Category: Sci Fi Bytes
Lieutenant Leslie Was the Redshirt that Survived Star Trek: The Original Series (Sort of)
A common trope of Star Trek: The Original Series was that the crewmembers who wore red uniforms…
Peter Jackson’s Adaptation of The Lord of the Rings Could Have Been Only One Movie
While Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings film trilogy has received much (deserved) acclaim, many fans of…
Ten Things You Probably Did Not Know About Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone premiered in the Fall of 1959 and would go on to have a legendary…
H.G. Wells Called Metropolis “the Silliest Film”
Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, which first came out in 1927, is considered a seminal science fiction film and…
Land Trek: Six Shows that Delivered a Grounded Take on the Star Trek Format
The original Star Trek series aired for three seasons in the late ’60s before NBC’s cancellation, and…
Was 1994’s Fantastic Four Movie Never Supposed to Be Released to Theaters?
Moviegoers and Marvel Comics fans are likely familiar with the 2005 Fantastic Four film and its 2007…
Alexander the Great Could Have Changed Television’s Star Trek, Batman, and More
In 1963, ABC produced a pilot for an action/adventure series that would have focused on the historical…
Ridley Scott was Fired from Blade Runner
Blade Runner is hailed as one of the best science fiction movies ever made and is considered…
And the First Sci Fi TV Series Was . .
Science fiction and fantasy has been a staple of television since the early days of the medium…
What Ever Happened to the Planned Buckaroo Banzai Sequel Buckaroo Banzai vs. The World Crime League?
1984’s The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension became a cult favorite among sci fi…