After Earth (Official Trailer)

Will Smith + Sci-Fi = Must See.

-GJ

Oblivion (Official Trailer)

Not a huge Tom Cruise fan (with the exception of Top Gun and Minority Report), but Oblivion looks like a must see for any Sci-Fi fan.

-GJ

Movie Review: Iron Sky

Have you ever wondered what it'd be like if the Nazis weren't really gone, but instead had taken over the moon? Well wait no more, for now there is Iron Sky.

Plot Synopsis

At the end of World War II the Nazis launch a secret space program to the dark side of the moon. For the next 70 years they lie in wait, constructing a massive space fortress and fleet of heavily armed flying saucers. In 2018, they make their move to take back the Earth.

Iron Sky isn't the greatest movie of all time, but if you're looking for a movie to sit, relax, and unwind with, than it's the perfect fit.

The story will keep your attention, the acting is actually good, it's well paced with the action, and the humor is well timed. Above all else though, the movie's musical score was absolutely mind blowing.

Our only real complaint was at the opening sequence of the movie. There was nothing about it that made us feel like these events were actually happening on the moon, everything was beyond fake, even the astronauts' space suits were terrible.

First ten minutes had us wondering if Iron Sky could get any more cornier and cheesier. After those ten minutes though, things turned around and we fully enjoyed the film.

Iron Sky is a 93 minute Sci-Fi comedy, rated R for strong language and some violence, stars Julia Dietze, Gotz Otto, and Christopher Kirby, and was directed by Timo Vuorensola.

We give Iron Sky a solid 3 out 5.

-GJ

Will They Come???

With almost everyone writing a blog these days, a new trend of websites that offer readers a prompt or question to help get their creative juices flowing have emerged.

After visiting many of these, including the Blogger promoted Plinky.com, we have noticed that there is a common prompt / question on just about every site;

"Do you believe contact with aliens will be made in your lifetime?"


Interestingly enough the common answer to this question is an astounding no. So many people believe that we are completely alone in the universe and that those who believe in aliens are out of their minds or immature and need to grow up.

The following is not to offend but merely point out the fact to those of you who throw out Bible facts and arguments when discussing alien contact, just keep in mind that no one has actually proven any of that information either, but you still believe in it.

Here at the Galaxy Junkyard we of course believe in such things as aliens and have good faith that someday we may even have an opportunity to have contact with them. To be completely honest, the following examples are a couple of entertainment theories that we believe could actually be revealed to be true.

* Men In Black (MIB) - This scenario just makes the most sense to us. With the way people act and just seem to have no common sense about them, we could definitely believe these are aliens from another planet disguising themselves as humans. The whole movie in itself is just practical.


* South Park - This is a little less practical but one that should not be ruled out as a possibility. In the episode "Cancelled" (Season 7, Episode 1) the boys learn that are lives here on Earth are nothing more than a reality TV show for the rest of the Universe to enjoy. Every creature on Earth was collected from other planets across the Universe and left on Earth for the mere enjoyment of others.


Although everything here could be wrong and our opinions absurd, because in the end life could simply be revealed as the Matrix. - GJ

Money Waster

So for those that haven't heard, or haven't been to scifi.com this week, FOX has announced that they will be beaming their new movie "The Day The Earth Stood Still" into space on opening day, 12/12/08.

The transmission is set to be aimed towards Alpha Centauri. There's just one little problem with their aim; the time it takes to reach Alpha Centauri will actually put Alpha Centauri out of the transmissions range.

Everything in space is in constant motion, and since we're talking about FOX, we all know that they have not considered this.

And for those of you that are panicking that we are showing possible ways for an alien race to attack the Earth, take a deep breath, and remember, if they have the ability to space travel, they don't need our help in planning our destruction.

Read Sci-Fi.com's article Here.

Editor's Note

FOX can afford to beam a brand new movie into space, but claimed that it was just too expensive to produce an episode of FIREFLY, am I the only one who has a problem with this? - GJ