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Sean Abley)
- Fangoria
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