I had a lot of fun shooting that little Ten Days from Mars movie. I also learned a lot. Doing it in black and white made for some interesting shifts in colors that I hadn’t anticipated. My personal assistant’s white[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for December, 2016
After numerous generations of failed supersoldiers, the Albion scientists had succeeded in one thing. Their techniques in forming genetic compulsions were improving greatly. Whether they were warriors or monks, the imperatives were working. The problem was that they wanted warriors[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
From the day mankind first banged a couple sticks together to form a rhythm, music has been one of the most important parts of living for us. It mourns with us when we’re sad, it makes us laugh when we’re[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Another lesser known fact of the Slavery era in America is the role that Irish slaves filled. The British first sold political prisoners at a cheaper cost than the stronger African slaves, and then began a program of removing Catholicism[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My Ten Days From Mars film was supposed to take place back before Contact, when we still had to boost people out of the planetary gravity wells on booster rockets or the space elevators. Back when it took days of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After several generations of Peloran children that fought like demons but couldn’t be controlled, the Albion scientists changed their strategy. They dialed back the aggression and dominance genes, as well as numerous other modifications, and created their next generation of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Everybody knows the Africans were once used as slave labor in the cotton fields. Their lobby does not let anyone forget it. But a little known secret is that the Chinese maintained slave trading markets long after the American Civil[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I had this dream of making movies when I was a kid. I actually filmed quite a few back during high school. One of the first good ones I did was this old science fiction noir film about traveling to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There is an old saying about bold warriors making horrible soldiers. The Peloran are actually one very good example of that. Both male and females are born to fight, with genetic imperatives built into their reactions to do so in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What does it take to be a fighter pilot in the age of cybers? Well, you don’t need to know how to fly for one thing. It’s nice to know of course, but the cyber flies your fighter. Reflexes? Instincts?[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…