Greenflame
Jottings on science, religion, technology, pop culture, photography and faith from the Aotearoa New Zealand
Category: Science Fiction
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After listening to Steve’s presentation on River as a Christ-figure in the movie Serenity, I felt inspired to walk up to Heroes for Sale and grab the last two parts of the latest Serenity mini-series “Better Days” from Dark Horse comics. Suffice to say I was disappointed. The story seemed to drag, some of the…
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Very busy this week juggling SBL + work stuff in the gaps – always a problem when a conference is happening on your own campus. Good to catch up with lots of different people over the week. Various random highlights included: Going to a presentation in an ecological stream and in the question time finding…
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Picked up the following book from a sale pile today at a book clearance store. Hoping to find some time to flick through it at some point – perhaps on the train traveling to and from the SBL international conference in a week’s time. Must have a hunt through the conference programme book and see…
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Great little article by Sam J. Miller over at mental_floss Blog » Battlestar Galactica vs. Star Trek looking at the difference in anthropologies underlying Star Trek (pretty positive) and the new Battlestar Galactica (pretty negative). Worth a quick read. Miller argues that Galactica doesn’t hide the warts or flaws in human nature and relationships, or…
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As a child growing up there were certain TV shows that could only be watched from “behind the couchâ€. You wanted to know what happened, but at the same time the tension (and scariness) of the episode required that some form of retreat or protection was needed. These shows included the (Tom Baker) Dr Who…
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A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away Darren wrote in an email “i’ll do serenity asap…â€. That was June 2006. Now, however, he’s started the great Firefly Study Series and you can find the first parts at: Firefly Study Series – Introduction | Youth Ministry Blog Firefly Study Series – Episode 01…
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For those of you who are suffering from needing a Serenity or Firefly fix, then Dark Horse’s Firefly/Serenity mini-series “Better Days” is now out. I picked up issue 1 the other day, and it’s a good read if you’re a fan-boy or girl. Actually, it’s a good read for a comic in general – I’ve…
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Over at InsideCatholic.com – Science Fiction and the Areopagus, Mark Shea contends that science fiction (and fantasy) are one of the last places left in the media to explore questions relating to philosophy and religion. And the intriguing proposition that fandom is similar to the Pauline Areopagus. Such work is, it seems to me, vital.…
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I’ve just gotten around to starting to watch the third season of the new Battlestar Galactica. So far, so good – the planet-side setting adds a different dimension to the show for a bit, while the socio-political commentary continues. Related to this are several links I’ve come across recently. Firstly, FlowTV – ‘a critical forum…
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Frantic here at the moment. Old job stuff to finish, new job stuff to think about, last week of the school holidays, conference abstract due tomorrow, and going to Dunedin early tomorrow for the bioethics conference (so packing now). However, still time to note that Dark Horse are finally going to release their next Firefly/Serenity…