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Just like the "zoom and enhance" clip from a while back, it's astonishing to see just how many movies — and great ones, at that — have invoked this cliche when someone's in danger. Aspiring writers: avoid at all costs. More »
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Everyone probably occasionally (or often) thinks, You know what would make this Battlestar episode better? A lot of alcohol. So here, for your drinking — and viewing — pleasure, are a dozen science-fiction drinking games. More »
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So everybody keeps saying we're living in a science fictional world now, thanks to the ipod nano and the global catastrophes. So we're just waiting on the edge of our seats for more stock science fiction plots to start coming true. Vote for the summer-blockbuster storyline that'll be the first to become our everyday reality . More »
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