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Cowboy Bebop–Sci-fi, future noir, space western is the best streaming series yet

Review by C.J. Bunce The new Netflix series Cowboy Bebop, an adaptation of the 1999-2001 anime series, is so good, so well-written, so jazz-filled, stylish, cool, and sexy that you won’t deny it’s the...

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Blade Runner: Black Lotus–Animated series gets look and feel of Syd Mead’s...

Review by C.J. Bunce I’d wager even story creator Philip K. Dick would be impressed with the futurism and dark beauty of Adult Swim and Crunchyroll’s new Japanese and American half-hour animated...

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Rudow Can’t Fail–Arnett and Schamberger deliver a new sci-fi noir...

Review by C.J. Bunce Fans of sci-fi noir have another world to dive into.  It’s Jason Arnett and Rob Schamberger’s The Wave, a future world of colonization in the realm of Altered Carbon, Blade...

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In Search of Tomorrow–Ambitious five-hour documentary chronicles 50+ sci-fi...

Review by C.J. Bunce I Love the ’80s was a ten-hour VH-1 series that waxed nostalgic for all things pop culture in the decade, and a new five-hour documentary strives to do the same thing with the...

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Black Lotus–Blade Runner anime continues in monthly comic series

  Even creator Philip K. Dick would be impressed with the futurism and dark beauty of Adult Swim and Crunchyroll’s 2021 Japanese and American half-hour anime series Blade Runner: Black Lotus.  Is the...

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Blade Runner RPG–Kickstarter for latest roleplaying game approaches $1.5...

The officially licensed roleplaying game for Blade Runner is almost here, and you have less than three days left to get in on its Kickstarter and some unlocked stretch goal extras.  Fully funded in...

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Black Lotus–Blade Runner anime continues in monthly comic series this week

  Review by C.J. Bunce Last year Netflix delivered what Blade Runner creator Philip K. Dick would have flipped over–the futurism and dark beauty of Adult Swim and Crunchyroll’s Japanese and American...

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Alien: Colony War–Franchise enters a new era with latest novel

Review by C.J. Bunce The Alien universe makes a major shift in storytelling in its latest novel, Alien: Colony War, realizing the long-standing promise of Weyland-Yutani, the most hated corporation in...

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Alien: Inferno’s Fall–Davis lives on and Hendricks and the Jackals forge...

Review by C.J. Bunce Last month I reviewed Alien: Colony War, a novel in the Alien universe that finds hated corporation Weyland-Yutani weaponizing Xenomorphs for an all-out interplanetary war....

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Preview–Blade Runner Origins wraps in third volume, arriving Wednesday

In 2020 Titan Comics took fans of the Blade Runner movie franchise back to the future with the comic book series Blade Runner 2019 (reviewed here at borg).  Both the sequel to Ridley Scott’s Blade...

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Deckard is back in trailer for Blade Runner 2049

What exactly is Atari doing in 2049? Ridley Scott’s neo-noir, sci-fi masterpiece Blade Runner is one of science fiction’s classic films. Released in 1982, Blade Runner, a loose adaptation of Philip K....

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Retropolis–Explore yesterday’s vision of tomorrow in Slaves of the...

Review by C.J. Bunce A great imagination is a rare thing.  Science fiction has always been, at its core, an avenue for writers to express the endless breadth of their imaginations.  In Bradley W....

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Warner Bros. celebrates Blade Runner 35th anniversary with newly restored...

Yes, the celebration of the movies of 1982 just keeps getting better.  As Blade Runner turns 35, Warner Bros. has partnered with Alamo Drafthouse theaters to present a new 4K restoration of Blade...

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Buttercup, Batman, Barbossa, Buddy, Bond and more–Prop Store lines up giant...

For more than six years we at borg.com have been covering entertainment memorabilia auctions–sales of not merely replicas or mass-produced collectibles, but the real objects seen on film–rare or even...

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Book review–Four decades of Syd Mead’s influence, inspiration, and future...

Review by C.J. Bunce Syd Mead, the famed “artist who illustrates the future,” is an icon of visionary design and illustration.  No other creator has shown the world a utopian vision of a possible...

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Opening weekend review–Blade Runner 2049 an earnest, ambitious follow-up to...

Review by C.J. Bunce Credit for the success of Blade Runner 2049 as a worthy sequel to 1982’s Blade Runner is a shared prize for director Denis Villeneuve (Arrival, Sicario), the writers, including...

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Blade Runner expanded universe stories are on the way

Titan Publishing and Alcon Media Group, the producer behind more than 30 films over the past 20 years, announced a partnership that will mean the beginning of an expanded universe of stories for Rick...

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Now streaming–A powerful, exquisite science fiction film awaits in Netflix’s...

Review by C.J. Bunce The right mix of writing, acting, art direction, and music come together in Orbiter 9, a direct-to-Netflix Spanish film that really has it all.  Like the critically-acclaimed...

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Stan Smith, a man and his shoe are focus of new retrospective book

Review by C.J. Bunce It’s not every day you come across the ultimate book for your barber shop, but this is in the running.  Along with a wall listing current local pro and college team scores and a...

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Not just a meme–Blade Runner 2019 title is locked in, with first look at...

As we first previewed here at borg last July, Titan Publishing and Alcon Media Group, the producer behind more than 30 films over the past 20 years, announced a partnership that will mean the beginning...

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Spaceside–Michael Mammay sequel to military sci-fi thriller Planetside amps...

Review by C.J. Bunce It’s not often a sequel surpasses the first novel in the series, but that’s the place where Spaceside lands.  And that’s saying something, because Michael Mammay′s Planetside was...

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Typeset in the Future reveals how classic sci-fi cinema conveyed the future...

Review by C.J. Bunce In art director and designer Roger Christian’s book Cinema Alchemist (reviewed here at borg) readers learn how the Oscar-winning set designer changed the way audiences see the...

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Retro read–Abraham Lincoln returns as an android in Philip K. Dick’s novel,...

  Review by C.J. Bunce Philip K. Dick′s 1972 novel We Can Build You, his 22nd novel, has its strengths, the first half of the novel full of several thought-provoking ideas that each would have been...

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Retro fix–Outland, Sean Connery’s stint as a cop in a space Western

Review by C.J. Bunce For every new movie you watch, you need to go back and see a classic, right?  If The Hunt for Red October is Star Trek in the ocean, then Outland is The Sand Pebbles in outer...

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Altered Carbon: Resleeved–New anime film is the next great animation feat

Review by C.J. Bunce Audiences have seen some great animated films in recent years, with movies upping the ante on technology and visual magic, whether in Ferdinand or Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse...

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Visions of the future take center stage in Blade Runner 2049 Interlinked –...

Review by C.J. Bunce It’s been three years since the arrival of Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049, the sequel to Ridley Scott’s 1982 sci-fi cult classic, Blade Runner, itself based on Philip K....

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Blade Runner 2029–Sequel comics tie-in looks 10 years into the franchise’s...

Just this past Fall, Titan Comics took fans of the Blade Runner movie franchise into their past and future with the comic book series Blade Runner 2019 (review here at borg).  Both the sequel to Ridley...

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Blade Runner Artist’s Edition–A great noir take on the spin-off sci-fi series

This year the Blade Runner movie franchise took fans into their past and future with the comic book series Blade Runner 2019 (review here at borg).  Both the sequel to Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner and...

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The 2020 Borg Hall of Fame

It’s been another long year of great entertainment.  It’s time for the eighth annual round of new honorees for the borg Hall of Fame.  We have several honorees from 2020 films and television, plus...

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Preview–Blade Runner lives on in third chapter of award-winning sequel

Some of the best dystopian futurism in years comes to a conclusion in the third volume of Blade Runner 2019, the official sequel to the cult classic 1982 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott....

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Retro read–Philip K. Dick’s look at life in 1950s San Francisco, The Broken...

Review by C.J. Bunce It’s always exciting to work your way through a Philip K. Dick novel for the first time.  The singular futurist who created the worlds of Blade Runner, The Man in the High Castle,...

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Blade Runner Origins–Take a first look back before the 1982 movie today as...

Review by C.J. Bunce Last year Titan Comics took fans of the Blade Runner movie franchise back to the future with the comic book series Blade Runner 2019 (reviewed here at borg).  Both the sequel to...

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Free Comic Book Day 2021 heading to local comic shops in August with 50 titles

  A long time from now in a galaxy far, far away–actually at your local comic book shop–Free Comic Book Day is returning for 2021.  Often overlapping with the annual Star Wars Day–May the Fourth–this...

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Get a crash course in cinematography and storyboarding in Blade Runner 2049:...

Review by C.J. Bunce It’s been four years since the arrival of Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049, the sequel to Ridley Scott’s 1982 sci-fi cult classic, Blade Runner, itself based on Philip K....

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Retro review–Raymond Chandler’s early hardboiled crime novel, The Big Sleep

  Review by C.J. Bunce The first thing to know about Raymond Chandler’s 1939 novel The Big Sleep is that it was published three years after James M. Cain published the serialized Double Indemnity.  If...

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SDCC @Home 2021–Futurism and tech noir enter a new era in first trailer for...

Some of the best dystopian futurism in years came to a conclusion this year in the pages of Titan Comics’ Blade Runner 2019, the official comic book sequel to the cult classic 1982 science fiction film...

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Free Comic Book Day returns today

  Today at Elite Comics and your local comic book shop–Free Comic Book Day is returning for 2021.  Often overlapping with the annual Star Wars Day–May the Fourth–this year it was pushed out a few...

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Smart Girl–Meet the next badass android in Fernando Dagnino’s action-packed...

Review by C.J. Bunce Spanish artist Fernando Dagnino (Superman, Resurrection Man, Suicide Squad) has designed the future of Blade Runner in the continuation series of Ridley Scott and Syd Mead’s future...

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The future is now in The Art of Blade Runner: Black Lotus

Review by C.J. Bunce Blade Runner: Black Lotus is yet another anime success story–at least in the eyes of fans.  The first season revisited the futurism of Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner and it featured...

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New roleplaying game arrives as the most immersive Blade Runner experience yet

Review by C.J. Bunce The officially licensed roleplaying game for Blade Runner–the most eagerly awaited new RPG of the year, has arrived.  RPG publisher Free League broke $1.5 million in pledges on...

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Now streaming–Anya Taylor-Joy is a malfunctioning cyborg synthetic in the...

Review by C.J. Bunce Jurassic Park.  Blade Runner.  Ex Machina.  Frankenstein.  Hollow Man.  Morgan isn’t as good as any of these, but it uses elements from all of them in an interesting, exciting way....

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The Crow roleplaying game embraces the dark film and all things Goth

Review by C.J. Bunce When the movie The Crow came out on VHS, even the workers at the video store were fighting to be first to rent it.  The darkest of superhero films, it starred Brandon Lee, son of...

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Parasite–The bizarre winner of the 2020 Oscars is now streaming on Max

Review by C.J. Bunce Parasite is an enigma.  It’s difficult to explain or understand how a movie of converging genres got enough attention to be nominated for an Oscar, let alone win for Best Picture....

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Now streaming–Nimona, a strong contender for the year’s best fantasy and...

Review by C.J. Bunce Nimona is a shape-shifter who can transform into animals large, small, and very much over-sized.  She can also transform to look like a girl.  Viewers of Netflix this weekend...

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Blade Runner 2033: Labyrinth–Another movie trailer that… isn’t

Set between the 1982 film and the sequel film, the new video game Blade Runner 2033: Labyrinth takes place after the events of the Blackout (an event from a 2017 short tie-in anime film) and asks: What...

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Luv and Ash–First collected edition of Blade Runner 2039 arrives today

In 2020 Titan Comics took fans of the Blade Runner movie franchise back to the future with the comic book series Blade Runner 2019 (reviewed here at borg).  Both the sequel to Ridley Scott’s Blade...

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Expanded edition of The Art and Soul of Blade Runner 2049 arrives

Review by C.J. Bunce It’s been six years since the premiere of Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049, the sequel to Ridley Scott’s 1982 sci-fi cult classic, Blade Runner, based on Philip K. Dick’s...

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Retro fix–Government leadership unravels in Philip K. Dick’s dark tale, The...

Review by C.J. Bunce By 1963 Philip K. Dick had written 25 novels and 85 short stories, so when he penned The Simulacra, he had already perfected his singular style.  That’s a few too many characters...

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