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You know, I have a hunch that Frank Frazetta art can be found elsewhere on the internet. Probably even elsewhere on this site...

Sorry... see update. I thought there was some new stuff in there. My bad!

Yay thanks. I was originally going to run this rocket blast-off pic but then I saw the cute orbiter pic on a few other sites and got sort of won over by it. But I love the rocket pic a lot.

I'm more just enunciating the principle -- sometimes a sequel really can be better than the original. Not saying Wolverine or Tron Legacy or G.I. Joe are on the same level as TMP.

Thanks for the correction! Changing it...

My bad. A bunch of other sites were posting it, and I thought there was some new stuff in here. Sorry about that, Ugg.

Yup. And you feel like that explains everything?

Yeah, this was the pic I found on a bunch of other sites -- but I've swapped it out now.

Oh yeah... you could be right. I'll swap it out.

Hmm... You could be right. I thought there were at least a few new shots in there.

trailer frenzy

Ridley Scott’s Latest Prometheus Trailer: Cosmic Vistas, Melting Faces, Half-Naked Freakouts

February 16, 2012 – We're suffering from a serious shortage of movies featuring spaceships, massive spooky planets, and cosmic phenomena. Luckily, Ridley Scott's Prometheus is packed with enough of that stuff for ten movies, judging from the trailers. More »

I still kind of love the Motion Picture... but I don't think it's a great film. Even apart from the huge pacing issues, it's one of those films where it feels like there's less to it than meets the eye. It's basically the "Nomad" episode blown up to unsustainable proportions.

Can time travel and alternate universes help solve a young woman’s murder from decades ago?

February 16, 2012 – James Renner's novel The Man from Primrose Lane takes a totally unique, mind-bending approach to the crime thriller — and we've got an exclusive excerpt, showing just how the limits of crime-solving might change in the next few decades. Here's the book's synopsis: In West Akron, Ohio, there... More »

You beat me to it. How is digital different than virtual?

Some of these are already in the article. but thanks for the others!

It's debatable. In the real world, mushrooms are a drug.

We Come from the Future

secret history 1:43 PM 0 The Short, Strange History of Decimal Time
holy crap wtf 1:40 PM 7 Incredibly NSFW, anatomically correct Hobbit doll will crush your very soul
tv recap 1:38 PM 7 On Vampire Diaries, being the bad guy is an act of self-sacrifice
short films 12:55 PM 1,511 Behold, Inception: The Theme Park
secret history 12:40 PM 1,237 The Lost Art of Detecting Incoming Aircraft Using Your Ears
mad science 12:20 PM 843 Frozen fruit fly larva brings us one step closer to cryogenics
afternoon reading 12:15 PM 7,469 Meet the youngest person on Earth to achieve nuclear fusion
secret history 12:00 PM 2,688 The Year Without a Summer, and How It Spawned Frankenstein
this is awesome 11:35 AM 4,026 This little boy and his drivable R2-D2 robot will make you misty-eyed
awake 11:20 AM 2,944 Watch the entire pilot for Awake right now
friday gallery 11:00 AM 3,562 What is best in life? Epic Barbarian Art!
mad science 10:40 AM 4,425 Was stonehenge based on a "magical" auditory illusion?
daily 10 10:30 AM 11,204 Albert Einstein’s 10 Biggest Scientific Mistakes
movie review 10:00 AM 6,638 In Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Nicolas Cage will eat your damn soul
environment 9:45 AM 5,137 There are still glaciers right in the middle of Africa…for now