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Can An Action Movie Be Smart?

With the new movie Inception lighting up the cineplexes there is a lot of buzz about so-called Smart Action movies. A movie with edge of your seat thrills that also works your brain. Is this possible? Several sites have put up lists, including this dreadful one at IGN. We asked some folks who might better [Read it all...]

Short Film: Obama and the Defenders of the Earth

From the husband and wife filmmaking duo of Mark & Angela Walley (who brought us the latest Hyperbubble music video) comes this mashup of President Obama’s inaugural address and VHS copy of The Defenders of the Earth. Sure, it’s candy…but such sweet, sweet candy it is. Enjoy.

Candy Apple Daydreams - New Video from Hyperbubble

Our favorite sythpop superduo, Hyperbubble, is back in action with a sweet new video from the creative minds at Walley Films.

The video was directed by Mark and Angela Walley and stars Hyperbubble, with Justin Parr and Smokey the Cat. It was written and produced by Jess and Jeff DeCuir and Mark and Angela Walley. The video features [Read it all...]

Hyperbubble Candy Apple Daydreams Music Video Debut

What Mystery will Hyperbubble find?

San Antonio’s favorite bionic pop duo Hyperbubble teams up with Walley Films to present their newest music video. Candy Apple Daydreams is a short film directed by Mark and Angela Walley starring Hyperbubble, with Justin Parr, and introducing Smokey the Cat. It was written and produced by Jess and Jeff DeCuir [Read it all...]

Best SF Album Art of the Decade

Your humble missionaries don’t just love SF and Fantasy…we love music too. And we especially love it when these two worlds collide. We’ve run articles before about our favorite SF album cover art and turned up many of the usual suspects: Iron Maiden, Yes, Hawkwind, Molly Hatchet. But these albums all came out years…nay, decades…ago. [Read it all...]

Peelander Z and Hyperbubble at Nightrocker Live

If you missed seeing San Antonio’s technopoptarts Hyperbubble with Japan’s POLYSICS, we present you with an excellent chance at redemption. Head out to Nightrocker Live (605 San Pedro Ave.) on Sunday April 4th for Hyperbubble opening for Japanese action comic punk rockers Peelander Z live in concert!

The superstars of Japanese Action Comic Punk have a legion [Read it all...]

Scrap the Remakes and Film These Books Instead

We saw an article on the brilliant io9 site with the provocative title Don’t Remake These 21 Movies, Film These Books Instead! This piece really hit home for us at Missions Unknown. We love great SF movies almost as much as we love great SF literature. Almost. You really can’t help being embarrassed as a [Read it all...]

Guest in SA: POLYSICS

POLYSICS (with Hyperbubble) at the White Rabbit – Friday February 5th. Doors open at 7:00.

The White Rabbit is the place to be Friday night for an incredible sonic art event. San Antonio’s power synthpop duo Hyperbubble will be on tap with the release of their new CD Candy Apple daydreams. They will be followed [Read it all...]

Made in SA: Hyperbubble

Solid Pop: Jess and Jeff of Hyperbubble.

San Antonio’s HYPERBUBBLE plays catchy synth pop that mixes kitsch, retrofuturism and pop art in a chrome blender and sets the contents jiggling to a hypnotic robo-rhythm. It’s fun stuff: catchy, quirky and maybe even a little subversive.

Beyond their love for analog synths, husband-wife duo Jeff and Jess bring [Read it all...]

POLYSICS & Hyperbubble Shake Down the White Rabbit

Time to get your rock-n-roll SciFi geekery on! Japan’s high-energy pop punk masters POLYSICS bring their insanely amusing show to San Antonio! And joining Polysics will be SA’s own girl-boy pop toy HYPERBUBBLE, celebrating the release of thier new CD, Candy Apple Daydreams! This show is guaranteed to be an action packed blast of color, [Read it all...]