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Image of AlexKap AlexKap 04:31 AM

Mutant toads turned into art:

[www.artscatalyst.org]

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Image of EdificeComplex EdificeComplex 03/21/10


I can't sleep, so I've been surfing the wilds of the internets. In my travels I came across this, which really doesn't need an explanation.

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Supernatural Gallery

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Beastly Gallery

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Hot Tub Time Machine Gallery

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#movies Click here to read The Brazilian SciFi Short "Analog" Is Minimalist Cyberweirdness

The Brazilian SciFi Short "Analog" Is Minimalist Cyberweirdness

This creepy-cool trailer for EBBËTO's 25-minute-long film Analog is an agoraphobe's worst nightmare -a machine keeps a man alive during a deep space journey. Unfortunately, the machine begins to reassess its programming, and a lot of symbolic oddness precipitates. More »
03/21/10
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Image of Patrick Kelso Patrick Kelso 03/21/10

I've been itching to find two movies I saw in the either the late 80s or early 90s with my dad that I can't find now.

The first is about people from the future who are saving people meant to die in plane crashes in the past by transporting them to the future. Ultimately someone causes a paradox and they all escape (to ancient Egypt if I'm not mistaken) It ends with a computer voice quoting Churchill. "This is not the end, or even the beginning of the end, but perhaps the end of the beginning".

The second was about a time traveling cop who comes back to present day somewhere (guessing new york or LA) to find an escaped killer, all I remember about it was he had x-ray goggles and when he needed money he purchased a scratchie after offering the girl in the newsagent half if he won and using the goggles to find a winning ticket.

I was posatitive the movie was called Nick of Time but IMDB disagrees.

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Image of AlexKap AlexKap 03/21/10

@Patrick Kelso: The first is Millennium (1989).

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Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock 03/21/10

@AlexKap: MILLENNIUM was based on the John Varley novel by the same name, which was in turn an expansion of his short story "Air Raid".

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Image of Bigdamnhero Bigdamnhero 03/21/10

@Patrick Kelso: Read Varley's book... it's been a while, but I remember it being much, MUCH better than the movie.

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Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee 03/21/10

Total Recall used to be one of my favorite movies...then SyFy ran it into the ground with repeated showings. They seem to show it at least twice a month.

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Image of matthewabel matthewabel 03/21/10

@Bill-Lee: That's too bad. Do they cut anything awesome?

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Image of ceti ceti 03/21/10

@Bill-Lee: Really? I'd like to see it again (we get SPACE up here in Canada).

Get your Ass to Mars! Californians would concur given the governator's current poll numbers.

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Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee 03/21/10

@matthewabel: I guess that depends on your definition of awesome. Are triple breasted hookers awesome? Wait what am I saying.

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Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee 12:00 AM

@ceti: I live in California. I sure didn't vote for him. I wanted him in more movies but noooo, he had to get into politics.

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#television Click here to read Spider-Man Battles Samurai In 1970s TV Stills

Spider-Man Battles Samurai In 1970s TV Stills

In the Seventies, The Amazing Spider-Man aired on CBS, Nicholas Hammond was Peter Parker, and the show's theme song was pornoriffic. Take a trip down memory lane with these photographs from an era when Spidey fought crime in his PJs. More »
03/21/10
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By Cyriaque Lamar
#superart

What If Superheroes Were Elements?

It's Marvel's Avengers as you've never seen them before... Namely, as abstract personifications of elements from the periodic table. Artist Das Chupa is the genius behind this version, and he's given Superman the same treatment here. [Zero Lives]
03/21/10
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By Graeme McMillan
Image of geesejuggler geesejuggler 03/21/10

Not entirely sci-fi but the website 30 Ninjas made a list of the top ten fighting style. Be warned: Watching these scene will make you look up more awesome fight scenes. I would also the fight from the movie Gorgeous (Chan vs. Allen).

[30ninjas.com]

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Image of AlexKap AlexKap 03/21/10

@geesejuggler:
This is the only fight scene I'll ever need. It has Brian Bosworth's mullet, an entire wall of exploding Ritz crackers, and a young Gabrielle from Xena.

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When Happy Endings Seem Important, After All

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Here's my terrible, heretical admission about the last season of Lost: I enjoy the flash-sideways. No, wait, that's not it. What I meant to say was: I don't care if they answer all of the questions about mythology or not. More »

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#china Click here to read Will Google Leave China Because Of Hacking And Censorship?

Will Google Leave China Because Of Hacking And Censorship?

Google will likely be pulling the plug on Google.cn by the end of the month. According to the web search giant, China's stringent censorship and the hacking of Gmail accounts have driven Google to relinquish 35.6% of China's search market. More »
03/21/10
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By Cyriaque Lamar
#conceptart

Old-Timey Predator Will Joyride Into Your Heart

I say old bean, is that a Yautja on a penny-farthing velocipede? By gum, I haven't beheld such a spectacle since eleventy-twelve! And lo! Our pedal-pushing intergalactic sportsmen totes one of those newfangled heliumized air bladders! What delicious farce! [Gavwoodhouse's Deviant Art page via Superpunch]
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Image of Log1c Log1c 03/21/10


The iPad is the future of comics, says Foxtrot

[www.foxtrot.com]

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Image of Roklimber Roklimber 03/21/10

@Log1c:

Awesome!

(I've been digging myself in iPad development, so this hits close at home)

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#corot9b Click here to read Is Corot-9b Cool Enough To Be Earth-2?

Is Corot-9b Cool Enough To Be Earth-2?

Scientists have discovered what may be the first exoplanet to mirror Earth's climate, which may be a major breakthrough in the study of planets in other solar systems. More »
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Image of firstofnormalin firstofnormalin 03/21/10

I don't get it (That's news?). Here's a quote from an article in the London Times about Baumgartner's upcoming attempt to break the sound barrier in freefall: "...The suit will also guard his ears against the sonic boom he is expected to create when passing the sound barrier at 768mph."
But if he's going faster than sound, won't he leave the boom behind him and not hear it?
[www.timesonline.co.uk]
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Image of Roklimber Roklimber 03/21/10

@firstofnormalin:

Think of it this way: what happens at the precise moment when his speed equals the speed of sound? For that one moment, the shock wave is right there with him.

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Image of Illundiel Illundiel 03/21/10

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#television Click here to read The Hilarious Lost Recaps Of Someone Who's Never Seen Lost

The Hilarious Lost Recaps Of Someone Who's Never Seen Lost

Even the most ardent Losties find the show inscrutable at times, but can you imagine what Season 6 looks like to someone who's never seen the show? The wonderfully bemused blog Never Seen Lost tries (and fails) to keep up. More »
03/21/10
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#dccomics

Warners Unveil DC Movie Strategy... Maybe

Click here to read Warners Unveil DC Movie Strategy... Maybe
How to replace a multi-million dollar movie franchise with Harry Potter? Well, if you're Warner Bros., the answer seems to be "Suddenly realize you own a company that's specialized in creating movie franchise IP for years." Enter the DC years... More »
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