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I Am Legend Sequel (Or Maybe Prequel) Really Moving Forward?

February 17, 2012 – Will Smith's I Am Legend movie had a terrible, tacked-on ending that would make it difficult to continue the story — but Warner Bros. is determined to try.

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A veteran monster-hunter faces one last challenge, in an excerpt from Saladin Ahmed’s fantasy debut

February 17, 2012 – Saladin Ahmed has been a finalist for the Nebula and Campbell Awards, and now at last his debut fantasy novel, Throne of the Crescent Moon, is here. Check out the prologue and first chapter of the book, in which the last great Ghul-hunter faces the fact that he might just be getting too old for... More »

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.

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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?

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