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power generators

Who Has The Biggest Power Generator In Space?

It takes a lot of energy to zip around the stars standing akimbo in your rolled-down boots. So the best battlecruisers and starships have really powerful energy sources. But what's the most powerful spaceship or station, in terms of energy output? This isn't just an idle question, because we'll need to know which fictional technology to aim for, when we finally conquer interstellar space. Click through for our ranking of the least and most powerful spacecraft. (Hint: It's not the Death Star!) More »

10:00 AM on Thu Feb 28 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
5,019 views, 60 comments

Latest by Stever-Guy: By Klono's brazen hoofs and diamond-tipped horns!, you folks are not going back far enough for the biggest power generators in space- you have to go back to EE (Tookie Tookie) "Doc" Smith. This dates back before there were more »

high tech lairs

Top Five High-Tech Lairs of Evil Masterminds (OK, a Few Good Masterminds Too)

If you're an evil genius or a superhero with things to hide, then you've probably thought about investing some serious dough in a secret lair. But with real estate prices being what they are these days, and the pesky need to kill the architects for hidden bases after they finish, you might want to get one of these classic lairs. Either that, or copycat away and make yours bigger and better. Check out the top five secret lairs in this edition of "evil mastermind cribs." More »

11:10 AM on Fri Feb 1 2008
By Kevin Kelly
23,917 views, 58 comments

Latest by blurey: the "evil lair" in forbidden planet? that was V bahaus!-blurey more »

rant

Futurama's Big DVD Comeback Is a Cosmic Suck

Futurama was canceled by FOX four years ago, but thanks to the online agitation of its fan base, the show has been resurrected as a series of four feature-length direct-to-DVD releases. The first of these, Bender's Big Score, hits the market today, and boy, does it essentially suck. OK, feature-length money plus feature-length production schedule means stunning animation. Too bad a dynamic, richly colored look is paired to the usual gag pile-up that, for plenty of under-obsessive viewers, doomed the original series to poor ratings. Why tell one great joke when five in a row will do? More »

11:00 AM on Tue Nov 27 2007
By Matthew DeBord
215 views, 1 comment

Latest by YOUBOOB: Bite my shiney metal ass! more »

futurama

Futurama Release Party Brings Out Paparazzi

Thursday night, Fox threw a redcarpet hootenanny at the Arc Light in L.A. for its first direct-to-DVD feature release of Futurama. "Bender's Big Score," which comes out November 27, marks the sporadically amusing franchise's return to grandeur. The occasion was celebrated, of course, by making voice-over artists pose for paparazzi shots and trotting out a guy in a Bender suit. Klaatu barada nikto! Gallery and spoilers after the jump. More »

2:56 PM on Fri Nov 16 2007
By Matthew DeBord
69 views, Comment