Tag: Space Movies & Shows

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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“Star Trek: Discovery” touches down on Paramount Plus for its fifth and final season on April 4. The season features an interstellar treasure hunt that follows “Captain Burnham and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery uncovering a mystery that will send them on an epic adventure across the galaxy to find an ancient power whose very existence has been deliberately hidden for centuries.” Back in 2017, “Discovery” was at the vanguard in returning the popular space fantasy universe to its proper place in pop culture via the small screen, where…

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Frank Herbert’s Dune is epic sci-fi storytelling with an environmental message at its heart. The novels and movies are set on the desert planet of Arrakis, which various characters dream of transforming into a greener world – much like some envision for Mars today. We investigated Arrakis using a climate model, a computer program similar to those used to give weather forecasts. We found the world that Herbert had created, well before climate models even existed, was remarkably accurate – and would be habitable, if not hospitable. However, Arrakis wasn’t…

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On Episode 104 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with National Space Society chapter leader Robert Aillon about NASA’s Artemis Accords. Spaceflight is no longer just for superpowers—there are now 37 countries signed to NASA’s Artemis Accords for the return to the Moon, and previously non-spacefaring nations are getting into the spaceflight trade, Ecuador among them. Aillon, who started a National Space Society chapter in Ecuador after attending a graduate program at the University of Arizona’s Thunderbird School, was a prime mover in getting Ecuador to sign…

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