By Dr. Craig D. Reid “The truth is out there,” became the mantra of Chris Carter’s initially uber-smart TV show The X-Files, a program initially conceived based on Carter’s firm belief that there was and still is a government conspiracy covering up the fact that aliens exist in Area 51. We now know that Carter […]
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PAUL: E.T. Home…run
By Dr. Craig D. Reid Thank you for making Paul, which tells a “postive” side in mankind’s UFO and aliens tale of two cities, a Dickensonian approach where last week’s number one film Battle Los Angeles (BLA), certainly depicts the peasants of the world totally being demoralized by what could have been the alien aristocracy […]
BATTLE LOS ANGELES: IT’S BAAAAACK
By Dr. Craig D. Reid February 24, 1942, three months after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, it seemed Los Angeles was about to be attacked. Around 2:00 am, February 25, and on into the rest of the night, unidentified hovering objects were reported over Los Angeles, the threat being real enough that air raid sirens droned […]
INCEPTION: WHO SHOT J.R.—I MEAN LEONARDO DICAPPRIO?
By Dr. Craig D. Reid As an award winning screenwriter as well as a filmmaker, I’ve learned how difficult it can be for the final draft of the screenplay to be anything like the screenwriter’s original story and vision, so I’m more sympathetic to the screenwriting knowing that as is common, too many cooks spoil […]
PREDATORS: PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION SCIENCE IN CINEMA
By Dr. Craig D. Reid When Schwarzenegger’s Predator (1987) came out I was a PhD graduate student at the University of Illinois taking Entomology 319, Insect Pest Management, a legendary class taught by the late former head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Robert L. Metcalf. We just so happened to be studying predator-prey interactions […]