Stories from the Calindratem

Fan fiction began to gain popularity during 1960ies when Star Trek fans began developing their own stories around the characters from the TV series. It also has coined its language with terms as "Mary Sue" for an overly perfect new character and "slash fiction" for homosexual pairings regardless of the characters actual sexuality on the source material. I started out writing fan fiction  and still do write it on ocasion. I  have always tried to be respectful of the source material. Mainly I leave the original stories intact and create alternative outcomes by using additional characters or simply expanding the original stories. Since I am about to publish my own novel, with characters I created and care dearly about I am starting to see fan fiction in a new light. I can't help but wonder how I will feel if someone ever wrote a fan fiction using my characters and my stories. Is fan fiction a respectful hommage or does it abuse other people's brainchild? ...

The sequel to the Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1 (2014) is everything it promised and more. While many sequels fall flat "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" is in my opinion even better than the first. The main characters, especially Star Lord, Rocket Racoon and Gamora, are explored even more in depth and thus endeared even further to the audience. Even some supporting characters get their moment of soul searching and exploration. This sets this movie apart from most blockbusters which only focus on effects and action.  A particular scene stealer is Baby Groot, who received cheers in the cinema, whenever her was on screen. In the words of one of the characters: "...he is just to adorable..." Chris Pratt's Starlord is this generation's Han Solo. Although Starlord is definetely also a loveable Scoundrel Pratt's protrayal is so good and different enough to make Starlord unique. The movie explores his background story in a fairly organ...

The beauty of Science Fiction is that everything is possible and that your own fantasy is the limit to it. This is one of the reasons why the genre is so popular and why some movies, even today are game changers.  There are many fantastic Science Fiction movies but these 13 movies, revolutionized the genre in its own way. Each of them did something unique to it.  Here are the 13 groundbreaking movies in chronological order:  Le voyage dans la lune (1902) by Georges Méliès Although most people haven't seen this movie, they are familiar with the iconic image of the moon having been hit by a rocket in the eye. The movie was inspired by the novels of Jules Verne and probably H.G. Wells. The story is simple: Men travel to the moon, are captured by the inhabitants, manage to escape and return home. Being an illionist Méliès was predestined to become a special effects innovator, as he did with this movie, which would be his most ambitious. One ...