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With the liberally revamped version of The Day The Earth Stood Still opening next month, it seemed weird that J. Michael Straczynski was rumored to be writing a retro Forbidden Planet movie that kept the peachy keen 1950s look of the original intact. And now it turns out the rumors were wrong — Straczynski piped up on a Usenet group to say the new movie won't be a continuation of the original, and it won't look like some kind of 1950s pastiche. So how will he pay tribute to the original? More »
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It's not just JJ Abrams' Star Trek remake that's taking upcoming science fiction back to yesterday's future - Now we're hearing that J. Michael Straczynski's Forbidden Planet movie is similarly setting up a trip in the way-back machine as well. The project, announced earlier this week, turns out not to be a remake, but a "continuation" of the original movie - complete with an appearance by the original Robby The Robot. More »
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It seems like only two weeks ago, we were asking where why more movies weren't remaking the classics, and apparently Warners was listening... kind of. Forbidden Planet, the sci-fi version of Shakespeare's The Tempest, is getting the makeover treatment, courtesy of Babylon 5's J. Michael Straczynski and producer Joel Silver. More »
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Some of the most awesome science fiction machines ever conceived for film, like the turbo-tank AT-ATs from Empire Strikes Back, were inspired by things the concept designers saw every day. You may already know that George Lucas was allegedly inspired to create the AT-ATs by these cargo lifters at the Port of Oakland — but did you know the T-1000 "liquid metal" Terminator was inspired by chocolate fudge? Find out which strangely ordinary items inspired eight of the coolest science fiction machines, and be humbled. More »
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Must-see TV shows 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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