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We've marveled at the awesomeness of Lady Terminator, the Indonesian Terminator knock-off with the tagline, "First she mates. Then she Terminates." But check out the hilarious first-ever interview with star Barbara Anne Constable. And join the Lady Terminator Appreciation Society! More »
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You can't be beautiful and immortal until you abandon your meatsack! Surrogates, opening Friday, shows a culture that's gone over to robot avatars. But here are ten other universes where you could abandon your flesh for a shiny, perfect robo-body. More »
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Science fiction and martial arts totally belong together. After all, they both involve a deep introspection and awestruck contemplation of our place in the universe. Oh, and nothing improves a story about robots and aliens more than people kicking each other in the head. Yet, shockingly enough, scifi and kung-fu only really found each other pretty recently. What took so long? We investigate — with our fists of blood. More »
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The ultimate German fighting robot poses in a halter top and shiny thong over his black tights, in this seminal moment from Robotrix, the 1991 Hong Kong robosploitation epic. When a random guy in the audience decides to challenge this Terminator wannabe to a kung-fu fight, you just know it's not gonna go well. Click through for another clip of what happens next, when a Sorayama robo-babe fights the greatest American robot of all time. More »
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The news that Fritz Lang's 1927 classic Metropolis is being remade by Hollywood made us take another look at the original. For a silent film made 80 years ago, it's still cutting-edge. Strange facts you never knew about this prescient scifi flick, including its odd connection to Pat Benatar, in our Metropolis triviagasm after the jump. More »
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