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San Antonio's Best SF/F of 2009

We started Missions Unknown on May 24th, 2009, looking to delve into the SF/F/H happenings in the Alamo City. Frankly, we’ve been amazed at some of the killer things we’ve seen this year. Once again we weigh in with the best of San Antonio’s SF scene and we even solicited some other opinions as well. [Read it all...]

Our Favorite SF/F/H Enjoyed in 2009

With 2009 drawing to a close, we naturally have a tendency to look back upon the year that was. We have our favorite genre-related media: books, TV, movies, comics, games and more. We asked around too and got some additional input from Doctor Who Fans Unite’s Crystal Shedrock-Rangel, KiDDandGEEZER’s Frank Zieglar, James Hartz from Film [Read it all...]

More Memorable SF/F Album Covers

When we ran our picks for our most memorable Science Fiction and Fantasy album covers last week, we asked for your picks too. Then we sent the word out to some of the luminarias in San Antonio’s SF/F community. We’ve got more great suggestions from Voodoo Daddy Mistah Pete, Jeff from Hyperbubble, Sci-Fi Writer Scott [Read it all...]

SA48HR: Voodoo Daddy

Here’s Team Barnstrom’s entry into the San Antonio 48-Hour Film Experience.

Mistah Pete notes:

Done for the San Antonio 48 Hour Film Experience, December 4, 5, and 6. This is very slightly different from the version turned in just under the wire on Sunday night. Some sound jiggering and effects, plus some tweaks on the titles.

Cast [Read it all...]

SA48HR Film Experience Tonight at the Bijou

San Antonio filmmakers took part in the 2009 SA48HR Film Experience over the weekend and you can see the results tonight at the Santikos Bijou theater. The showing is at 7:00, December 8th.

Madame Arielle: Voodoo Artiste – For all your Voodoo needs.

The SA48HR started on Friday with a Kick-Off event at the El Tropicano Hotel [Read it all...]

What the Cock Roach Man Saw & Hell is Work

Here at Missions Unknown we’re still sorting through the entries from recent film competitions. Today we present two of the submissions from the SAL 2009 Summer Remake Challenge. The challenge was to remake a film that was very influential to your work.

This short, What the Cock Roach Man Saw, was conceived and written by Carlos [Read it all...]

48 Hour Film Project Recap

The 2009 48 Hour Film Project is history, but you can still check out some of the films submitted for the contest. San Antonio filmmakers put together a wide variety of movies over the course of an exceedingly long weekend. Take a look at a sampling…

Team Animate or Die’s Attack of the Vampire Ninja Bats [Read it all...]

48 Hours to a Masterpiece

3…2…1…OK, cameras off, quit Final Cut Pro, step away from the edit suite. Over the last weekend filmmaking teams all over San Antonio participated in The 48 Hour Film Project. Fueled by caffeine, adrenaline and lack-of-sleep, each team had just 48 hours to write, shoot, edit and score their short film. Not only that, they [Read it all...]

What Can You Remake in 10 Minutes?

Mistah Pete in a scene from the Psycho remake "What The Cock Roach Man Saw"

The San Antonio Local Film Festival issued the challenge: remake the film of your choice as a 10-minute-or-less short. Films had to be shot in 2009 and only Bexar County residents were eligible to compete.

Well, the cinematic gold is in [Read it all...]

And The Winner Is…

The Mighty Boosh 2 on DVD

We asked if you thought that your faithful SF Missionaires here at Missions Unknown should watch the British television show The Mighty Boosh. We appreciate everyone’s persuasive comments. At least one of us has managed to stay up late on a Sunday night to watch the Boosh on Cartoon [Read it all...]