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I like filmed Science Fiction. At some point in those stories, that cool Sci-Fi blue (I, ROBOT poster) will emerge onto the screen and man, I just settle back and enjoy the show. It's not often that African-Americans get to battle the forces of the unknown not just in Sci-Fi, but Fantasy and Horror as well. Combining those two threads and in my mind's eye, that wonderful entity called, imagination, I wrote a screenplay based on a concept that was originally set in the 1800s. I wanted to juxtapose two elements or genres that rarely merge with one another: Science Fiction and the Western. Now, the mix appeared in the past with more notable films such as the Wild, Wild, West, Jonah Hex and Cowboys & Aliens. The mix hasn't worked very well at the box office or in critical review. After reworking the concept to present day, I re-titled the script, NEMESIS.
 
After some time of working on it, I thought better of it and decided to adapt it into a book, which is another post in itself. I don't feel any writing is a waste of time and if the film rights ever interested the authorities in Hollywood, at least, I'd have the first opportunity at the screenplay adaptation. In addition, writing such a tight-paged project like a movie script taught me about pace in my novel work. NEMESIS was an acronym as well, but I researched and found several uses of the name in other creative projects. I changed the title to S.Y.P.H.E.N. for more originality and found an appropriate acronym for it as well. I've always been entertained with science fiction/fantasy whether in film, TV or comics. The comics-to-film blockbusters like The Avengers and their spinoffs (you know the names) the Fantastic Four, Daredevil, and Spider-Man all in the Marvel Universe. Then add Batman, Superman, Green Lantern, Flash and Green Arrow from the DC Comics world not to mention the villains in both company's properties. The film series of movies like Star Wars, Star Trek, ALIEN and Predator, etc. Television programs like the recently relaunched X-Files (can you hear the music?), GRIMM, Sleepy Hollow, Falling Skies, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Fringe, Profiler and many other shows from the 60s through the 2000s. If those types of movies and TV shows captivate you, then I hope you'll give S.Y.P.H.E.N. a chance as well. Hey, if enough of you around the world do so, S.Y.P.H.E.N. could play in a theater near you in future. That’s as cool as the Sci-Fi blue, baby.