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entropist

It Came From The Red States!

It's another installment of Entropist, a scifi culture column by futurist design maven Geoff Manaugh, author of BLDG BLOG. What would it be like to make horror films for the Red States? Maybe we've seen too many mutants warped by environmental damage and dioxin exposure, enough of government conspiracy flicks featuring Dick Cheney stand-ins and bad plots. Maybe it's time to make a horror film even the Red States can appreciate. Maybe it's time to unleash a Gigantic Hillary Clinton upon the streets of Kansas City. Fear so easily becomes politicized. Nightmares are the realm of unexamined scapegoats. More »

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9:00 AM on Fri Jan 18 2008
By gman
2,756 views, 49 comments

Latest by braak: @-emory-: Two points. more »

entropist

The Control Hammer

It's another installment of Entropist, a scifi culture column by futurist design maven Geoff Manaugh, editor of BLDG BLOG. Tucked away in a museum at the University of Toronto is a collection of small devices known as the Museum of Psychological Instruments. These contraptions were assembled and put to use during "an extraordinary period in the history of philosophy and psychology, when scientists started measuring, describing and investigating the contents of our sensations and thoughts." The mechanisms also look like alien probes.
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12:00 PM on Fri Jan 4 2008
By gman
1,597 views, 14 comments

Latest by Elle Menopi: Maybe I should do a search of the site before I open my big mouth, huh? more »

horrorhead

Aliens Kick Predator's Ass and That's Final

Welcome back to Horrorhead, a fortnightly column about all things scifi and horror. This week, a crucial topic: Aliens vs. Predators. Not the movie, the smackdown. Colin Strause, one of the two Brothers Strause who directed the upcoming Aliens vs. Predator sequel, is known across the webonets as a serious Predator fan. The brothers claim that Predators are somehow better than Aliens because they're more humanoid, use tools, and are therefore relatable. But I'm here to say fuck that. Who wants "relatability" in a monster? Seriously, Colin, the Aliens win hands-down in any horror/scifi smackdown. Here's why. More »

9:00 AM on Wed Dec 19 2007
By Annalee Newitz
754 views, 3 comments

Latest by Dekker: Numbers should count. The ability for a specimen Internecivus raptus (cough cough, Alien) to take on both the characteristics of its host and to reproduce quickly make it more like a "disease" than a monster. more »