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Chances are, if you've seen a science fiction movie recently and been stunned to hear actual science mentioned, you have a scientific advisor to thank. A small cadre of science experts have started lending their expertise to movies like Thor, 2012, Tron Legacy and the upcoming Doctor Strange. Here's their story, via Popular Mechanics' David Kushner. More »
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We've all seen the predictions — both fictional and pseudoarcheological — that the world will end in 2012. But while some of science fiction's predictions for the year 2012 are apocalyptic, some are merely disastrous — and a few are downright upbeat. Let's see what triumphs and tribulations science fiction says we can look forward to in the coming year. More »
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Roland Emmerich has pushed bad science to its limit before, most notably with the amazing 2012. But for his upcoming movie Singularity, he's actually enlisting the help of Ray Kurzweil, author of The Singularity is Near, to help him revise the script. On the one hand, this means the movie will accurately reflect Kurzweil's theories about a magical transformation in which everything becomes awesome thanks to A.I. and other breakthroughs. On the other hand... will the result actually be more unrealistic than 2012? More »
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We've been wondering about the story behind Roland Emmerich's Singularity for a while now — and it sounds like it really is about the Raymond Kurzweil-style technological Singularity, with just a hint of robot uprising thrown in. More »
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Roland Emmerich may be spending his time making a wussy "who wrote Shakespeare's plays" movie, but he's still in the apocalyptic-movie business. Check out the English-subtitled trailer for the German post-apocalyptic thriller he produced, Hell. In which the sun gets so bright, you need to wear protective goggles. And it's dazzlingly bright, even at night! More »
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One of the great joys of watching science fiction and fantasy is to appreciate the unintentionally hilarious lines that come out of people's mouths sometimes. It's inevitable that when you're exploring mind-expanding premises and weird worlds, you're bound to run into some really insane conversations. More »
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What's this? There's a new Roland Emmerich science fiction film on the horizon! Let's just hope this new movie, titled Singularity, manages to be a worthy successor to 2012 and other recent Emmerich spectacles. More »
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Every great disaster movie has some moments of pure, epic destruction, where everything collapses, burns or blows up real good. Bonus points for destroyed landmarks and victim cameos. Here are 30 amazing money shots from the greatest disaster porn flicks. More »
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The race to cash in on the found footage movie craze has just hit a new peak of hysteria, as the Weinsteins are determined to film their Moon astronaut movie, Apollo 18, in time to release it in March. More »
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Now we'll never know what disaster blockbuster director Roland Emmerich can do with 1/20th his usual budget. His $5 million "found footage" alien movie The Zone has been canceled — a week before shooting was supposed to start. More »
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It looks like Roland Emmerich's next alien invasion movie won't be his Independence Day sequel. The director has been quietly working on The Zone, a low-budget "found footage" flick in the style of Cloverfield. More »
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Remember the time Roland Emmerich saved the planet using an old-timey Macintosh computer virus and a drunk Randy Quaid? In honor of that monumental day, here's a word from President Pullman. More »
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Louis Leterrier is apparently in some sort of competition with Roland Emmerich to see who can make the worst disaster film ever, and Leterrier stands to win if he films this epic where Earth loses its gravity. Your move, Emmerich. More »
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Is Roland Emmerich really going to adapt Isaac Asimov's Foundation books? Maybe, but he's doing another movie first. And he's making the writer rewrite the script so the movie will have "a hero" and "a bad guy." Minor spoilers ahead. More »
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Disastrous director Roland Emmerich has announced that his epic undertaking of Asimov's Foundation will be a motion capture production in 3-D. Because this way, the director can ask for more money. More »
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Say what you like about Roland Emmerich's 2012, you can't claim that people didn't want to see it. Making an estimated $225 million worldwide in just three days, the movie may have the ninth biggest opening in box office history. More »
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Roland Emmerich's 2012 is jammed with every cliche and trope ever found in a Hollywood disaster movie, while giving the Earth an over-the-top pummeling. It's a reasonably fun flick at times, if you don't think about it...at all. More »
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Apparently one movie isn't enough to contain all the ideas Roland Emmerich has for his follow-up to Independence Day. The director is planning to make two sequel films, and he already has a punny title in mind. More »
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Director Roland Emmerich knows how to blow humanity to smithereens. He did it in Independence Day, Day After Tomorrow and now 2012. We talked to the apocalypse-master himself, who explained that there are 8 simple rules for ending the world. More »
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We've known for a while that Roland Emmerich is readying a sequel to his White House-exploding alien invasion movie Independence Day. What's taken him so long? He was just waiting for the right president to take the Oval Office. More »
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Just seconds after telling us that he makes disaster movies because he hates sequels, director Roland Emmerich spilled all about his new ABC TV series 2013, that picks up after the waves part. It sounds epic. Spoiler warning. More »
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Five decades after American science destroyed Hiroshima, U.S. special-effects artists joining Japanese experts, to craft a CG reconstruction of the entire city for a documentary... including some of the wizards behind The Day After Tomorrow. Reverse disaster porn? [Mainichi Daily] More »
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Get ready to witness 2012 with stomach turning bumps and slams in special D-box theaters. That means when the Earth shakes, you'll shake. When you get hit, the seat is hit — until you beg for mercy. Take that, 3D. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5391550&view=rss&microfeed=true Top scientists are stepping forward to dispel rumors that the world is ending in 2012, combating a wave of Internet hysteria that coincides with the marketing frenzy for Roland Emmerich's rivers-of-schlock masterpiece 2012. One NASA scientist with a prominent website, David Morrison, says he used to get a question a week about the world ending in 2012, and now he gets a dozen a day. Adds Morrison: "Two teenagers said they didn't want to see the end of the world so they were thinking of ending their lives." You hear that, Emmerich? Your work isn't just scarring our retinas, it's driving teens to suicide! More »
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Finally the first explosion-free clip from 2012, stuffed with wild-eyed Woody Harrelson conspiracy theories and Danny Glover's dusty president. And check out some behind-the-carnage moments from 2012. More »
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The movie adaptation of Isaac Asimov's Foundation trilogy is gathering momentum, as director Roland Emmerich recently addressed just how his version would condense the massive source material into a manageable movie. The key appears to be shortening the cast list. More »
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The latest 2012 trailer combines a little of the breakfast set piece we witnessed the other day, with more crazy international destruction. Roland Emmerich destroys the world like there's no tomorrow, and John Cusack gives great disaster-porn face. More »
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You've seen five slapsticky minutes of disaster-porn film 2012. You've even seen our 1970s exploitation version of the film. Now see Roland Emmerich's film denuded of special FX, with just the actors making "o" faces. [via Film Drunk] More »
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When does disaster porn cross over and become slapstick? When Roland Emmerich finally sheds all his inhibitions and goes for sensory overload. Watch John Cusack dodge giant donuts, collapsing freeways and crashing buildings in this five-minute destuction orgy from 2012. More »
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Master of disaster Roland Emmerich screened the first clip from his ultimate global destruction flick 2012. What we saw was every bit as disaster porn-tastic as we've been led to believe... but proved oddly short on thrills. More »
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Is Roland Emmerich learning how to use the light touch by hiring Saving Private Ryan's writer Robert Rodat to pound out his next scifi project, adapting Isaac Asimov's Foundation? And how scared are we that it's now longer than Patriot? More »
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Some say the world will end in ice, others in fire — but Roland Emmerich says the world will end in pure, delicious melted cheese. At least, his new trailer for 2012 is full of awesomely porntastic destruction. More »
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Roland Emmerich's end-of-the-world film 2012 has just unrolled a flurry of video rants form the "apocalypse prognosticator" DJ Charlie Frost (Harrelson). Including a cartoon depicting how we're all going to die. More »
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Good news for those of you who had plans for this summer: armageddon is no longer starting in July. Roland Emmerich's next movie, 2012 has been pushed back to a November opening, ruining Thanksgiving instead. More »
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Isaac Asimov's classic trilogy Foundation is headed to the big screen... courtesy of the man behind Independence Day, Godzilla and 2012. Is this cause for celebration or mourning? I'm not quite sure yet. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5133465&view=rss&microfeed=true Roland Emmerich's 2012 teaser trailer has dropped, and right behind it is the wave of viral marketing that I can only imagine will continue to slam our computers like his terrible monk-hating apocalypse. Right now, you can go to the Institute For Human Continuity and register for a lottery number that I assume will be used as a selection system that "the government" uses to decide who lives and who dies. Alas it's still not even as cool as Dharma's tedious quizzes. [Institute For Human Continuity] More »
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Roland Emmerich's insatiable desire to destroy the world continues in the new trailer for 2012, where he brings down the wrath of the apocalypse upon one poor monk and his bell. This end of days movie takes place in the special year when the world is supposed to end — and it's about how the already-aware government prepares for the free-for-all. The cast includes John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Danny Glover, Woody Harrelson and Thandie Newton and will hit theaters on July 10, 2009. More »
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I didn't think Roland Emmerich’s2012 could get worse, seriously. I was already bored with the done-to-death plot of a struggling divorced science fiction writer (John Cusack) trying to win back the love and respect of his family. Throwing in the apocalypse doesn't make it any more interesting, sadly, plus the big surprise twist is laugh-out-loud bad. But now that Woody Harrelson is joining the cast, you might as well shove this soon-to-be DVD in between Deep Impact and all the other disaster movies the world no longer cares about. Click through for more character details and wonderful insight straight from the burnt-out mind of Harrelson. More »
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Roland Emmerich's 2012 will combine themes from Deep Impact, The Bible and The Day After Tomorrow to bring you one regrettable ticket purchase. Latino Review got their hands on the first spec script for Roland Emmerich's Mayan Apocalypse movie 2012. The big bad in this epic film is an ancient Mayan calendar that predicts the end of the world in 2012. Supposedly on that date the world will freak out Day After Tomorrow-style and end humanity, but it's pretty much the same crappy weather movie Emmerich made before, but with one totally insane twist. More »
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Are you pumped for the end of the world? According to the Aztec calendar, the world ends in 2012, which is the cue for Roland Emmerich (The Day After Tomorrow) to make another disaster movie. But the world-ending catastrophe in 2012 isn't what you'd expect from the Aztec hook: It's way more science fictional. More »
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