science fiction – NZ Catholic Newspaper https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz The New Zealand National Catholic Newspaper Thu, 27 Apr 2017 03:34:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.1 Aliens dialogue with linguist https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2017/01/17/aliens-dialogue-linguist/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2017/01/17/aliens-dialogue-linguist/#respond Mon, 16 Jan 2017 22:00:34 +0000 https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=14391 The more challenging end of the science fiction spectrum should offer as much reward for the mind as for the senses.  In the past few years, some of the most creative work in the business has been in examples such as Prometheus (2012), Interstellar (2014) and, most recently, The Martian (2015). The first and the third of these have

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]]> https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2017/01/17/aliens-dialogue-linguist/feed/ 0 Cult, family clash in science fiction thriller https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2016/08/09/cult-family-clash-sci-fi-thriller/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2016/08/09/cult-family-clash-sci-fi-thriller/#respond Tue, 09 Aug 2016 00:00:08 +0000 https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=13382 The use of parallel universes, sometimes known as alternative reality, is a common feature in science fiction and its movie spinoffs. A couple of good recent examples were Another Earth and Source Code, both released in 2011. The latest, Midnight Special (Warner Bros), also has strong connections to Starman and ET: The Extra-Terrestrial, made in the early 1980s. But Midnight Special differs vastly in tone from its sci-fi predecessors. It is the

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