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Pop Stars in Science Fiction and Fantasy, Rated on a Scale from David Bowie to Mick Jagger

Charlie Jane Anders and MaryKate Jasper — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:11:48 PDT

This past weekend, Justin Timberlake totally failed to rock our dystopian future in In Time. But the man who brought sexy back is by no means the weakest singer-turned-actor ever to grace science fiction and fantasy — not by any means. The history of SF and fantasy is littered with tons of musician roles and cameos, with varying levels of quality. More »

10 Fictional Games that Lunatics Have Recreated in Real Life

Jonathan Wilkins — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:19:33 PDT

Science fiction and fantasy are full of weird games, from Quiddich to Pyramid. There are games of death. There are games of skill. But most of all, there are games that you'd have to be nuts to try and duplicate in real life. More »

Sexy Post-Apocalyptic Fashions and Giant Crossbows from This Year's Mad Max Festival! [NSFW]

Charlie Jane Anders — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 16:30:00 PDT

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If you've ever fantasized about living in the world of the Mad Max movies, you owe it to yourself to get to the California desert in late September for the annual Road Warrior-inspired festival. This year's Wasteland Weekend promises crazier punk fetishwear... and huge-ass Road Warrior gates with ginormous weaponry. More »

Beyonce goes "Game of Thrones meets Mad Max" in latest video shoot

Meredith Woerner — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 09:30:00 PDT

You've seen Beyonce Knowles' post-apocalyptic shuffle and her cyborg hand dance, now feast your eyes on the next Beyonce creation: Mad Max meets hardcore fantasy. More »

All-Child Mad Max reconstruction looks absolutely stunning

Meredith Woerner — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 13:03:40 PDT

Marvel at the incredible images from this kiddie Mad Max photo shoot. Swapping out the main stars from Mad Max for kids was pure genius. Check out the littlest Road Warriors! More »

Ryan Reynolds talks Green Lantern and Deadpool. Plus a new cast member might reveal The Avengers villain!

Alasdair Wilkins — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 06:00:00 PST

Peter Parker is headed to a new school in The Amazing Spider-Man. A Thor writer reveals the Asgardian's most humiliating defeat. Is Batman finally getting a plane? Plus tons of juicy updates on Fringe, The Walking Dead, and True Blood! More »

Most Epic Shoulderpads in the Multiverse

Charlie Jane Anders — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 13:02:01 PST

You can't conquer the final frontier unless you can cut an imposing figure. That's why so many science fiction and fantasy characters rock the awesome shoulderpads. Or, as we call them, "swagger pinnacles." Here are science fiction/fantasy's most astounding shoulderpads. More »

5 scifi deathsports you can host in the comfort of your home

Cyriaque Lamar — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 07:30:00 PST

For many readers, 'tis the season to be press-ganged into dull holiday functions. Why not spice your boring social obligations up with some deathsports? Here are five deadly competitions from scifi that don't require lightsabers or battlebots. More »

The ultimate 1980s scifi and fantasy movie mixtape

Cyriaque Lamar — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 11:15:10 PST

Science fiction and fantasy films of the 1980s were filled with a ton of memorable, iconic, and patently ridiculous music. Here are 30+ of the decade's finest (and most painful) movie tunes for your listening pleasure. More »

The 10 stupidest (and most shameless) Mad Max rip-offs

Cyriaque Lamar — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 08:40:35 PST

Mad Max is a movie about a post-disaster world, and its success has inspired oodles of disastrously bad films. Witness Grade-Z movies so epically execrable that you'll be yearning for a couple minutes in Thunderdome. More »

Three days of Mad Max-style mayhem: an exclusive look at the cars, the weapons and the gear!

Charlie Jane Anders — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 11:00:00 PST

Fans of the greatest post-apocalyptic movies of them all, the Mad Max trilogy, met in the desert for three days to reenact life in a radioactive oil-thirsty post-apocalyptic wasteland. And we've got the bloody, sexy photos to prove it. More »

Mad Max: Fury Road filming delayed a whole year. Is this the end for Mad Max?

Meredith Woerner — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 08:00:00 PDT

We were excited when we heard that George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road would feature the biggest, craziest car stunts ever. But filming was delayed over the summer, and now it's been put off another year. Is this film doomed? More »

Natalie Portman won't do Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity after all. Plus Vincenzo Natali's finished a Neuromancer script draft.

Alasdair Wilkins — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 06:00:00 PDT

Like Angelina Jolie before her, Natalie Portman passes on Cuaron's astronaut epic...but another star's in the running. Vincenzo Natali knows how he wants to depict Neuromancer's cyberspace. Idris Elba's taking on another Marvel role. Wallace Shawn joins Eureka. Spoilers alive! More »

The newest Ghostbuster may be someone we've seen before, and a major star could voice the Fantastic Four's Thing!

Alasdair Wilkins — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:00:00 PDT

Ghostbusters 3 might be turning over the proton packs to a second-generation Ghostbuster. Mad Max 4 has an utterly insane number of stunts and cars. The Fantastic Four reboot is eying a big name for its all-CGI Thing. Spoiler time! More »

Screw Burning Man: This year's greatest desert festival is a three-day Mad Max reenactment!

Charlie Jane Anders — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 08:30:00 PDT

If you've always wanted to be a Road Warrior or watch two men enter and one man leave, then get your ass down to Southern California for Wasteland Weekend, a Mad Max-themed weekend featuring DJs, post-apocalyptic vehicles... and Bartertown. More »

25 classic science fiction movies that everybody must watch

Charlie Jane Anders — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:00:50 PDT

Science fiction has rocked cinemas for a century, and the genre has produced many undisputed classics during that time. But which movies are essential viewing for anyone interested in the genre? We broke down the 25 must-watch science fiction films. More »

Exterminators of the Year 3000 = the Italian Mad Max rip-off that kicks Mel Gibson's ass

Cyriaque Lamar — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:10:41 PDT

Director Giuliano Carnimeo's 1983 post-apocalyptic flick Exterminators of the Year 3000 may seem like a Mad Max clone at first, but its criminally inept production values elevate it to cult nirvana. Also, it has the most brutal trailer ever made! More »

Transplanted cities and post-apocalyptic weirdness: a book description so strange, we had to ask the author about it

Charlie Jane Anders — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:00:00 PDT

Someone builds a full-scale replica of Manhattan in Puget Sound. A mysterious organization plots to use humanity's brightest minds to shape the future. And in the distant future, humanity rebuilds after the apocalypse. Ryan Boudinot's next novel sounds trippily awesome. More »

Two confirmed villains for X-Men prequel, another Thor picture, and a presidential cameo in Transformers 3

Alasdair Wilkins — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 06:00:00 PDT

X-Men: First Class has brought on two awesome actors to play major villains. Will Transformers 3 start with a presidency-themed flashback? There's a new image of Odin and Thor doing godly stuff. And does Superman have a director after all? More »

Early Predators reviews come out! Men In Black III puts out call for extras!

Charlie Jane Anders — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 06:00:00 PDT

Spoiler detonation! New casting calls shed light on Men In Black III and The Cape. The first Predators reviews are online. George Takei debates robosexual marriage on Futurama. Plus Tron Legacy, Scott Pilgrim, Mad Max, Red Riding Hood and Eureka! More »

The new Mad Max talks about losing 30 pounds for Fury Road

Meredith Woerner — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:00:00 PDT

We're not sure what to expect with George Miller's Mad Max reboot/sequel — especially when the new Mad Max actor, Tom Hardy, says he's going for the "drowned puma look." Read the new star's description of the next Max. More »

The Phantom, The Gates, and True Blood make for a bloody good Sunday

Cyriaque Lamar — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:15:00 PDT

It's the summer season, and Sunday has become the new scifi destination this week. Witness the debut of a jumpsuit-less Phantom, more sanguinary weirdness from True Blood, the debut of The Gates, and new Ashes to Ashes and Doctor Who. More »

New Iron Man 2 TV Spots, Inception Diagrams, And Mad Max Rumors. Plus The Thing Prequel Starts Filming!

Charlie Jane Anders — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 06:00:00 PDT

Discover Iron Man 2 plot points, in new TV spots. Actors talk Mad Max and The Thing. Plus Inception, Let Me In, Nightmare On Elm St., Resident Evil, Caprica, Doctor Who, Lost, Fringe, Supernatural, Smallville, V, Chuck and True Blood! More »

Feign Being Cultured With Fake Foreign Scifi Film Posters

Cyriaque Lamar — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:45:36 PST

Travis Pitts, the illustrator responsible for zombie apocalypse Scooby Doo, is selling a series of wild faux-vintage foreign movie posters. Are you brave enough to confront Terminateur or Il Predator? More »

LEGO Steampunk City Is Mad Max On Rainbows And Acid

Cyriaque Lamar — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:30:00 PST

Who says the end of civilization has to be totally drab? Dave DeGobbi's massive eco-punk crawler city brightens up the post-apocalypse, looking like a Mardi Gras float designed by Master Blaster himself. More »

Mad Max Meets Star Wars, With Mutant Sex-Coaching [NSFW]

Charlie Jane Anders — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:00:00 PST

Ultra Warrior's opening monologue/montage is completely insane: four-breasted slave girls, a post-apocalyptic world run by armed "pimps, bohemians and sexual deviants," and mutant bandits who cut people in half. But it only gets worse in the 30 monologues that follow. More »

First Rumors Of Avatar 2's Actual Plot, Plus Bill Nighy's Casting Confirms A Doctor Who Plot Twist

Charlie Jane Anders — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:00:00 PST

There's a rumor about Avatar 2's story, even as a Mad Max rumor is debunked. And Bill Nighy joins Doctor Who in a spoilery role. Terry O'Quinn spills Lost info. And Fringe will be heart-breaking. Plus Wolfman and Caprica spoilers. More »

Who's Appearing In The Avengers, Mad Max, Avatar 2 And Captain America? Also, More Dune Hints

Charlie Jane Anders — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:00:00 PST

Maximum Lost spoilage! Plus Patrick Stewart could be in Mad Max: Fury Road. Directors and stars talk Avengers, Avatar 2, Captain America and Dune. New Supernatural, Smallville, Chuck and Survivors clips! Plus Caprica, Transformers 3 and Hot Tub Time Machine. More »

Did Mad Max: Fury Road Just Get A Villain? Plus Mandalorians! And Stargate Goes Cloverfield?

Charlie Jane Anders — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:00:00 PST

The Mad Max sequel added some cast members - and plot details. Also, Star Wars delves into the Mandalorians, and Lost's Jacob/M.I.B. duality gets complicated. Stargate does Cloverfield? Plus: Resident Evil, Doctor Who, Fringe, Supernatural, Smallville and True Blood spoilers! More »

Green Lantern's Director Speaks! Plus A Weird Mad Max Rumor, And An Iron Man Character Joins Thor

Charlie Jane Anders — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 06:00:00 PST

Green Lantern director Martin Campbell explains how his movie will be different. Plus Mad Max's surprising star, an Iron Man/Thor crossover, and find out which rocker supplied The Wolfman's howl. Plus Ghostbusters, Lost, Doctor Who, Caprica and True Blood spoilers. More »

Don't Let Them Turn Mad Max Into Avatar

Meredith Woerner — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:00:00 PST

Stop the madness! Rumor has it, the new Mad Max film, which features Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron, will be half CG animation. Which is the exact opposite of what a gritty post-apocalyptic film should be. More »

Out of Their Element: What If We Forced Famous Heroes Out Of Their Franchises?

Esther Inglis-Arkell — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 11:00:00 PST

We mix and match three great scifi heroes to evaluate how they would fare in other franchises. See Ellen Ripley as a diplomat, and Mad Max going far beyond Thunderdome. More »

Fan-Made Replicas of Science Fiction's Favorite Land Vehicles

Lauren Davis — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:30:00 PST

While some science fiction fans like to dress as their favorite character, some handy fans prefer to dress up their cars as incredibly detailed replicas of movie machines. We take a look at the futuristic vehicles on the road today. More »

Anthony Hopkins to Play Odin? Charlize Theron Confirmed for Mad Max. And the Tenth Doctor Tries to Stay Dry

Lauren Davis — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:00:00 PDT

Thor gets a famous father, and Charlize Theron is really headed to Mad Max. Also, many new Avatar images, a clip from Doctor Who, and a key character joins True Blood. Plus, Powers, Lost, Fringe, V, SGU, and New Moon. More »

How Overboard Will Mad Max 4's Car Stunts Go?

Charlie Jane Anders — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:00:00 PDT

George Miller talks Mad Max 4's vehicles, and it sounds like he's putting the "mad" back in the series. There's a crazy Avatar 2 rumor. Plus Sarah Jane, 2012, Lost, New Moon, V, True Blood, Smallville and Chuck spoilers. More »