Sci-Fi

Movies That Time Forgot: Explorers (1985)

Movies That Time Forgot: Explorers (1985)

Would you believe me if I told you that I’m just learning, right now as I clack-clack-clack away at the keyboard, as I sit down to write an article about the 1985 movie Explorers, right now, this instant, I just learned that both Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix are...

When was Dune published?

When was Dune published?

Long before Timothy Chalament was tasked with carrying on the legacy of House Atreides, Dune was a breakout science fiction novel. When was it first published? Dune When was the original Dune novel published? You let the Harkonnens take control of the spice. Now you have to see Sting in...

5 retro movies to celebrate AI (probably not) becoming conscious

5 retro movies to celebrate AI (probably not) becoming conscious

Here at Classic Nerd, the news that a Google engineer thinks the AI chatbot he’s been working on has become sentient wasn’t shocking or scary. That’s because we’ve been preparing for this moment for decades. Whether or not it actually is (almost certainly not really) sentient,...

Movie quotes: Name the sci-fi movie

Movie quotes: Name the sci-fi movie

Name the movie based solely on a quote. Can it be done?...

5 of the weirdest 80s sci-fi music videos

5 of the weirdest 80s sci-fi music videos

The 1980s were a golden decade for sci-fi — one that lived out its dystopian Cold War-laced paranoia vicariously through futuristic David vs. Goliath stories on the silver screen. It all added up to some of the best sci-fi cinema ever made, in my humble opinion. Empire Strikes Back, Flash Gordon,...

10 movie aliens we wish really existed

10 movie aliens we wish really existed

More often than not, movies depict aliens as monstrous beings out to destroy us, invade us, enslave us, assimilate us, or simply use us in ungodly experiments involving Chihuahuas. No question about it, when it comes to the pictures, aliens tend to get a bad rap. There are, however, those...

5 predictions from The Running Man that came true

5 predictions from The Running Man that came true

In the 1987 Arnold-helmed sci-fi thriller, The Running Man, the opening scroll sets up the movie by painting this cheery picture: “Television is controlled by the state and a sadistic game show called ‘The Running Man’ has become the most popular program in history. All art, music and communications are...