Tag: Space Movies & Shows

On Episode 111 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Dr. John Mulchaey, Director of the Carnegie Observatories, about the threat to completing two new giant astronomical observatories. Welcome to the Big Glass Wars! That’s right, just when you thought you’d heard it all, turns out there’s hot competition among a few countries to stay on the cutting edge of optical astronomy, and to do that, you need a great big hunk of glass to gather light from distant galaxies and stellar systems. Enter the Carnegie Observatories…

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One of the most underappreciated and longest-running franchises in Hollywood history is “Planet of the Apes,” that imaginative science fiction property which began with the Charlton Heston-led classic from 1968 directed by Franklin J. Schaffner.   Adapted from the 1963 French novel by Pierre Boulle, the plotline centered around astronauts crash landing on a planet in the far future where intelligent simians rule the world and humans are mute feral creatures subjected to all kinds of cruelties. The twist ending of course is that this is no remote alien world,…

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One of the core pillars of  Star Wars is the Jedi and their mysterious connection to the Force, but we’ve only seen fragments of their illustrious order’s history on the big screen. Watching the Star Wars movies in chronological order, we see them at the height of their power, fall into near extinction, and rise once again. Now, with the new live-action series The Acolyte on Disney Plus, we’re about to learn how the Sith plotted in the shadows against the Jedi prior to the events of The Phantom Menace.…

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May the 4th be with you! Like its animated predecessor, “Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi,” that absorbing anthology which first debuted on Disney+ back in October of 2022, a new collection of short animation gems taken from the point-of-view of two characters seduced by dark Imperial influences marches onto the House of Mouse’s streaming platform today as part of the geekiest of holidays, Star Wars Day. Instead of that previous project’s focus on a younger Ahsoka Tano and Count Dooku prior to his anointment as a Sith Lord, “Star…

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Starting with his Superman reboot, James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy movies, The Suicide Squad) aims to reshape DC’s shared universe across movies and TV. Here’s everything we know so far. From Man of Steel to Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) has had its ups and downs. Its biggest issue being the mix of director-driven ambitions with muddled, inconsistent universe-building. While there were some remarkable wins, it never fully came together. DC Studios, the new hub coordinating all of DC’s efforts outside of comic books,…

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With “Atlas,” Netflix is clearly embracing bombastic summer spectacle in the vein of Amazon’s “The Tomorrow War.” That is, ‘original’ sci-fi flicks with hefty production budgets and killer casts to make up for the pastiche of well-trodden ideas. After 20th Century Studios’ stunningly-crafted “The Creator” bombed in theaters last year, maybe these should be released via streaming for the foreseeable future. After a ho-hum “Atlas” teaser (beyond the striking visuals) released for Brad Peyton’s Atlas – which has an interesting cast to say the least – Netflix has put the…

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On Episode 107 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with journalist Leonard David about NASA’s troubled Mars sample return mission. The robotic program has its roots in the 1960s, when NASA started thinking about sending robots to fetch Mars soil even before Mariner 4’s first flyby of the planet. The Russians pondered it as well, as the Chinese and Japanese are today. The problem? It’s really hard, with multiple spacecraft, possibly on different launches, rendezvousing around the Red Planet to accomplish. And then there are the concerns…

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“Transformers One” aims to return the long-running ‘Robots in Disguise’ franchise to its animated roots, and it could be more than meets the eye. After “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” last year, the second chapter in the rebooted live-action Transformers continuity, Paramount and Hasbro are dropping an all-new Cybertronian adventure on us this summer. As far as we know, the animated theatrical feature won’t be directly connected to the live-action movies, whose next step will be a huge Transformers & G.I. Joe crossover designed to please the diehard fans that…

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On Episode 106 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq take you on a tour of the coolest space places on Earth. Most you can visit; some are more problematic, but many are must-sees for we, the True Believers! They will tell you where they are, what’s there to see, and — where possible — how to get inside without getting arrested. Rod and Tariq also do a solar eclipse recap from our varied — and somewhat frustrating — experiences earlier this week. Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-space. Get episodes ad-free…

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On Episode 105 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with astronomer and meteorologist Joe Rao about the solar eclipse of 2024. Unless you’ve been living under a rock or in Barstow, you probably know all about the solar eclipse on Monday. Rod will be going to Austin, likely to be staring at ever-darkening clouds, and Tariq will be headed to the eclipse path in the Northeast. Where will you be? Rao tells us about the eclipse — what is it, where the moon’s shadow will cross Earth, how…

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