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Can You Make A Science Fiction Film In Two Days?
If you're in the U.K. and have always wanted to make a scifi movie in two days with a bunch of your pals, it's time to test your fast-movie fu. Scifi film geekfest Sci-Fi London is launching its "48 Hour Film Challenge" on April 5th at the Apollo West End. Entrants will be given a randomly-generated film title, some dialog and a prop. They have two days to turn those ingredients into a movie "no shorter than 3 minutes, and no longer than 5 minutes" by April 7th. Those conditions don't sound much worse than what B-movie directors of the 1950s and 60s dealt with. More »
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How Would Spider-Man And Spider-Woman Get Naked?
Annalee is asking costumed fans roaming the halls of WonderCon one crucial question: How they would strip off their costumes if they had to get naked really, really fast? She found not but two of the most famous arachnid-based characters in the comic book world and asked them how they'd strip down in record time. Turns out that Spidey didn't just inherit radioactive powers, he also gained the ability of extreme sewing and the power to airbrush muscles onto his suit. More »
3:30 PM on Sat Feb 23 2008
By Kevin Kelly
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Latest by Annalee Newitz: @Klebert: Somehow it seemed more glaring seeing it on a person vs. seeing it in a book. more »
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With Online Collaborative Novel "Shadow Unit," Can Fanfic Cross Over?
Elizabeth Bear, author of awesome scifi novel Carnival along with many others, writes in to tell us about an interesting new online project she's involved with. It's called Shadow Unit, and it's basically an effort to turn the tradition of group-written fanfiction into something more literary than gushing over Harry Potter's pink cheeks. With fanfiction fast becoming an accepted way to break into the book biz, and somebody like Bear on board, we're definitely paying attention. Shadow Unit was created by Emma Bull, who has taught at prestigious scifi writers workshop Clarion West, with help from Will Shetterly, Sarah Monette, and Amanda Downum. Here's what Bear had to say about it. More »
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History is fuzzy about when the first science fiction convention actually happened, but we do know that in 1936 some fans including David Kyle and Frederik Pohl took a train from Philadelphia to New York City to talk about all things scifi with another group of fans at the home of Milton A. Rothman, who rivals Forrest J Ackerman for the biggest fanboy in the world award (Rothman had formed The Boys' Scientifiction Club in 1930). However, a group of British fans also got together in the same year to make plans for an actual convention in 1937, and later claimed that a group of fans meeting at a home does not a convention make. So even before the internet, there was squabbling over details and probably even convention spoilers. Some things will never change. In honor of our coverage of WonderCon, we present to you the history of Connage.
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A History Of The Science Fiction Convention
History is fuzzy about when the first science fiction convention actually happened, but we do know that in 1936 some fans including David Kyle and Frederik Pohl took a train from Philadelphia to New York City to talk about all things scifi with another group of fans at the home of Milton A. Rothman, who rivals Forrest J Ackerman for the biggest fanboy in the world award (Rothman had formed The Boys' Scientifiction Club in 1930). However, a group of British fans also got together in the same year to make plans for an actual convention in 1937, and later claimed that a group of fans meeting at a home does not a convention make. So even before the internet, there was squabbling over details and probably even convention spoilers. Some things will never change. In honor of our coverage of WonderCon, we present to you the history of Connage.
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12:30 PM on Thu Feb 21 2008
By Kevin Kelly
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Latest by Gernsback2001: The bunch of guys went from NYC to Philadelphia, not the other way around. The first comic-Con was in NYC in 1965. I ran off the program on my ditto machine. There have been numerous comic-cons since, much earlier than you more »
13 Is A Lucky (Or Unlucky) Number For Lost
Savor every Lost episode while you can, because you'll only be getting 13 of them this season, at the most. "We will have to condense some stories," executive producer Carlton Cuse said. If that also means waiting for another long period of time for the next season to start, fans might rebel, fly to Hawaii, and make their own version of the show. Actually, that sounds good to us. Get to work, people. [Hollywood Reporter]
Savor every Lost episode while you can, because you'll only be getting 13 of them this season, at the most. "We will have to condense some stories," executive producer Carlton Cuse said. If that also means waiting for another long period of time for the next season to start, fans might rebel, fly to Hawaii, and make their own version of the show. Actually, that sounds good to us. Get to work, people. [Hollywood Reporter]
Doctor Who's Producer Won't Listen To The Fans
The best Doctor Who spinoff, the kid-oriented Sarah Jane Adventures, will air on the Sci Fi Channel starting in April, producer Russell T. Davies revealed. He also explained why he insisted that Doctor Who must be the only BBC show without a message board on its official site: he doesn't want to hear from the fans. "I'm sorry to say this, all the science fiction producers making stuff in America, they are way too engaged with their fandom. They all need to step back." [Los Angeles Times]
The best Doctor Who spinoff, the kid-oriented Sarah Jane Adventures, will air on the Sci Fi Channel starting in April, producer Russell T. Davies revealed. He also explained why he insisted that Doctor Who must be the only BBC show without a message board on its official site: he doesn't want to hear from the fans. "I'm sorry to say this, all the science fiction producers making stuff in America, they are way too engaged with their fandom. They all need to step back." [Los Angeles Times]
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A Gallery Of Fans' Pimped-Out Battlestar, Star Wars Cars
Dean Shorey built this car, based on the Vipers from Battlestar Galactica, by hand. (It looks like old Battlestar, not new.) Corey's not the only fan to have customized his car into a starfighter out of science fiction shows or movies. Click through for more fan-pimped vehicles, including a gallery. More »
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Five Fan Films (Almost) Better Than the Real Thing
The upcoming Michael Gondry comedy starring Jack Back and Mos Def Be Kind Rewind features no-budget recreations of films like Back to the Future, 2001: A Space Odyssey, RoboCop, and Ghostbusters. In fact, their RoboCop looks better than the original film did. Jack Black really nails Peter Weller's robo-monotone. That got us thinking about all those fan-made films out there on the internets. Here are the top five fan films that didn't make us lose our lunch. More »
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Battlestar Galactica Fans Outraged by Quiznos Agenda
Now that Battlestar Galactica: Razor has aired, fans on the official BSG message board are discussing the hints at plot resolution for the series and subtleties in acting and dialog - Oh, alright, I admit it; they're completely hung up on the lesbian thing. More »
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