Tag Archives: Joseph Campbell

“William Shatner’s Get a Life!” documentary

August 27th, 2013 | Posted in fan cultures, geek cultures, Joseph Campbell, myths, science fiction, science fiction convention, Star Trek

For a while now I’ve been waiting to see the William Shatner’s Get a Life! documentary. This film is part of the EPIX Originals series, and Shatner serves as one of the executive producers. He also wrote and directed this piece. After doing his documentary The Captains as part of a process of self-discovery, this […]

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Culture, Identities and Technology in the Star Wars Films

July 28th, 2010 | Posted in cultural studies, Joseph Campbell, myths, science fiction, Star Wars

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back recently celebrated its 30th anniversary. With it came a lot of television programming related to the Star Wars series of films, and one included commentary from the editors and contributors to Culture, Identities and Technology in the Star Wars Films: Essays on the Two Trilogies (Critical Explorations in Science […]

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Joseph Laycock: The Legend of Cain and Vampires in the Bible

July 27th, 2010 | Posted in horror, Joseph Campbell, Joseph Laycock, myths, vampire

Joseph Laycock continues to demonstrate that he is the up and coming religion and vampire scholar for the next generation. He recently wrote an article for Religion Dispatches titled “Vampire Bible: Will Smith and The Legend of Cain.” The article begins with the recent announcement that Will Smith will play the Old Testament biblical character […]

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Whitt and Perlich: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Millennial Mythmaking

January 10th, 2010 | Posted in Joseph Campbell, myths, pop culture, science fiction

In the past I had an opportunity to interview David Whitt and John Perlich with the first book they co-edited, Sith, Slayers, Stargates and Cyborgs: Modern Mythology and the New Millennium (Peter Lang Publishers, 2007). Dr. David Whitt is Associate Professor of Communication at Nebraska Wesleyan University, and Dr. John Perlich is Associate Professor of […]

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Millennial Mythmaking

November 30th, 2009 | Posted in fantasy, Joseph Campbell, myths, science fiction

One of the great things about having a website like this is discovering people engaged in the same kinds of reflections on the fantastic in pop culture that I am involved in. It gets even better when I get to develop relationships with these people, and then discuss their thinking. This is the case with […]

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Sith, Slayers, Stargates and Cyborgs: Modern Mythology in the New Millennium

February 6th, 2008 | Posted in Joseph Campbell, myths, pop culture, science fiction

The Popular Culture Association continues to be a great source for addressing fascinating aspects at the intersection between the fantastic and culture. Yesterday I received an announcement concerning a call for papers dealing with the topic of mythology and the new millennium for a volume that is viewed as a logical extension of a new […]

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