October 2014 – The Sci-Fi Christian

The murdering lasts a full year in The Long Halloween. In this classic Batman story, spanning 13 issues, a villain known as the Holiday Killer executes someone once a month, and always on a holiday….

SFC 2014 Trick-Or-Treat: True Detective

October 30, 2014
Tagged as: true detective

Note: The following contains some character arc and minor plot spoilers for the first season of True Detective. In the penultimate episode of True Detective’s first season, our two not-always-heroic heroes Marty (Woody Harrelson)…

TARDIS Talk: “In the Forest of the Night” (Series 8.10)

October 30, 2014
Tagged as: Doctor Who, TARDIS Talk

Like the thoughts swarming so quickly around Maebh Arden that she couldn’t slow them down, the ideas in Frank Cottrell Boyce’s first Doctor Who story fly around so fast that I, at least, don’t feel…

SFC 2014 Trick-or-Treat: Death Note

October 29, 2014

Usually when I say I’m an anime fan, people tend to think that I have my house decorated with the cheesiest Japanese tchotchkes, posters of Dragon Ball Z hanging over my bed, a scantily-clad Sailor…

Halloween

SFC 2014 Trick-or-Treat: Danse Macabre

October 28, 2014
Tagged as: Danse Macabre, music

No matter what the calendar may say, it isn’t Halloween for me until I’ve listened to Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saëns. This orchestral tone poem, composed in 1874, evokes the holiday’s magical and mysterious nature…

SFC 2014 Trick-or-Treat: The True Horror of The Walking Dead

October 27, 2014
Tagged as: Halloween, the Walking Dead, Trick-or-Treat

(Why I’m recommending The Walking Dead…but not for the reason you think) With Halloween quickly approaching and the uncanny popularity of The Walking Dead (both the television show and its comic book predecessor), it’s safe…

SFC 2014 Trick-or-Treat: Teen Wolf

October 26, 2014
Tagged as: Halloween, michael j. fox, teen wolf, Trick-or-Treat

Okay, you guys. I don’t know if this is the right audience, but I’m doing this on your behalf. Beyond the apples, pies and candy, I’m recommending something for you that will make this harvesty…

Halloween

The SFC 2014 Trick-or-Treat Starts Tomorrow!

October 25, 2014
Tagged as: Trick-or-Treat

Anyone could see that the wind was a special wind this night, and the darkness took on a special feel because it was All Hallows’ Eve. —Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree Bradbury was right: There…

TARDIS Talk: “Flatline” (Series 8.9)

October 24, 2014
Tagged as: Doctor Who, TARDIS Talk

The sight of the Doctor’s hand moving the miniature TARDIS away from the train tracks in “Flatline” may be the weirdest sight Doctor Who has served up so far this season. (It’s certainly one of…

Episode 295: Fall 2014 Superhero Television

October 23, 2014
Tagged as: comics, graphic novels, sci-fi, superheroes, television

Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono Ben and Matt have friends that do a podcast called The Green Screen Podcast. On that podcast, Koby and BJ cover Arrow, DC Entertainment, and more. They haven’t…

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Month: October 2014

SFC 2014 Trick-or-Treat: Batman: The Long Halloween