Tag Archives: sci fi

Surrogates [2009] 1. Peeling back the robot’s face to prepare for a skin lift. 2. Zapper that looks like a bong. 3. Simultaneous crash. People emerge from their houses wearing bathrobes.

Soylent Green [1973] 1. He looks at the piece of beef and begins to cry. 2. Soylent buns. 3. Conveyor belts dump the bodies into a circular reservoir.

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives [2010] 1. “Ghosts are not attached to places but to people, the living.” 2. Rows of lighted screens illuminate the field. 3. To shake off the hypnotism of the television, they go … Continue reading →

2010: The Year We Make Contact [1984] 1. The Russian word for chicken (koo-reet-sa). 2. “Thank you for telling me the truth.” “You deserve it.” 3. On a new planet, a new monolith.

Paul [2011] 1. “She was furry nice.” 2. In less than thirty seconds she runs the gamut of getting stoned. 3. An alien hoses the blood off the jetway.

Altered States [1980] 1. “She’s still crazy about him, he’s still crazy.” 2. Curious stained glass windows in the bathroom. They resemble his hallucinations. 3. Dissolving plasma lady.