Subscribe to TIB's RSS Feed
Search
Admin
Categories
Archives
Articles & Info
-
Random Archive Posts
- T:TSCC 0211 - Self Made Man
- 2009 WNBA - Is KT Wrong For Chicago?
- The SNOT Approach To Clearing Space Debris
- WNBA 2008 Conference Finals Breakdown
- American Quotes
- 2009-10 Maryland Women's Basketball Early Review
- Space Vision: A Whole Lot of Nothing
- No More Stimulus Packages, U.S. - Try Sound Money Management
- I'm Lovin My Naproxen
- With Spring Comes Nests
The Mercantile
Linkage
Tag Archives: sci-fi
Fiction: Rescued For Life
Because of The Connor Wars, many of you know me as a screenwriter. That’s good–that’s pretty much how I know me, too. That said, I’m not totally incapable of writing fiction in the traditional way. Here’s a little something from the archives: a science fiction short story about the necessity of limits.
The Physics of Space Battles – Gizmodo
The diff between “hard” SF and “soft” SF? You worry about stuff like this when you write the “hard” stuff. The Physics of Space Battles – Gizmodo.
Posted in CJ's Quick Links
Tagged battle, creative, physics, sci-fi, science fiction, sf, space, war, writing
Leave a comment
TTSCC Scenes I’d Like to See (Part 5) – Veritas
In the season 2 episode, “Ourselves Alone”, John has a confrontation with Riley. John gives Riley one last opportunity to confess her secrets to him. This scene is the result of asking what if Sarah hadn’t broken the mood John had set up? What if Riley actually abandoned the lies?
Posted in TSCC
Tagged cameron, confession, fanfic, fiction, jesse, john, riley, sci-fi, science fiction, screenplay, secrets, television, terminator, truth, ttscc, tv, writing
Leave a comment
T:TSCC 0205 – Goodbye To All That
Analysis and opinions of the season 2 episode “Goodbye To All That” from Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Posted in Diversions, TSCC
Tagged cameron phillips, derek reese, john connor, leadership, sarah connor, savior, sci-fi, science fiction, television, terminator, tv
Leave a comment
T:TSCC The Turk, Skynet, and Libertarian Terminators
In Terminator: the Sarah Connor Chronicles, what if Skynet isn’t the offspring of the Turk…but Cameron is? There are clues that might point in that direction.
Posted in Diversions, TSCC
Tagged ai, cameron phillips, intelligence, john connor, misdirection, robots, sarah connor, sci-fi, science fiction, skynet, television, terminator, the turk, tv
Leave a comment
A Few More Wild Speculations on TTSCC’s Cameron and Allison
After my review, I thought there was more to be said and guessed about resistance fighter Allison and terminator/infiltrator Cameron. Who are they? Why do they matter to John Connor?
Posted in Diversions, TSCC
Tagged alison, allison, cameron phillips, personaltiy, sci-fi, science fiction, sf, skynet, speculation, summer glau, television, terminator, ttscc, tv, young
Leave a comment
T:TSCC 0203 – The Mousetrap
Analysis and opinions of the season 2 episode “The Mousetrap” from Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Posted in Diversions, TSCC
Tagged action, cameron phillips, cromartie, john connor, review, sarah connor, sci-fi, science fiction, summer glau, t-1001, television, terminator, trap, tv
1 Comment
Romantic Ideas About the Cameron Phillips Terminator
Cameron Phillips is becoming a topic of some romantic speculation about her role in the Terminator universe. To some she’s a very scary robot, to others a loyal and self-aware ally. Since I’m not immune to Cameron’s mystery, here are some thoughts
Posted in Diversions, TSCC
Tagged allies, cameron phillips, cybernetic, cyborg, friends, glau, john connor, love, protector, robot, sci-fi, science fiction, sf, skynet, summer, terminator
1 Comment
A Beginner’s Guide to Time Travel
Time travel can be a very confusing aspect of many stories told on TV, movies, or in print. Paradoxes confound and befuddle. This article might help to explain some of it, or it might just make the confusion worse. Hopefully, it is more of the former.
Posted in Diversions, Musings, TSCC
Tagged causality, destiny, fate, fiction, free-will, grandfather paradox, immutable, machine, mutable, paradox, sci-fi, science fiction, sf, temporal, temporal mechanics, time, time travel, writing
1 Comment
Totally Fanning on Summer Glau
There are some aspects of fandom that you just glom onto. Often it’s the larger work: a Buffy the Vampire Slayer, or Battlestar Galactica, or something equally epic. Sometimes it’s a character or actor from those works that has managed to become compelling enough that you follow them from project to project because you know they won’t disappoint. For the past few years, one of those actors for me has been Summer Glau. Like many who have long been entwined … Continue reading
Posted in Diversions
Tagged actor, actress, ballet, bellerina, cameron phillips, celebrity, dancer, firefly, glau, john connor, river tam, sci-fi, science fiction, scifi, serenity, sf, summer glau, television, terminator, tv, whedon
Leave a comment
