The Martin Anderson Columns

When Good Guys Do Torture
Why did Martin stop watching Battlestar Galactica at season 1's Flesh & Bone?

Supertramp
Martin goes in search of inspiring female superheroes in the morass of Raunch Culture, and it proves a depressing journey...

The Second Coming Of Bill Hicks
Is Goat-Boy back to take on Bush 2.0?

Women In Star Trek
From mini-skirts to Janeway, Martin wonders why Star Trek has had such a hard struggle with women...

Drunkorexia
Martin marvels at a government that doesn't understand the basic rules of sci-fi dystopia...

The Economics Of Cowardice
Hollywood timidity is legendary. "If it was so great, we woulda made it already!". Martin looks for a solution in the world of comic-books...

A New Future For Blake's 7?
Are Sky One really the best candidates to reboot Terry Nation's 1977 space opera?

Be Seeing You...Again
Martin is excited and apprehensive in equal measure about the impending return of The Prisoner to our TV screens...

CG-Why?
Having seen the poor CGI vampire-zombies in I Am Legend, Martin makes an argument for real-tech horrors.

Galifrey Is In Britain
Is Doctor Who at risk of trying to please too many factions across the pond?

Hi-Def Sci-Fi
Will Hi-Definition formats really benefit sci-fi classics that were filmed in grainy, light-sensitive film stock, such as Aliens?

Reboot, Remake or Restart?
At what point of divergence from the original is a rebooted show merely trading on nostalgia rather than reviving a cult classic?

It's Only A Movie
A rash of child-killing in Hollywood movies sets Martin thinking about the film that first broke the taboo, Assault On Precinct 13 (1976). Where will our determination to break all barriers in cinema morality lead us?

Futures Past
Martin ponders the lost futures of yore...

Hazel Court's devilish dream in Masque Of The Red Death
Remembering scream-queen Hazel Court at her devilish best, in Roger Corman's classic adaptation of Poe...

The Achievable Hero
Is the Caped Crusader just a looney with a charge-card? Martin ponders the nature of Batman's vengeful war on crime...

Oh No! I Love Renny Harlin!
An encounter with his hero Stellan Skarsgård brings Martin to a horrific realisation...

Get Out And Push
Martin wonders if glossy production values are an irredeemable pre-requisite of good sci-fi shows.

Don't play it again
What IS that thing on Emperor Palpatine's face? And should Lucas and Spielberg leave their films alone already?

The Price Of Revisionism
Are we sticking our heads in the sand with revisionism of cultural treasures that have become controversial?

Another Bum
Hype can ruin movies years after the trailers are history. Martin tries to lower his expectations.

Doctor Who Under Steven Moffat
Martin tries - and frequently fails - to contain his Moffat-fever during a half-time look at series 4 of Doctor Who...

The Doctor Who Board Game
Martin gets an exclusive hands on with a new Doctor Who board game, where only you can save the show...

Monster Of The Week
Is there enough post-modern irony left to support a weekly face-off between demons and running characters?

Watch With Mother
Martin tries in vain to watch some movie he likes - so much can go wrong!

Blade Runner's 25-Year Shoot Is Over
Lifelong Blade Runner devotee Martin on what's new in The Final Cut...

Roll Your Own
Lights, camera... aaaaand corpse! Martin suggests home-brewed alternatives to see us through the writers' strike movie drought.

The Geek Experience
Martin searches for the spirit of the marginalised geeks of yore...

Will Marilyn Do Porno Yet?
Martin considers Beowulf, the computer-generated actor, and old movie stars consequently doing unthinkable things ...

Last Day
Martin argues the case for actresses who absolutely aren't past their sell-by date...

Women In Sci-Fi
Martin's first column at DoG, talking about the portrayal of women through the decades.