If I Were To Say "Lord Of Light"

What Are The Odds That You'd Reply "Game Of Thrones"?
In one sense you'd be right, because that phrase is part of the religious phraseology (not two words you often read together on a Sunday afternoon) of said series, and it also means I can add in a click-baity picture with no need for an excuse.  Art?

A devotee of said Lord, and very definitely a scarlet woman.

     However, there is a much earlier occurrence of this phrase, dating from 1967: and yes, I am talking about the Roger Zelazny novel.  Art?

An especially accurate rendering of the prologue

     Your Humble Scribe is quite interested in the novel's backstory, which is variously hinted at on occasion as Zelazny parcels out titbits of information.  The story is set on a distant world, Earthlike enough that humans can thrive, but very definitely different: for one thing, the dominant species are beings of energy, who fight the human colonists.  There are three moons in the sky, there are strange native animals (like the slizzard) and odd plants and trees.

Nope, not in Kansas any longer.

     These colonists arrived from Earth on a one-way trip, I presume, since nobody ever mentions going back, or if there's even an Earth to go back to.  Nor do we find out why they left.  Their starship was dubbed "Star of India", which serves as inspiration later on; we never learn what happened to it, whether it remained in orbit or made a terminal landing.  The original colonists call themselves the "First" and have borne very advanced technology with them, along with a certain amount of terrestrial animals and plants.  This allows them to subdue the locals and prosper, especially since they have the technology to transfer consciousness from one body to another.  
     That's what I've determined, anyway.  Zelazny took Hindu religion and mythology as his source material, which was kind of his thing.  Unlike a whole lot of other science fiction authors, he didn't come from a science background; rather he had graduated in English literature, with an MA to follow, so you'll struggle to find detailed hard science in his work.

Hmmm.

     There was a television series supposedly in the works, but that was a couple of years ago and we've seen nothing yet, so don't hold your breath.
     Motley!  I've commisioned Colin Furze to build a phosphorus cannon, and you are going to help test it's accuracy!

In Case You Are Unaware -
Colin, mentioned above, is one of those English eccentrics who make the world a more amusing, if vastly more dangerous, place to live in.  He was a plumber by trade, I believe, so he has a certain degree of technical ability when it comes to putting things together.  The "Things" that his fertile mind comes up with, though, tend to define "Dangerous!" and I have to check his Youtube channel every so often to ensure he is still alive, and in one piece. Art?

The 1000 RPM spinning belt of knives

     I'm only half-way through his construction video of the above, so I don't know how it ends; my first thought is that the cameraman needs to be either round the corner when this assemblage spins up, or behind bullet-proof glass.
     I shudder to think just what Ol' Col (and he might not live long enough to become "Old") will come up with next.  Since the words "Health" and "Safety" are utterly foreign to him, I'd say go subscribe NOW, because he might not be around in a few months.

Don't ask.

     Okay, I've watched it to the end, and the Spinning Belt Of Knives does make a surprisingly good salad chopper, at the possible expense of severing your fingers or cutting other kitchen occupants in half.

Back To That Top 10 Sci-Fi Films List
I know it irritates the wee out of the purists when folk put "sci-f" instead of "science fiction", which is why I do it, and also why I will never stoop to the pretentious "speculative fiction" label.  It's sci-fi, accept it and move on.
Number Three:"Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind": Haven't seen it, and from the precis, don't intend to.  One of those deep, worthy, meaningful films that lack atomic explosions, crashing spaceships or blowing up planets.  Interesting that the central premise is the opposite of that in "Total Recall", since the Lacuna company removes memories, whereas Rekall adds them in.

Total action and violence!
(what, did you think a weepy still from ESOTSM was going to cut it?)

Number Two:"Stalker":  Yes, seen it and got a copy knocking around somewhere.  Quite surreal, and certainly interesting to look at, if a little difficult to follow if you've not read the Strugatsky Brother's "Roadside Picnic" that it's based on.  In fact, this film is based on only the last story in a set of interconnected ones, which introduce the concept of the "Zones", the alien artefacts left behind and the Stalkers who risk life, limb and sanity to retrieve them for money.

It is indeed

     The film is set in Russia, which is not explicitly stated, but you can make an educated guess from all the derelict military hardware left lying around.  The novel is set in Canada, which allowed for a few subtle digs at hideous Western capitalist civilisation; too expensive to go film there, one supposes, especially when there's oodles of Ruffian landscape crying out to be filmed.

The room that grants wishes
(I think - it's been a while)

     I shan't mention Number One - yet.  That's because I only need about a hundred words to hit the ton, and I intend to write A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN THAT on said film supreme.  You may be able to guess what it is.

Finally -
I have now finished "The Hood Battalion" and intend to educate you slackers in what a battalion-level attack in the later years of the First Unpleasantness involved.  Thus shall BOOJUM! fulfil it's didactic element.  You've been warned, so you may excuse yourself if you wish.
     Meantime, let us end with -

Skopje!

     The beautiful and historic capital of North Macedonia.  Because why not?