The "Direction" of Ungrounded

Because I do not have cable to join in on the excitement of E3 2010, I have been going into other interests within the geek/nerd spectrum. I always had an aquired taste for science fiction. So, I decided that instead of exclusively writing about videogames, I'll also be writing about science fiction movies, televisions shows and books. I started this summer with the Battlestar Galactica series. I plan on eventually writing a long overdue review on this show. I believe it's worth reviewing, and writing about in depth. I still plan on putting other posts here about videogames, tech and music.

TV Shows for this Summer and Fall of 2010:

• Battlestar Galactica (Reimagined)
• Caprica (prequel of BSG)
• Stargate SG1
• Stargate Atlantis (Spin-off)
• Odyssey 5
• Dr Who
• Star Trek (Very First Episode to Final Episode and Movie)
• Babylon 5
• FireFly
• Andromeda
• Jake 2.0
• Jeremiah

*Anyother Science Fiction series I can think of so far. It has to be made after 1969. I cannot sit through old science fiction shows and movies unless it's Twilight Zone or Outer Limits

What I plan on writing for these TV series:

• Reviews for all shows
• The cultural relevence of BSG
• My opinion on the best scifi show ever made, after watching all series
• Star Trek vs Star Wars (If you're a fanboy/girl, leave my site. I don't need romantic ideas based on opinion here)

I also plan on reading various books this summer. I have plenty of time, because school start on August 23rd. I'm inspired to continue to write about literature, because I love fictional work. It says more about a culture than non-fiction and historical documents. I liked philosophy, but I don't think that I'll be taking anymore philosophy classes for a while. I don't know if I like the idea of being graded on something that does not have the right or wrong answers. I hope that my writing and reviewing for these books do not get so thorough that it becomes destracting.

Books I will be Reading/ Reviewing

• Fountainhead by Ayn Rand (BioShock)
• Atlas Shrugged By Ayn Rand (BioShock)
• Anthem by Ayn Rand (BioShock)
• Darkness Falls by Kyle Mills
• Watchman (Graphic Novel)
• Maus and Maus II by Art Spiegelman (Comicbook, not scifi)
• Dune Series by Frank Herbert
• Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Phillip K Dick
• Various books by Octavia E. Butler

I'm going to try to get through three books a week, depending on the length. I think because these are books of better interests than the core humanities reads I have to indulge myself with, I will be able to get through them much faster. starting after class which ends in two weeks. I just hope that it does not interfere too much with what I plan to do for my art projects. I bought some markers specially made for comics, so I plan on using them for starting my graphic novel.