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#inbrief
Those crazy color schemes are from the ocean floor — and Art Nouveau
James Cameron "wanted bright colors" for his wildilfe, especially the Mountain Banshee (the flying dragon) and the Leonoptrix, says designer Neville Page. The challenge was how to make these creatures brightly colored without making it obvious where the patterns came from. More » -
#booktrailers
Only A Book Trailer With Nothing To Lose Could Bring So Much Spicy Death Sauce
Here's the most crashtastic book trailer we've seen in ages. A man with a past finds a crashed 747 full of corpses, including the First Lady... and bad guys have stolen a secret technology. Witness the insanity of The Breach. More » -
#famousmonsters
Look Out! Famous Monsters Are Coming Back!
Famous Monsters Of Filmland, the classic magazine started by Forrest J. Ackerman, is getting a new lease on life, courtesy of IDW Publishing. Soon, the paparazzi will once again pursue Godzilla and Frankenstein in and out of limousines. More » -
#spaceporn
People In These Galaxies May Have Pointed Their Telescopes At The Big Bang
The Hubble Space Telescope's newly installed Wide Field Camera 3 took the deepest image of the universe ever in infrared light. The reddest and faintest galaxies date from just 600 million years after the Big Bang. More » -
#collectibles
The Collectible Glasses That Haunted Our Childhoods
2009 will be remembered for one reason only: as the year that Burger King-themed "Kingons" attacked people's nipples to steal their Star Trek glasses. But those Trek glasses are puny, compared to the fast-food chain collectibles of yesteryear. More » -
#gallery
Great Fast Food Glasses Of Yesteryear
Return Of The Jedigallery glasses via X-Entertainment. I love that somebody felt C-3PO's deification among the Ewoks deserved immortalizing on a soda glass. More » -
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#decadeinreview
Top 10 Science Fiction Disappointments Of The Past Decade
Disappointment sometimes seems the natural state of mind for science-fiction fans, but it's because we have so much hope. We raise our hopes again and again, only to suffer crushing disappointment. Here are the 10 worst letdowns of the 2000s. More » -
#scifashion
Thigh-High Boots Are The New Cyberpunk Hotness
Now that Sasha Grey has portrayed Molly in a staged reading of William Gibson's Neuromancer, it's time for her to step up and portray a cyberpunk heroine on the big screen. Luckily, the fashion industry has her back. (Or legs.) More » -
#coverart
A Vampire Love Story On The Moon, And Our New Favorite Book Cover
Move over, Diamond Star! There's a new contender for most cheesetastic book cover of the 2000s. It's the cover art for futuristic vampire romance Those Of My Blood. In the full high-res version, you can see the lunar explorer's fangs. More »
