Hardwired review
| July 22, 2010 | Posted by Martin under International SF |
At cyberpunkreview.com I stumbled over this movie called Hardwired (2009). The term is hacker slang for inserting hard data directly into a program and that is kind of what the movie is centred around. Luke Gibson, an ex-soldier and soon to be father, living in a dystopic future, becomes brain damaged in a car accident, where he also loses his wife. He has no health insurance, but the Hope Corporation gives him a new chance by giving him a brain implant for free. Shortly after waking up he starts having commercial, personalized hallucinations and are subjected to great amounts of pain. A rebel group, which know about the Hope Corporations secret plans, manage to hack his implant and together they set out to bring down the corporation. more!
Metropia review
| July 22, 2010 | Posted by Martin under Swedish SF |
It’s not very common that Swedish science fiction movies makes it to the cinema, but 2009 there were two that did that; Kenny Begins and Metropia. Metropia is about Roger, a regular phone salesman that lives in a dystopic Europe of 2024, where the oil is almost depleted and the subway networks have been connected to each other all over the continent. Roger avoids the subways as he feels he hears voices when he is down there. When he cannot use his bike, which he uses instead of the subway, he has to go underground never the less. But during this journey he meets a girl from the commercials and a conspiracy connected to the voices in his head begins to unfold. more!
Introducing the Swe-Fi Podcast
| July 22, 2010 | Posted by Martin under Swe-fi Podcast |
During the summer of 2009 I began to plan a podcast about science fiction film. Together with Marcus Tegler, we have recorded two episodes about science fiction in general, and from a Swedish perspective in particular. These are the topics of the episodes so far. more!
Defining Science Fiction
| July 22, 2010 | Posted by Martin under Theory |
A basic question for this site is how one do define science fiction. The first thing one has to understand is that there is no single definition of what Science Fiction is. Many authors and other people involved in the genre have tried to come up with their own definitions. more!
How to Cast a Movie – Preparations
| July 22, 2010 | Posted by Martin under Preproduction |
The script is finished and you now want a cast for your movie. Who should you cast and how do you cast? This article together with two that will follow are about this process. The steps I usually go through when I cast my movies. more!
Officially Online
| July 22, 2010 | Posted by Martin under Latest News |
Today, I decided to go public with martinwikner.com. The site will be updated with alot of different information regarding science fiction, with five main categories. more!
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