Review by C.J. Bunce The early 2018 release Alien: Covenant is now streaming on Amazon Prime, Vudu, and other streaming services. It is the second act of a two-part story focusing in major part on the android* named David, the continuation of non-human humanoids we first encountered in the Ridley Scott’s original 1979 film Alien […]
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Hey, looks like we made it! Five years ago today, Elizabeth C. Bunce, Art Schmidt, Jason McClain, and I had already spent a few months talking through the technical details for the launch of borg.com. What should it look like? What should we write about? How do we get to there from here? Then it all […]
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By C.J. Bunce Outer space looks so peaceful and tranquil from the images we have received over the years from NASA astronauts. Yet the reality of space is that it is an unforgiving place, and impossible to survive in without adequate protective gear. Without a space suit you would lose consciousness within seconds because there is no oxygen. Blood boils and […]
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By C.J. Bunce Inspired by the new blue space suits in the new movie Prometheus, yesterday we began showing the evolution of the space suit as seen by Hollywood from the 1950s through the 1970s, including a few photos of real astronaut suits that influenced movie designers. Today we continue trekking forward to the costumes of today. […]
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By C.J. Bunce We highlight them all the time here at borg.com. But some of them don’t naturally come to mind when you think of cybernetically enhanced organisms–cyborgs, or borgs for short. What makes a borg? An organism, human, alien, or animal, who has been modified by technology or uses technology as part of or in place […]
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I have always been fascinated with the use of the corridor or futuristic hallway in science fiction TV and movies. It’s a tool that has been used over and over again to show a utilitarian function that we use today as we might see it in the future. By showing a simple hallway with different colored […]
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To get to borg.com’s first anniversary it actually took us 366 days because of the leap year. And what a year it has been! So what do we have to show for 366 daily posts–our attempt to keep you up to date on what is going on in science fiction, fantasy, and entertainment news? We interviewed some great […]
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Review by C.J. Bunce Out of the frying pan, into the fire. Ted Bentley was just served his lay-off notice and is free for the first time in years to make a fresh start. He was tired of the politics of the job, making and building with no knowledge of the point of all he […]
