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A Battle To The Death, In A Totalitarian New-Wave Nightmare
Of all the neon-dystopia music videos that came out after Blade Runner, my favorite is probably 1983's "Magnetic" by Earth Wind & Fire. It's the year 2051, and despite the "Plenty Through Technology" posters everywhere, people live in a neon-tinged squalor, with only giant nightclubs and dancing street vendors to keep them pacified. Raver-cops keep order by wielding glowsticks mercilessly. But the biggest instrument of social control is some kind of gladiator combat, in which the government's plexiglass shield-bearing champion always wins... until now.
mega geochemistry
Sometimes a fire just won't go out. Uzbekistan is home to a place called Darvaz, nicknamed by locals "the door to hell." It's a semi-underground gas fire that's been burning nonstop for 35 years. Find out why, and see some close-up pictures of this hellmouth after the jump, plus another fire in Pennsylvania that has also been burning underground for over 30 years.
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Underground Fires that Burn For Decades
Sometimes a fire just won't go out. Uzbekistan is home to a place called Darvaz, nicknamed by locals "the door to hell." It's a semi-underground gas fire that's been burning nonstop for 35 years. Find out why, and see some close-up pictures of this hellmouth after the jump, plus another fire in Pennsylvania that has also been burning underground for over 30 years.
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Buy Yourself A Truck-Eating Robocar
SUNDAY! SUNDAY! SUNDAY! ROBOSAURUS LIVE! Ever felt like yelling that in a crowd? Now you can if you just purchase this real-life Robosaurus and a simple PA system. The 42-foot tall, car-eating, Transform-tastic, fire-breathing, automobile-automaton can be parked in your very own backyard. Find out how you can get the keys to the behemoth who was parodied as Truckasaurus on The Simpsons. More »
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Now this is a fire engine that kids from 5 to 105 would like to see under the Christmas tree next year. How sleek and shiny does this thing look? Instead of the boxy fire fighting vehicles of the past, this baby looks streamlined enough to win a race or two as well as do some good.
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Shiny, Badass Fire Fighting Machine for the Year 2025
Now this is a fire engine that kids from 5 to 105 would like to see under the Christmas tree next year. How sleek and shiny does this thing look? Instead of the boxy fire fighting vehicles of the past, this baby looks streamlined enough to win a race or two as well as do some good.
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The Star Trek Script They Tried To Kill
You can soon see the story that was too hot for Star Trek: The Next Generation. David Gerrold's AIDS allegory "Blood And Fire" will be an upcoming episode of Star Trek: The New Voyages. Gerrold, writer of "The Trouble With Tribbles" and author of The Man Who Folded Himself, is directing his own script. Still more proof that fan movies are the future of Trek. [NY Times]
You can soon see the story that was too hot for Star Trek: The Next Generation. David Gerrold's AIDS allegory "Blood And Fire" will be an upcoming episode of Star Trek: The New Voyages. Gerrold, writer of "The Trouble With Tribbles" and author of The Man Who Folded Himself, is directing his own script. Still more proof that fan movies are the future of Trek. [NY Times]
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On Heroes, HRG Will Be Elle's Father Figure
You can watch six short clips from next week's Heroes finale at IESB. They're mostly things you would expect after this week's episode, but HRG has a fatherly chat with Elle the zappy girl. Juicier spoilers come from Watch With Kristin: Fans won't mourn one person who dies for good (I'm guessing Maya.) But another death, which may or may not be final, will have fans up in arms. Claire's magic blood reverses a third major death within the episode. The latest Heroes had its strongest ratings in eight weeks. [IESB, E!Online]More news, including a new mystery Tim Burton project, and possibly the cheesiest Sci-Fi Channel movie ever, after the jump. More »
