Immaculate Obsession

Science fiction reviews. Taking all comers.

Entries for April, 2009

The Zombie Apocalypse is Here! [Zombies]

It turns out that zombies really do live among us, sometimes masquerading as college students. This was a planned event run by a Resident Assitant from Crown College at UCSC. The game was played by humans trying to defend themselves from zombies by using Nerf guns. Many thanks to Warren Singh for putting the event [...]

Heroes Does Supernatural – And Sylar Loves It [Heroes Mini-Review]

This is a little behind, I know. Last week’s episode of Heroes was in many ways completely different from any episode before it.  The characters acted differently, the themes discussed were radically altered, and above all it made better use of music than the show has to date.
Now, Heroes has music. Or, to put it [...]

Observer Children and Creepy Artists – Fringe Returns!

Tonight saw the return of J.J. Abrams alternative science TV thriller, Fringe, and it was quite honestly a return that whimpered rather than banged.
Don’t get me wrong, I actually quite enjoy the show Fringe and having been eagerly awaiting its return to the airwaves, enough even to brave a few minutes of American Idol while [...]

Not Dead Yet [About the Blog]

No, we are not dead. I have just been insanely busy with the Crown College Social Fiction Conference. What’s the Social Fiction Conference, you ask? A week ago I would’ve been thrilled to give you the canned response I’ve been giving for five months. Now, I invite you to please investigate the Social Fiction Conference [...]