Stories from the Calindratem

As a nerd I love a good scifi movie and a good movie is not necessarily a big blockbuster. I stumbled over the Australian movie "Occupation Rainfall" because it has two of my favourite actors in it Daniel Gillies and Jason Isaacs.  Since I knew that this wasn't a Hollywood movie, I expected some nice entertainment but nothing huge in the sense of production value but I couldn't have been more mistaken. The special effects are fantastic and don't have to shy away from the comparison with big movies. The only thing that really bothered me in the technical department was the sound. I might have been due to the fact that I watched the original version on the German DVD of this movie and that they didn't put too much effort into the disc, but it was impossible to watch the movie with a fixed sound setting. I had to constantly readjusted the setting during the movie, which seriously diminished the experience.   The movie is a continuation of "Occupation...

Those of you who are following my blog might know, that when speaking about science fiction I often voice that a certain vision of the future is a possible version of what would happen if we let our obsession with technology go too far. I recently binge watched the series "The One", where a company promises you to meet your one true love through DNA testing. The show wasn't particularly about the science fiction part, but it pointed out the dangers, as many people in happy relationships would take the tests anyhow and got insecure about their partners. The essential question remains:   Do we have to use every sort of technology just because we can? Let's start with the example from the show: Dating and love. In the present, dating is harder than ever if you ask me. We live fast lives and many people don't want to commit, either out of fear or because they don't feel the need to. It only gets harder the older you get. We are then told, that online dating is pro...