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Alien-Hybrid SCI-FI

June 29, 2023 by tjwolf5_wp

An Alien-Human Hybrid results from the combination of Alien and Human DNA. For many decades, Science Fiction writers have imagined that an exchange of genetic material between species might occur any number of ways — with or without human consent.

UFO abduction researchers have uncovered — through reliable accounts from thousands of subjects around the globe — that this is in fact a very real phenomenon which has been occurring on Planet Earth … for at least a century or more.

After a few thoughtful SCI-FI examples, let us consider what researchers have brought to Light.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers — (1956 & 1978)

When Philip Kaufman remade the 1956 Sci-Fi classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers in 1978, he toned down the Communist hysteria allegorical aspect of the original film (itself an adaptation of the novel The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney) focusing instead on the interpersonal paranoia, as human beings are increasingly replaced by unemotional parasitic Aliens. Donald Sutherland stars as health inspector Matthew Bennell, who soon finds himself drawn into a web of extraterrestrial intrigue in which autonomous pod people seek to take over the human race and transform them into a mindless, obedient collective. While there is an undercurrent of political commentary and the dangers of conformity, Invasion of the Body Snatchers is best enjoyed as a thriller, where disquieting tension rises to the full blown horror of a world in which no one is who they appear to be.

They Live — (1988)

John Carpenter’s 1988 movie They Live is widely considered to be far more prescient today than it was on its release. The story follows a drifter by the name of Nada (played by former wrestler Roddy Piper) as he looks for work on a construction site and befriends Frank Armitage (Keith David). After discovering a box of sunglasses in a seemingly abandoned church, he puts a pair on and they reveal a black and white world where the billboards contain ominous messages instructing people to “Obey” and “Consume”, while people in positions of power and authority are actually Humanoid Aliens with skull-like faces. He soon hooks up with a group of underground activists and freedom fighters, who inform him that Earth is under the control of an Alien race who intend to deplete it of all its resources while using advanced technology to keep humanity in a subliminal state of ignorance. With its themes of mindless consumerism, environmental degradation and the cold, psychopathic hidden side to the ruling elites, it’s clear why They Live has transformed itself into something of a cultural meme in today’s society, increasingly skeptical of the power-that-be as many people have become.

Intruders — (1992)

Intruders is a four-hour Science Fiction miniseries that was first broadcast in 1992. Broadcast on CBS, the miniseries was directed by Dan Curtis and starred Richard Crenna, Daphne Ashbrook and Mare Winningham. It was partially based on Ufology Budd Hopkins’ book Intruders: The Incredible Visitations at Copley Woods.

In the story, Lesley Hahn lives in California, and is plagued by nightmares about faceless telephone repairmen entering her house and taking her. She contacts psychiatrist Dr. Neil Chase in hope of receiving treatment for her nightmares.

Mary Wilkes is a housewife from Nebraska who has a history of unexplained blackouts and one night ends up on a motorway miles from her home. She is also plagued by nightmares similar to those experienced by Lesley. Mary decides to take a holiday in California with her sister, who knows Dr. Chase, and is persuaded to see the psychiatrist to find out if he can help with her nightmares. Initially, Dr. Chase does not believe Lesley, thinking her nightmares to be related to childhood abuse, but becomes convinced something else is happening when Mary tells him of similar experiences.

Neil is struck by the similarities between the two cases, and realizes that symbols seen on board an Alien ship and drawn by Mary are similar to that of another patient of his, a former soldier who encountered a crashed UFO which was recovered by the government. Making contact with a university professor who does research into Alien abductions, he begins to investigate the wider world of Alien encounters, and runs into an Air Force general who is investigating UFOs in secret. Finally, Mary is abducted again, and learns the true purpose of the Aliens: creating hybrid children.

RESEARCH DOCUMENTARY
Extraordinary: The Seeding — (2019)

Abductions. Reproduction experiments. Memories of seeing children off-planet. The idea of humans participating in an Alien hybrid program sounds absurd until you talk to people who have experienced it. Thousands of women and men around the world have had reproductive experiments carried out against their will. The most harrowing? Unexplained pregnancies that terminate without explanation. In many cases, the memories of what happened remain suppressed and fragmented, leaving experiencers confused, depressed and with a profound sense of loss. In others, the memories are visceral and emotionally disturbing.

Thanks to increased public acceptance and regression therapy, more and more people are coming forward with stories of abductions and strange fertilization procedures that occur during their frightening experiences. Are Aliens involved in a complex hybridization project where human females are used as vessels to carry hybrid fetuses and human males have their sperm harvested until they’re ready to be transferred “elsewhere?” And if so, to what end?

“Extraordinary: The Seeding” is a riveting documentary that tells these stories through one-on-one interviews with abductees — brave individuals willing to share intensely personal and emotional stories with the rest of the world. Through analysis with global ufology experts, the film also explores hybridization, why it’s happening and what the impact on humanity is and will be. The information presented is intended to educate, entertain and encourage audiences to ask one simple question: What if this is all true?

UFO Researcher: Dr. David M. Jacobs

Yes, it sounds like Science Fiction. But a preeminent ufologist believes that for over 100 years Alien abductees around the world have had their DNA harvested and manipulated by Aliens.

In his research on UFOs and Alien abductions, he has come to a shocking conclusion: Extraterrestrials have been harvesting — and using — our DNA for over a century. The goal? Making Alien-Human hybrids.

Dr. David M. Jacobs, author of Walking Among Us (2015) was skeptical at first. But after 35 years of interviewing hundreds of potential Alien abductees — who have recalled over 2,000 abduction events, with details strikingly similar — he eventually became convinced of their truth. And he says an Alien invasion is escalating.

“Almost every aspect of this phenomenon is astonishing,” David says. “It’s so amazingly bizarre and yet logical all the way through. It’s hard for anybody to imagine it ever happening. And yet we have millions of people who are saying the same thing.”

Some of his research findings:

What do the Aliens look like?

Almost every abductee reports interacting with small gray Aliens and tall gray Aliens. Both typically have four fingers and are slender, with smooth, hairless skin and huge black oval eyes.

The small grays are usually 3 or 4 feet tall and do a lot of the grunt work, you could call it — like orderlies at a hospital.

The taller grays are 5 or 6 feet tall. They’re more complex and act as sort of bosses. I guess you could say they do the managerial roles on the ship. They’re the ones that come in and do the procedures, like doctors. One common procedure abductees report is called a “staring procedure,” where a tall gray will put their head about an inch away from the abductee’s face and stare directly into their eyes. Abductees report that it feels as though the Alien is rifling around in their brain.

There’s another distinct kind of Alien that people report: the insectoid or mantid. They kind of look like a praying mantis. They are much taller, with even larger, more triangular heads and very thin bodies. They’re not seen very often, but abductees say that they get the sense these guys are the leaders, the ones who are in control.

Are the Aliens violent?

It’s clear that the Aliens put abductees into a kind of a fugue state and order them around. They want abductees to remain sedate and compliant.

But every once in a while an abductee might somehow slip loose from this twilight state and gain some consciousness, running down the hallway, screaming, “Where am I? What’s happening?” Next thing you know, the Aliens run after them and calm them down. There’s no violence that happens onboard a ship. There’s no physical coercion, no threats.

What has changed?

Over the past 20 years or so, people stopped talking about having their sperm or eggs collected, and instead started telling stories of hybrid babies.

Abductees also remember meeting adult hybrids living among us and teaching them the basics of human culture, from placing furniture to cooking.

What sets the hybrids apart?

It’s important to know that while these Human-Alien hybrids look nearly identical to humans, they were not raised on Earth and they have certain abilities that we lack — specifically telepathy. So, though you have a being who is 90% or 99% human (whatever it may be), they will always be different. They know what you’re thinking. They can communicate telepathically with you, abductees and each other. And they can influence your thoughts and actions (like a Jedi mind trick).

How widespread is this phenomenon?

After analyzing the results from thousands of respondents to a nationally representative survey of the American population in 1992, Jacobs and fellow researchers came up with a conservative estimate: 2% — which at the time would mean 5.1 million people were Alien abductees.

And we know from the work of other researchers that it’s not just happening here. Alien abduction is a global phenomenon. Why? They are doing this for a reason. The whole thing — from sperm and egg collection to implanting fetuses and growing hybrids — is all about one goal:

“They’re living here among us, just like everybody else.
It’s assimilation. It’s planetary acquisition.”

— David M. Jacobs, author, Walking Among Us

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Near Future SCI-FI

May 30, 2023 by tjwolf5_wp

Near Future SCI-FI often explores the dangers of advanced technology or emerging social change — and its possible effects upon our world.

While early works of this genre were Utopian showcases of technological and societal progress, (Jules Verne’s Journey to the Centre of the Earth – 1864) the Dystopian majority focus on emerging social problems — like threats to the environment, oppressive political regimes (George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four — 1949) and nuclear warfare. 2oth Century works deal with accelerated change, genetic engineering, artificial intelligence and fears of Alien invasion.

Recent SCI-FI TV DRAMAS have given us seriously unsettling and prophetic visions of the future –where humans are either rebelled against or replaced by their own creations — redefining what it means to be human.

Humans (2015)

This British TV series imagines a near future where advanced technology has led to the development of humanoid robots called Syths (notably Anita Hawkins / Mia Elster depicted by Gemma Chan) that eventually gain consciousness. As they become increasingly indistinguishable from humans, the series explore notions of what it means to be human: societally, culturally, and psychologically.

Westworld (2016)

Robots that inhabit this future theme park are introduced as playthings of the super-rich. Fictional scientist Robert Ford (Anthony Hopkins) designs them to “become human” with a variety of utopian and dystopian possibilities. The series questions the distinction between “real” and “artificial” consciousness and the complexities of having a creation come to life.

The Handmaid’s Tale (2017)

The novel by Margaret Atwood is set in a gender-segregated, theocratic republic that is fixated on wealth and class. Women are rated according to their ability to reproduce in a near-future where environmental disasters and rampant sexually transmitted diseases have rendered much of the population infertile. One woman’s (Elisabeth Moss) undying determination to be reunited with her family and topple their oppressors leads to all out rebellion.

Futuristic SCI-FI FILMS allow for a unique perspective on current society and what could go wrong with humanity.

The Matrix (1999)

The Matrix is set in a dystopian future inside a simulated reality that’s created by sentient machines. The film may not state which year it’s set in, but it’s close to the year 2199. In the story, the chosen one, Neo (Keanu Reeves) must defeat the machines with Morpheus and Trinity to wake up humanity and escape the Matrix.

The Matrix is a commentary on humanity’s understanding of reality and how easily it can be manipulated. It explores power, control, and free will, showing how easily humans can lose autonomy and individuality.

Minority Report (2002)

Minority Report follows John Anderton (Tom Cruise), the police officer in charge of the Precrime Unit. John becomes a target of the system after he is falsely accused of a future murder. The story is set in 2054 when law enforcement uses psychics called “precogs” to predict and prevent crimes, leading to a future where privacy and civil liberties are non-existent.

Minority Report raises ethical questions about preemptive policing and determinism — all at the cost of personal freedom.

I, Robot (2004)

Set in the year 2035, I, Robot shows an easier way of life where robots assist humans with day-to-day activities. However, detective Del Spooner (Will Smith) starts to investigate a murder that he believes was committed by a robot. This quickly challenges society’s widespread belief that robots are incapable of violence. Del uncovers a conspiracy involving the company that creates robots and threatens to destabilize society.

I, Robot reflects on advanced technology and the potential consequences of creating an AI that is too powerful.

THE SURVIVAL TRILOGY (2016-2018)

Each life-changing story in the TRILOGY (inspired by real events) sheds light on racial injustice — as it explores the human connection to Ancient Aliens through the eyes of Native Mythology.

Book 1 A Gleam of Light explores Native American Mythology as UNA, half-Hopi bureaucrat from D.C., is summoned to Hopiland. Her connection to the white man’s world makes her uniquely qualified to help solve a mystery linked to an ancient discovery, as she tries to reconnect with her roots and cultural identity.

Book 2 The Dragon’s Glare explores Asian American Mythology with UNA on special assignment to investigate unexplained violence in Chinatown, New York City. She discovers a deep-seated cultural connection with Tibetan immigrants as Ancient Chinese wisdom battles a threat from Ancient Evil.

Book 3 Beyond the World explores African American Mythology as UNA, stranded on her honeymoon adventure in Yosemite, uncovers a UFO mystery that leads to an Alien Conspiracy. Together with Explorer’s Club teens from the Kikuyu Tribe, she tracks down the source of strange events and fights to save humanity.

 

Near Future SCI-FI – whether Utopian or Dystopian – forces us to look upon our own reality and consider how changes in our society, technology, and even our bodies might directly affect our lives.

The future isn’t as far-fetched as it used to be.

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Native People SCI-FI

April 29, 2023 by tjwolf5_wp

NATIVE PEOPLE may be defined as those “inhabiting or existing in a land from the earliest of times”. They go by different names according to their specific place of origin but can also be described in generalized terms based on geography, like Native American, Asian and African.

Long underrepresented in genre storytelling, in recent years Native Authors and Filmmakers have begun to reshape SCI-FI. Some see this rise as a natural extension of narrative traditions and Mythology, which often have Sci-Fi elements, like tales about visitors from outer space and a creation myth about humanity descending from the sky.

Rebecca Roanhorse is a NATIVE AMERICAN Sci-Fi and fantasy writer. Her debut novel — Trail of Lightning — follows a native woman living in Dinétah, the traditional homeland of the Navajo tribe. Isolated from the rest of the chaotic world, it is protected by a series of vast, magical walls that roughly encompass parts of New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and Arizona. Ancient gods walk the earth and some individuals manifest special abilities known as clan powers.

ASIAN-AMERICAN storytellers create Sci-Fi Worlds drawn from Cultural Experience. One example: Immigrants can feel connected to Alien stories: the Journey far from home … to a Place you do not belong. Ted Chiang is perhaps best known for Story of Your Life, an incredible piece of writing that fuses linguistics, physics, and first contact, but ultimately becomes an intimate portrait of love and loss. It was adapted into the acclaimed Oscar-nominated film Arrival — starring Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner.

AFRICAN AMERICAN Sci-Fi often focuses on the history of race relations in Western society — including Slavery, the African Diaspora, and the Civil Rights Movement. Octavia Butler, the first black woman to gain widespread acclaim as a speculative fiction writer, is known for works like her standalone 1979 Time-Travel novel Kindred — that explores what would happen to a ‘modern’ black woman who is thrust back into slavery.

 

NATIVE FILMMAKERS are now crafting and starring in Movies and TV Series that employ SCI-FI elements to tell a moving — and often enlightening — story.

Night Raiders — (2021)

Night Raiders from (from Cree-Métis director Danis Goulet) tells a moving and brutal mother-daughter story that tackles the intergenerational trauma of Native People displacement through a Sci-Fi lens.

In the war-torn world of 2043, children are brought into a state-run institution called the Academy. There, militant teachers brainwash them to become soldiers, forcing them to leave behind their families’ customs, religion, language, and names. One mother joins a group called the Night Raiders, who vow to bring every Cree child back to their community and in turn, discover the hopeful power of kinship.

Prey — (2022)

In Prey, a Sci-Fi Horror Thriller, young hunter Naru embarks on Kuhtaamia, a hero’s rite of passage, when a Predator lands on Earth for the first time to hunt. A bloody battle of brawn and wits ensues.

When asked about how she approached bringing a film set 300 years ago on Comanche land to life, Comanche-Blackfeet producer Jhane Myers said, “I was excited because it dealt with my culture. I was born in Comanche land, with 19,000 other Comanches … It wasn’t hard for me because I could bring that authenticity.”

THE SURVIVAL TRILOGY

As Awarding-winning Authors of Young Adult Sci-Fi, we created THE SURVIVAL TRILOGY to empower Women and People of Color.

Each life-changing story in the TRILOGY (inspired by real events) sheds light on racial injustice — as it explores the human connection to Ancient Aliens through the eyes of Native Mythology. Throughout history, native peoples have borne first witness to the TRUTH about our relationship to Planet Earth … and Life elsewhere in the universe. In the modern world, that Truth has been lost.

Book 1 A Gleam of Light explores NATIVE AMERICAN Mythology as Una Waters, half-Hopi bureaucrat from D.C., is summoned to Hopiland. Her connection to the white man’s world makes her uniquely qualified to help solve a mystery linked to an ancient discovery, as she tries to reconnect with her roots and cultural identity.

Book 2 The Dragon’s Glare explores ASIAN AMERICAN Mythology with Una on special assignment to investigate unexplained violence in Chinatown, New York City. She discovers a deep-seated cultural connection with Tibetan immigrants as Ancient Chinese wisdom battles a threat from Ancient Evil.

Book 3 Beyond the World explores AFRICAN AMERICAN Mythology as Una, stranded on her honeymoon adventure in Yosemite, uncovers a UFO mystery that leads to an Alien Conspiracy. Together with Explorer’s Club teens from the Kikuyu Tribe, she tracks down the source of strange events and fights to save humanity.

 

NATIVE PEOPLE SCI-FI, shaped by Storytelling narratives and Mythology from the earliest times in human history, can help us understand the TRUTH about our relationship to Planet Earth and Life elsewhere in the universe — pointing the way to our Future.

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Real-Life UFO Encounters

March 30, 2023 by tjwolf5_wp

For centuries, human beings — referred to as “Abductees” or “Experiencers” — have reported paranormal encounters … with UFO sightings escalating to Alien Abduction. Their stories come to us from courageous Filmmakers — through dramatized and documentary accounts.

THE UFO INCIDENT (1975)

One of the first cases of Alien abduction on record — and arguably the most famous — is that of Betty and Barney Hill, a middle-aged couple who encountered a UFO on the night of 19 September 1961 while driving late at night in New Hampshire. The couple claimed to have witnessed a disc-shaped craft low above the road directly ahead of them. Barney even described seeing a number of humanoid figures staring back at him through its windows. Little else was recalled consciously. The rest of their account would surface later through dramatic hypnosis sessions with respected Boston psychiatrist Dr. Benjamin Simon, who published a popular book about the incident in 1966.

In 1975, the Hill abduction story became even more famous when it was adapted for television as a feature-length movie starring Estelle Parsons and James Earl Jones as Betty and Barney. With a teleplay based directly on Dr. Simon’s taped hypnosis sessions with the couple, The UFO Incident was remarkably faithful to the Hill’s actual account of capture by grey-skinned saucer occupants in September of 1961.

It was the first direct treatment of a real-life case and the first to bring together many of the now-common themes and motifs of abduction experiences, including medical examination, missing time, and hypnosis. The movie’s Aliens, although smallish with large eyes and bald heads, are of normal proportions, and are quite different to Greys as they would later be realized onscreen in Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind as decidedly smaller, more spindly beings with significantly larger heads and larger, blacker eyes.

The UFO Incident remains one of Hollywood’s best treatments of a true-life abduction experience. It works first and foremost as a powerful human drama, propelled by the obvious commitment of Parsons and Jones in excellent central performances as the Hills. Despite its fantastical subject matter, the film remains sober throughout.

INTRUDERS (1992)

Budd Hopkins’ book Intruders: The Incredible Visitations at Copley Woods (1987) investigated the claims of a number of alleged Alien abductees, but was more specifically concerned with the case of Debbie Jordan-Kauble (known in the book as “Kathie Davis”). Jordan-Kauble described having been abducted from her parents’ home in June of 1983 and being taken aboard an egg-shaped craft which had landed outside. She claimed to have been impregnated by her Alien captors, who later removed the fetus and eventually introduced her to her human-alien hybrid child.

Hopkins’ book would later be very loosely adapted for television by screenwriter Tracy Tormé — son of legendary jazz singer and musician Mel Tormé. The 1992 mini-series Intruders was concerned less with the Jordan-Kauble story and more with the broader abduction phenomenon as it was then understood by the leading researchers in the field, namely Hopkins and Harvard psychiatrist John Mack, both of whom served as consultants on the production.

Intruders was broadcast by CBS through 17–19 May 1992 and was generally well received by critics. It remains significant for its thoughtful and sympathetic treatment of the abduction phenomenon, and for grounding itself convincingly in a normal world occasionally intruded upon by a profound and sometimes terrifying non-human intelligence. It explored many themes and motifs common to abduction accounts, including intrusive examinations, Alien impregnation, hybrid children, screen memories, and hypnotic regression.

FIRE IN THE SKY (1993)

In 1975, Travis Walton, a logger from Snowflake, Arizona, famously claimed to have been taken aboard a flying saucer and to have interacted with two different species of Aliens. What distinguishes Walton’s story from innumerable other accounts of cosmic kidnapping is that his apparent abduction was witnessed, in part, by the six other men on his logging crew. They sped back into town that night to inform bemused authorities of how a UFO had zapped Travis in front of their very eyes. Assuming he was dead, the terrified loggers had left their colleague where he lay, the saucer looming above his lifeless body. A swirling storm of confusion, anger, and allegations was soon to descend on the sleepy town of Snowflake. The loggers, having reported to police that their friend had been taken by a UFO, immediately were considered suspects in Walton’s disappearance and possible murder.

After no less than five days, Walton returned. He was found in a telephone box some three miles outside of Snowflake, huddled and shivering. As he was taken back into town he began babbling about strange creatures with large eyes. He assumed he’d been gone just a couple of hours and was stunned into prolonged silence when he was told almost a week had passed.

Featuring solid performances from D.B. Sweeney as Travis, and Robert Patrick as logging-crew-leader Mike Rogers, Fire in the Sky was a reasonably faithful accounting of the Walton experience — that is until its final act, which notoriously pummeled the meat of Walton’s encounter out of all recognition. The human-looking beings described by Travis and their walkabout with him in a spaceport were nowhere to be seen in the movie. Walton’s skittish Grays were replaced with frightful goblin-like beings who literally drag the logger like a sack of spuds through their pestilent, rotting spaceship — all dank tunnels and dripping embryonic sacks — before gluing him to a table with a suffocating membrane and subjecting him to graphic torture with a thick needle to the eyeball. The movie divided opinion upon its release. It made back its budget, but little more.

The legendary Roger Ebert praised the film’s final sequence for its believably, writing: “The scenes inside the craft are really very good. They convincingly depict a reality I haven’t seen in the movies before, and for once I did believe that I was seeing something truly Alien, and not just a set decorator’s daydreams.”

EXTRAORDINARY: THE SEEDING — Documentary (2019)

Abductions. Reproduction experiments. Memories of seeing children off-planet. The idea of humans participating in an Alien hybrid program sounds absurd until you talk to people who have experienced it. Thousands around the world have had reproductive experiments carried out against their will. The most harrowing?

The termination of unexplained pregnancies. Memories remain suppressed and fragmented, leaving experiencers confused, depressed and with a profound sense of loss. In others, the memories are visceral and emotionally disturbing. Thanks to increased acceptance, more people are coming forward with their frightening experiences. Are Aliens involved in a complex hybridization project where humans are used to cultivate a hybrid population?

Extraordinary: The Seeding tells these stories through one-on-one interviews with abductees — brave individuals sharing intensely personal and emotional stories. Through analysis with global ufology experts, the film also explores hybridization, why it’s happening and the impact on humanity. The information presented is intended to educate, entertain and encourage audiences to ask one simple question: What if this is all true?

EXTRAORDINARY: THE REVELATIONS — Documentary (2021)

Explores the historical significance of ET presence as well as three specific paradigms — Biblical, Ascension and Colonization — that attempt to define the Alien agenda.

While individuals in each of these “thought camps” believe ET interaction is occurring, their endgame assessments are vastly different. Retired military whistleblowers directly involved in government-sanctioned programs related to ET engagement and communication also tell their life-changing stories, answering once and for all: Do governments know about the existence of ETs, have they made contact with them, are they engaged in “Above Black” programs, and have they been hiding these facts from the general public for decades?

Extraordinary: The Revelations is excellent and not to be missed by anyone with a sincere desire to understand the truth about this phenomenon — includes profound contributions from respected UFO researchers like David M. Jacobs and Richard Dolan.

As Awarding-winning Authors of Young Adult Sci-Fi, we have created THE SURVIVAL TRILOGY (inspired by real events) to empower Women and People of Color. Each life-changing story sheds light on racial injustice — as it explores the human connection to Ancient Aliens through the eyes of Native Mythology. Throughout history, native peoples have borne first witness to the TRUTH about our relationship to Planet Earth … and Life elsewhere in the universe.

Through their own paranormal encounters with UFOs and Aliens, “Experiencers” have witnessed a sobering Truth — regarding our place in the universe — that many of us may find difficult to imagine and impossible to accept.

Reality can be like that.

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Thought-Provoking SCI-FI

February 26, 2023 by tjwolf5_wp

Thought-Provoking SCI-FI can profoundly Change your Perspective on Life.

It can make you question your way of thinking and believing in what is possible, alter the way you observe life and transform your foundations of reality.

 

PLANET OF THE APES — (1968)

Based on the novel of the same name by Pierre Boulle, Planet of the Apes deals with thought-provoking concepts like evolution and humanity’s place in the universe.

In the film, an astronaut crew crash-lands on a strange planet in the distant future. Although the planet appears desolate at first, the surviving crew members stumble upon a society in which apes have evolved into creatures with human-like intelligence and speech. The apes have assumed the role of the dominant species and humans are mute creatures wearing animal skins.

The story delves into themes of racism, social class, misunderstanding, and fears of the unknown.

The third act brings Taylor (Charlton Heston) the lone crash survivor, closer and closer to the Truth of this new planet, his “destiny” so to speak. The final scene, one of the famous endings in movie history, is remarkable maybe more for its downbeat nature than anything else.

The credits roll not on music but on the eerie sound of water crashing onto a beach … leaving the audience with plenty to think about.

 

2010 : THE YEAR WE MAKE CONTACT — (1984)

2010: The Year We Make Contact walks back a central premise of 2001: A Space Odyssey — that the universe is neither good nor bad, but is indifferent to the wants of its inhabitants. In the big picture, small stuff like people flying around attempting to figure it out is just an eyeblink in the expanse of time. (That’s why the characters in 2001 seem so cold.)

This thought-provoking sequel is a highly subjective, and decidedly human story centering on regret and guilt. Dr. Heywood Floyd (Roy Scheider) is a man caught up in a failure with his name attached to it but no clear answers why it happened. He’ll leave his family behind to solve the mystery and there is a grave possibility it is a one-way trip.

Dr. Chandra (Bob Balaban) created the operating system of the Discovery, which inexplicably decided to kill the crew in 2001. He has borne the brunt of responsibility while, at the same time, knowing the harm HAL 9000 inflicted was never a part of its programming.

While the universe remains indifferent to us, 2010 suggests we have a responsibility to not be indifferent to each other, and when the times call for humans to work together, we’ll need to step up to that challenge.

 

THE MATRIX — (1999)

The Matrix remains one of the most engrossing, thought-provoking pieces of Sci-Fi storytelling in cinema, with a central plot that plays on cultural fears of rapidly advancing technology and a whole lot of Kung fu fighting for good measure.

On a surface level, the film is about Neo’s (Keanu Reeves) path to asserting himself as the savior of the human world, pushing the boundaries of reality, time, and space in the process.

The Matrix begs the question of what is reality … and how society has come to understand the world around it. Early in the movie, Neo accepts his existence for what it is and doesn’t consider the legitimacy of his environment. He eventually learns of the simulation from Morpheus (Lawrence Fishburne), which pushes him to wake up — literally and metaphorically — in his actual body.

The story also explores the concept of the individual, and one’s decision to embrace or reject the identity that comes with it. Neo’s journey from the lowly hacker Mr. Anderson to humanity’s messiah is a dramatic transformation that culminates in the acceptance of his True Self.

 

MINORITY REPORT — (2002)

Minority Report is definitely one of director Steven Spielberg’s best, with thought-provoking scenes, thrilling sequences and Sci-Fi elements that are ahead of its time.

Set in the year 2054 — when Washington, D.C.’s police is overseen by PreCrime, an elite law enforcement unit that arrests criminals before they can commit crimes. John Anderton (Tom Cruise) is a dogged PreCrime captain who’s wholly devoted to his job, especially since his young son went missing and his wife left him. But soon, Anderton himself will be the target of his unit, which is powered by the PreCogs, a trio of psychics who can predict crimes and believe he will commit murder. Anderton goes on the run, trying to clear his name even though he hasn’t done anything wrong. And because he lives in a future where retinal scans are everywhere so that the police (and advertisers) can find you at any moment, that means he’s going to need some new eyeballs.

Besides being a gripping action-thriller, Minority Report is a dark commentary on post-9/11 life — specifically, our collective anxiety about an American government that was increasingly invading our privacy in the name of national security. The film serves as a mirror, presenting a society in which law enforcement prosecutes citizens without a trial, all in the name of keeping people safe. It illustrates the dangers in such a system when (as Anderton learns) the watchdogs are corrupt.

“The Internet is watching us now,” Spielberg said in 2002. “If they want to, they can see what sites you visit. In the future, television will be watching us, and customizing itself to what it knows about us. The scary thing [is], we’ll lose our right to privacy.”

Over twenty years ago, he basically predicted our modern reality.

 

INTERSTELLAR — (2014)

Interstellar is one of the most breathtakingly cinematic and thoughtful Science Fiction movies in recent memory. Critics felt that director Christopher Nolan had finally found a concept that was so big that it was out of his grasp: the future of humanity.

Packed with thought-provoking ideas and mind-blowing Sci-Fi concepts, special moments can be appreciated in a few sample quotes from its dialogue:

“You said science was about admitting
what we don’t know.”

Cooper’s relationship with his daughter, Murphy, forms the foundation of what Interstellar is all about, and the ways in which they inspire each other to do good things begins and ends with Murphy’s trusting nature towards her father.

“We used to look up at the sky and wonder
at our place in the stars.
Now, we just look down and worry
about our place in the dirt.”

The movie has a huge, epic scale and tells the story of the astronauts who set off through a wormhole to find a planet that the human race to migrate to after they foolishly destroyed their home on Earth. It would be tough to sell this in a trailer or a clip featured on a talk show if it didn’t articulate it so well in one line of dialogue.

“We’ve always defined ourselves
by the ability to overcome the impossible.”

For all of its lofty Sci-Fi concepts and depictions of distant planets, Interstellar is really just a movie about humanity. Cooper explains the miracle of humanity in this great monologue focusing on the ways civilization has always strived to reach for the impossible and dream the unfathomable.

Along with mostly being backed by sound science, Interstellar taps into the core of what it means to be human. While all the brilliant visual effects are a sight to behold, the film’s quieter scenes tend to leave an even greater impact. In the coldness of space, a touch of humanity goes a long way.

 

ARRIVAL — (2016)

Arrival is such a beautiful and thought-provoking film that it almost single-handedly makes up for every bad Aliens-coming-to-Earth film you’ve ever seen.

It’s about trying to communicate with Aliens rather than defeat them. It presents battle and war as last resorts, with only frightened, desperate people looking to violence as a solution. It champions education, compassion, and curiosity — with a strong female lead character.

Arrival is a remarkable Science Fiction drama, especially for anyone interested in science, space and the nuanced complexities of communication. Usually when Aliens touchdown on Earth in films, they’re accompanied by mass hysteria and violent outcomes. The arrival of giant ominous “heptapod” Aliens certainly creates a panic, but this isn’t like most Alien-centered films out there. It’s better.

The hero, Dr. Louise Banks (Amy Adams), is an all-star linguist who specializes in rare languages. Her exceptional skill set makes her a desirable resource for the military when they are suddenly confronted by a worldwide Alien invasion and need someone to communicate with the creatures inside. The film challenges our very notion of what intelligent life might not only look like, but how they might think.

Unlike most action packed Alien invasion flicks, director Denis Villenueve provides a think piece, a brainy thought-provoking story meant to leave you sitting in the theater scratching your head while the credits roll on.

THE SURVIVAL TRILOGY

As Awarding-winning Authors of Young Adult Sci-Fi, we have created THE SURVIVAL TRILOGY to empower Women and People of Color.

Each thought-provoking story in the TRILOGY sheds light on racial injustice — as it explores the human connection to Ancient Aliens through the eyes of Native Mythology. Throughout history, native peoples have borne first witness to the TRUTH about our relationship to Planet Earth … and Life elsewhere in the universe. In the modern world, that Truth has been lost.

Book 1 A GLEAM OF LIGHT explores Native American Mythology as UNA WATERS, half-Hopi bureaucrat from D.C., is summoned to Hopiland. Her connection to the white man’s world makes her uniquely qualified to help solve a mystery linked to an ancient discovery, as she tries to reconnect with her roots and cultural identity.

Book 2 THE DRAGON’S GLARE explores Asian American Mythology with UNA on special assignment to investigate unexplained violence in Chinatown, New York City. She discovers a deep-seated cultural connection with Tibetan immigrants as Ancient Chinese wisdom battles a threat from Ancient Evil.

Book 3 BEYOND THE WORLD explores African American Mythology as UNA, stranded on her honeymoon adventure in Yosemite, uncovers a UFO mystery that leads to an Alien Conspiracy. Together with Explorer’s Club teens from the Kikuyu Tribe, she tracks down the source of strange events and fights to save humanity.

 

Thought-Provoking SCI-FI can Forever Change your Perspective on Life — exploring concepts like evolution, Alien contact, the boundaries of reality, right to privacy, racial injustice and the future of humanity.

BIG QUESTIONS … certainly worth thinking about.

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Feminist SCI-FI

January 30, 2023 by tjwolf5_wp

Feminist SCI-FI features strong female heroes who fight their way out of male expectations. Its literary origins can be traced back to writers like Mary Shelley, whose novel Frankenstein (1818) dealt with the asexual creation of new life, and Mizora: A Prophecy (1880) by Mary E. Bradley Lane, described as “the first feminist technological Utopia.”

Today’s readers can appreciate modern works by landmark authors like Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time (1962), Octavia Butler’s Kindred (1979) and Margaret Atwood’s novel The Handmaid’s Tale (1985).

SCI-FI movie franchises like The Hunger Games have proven that there’s something about dystopian future societies that just need a woman to topple them down. A few more examples:

Alien (1979)

In Alien, Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) fights off extra terrestrial evil, rebels against a corporation, and manages to survive in a hostile environment where all men fail.

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

Two words: Sarah. Connor. (Linda Hamilton)

Avatar (2009)

Avatar might be about a man, but I think we can all agree that the resourceful Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) was the true hero.

The Hunger Games (2012)

Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) inspired a generation of young feminists by standing up for what she believed in no matter the consequences.

Prometheus (2012)

In the Alien tradition, Prometheus features a super feminist hero, and makes perhaps our favorite gender inequality statement in a movie ever: when Elizabeth (Noomi Rapace) tries to use a med pod to get the alien out of her body and is told that the machine is not meant to work on women.

Arrival (2016)

Despite dealing with loss and motherhood, linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams) must focus on finding a way to communicate with Aliens … and (hopefully) avert Earthly destruction.

THE SURVIVAL TRILOGY

As authors, we created the Trilogy to empower Women and People of Color. Each life-changing story sheds light on racial injustice — as it explores the human connection to Ancient Aliens through the eyes of Native Mythology.

Book 1 A GLEAM OF LIGHT explores Native American Mythology as UNA WATERS, half-Hopi bureaucrat from D.C., is summoned to Hopiland. Her connection to the white man’s world makes her uniquely qualified to help solve a mystery linked to an ancient discovery, as she tries to reconnect with her roots and cultural identity.

Book 2 THE DRAGON’S GLARE explores Asian American Mythology with UNA on special assignment to investigate unexplained violence in Chinatown, New York City. She discovers a deep-seated cultural connection with Tibetan immigrants as Ancient Chinese wisdom battles a threat from Ancient Evil.

Book 3 BEYOND THE WORLD explores African American Mythology as UNA, stranded on her honeymoon adventure in Yosemite, uncovers a UFO mystery that leads to an Alien Conspiracy. Together with Explorer’s Club teens from the Kikuyu Tribe, she tracks down the source of strange events and fights to save humanity.

If Women in Feminist SCI-FI can survive Apocalypse, Dictators, and Alien invaders, then perhaps there is HOPE for the Human Race … after all.

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