Review: Colombia es Fantástica: Una Perspectiva Profunda Hacia la Historia del Cine y Otras Narrativas Fantásticas Colombianas

Colombia es Fantástica: Una Perspectiva Profunda Hacia la Historia del Cine y Otras Narrativas Fantásticas Colombianas by Vincent Gil Sánchez
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

The best and most throughout tour of Fantastic Cinema (Fantasy, Horror and SF) made in Colombia. Yes there are very few films and TV series, but all of them were made with the nails, scrapping resources, with infinite love. It's a story about genres condemned by the mainstream that try to get afloat, with a bunch of great works. Tropical Gothic is the name, here the pioneers. Another great job by the Fantasmagoría team.

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Review: Doom Patrol: The Silver Age Omnibus

Doom Patrol: The Silver Age Omnibus by Arnold Drake
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I believe for sure that the X-men derivate from the DP, but the levels of weirdness this comic acquires in some of their greatest exploits are teh base for the grand oeuvre that Grant Morrison did decades after. Drake & Premiani's work opened a whole new world of the strange in comics. Make no mistake: a lot of issues of the original run are the common trope that you can find about superheoric groups, but the episodes that gave the edge are just masterpieces.

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Review: ¿Sueñan los androides con ovejas eléctricas?

¿Sueñan los androides con ovejas eléctricas? by Philip K. Dick
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Phillip Dick was an absolute visionary, and Ridley Scott took the best form this novel and put ir on the big screen. This is like reading the Akira manga after watching the movie: entering a familiar territory that's not so familiar. But all the things you love from the film are here. Deckard is somehow different, more passinate about collecting animals (preferred alive, because there are a lot of electric sheep and other wonders), but with the same moral dilemmas and a wife. Things with the andys (replicants) are weirder, much more detailed than in the film. Mercerism is an absolute nutty religion. Radioactive dead zones surround the megalopolis. Some turn of events are not particularly well done, but are well managed afterwards. A must for SF and Blade Runner fans.

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Review: Exit Reality

Exit Reality by Valentina Tanni
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

An amazing tour of all the virtual aesthethics born within internet, from the purely visual (like dreamcore), to music (vaporwave, haunthology), to creepypastas (backrooms et all), going with very profound reflections about futures not realized, past that is memories not lived, presents of yuxtaposing images with questions about the self. A must to understand the tissue that connects the experiencies that are begotten and live on internet.

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