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A blog about science fiction novels, games, shows, and movies.

Science Fiction and religion – “Religion and Technology into the Future” (Lexington Books, 2018) – Sam Gill interview

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Professor Sam Gill has studied dance, religion and science fiction for decades. He’s written books on the subject and here we discuss his latest book on religion and artificial intelligence.

1:50 – Sam Gill talks about how he got into writing about science fiction.

2:57 – Sam talks about the book. He wanted to study the obsession with artifical intelligence. He looked at ancient philosophy all the way to modern thought and pop culture.

5:56 – Sam talks about his own interest in dance and the importance of movement, singing, religion with female artifical intelligence. He talks about embracing our fundamental human biology.

8:00 – Sam uses history, philsophy, and biology to provide his thoughts on where artifical intelligence should go.

10:30 – Sam posits that humans don’t learn as much in school as they do through the sharing of movement and physical expression.

13:17 – SPOILER POINT: Sam talks about how he chose movies and shows as examples. He talks about Ex Machina and its ending.

14:24 – SPOILER DISCUSSION ENDS

16:22 – Sam talks about how surprised he was to find historic connections between the first writing on female robots to modern films. He has found a very interesting common thread.

19:41 – SPOILER POINT: He tried to understand the role of violence in these films and tv shows. He talks about Westworld.

21:37 – SPOILER DISCUSSION ENDS

24:00 – Sam has found a small group of philosophers who have talked about the idea of biology being an important part of being human.

32:30 – Sam has studied dance across the world and people always want to teach others the way they dance.

35:25 – His website is sam-gill.com where people can find his writings on dance and science fiction.

 

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Links of interest

www.sam-gill.com

 

Guests: Sam Gill

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: science fiction, writer, nonfiction, Data, Star Trek, Westworld, Ex Machina, Blade Runner, dance, religion, movement, robots, artifical intelligence, scarlett johansson, movies, tv shows

Stargate actor – Peter Williams interview

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Peter Williams is a Jamaican-born Canadian actor best known to sci-fans as Apophis on Stargate SG-1. Peter has done a number of roles in movie and tv and we spoke at Shore Leave 2018 about acting and his interests and insrpirations.

0:48 – Peter talks about how he got into acting. He grew up in Jamaica and emigrated to Canada in 1981.

2:58 – Peter said he got into acting for superficial reasons. To work you have to be in the union and to get into the union you have to have worked. He talks about how he got into the business and he did a lot of comedy to start but he doesn’t consider himself a comedy guy.

4:19 – He was never typecast as Jamaican but he didn’t get the role in Cool Runnings because he wasn’t considered Jamaican enough.

5:22 – He had a degree in geography and archaeology and loved Egyptology so getting on Stargate was fun for him. The budget for the show was stout so it had a lot of quality production people. Most of the set impressed him.

7:00 – He loves studying the Roman Empire and especially the rise and fall of empires. He’s a language nerd too.

10:30 – He vaguely recalled wearing armor in a previous role. He loves costumes and would like to play a centurion or Roman would be fun.

11:28 – He liked Star Trek and Lost in Space. 2001, and he loves Back to the Future. He’s gotten more into sci-fi through thye fandom.

12:45 – He’s into biology, plants and their healing properties. He’s recently seen the rings of Saturn and the moons of Jupiter, and a ring nebula and was fascinated by them.

14:30 – He lives in a small town and people seem to want to hear his opinion as an actor. He’d also like to get into a social consciousness role if he had the chance.

15:23 – He’s on twitter @actualapophis.

Links of interest

https://twitter.com/actualapophis?lang=en

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Guests: Peter Williams

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: science fiction, Stargate, Ancient Rome, Egyptology, Jupiter, Saturn, acting, Cool Runnings, Jamaica, Canada, plant healing

Stargate Universe actor – Peter Kelamis interview

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Peter Kelamis is a Canadian actor who’s done a lot of voice acting and live acting. He’s best known for his roles in Stargate Universe and as Rolf in Ed, Edd, and Eddy. He’s also played Goku in the English versions of Dragon ball Z. I spoke to him at Shore Leave 2018.

0:48 – Peter talks about how he got into acting. He was really into comedy as a kid. He used to get ice cream for impressions.

2:40 – Peter talks about how he does voice acting.

3:36 – Peter talks about how props can mess up a scene.

5:43 – Sometimes he remembers people he’s met and uses their voices for roles. He also talks about how his Greek background has influenced his acting.

8:12 – He saw Star Wars as a kid and was into sci-fi ever sine. He loves blue screen and green screen shoots.

12:18 – His website is Peterkelamis.com. He loves going to cons. He loves meeting people.

Links of interest

PeterKelamis.com

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Guests: Peter Kelamis

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: science fiction, fantasy, art, artist, Stargate, voice acting, Greek culture, Rolf, Yoda, Star Wars, canadian, australia, Greece