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Middle Eastern Bermuda Triangles And The Translated Trailer To 1
Finally, we can understand the new and gorgeous trailer to Pater Sparrow's 1, inspired by Stanislaw Lem's One Human Minute. Plus: Who knew there was another Bermuda Triangle? Check out the trailer to Objective. More »Commercials Worth Their Culty Cred And Stanislaw Lem's 1 Gets A Trailer
Sometimes, we have to stop and applaud the truly innovative directors whose work only shows up for a few brief seconds crammed on the TV. Vesa Manninen's collection is worth stopping to see the commercials. More »Five Ways Reality Went Sci-Fi So Far This Century
We love a good science fiction story, but sometimes reality is just as strange. While we may have seen 2001 come and go without an actual space odyssey, the last eight years have been full of events that - had they not actually happened - could easily pass for science fiction. Here are five real life events that still seem like they've come straight from the set-up of a big budget summer blockbuster. More »Nicholas Cage Takes On Sept. 11
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Star Trek Art Show in NYC Is a Response to 9/11
Devorah Sperber has some pretty fancy reasons for thinking that Star Trek should be converted into complicated works of abstract art — she loves the idea of the "mirror worlds" and layers of reality in classic Trek. But seriously, Sperber, you don't need to intellectualize with us. We know why it's important to have a glittery bead curtain with Spock on it. She's got some other cool creations as well, all part of a show opening tomorrow at Caren Golden Fine Art in NYC that the artist says is partly about her response to 9/11. More »Five Ways 9/11 Changed Science Fiction
Cloverfield has everybody talking about the way science fiction is dealing with the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of 9/11, but that giant monster movie is hardly the first SF creation to tackle terrorism, high-tech surveillance, and governments run amok in the post-9/11 era. As the United States has cracked down on civil liberties at home, and invaded nations abroad, in the name of national security, a crop of futuristic and fanciful tales have sprung up to satirize and justify "the war on terror." These tales generally deal with one of five crucial post-9/11 themes, which we've enumerated (with examples) for you below. More »Cloverfield Designer Tells io9 About the Movie's "Stark Realism"