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Remember when the Man of Steel died and came back in the 1990s? Well, this is the closest we're going to get to a live-action Death of Superman movie. And it's kind of amazing. More »
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Paleo-Future Blog is now producing Paleo-Future TV, a new series about retrofuturism on film. In this latest installment, Paleo-Future blogmaster Matt Novak rounds up some of the best moments from Seventies "apocsploitation." More »
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In 1998, Stuart Immonen drew the origins of Superman's rogues gallery in the style of Winsor McCay's Little Nemo in Slumberland for an issue of Secret Files. Immonen's old-school depictions of Doomsday and Lex Luthor's origins are an absolute hoot. More »
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Costume and special effects designer Steve Johnson (who recently unveiled photos of Tim Burton's sparkling Superman suit) has now posted costume art from Superman Returns and J.J. Abrams-scripted Superman Fly-By. Check out art of a revamped supersuit...and Doomsday. More »
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We only just learned Zack Snyder is directing the Superman reboot, and already the word is that General Zod is coming back as the villain. Seriously, we have to ask: where the hell are some new Superman villains? More »
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At its best, science fiction can help people better understand science, explaining new ideas and theories in the context of a thrilling, gripping story. And then there are these 10 utterly ridiculous stories about evolution. More »
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Every major studio hopes the films it showcases at Comic Con this year will be major hits. But if history's any indication, some of those movies will tank. Here are the biggest turkeys Comic Con has seen in years past. More »
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A strange cloud formed above Moscow last Wednesday which "scientists" dismissed as an"optical illusion" - about one BS excuse step below the "swamp gas reflected the light from Venus." We, however, think otherwise: Moscow's been FlashForwarded. More »
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If tonight's episode of Smallville happens to be your first, here's the bad news: You've missed eight years' worth of backstory. Now, here's the good news: We're about to tell you all you need to know anyway. More »
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If they really have to do a new Predator movie, we're psyched to learn that the directing job may go to Neil Marshall, whose Doomsday was our favorite over-the-top, post-apocalyptic, head-chopping, eye-popping punk-rock cannibal movie of 2008. More »
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Lots of movies say they have everything, but then turn out only to have a subset of everything. Only Doomsday, Neil Marshall's lurch into a plague-blighted future Scotland, actually has everything. Just check out this sexy punk cannibalism scene, from the unrated DVD. Warning: melting flesh may be NSFW. More »
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Alas, poor Smallville supporting character. We knew you well, but that wasn't enough to save you from Doomsday (in a very literal sense). But that's not all that happened in last night's finale. Spoilers! More »
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A German miniseries (with American actors) shows us that doomsday doesn't have to be such a downer. In fact, when the Moon hurtles on a collision course with Earth, the upside is no more gravity. More »
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An actor posted some cool-looking pics from the set of Sci Fi's Doomsday TV movie. The bad news is, apparently it's not based on the Neil Marshall classic. Sort of. More »
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Remember the awesome-but-panned Doomsday movie that was a cross between Medieval Times, Mad Max and Resident Evil? Well, they're making lemonade out of tattoo faced cadavers, and trying a Doomsday TV movie, with Trekkies. More »
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The clock is ticking away, and with each precious moment, someone is snapping up the last copy the Dark Knight, World War Z and Watchmen. We braved the stores to find surefire last-minute shopping items. More »
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Everything I've ever wanted to know, I've learned from scifi movies — especially when it comes to surviving the end of days. Be it a vengeful Mother Nature, plague, monsters, animal packs or the undead, any kind of doomsday , I'll be ready for. The key is to follow the steps of past scifi characters (or learn from their mistakes.) More »
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Click to viewEver since the first cheesy monster or goofy robot leered out from the cover of a pulpy magazine, science fiction has struggled to shake off a certain tinge of campiness. No matter how hard creators may try to tell cool stories, that slightly ironic silliness is always lurking just outside the frame. And there will always be science fiction which takes those little hints of camp and amplifies them a million-fold. A little campiness may be fun to get stoned and giggle at, but it also stands in the way of telling amazing tales about the impact of technology on humans. Here's a rulebook for rooting out the campiness from science fiction. More »
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Lex Luthor must be out of diabolical plots, because actor Michael Rosenbaum will no longer be a part of the CW series Smallville. After seven long years of tirelessly love/hating Clark Kent, mysterious trips around the world, obsessions over the meteor shower and opulent gestures, Lex is taking a break. What new characters will step into his shiny bald shoes? Details after the jump. More »
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There are Serbian dog-food commercials that would have made more sense to me than Doomsday, the quarantined-country-reverts-to-barbarism epic that opens today. It starts out as an engaging action-horror blend with a nice touch of future dystopia (and huge servings of gore), and then slowly unravels until the ending is basically pure Dada. We just saw it. Click through for the whole brain-shredding carnage [spoilers ahead]. More »
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Here's a new clip of awesome train-jumping action, from plague-ravaged thriller Doomsday, which opens Friday. Two more clips below the fold show car-bezerkering, plus Malcolm McDowell giving away what may be a major plot point. In this morning's spoiler roundup, we also have a new hint about the direction of the PG-13 live-action Star Wars TV show, and tons of details about Michel Gondry's demented next film. Plus a look at the tail end of this season of Lost, and what's coming next year on Smallville. Click through to become a jaded, know-it-all spoiler whore. More »
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We may have absolute certainty, in every fibre of our souls, that Friday's Mad-Max-in-quarantined-Scotland movie Doomsday is an instant classic in the making. Sadly, Rogue Pictures, which is releasing the film, doesn't seem to agree with us. We just got final confirmation that Doomsday will not be screened for critics. We'll see it, and review it, as soon as we can on Friday. More »
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The Descent was one of our favorite horror movies of recent years, so we were automatically excited about director Neil Marshall's new movie, Doomsday. And that was before we found out Doomsday was going to be Mad to the Max. In Doomsday, the government walls off Scotland to contain a deadly plague... only to send a team into the shattered country 30 years later. We talked to Marshall about strong women, genre confusion, and why Doomsday has no monsters. More »
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The first pictures of Wolverine's rival Sabretooth (from the Wolverine origin movie) have surfaced, and it looks as though the movie will be about the clash of the gigantic sideburns. We also have a new clip from Doomsday, and crazy Iron Man rumors. Plus we have some news about Smallville, including a shocking development in April — and who's back for Smallville season eight. Plus a clip of Ally Sheedy's upcoming guest spot on Kyle XY. Click through to besmirch your pristine mind with evil spoilers! More »
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Motorcycles and trucks will be spinning and bursting into flames in the dark quarantined-nation epic Doomsday, which opens in 10 days, according to this new TV spot. And a guy from the Society for Creative Anachronism will sword-fight with a riot grrl. Not only that, but a man with a blond mohawk will show you whether he has any armpit hair while shouting about the end of the world. If all that doesn't scream "instant cult classic," I don't know what does. Click through for two more clips. More »
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First director Neil Marshall had to go around telling everybody Doomsday isn't a zombie movie, and now after you watch this new clip, he'll have to explain it's not a swords-and-barbarians flick either. But judging from a slew of newly released stills from the quarantined-country movie, Doomsday doesn't have any problem mashing up tons of genres. The movie looks like a dollop of Mad Max stirred in with a dash of medical thriller. Click through for a gallery and synopsis. More »
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At last, a trailer is out for Doomsday, the non-zombie film starring a world-ravaging virus that results in Scotland being walled off. It looks like 28 Days Later meets 28 Weeks Later plus a serving of Mad Max on the side with a couple of dashes from the I Am Legend shaker. In other words, it starts out with a ton of promise and promptly devolves into something that leaves you feeling like you might throw up. Plus it begins with the Sparta-sounding "THIS. IS. OUR. CITY!" Check it out. 'Doomsday' Trailer Finally Online [Bloody Disgusting] More »
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A young girl gets caught in the middle of a post-apocalyptic war in Descendants, a new movie from Chile. The only people who survive the military death squads are the ones infected with a weird disease that leaves sores all over their bodies. Descendants, also known as Solos, is sort of a zombie movie but it looks way more like a post-apocalyptic survival film. Click through for a gallery of stills, and info about another future dystopia movie that's fighting off the zombie label. More »
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The delay-plagued The Day The Earth Stood Still remake gained a shot of credibility with the casting of Jon Hamm, fresh from his Golden Globe nod for Mad Men. The movie, also starring Keanu Reeves (playing the alien Klaatu) and Jennifer Connelly, started principal photography Dec. 12. [Reuters] A new Jericho pic, plus bad signs for AVP and Wolverine, below the fold. More »
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A team of scientists has finally located the impact crater from a "Doomsday" 1908 meteor strike that was one thousand times more powerful than the blast that leveled Hiroshima. You wouldn't think looking for something that size would be like trying to find a needle in a haystack, but it's gone undetected for nearly 100 years. Mainly because it was sneaky and hiding under a lake. More »
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Must-read graphic novels are futuristic classics that shouldn't be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That's why we've rated them 1-5 on the patented "crunchy goodness" scale. More »
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