#science-fiction

#science-fiction

A sci-fi fable, The Motion, is a heated debate on animal testing that slips down a kaleidoscopic rabbit hole where the audience equipped with voting cards becomes an accomplice. Shotgun Players' Artistic Director Patrick Dooley directs the world premiere from the Bay Area playwright Christopher Chen, an Obie Award winner. Shotgun Players The Motion, starts Sept. 13, Ashby Stage, 1901 Ashby Ave. Tickets online or at (510) 841-6500 ext. 303. Pay-what-you-can tickets and special pricing available.

"Butler's stories reckoned with chattel slavery, climate catastrophe, and fascism, and were deeply attuned to West African culture and the American civil-rights movement."

Highlander blends science fiction, fantasy, and romance with a Queen soundtrack, presenting an absurd premise where immortals duel throughout history in a beheading battle royale.

Line of Fire: Burnt Moon offers a new direction for the Osprey Games product line, focusing on deckbuilding in a head-to-head battle over the moon of Io.

Brazil opens with a bureaucratic error. A fly gets stuck in a typewriter, changing the surname of Archibald Tuttle to Archibald Buttle, a misprint on a form that dictates the government forcibly detain a suspected terrorist (Tuttle) but instead leads to the arrest of an entirely innocent man (Buttle). If the inciting events of our great science fiction films have been hostile aliens, seductive robots, and reckless technologies, Terry Gilliam begins his with a humble typo.

The city has been flattened, the backs of its bridges broken, but is slowly coming back to life.

In 'Predator: Badlands,' a young Yautja named Dek, portrayed by Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi, becomes the protagonist, marking a departure from the franchise's traditional storytelling.

This time, the program enters our domain - and the result looks absolutely electric.

"The nuns would teach you a lesson, said my mother."

The eight-episode series is set in 2120, where corporate interests are competing to unlock the key to human longevity, possibly even immortality.

The 1960 version of The Lost World contains no recognizable dinosaurs, which makes it a bizarre oddity in sci-fi cinema, unlike its subsequent counterparts.

The only realistic way human beings could colonise planets beyond our solar system is if they spent their lives travelling and committed their children and grandchildren to the same fate.

The Expanse 3-Book Box Set is selling for only $20, offering fans a chance to acquire the first three novels of this acclaimed series affordably.

Apple's adaptation of Martha Wells' novels about a depressed and anxiety-ridden killing machine offers brisk, funny episodes that are easy to binge-watch. With its light tone, it contrasts with the show's existential themes. The finale of its first season will be released on July 11, allowing ample time for new viewers to catch up.

Foundation Season 3 has crafted its most urgent episodes yet, positioning itself as the true Game of Thrones in space, deserving a larger audience.

One of the Earthmen is known as the noble Don Rumata, who lets his subjects and rivals believe he's descended from a local pagan god, but his higher learning and outsider status still makes him a target for persecution.

In Foundation, Lee Pace plays four clones of Cleon I, rulers of the Galactic Empire, embodying different challenges and disillusionment, bringing layers to the character.

The film tries to be politically diplomatic by including astronauts from diverse nationalities but ultimately falls into the trap of tired stereotypes.

Appropriately jolting and surprisingly fun to watch, 28 Years Later's prologue introduces viewers to the terrifying yet entertaining world of flailing 'Infected'.

If anything, it may have tapped into them a little too well. Splice is brilliant in its barrage of discomfort, rarely allowing its viewers a bit of respite.

Ron Gamble describes wormholes as a subway tube connecting distant points in space-time, representing a theoretical concept influenced by the curvature of space and gravity.