Eye on Sci Fi - Trailers, Rogue One, Carrie

It has been quite a while for this column and I have tons of things building up to talk about but I want to basically go with just a couple of things this time out. But first....

Carrie Fisher - For the past few months we have been hearing about how bad 2016 has been for celebrity deaths and with everyone thinking about this and focused on this, every time someone dies we hear about it and hate 2016 even more.  Yes, it has been bad but with the news that Carrie Fisher has passed away, it reaches a horrible level of bad that we could only have imagined in our greatest nightmares.  Carrie Fisher was an incredible woman with her outspoken personality and influence. She portrayed Princess Leia in Star Wars and that character was a strong female that would have a immeasurable influence on society.

When these celebrities leave us, it feels that part of our childhood is gone forever.  These people influenced us when we were younger.  They were our idols or heroes.  They are bigger than life and when this happens it is devastating.  Her legacy not only in Star Wars but as a personality will be remembered.  Our thoughts and prayers to family and friends.

Universal Monsters Movie Universe

A series of new Universal Monster movies is in the works and the movies will be connected!  Taking a page out of the Marvel movie handbook, a plan is forming to bring a new series of movie monsters to the big screen starting with The Mummy which is slated for June 24, 2015.  Following this on April 21, 2017 another movie is slated.  Among the monster movies being looked at are The Wolfman, Frankenstein, Dracula, The Invisible Man, Bride of Frankenstein and Van Helsing.  It is uncertain how connected these movies will be.  So far Noah Hawley (Fargo TV series), Aaron Guzikowski (Prisoners), Ed Solomon (Men in Black), Chris Morgan (The Fast and the Furious movies) and Alex Kurtzman (The Amazing Spider-Man 2) have all been attached to the project.