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Why We Love Spoilers
When you know what's coming next in your favorite TV or movie series, does it ruin your enjoyment? Do the plot twists fall flat? We don't think so. In fact, spoilers fuel our love for thrilling science fiction stories.
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SDCC 2009
Two More Reasons To Go To SDCC
SDCC is just weeks away, and the buzz over who is (and isn't) going to be there is growing. It's not the usual celebs I want to see, however: Instead, it's two particular folks who make media I'm addicted to. More »
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star trek
Sam Raimi Could Have Rebooted Star Trek
Can you even imagine a Star Trek reboot without all the lens flares? Maybe, if Sam Raimi had taken the director's chair when he was offered it. Meanwhile, J.J. Abrams addresses those rumors that Jack Black will play Harry Mudd. More » -
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The Feel Of An Explosion At His Back Moves J.J. Abrams To Song
The MTV Movie Awards actually managed to make my little black heart laugh with this musical gem. Host Andy Samberg joined a Neil Diamond-clad Will Ferrell, and sang how, "Cool Guys Don't Look At Explosions." The Joker, Robocop, Iron Man, Wolverine and J.J. Abrams are all there, walking away. More »
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star trek
J.J. Abrams: The Best Star Trek Easter Eggs Were All In Your Mind
Remember when we all guessed that Star Trek's little-dead-Corvette-scene, with Beastie Boys' "Sabotage", was a poke at William Shatner's refusal to pronounce the word sabotage correctly? Turns out J.J. Abrams isn't that clever. Surprised? Me neither. Find out what else was merely a "happy coincidence" on the Star Trek set. More » -
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Shatner And Khan Together Again. Did Abrams Save The Best For Star Trek 2?
We know J.J. Abrams tried to for a William Shatner cameo in his new Star Trek, but it never worked out. But Abrams is leaving the door open for future cameos. And Khan's invited too. More » -
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Why The Beastie Boys Made A Star Trek Cameo
Perhaps my favorite Star Trek in-joke is this video explanation for the Beastie Boys' song "Sabotage" playing during baby Kirk's wild ride. Turns out Shatner had a problem with the word "sabotage." [Topless Robot] -
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Sulu and Chekov Talk Takei's Baritone, And How To Say "Wessel"
What's it take to pilot the shiny new Enterprise? We asked crew members John Cho and Anton Yelchin about changing their accents, mannerisms and overall tone, to portray Hikaru Sulu and Pavel Chekov.
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poll
So What Exactly Does Lost's Island Want Anyway?
People on Lost are always talking about what the Island wants, and what it doesn't want. It's making us wonder: what does the island really want? Click through to vote. More »
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star trek
New Star Trek Pics Take You Back To Starfleet Academy
Paramount just released its entire gallery of promotional images for next week's Star Trek movie, including this great shot of Spock (and another alien) at Starfleet Academy. Plus Captain Pike's away-mission uniform, and Uhura's workstation. More » -
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New Star Trek Clip Pins Kirk Against The Snow Beast
The latest Star Trek clip (from last nights Lost) delivers a faceful of J.J. Abrams' eyeball covered snow monster. Run, baby Kirk, run! -
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J.J. Abrams Admits Star Trek Lens Flares Are "Ridiculous"
If you've seen a single second of Abrams' Star Trek you know the film is stuffed with audience blinding lens flashes. J.J. Abrams admitted he got a bit carried away, but explained why they're there. More » -
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Star Trek's Vulcan Towers Stand Tall, Logically
We got hold of a few images from the J.J. Abrams Star Trek trading cards, including Sarek and this glimpse of the Vulcan towers. And will someone will please decode my Trekker T-shirts? More » -
fringe
Walter Bishop Falls Victim To Viral Marketing
What's that our beloved scientist is slurping on, whilst filming for J.J. Abrams' Fringe? Yup it's a Slusho. J.J. Abrams' viral-marketing infection leaves no stone unturned. [Smokeinthecity via Cloverfield Clues] -
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Blame Time Travel For Kirk's Scarred Psyche
By now, you might have noticed that James Tiberius Kirk is, well... kind of a dirtbag in the new Star Trek movie. He trashes a gorgeous Corvette at age 11, and just gets more obnoxious from there on out. He's not just cocky like ShatnerKirk, he's actually irresponsible, where Shatner was sort of uptight. Is it just because he's young and immature? Or is there something else going on, which might actually make for a more interesting movie? Spoilers ahead.
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Star Trek Trailer Goes Online, Just In Time For The Inevitable Backlash
The HD version of the full-length Star Trek movie is finally online, and it wants you to know two things: Kirk and Spock are troubled youngsters who find their purpose (and each other) on a ship with a big tortilla in front. And there will be big splodey starship battles. Now that we've had a whole weekend to obsess about the trailer (which honestly looks fun to me), the haters are ramping up. More » -
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New Star Trek Movie Is Intentionally Cheesy
As long as we only saw glimpses of the new Star Trek, we could convince ourselves it was going to be cool and sexy. But as soon as the first proper images from J.J. Abrams' movie turned up the other day, the truth came out: it's going to be dorky, retro, cheesy and a little embarrassing. In other words, it's going to be exactly what you'd expect a semi-faithful remake of the 1960s cheesefest, written by the Transformers scribes, to be like. More » -
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Star Trek Will Spread Abrams' Message Of Optimism
The cover story for tomorrow's Star Trek centered Entertainment Weekly is already on the site, and we've collected the highlights and important tidbits from the interviews with the cast, writers, producers and director J.J. Abrams. So find out what's different on the new "Apple Store" bridge and how Abrams put his love for Star Wars to work on Trek. Plot spoilers ahead. More » -
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Star Trek Stills Have Beamed Down
Get a closer look at the young crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise, complete with mini skirts and baby-t's for the ladies. The internet is buzzing with a collection of Star Trek stills, each one showing closer looks at the bridge, the baddies and a slippery situation that James Kirk gets into. It's starting to come together and looking like a pretty bad ass space-action flick. More » -
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Star Trek Only Boldly Goes For 2 Hours, Thank The Great Bird Of The Galaxy
J.J. Abrams is leading the charge to save us from the over-extended 3 hour movies of late. His Star Trek film will only be two action-packed hours. Abrams told MTV that, “I’m sick of these two hours and forty-five minute movies. Seriously, it’s like I don’t have enough time to stay two hours and forty-five minutes. I’m exhausted just saying that twice. I can’t stand it.” And we thank you for that. The new Entertainment Weekly Star Trek issue (pictured) will be out this Friday. [MTV] -
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J.J. To Show Us All What His Trek Is Made Of In November
Rumor has it J.J. Abrams is going to show us actual footage of his Star Trek movie this November, seeing as the teaser trailer no longer quenches the Trekkies thirst new footage. A source tells TrekMovie that, ”Edits are still being made, but it is expected to show the Enterprise exterior and the Enterprise bridge as well as dialog from the movie." [TrekMovie] -
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Shatner Responds to J.J. Abrams and Plots Kirk's Resurrection
Last week, J.J. Abrams told AMC's SciFi Scanner that he had hoped to give William Shatner a cameo in the upcoming Star Trek movie. But, aside from the logistical problem of casting an actor whose character died well over a decade ago, Abrams claims that Shatner refused to appear in a mere cameo role. That's news to Shatner apparently, who posted a video in response to Abrams statements. Shatner says no one ever asked him to appear in the rebooted Trek and, while he's on the subject, explains how Captain Kirk could be resurrected to appear in later, Shatner-starring films. [via Coming Soon] -
fringe
Science Has Gone Mad Because It Lacks A Purpose, Say Fringe Creators
Why is the science in Fringe so out-of-control and scary? Turns out it's because science hasn't had a real goal since the 1960s, according to Fringe writer/producers Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Jeff Pinker, who talked to reporters on a conference call today. (I think the designers of the LHC might disagree.) They also answered your most burning question: When will we see a Lost/Fringe crossover?
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Superman: Flyby
Brendan Fraser: I Could Have Been J.J. Abrams' Superman!
Brendan Fraser was asked to don the super-spandex in the J.J. Abrams' Superman: Flyby film (which was being developed way back in '02- '04). But the incredibly complicated story of Abrams' Superman never panned out, but I still want to see the sweeping Kryptonian civil war trilogy, featuring Lex Luthor as an X-Filesagent. Fraser sheds some light on Adrams' script, and we talk about yet another Supes movie that became Hollywood road kill.
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fringe
Fringe Will Jump The Shark Early And Often, Says J.J. Abrams
J.J. Abrams says his new FBI-vs-science show Fringe will try to jump the shark as quickly as possible — just the same way his hit show Lost did. In a conference call with reporters, Abrams also explained why he's scared of giant corporations. And he explained why Fringe will be just like hit hospital drama ER. More »
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Comment by t3knomanser: God, I hate luddites. "OMG SCIENCE IS SCARY". Screw you, buddy. Screw you. Science is awesome, and we don't need... 3 Responses | Other threads
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Cleavagefield
Cleavagefield Puts J.J. Abrams' Shaky Cam To Better Use
If there was one thing missing from J.J. Abrams' monster movie Cloverfield, I would have to say it was cleavage. Forget the amazing CG parasite tunnel bugs, the crumbling buildings and aerial shots of a monster destroying New York, director Jim Wynorski uses his shaky-cam to film a group of well-endowed ladies getting chased about by Clovey himself in the spoofy erotic remix of Cleavagefield. More » -
earthquake
J.J. Abrams To Shake Things Up In Next Picture
J.J. Abrams isn't busy enough already with Lost, Fringe and Star Trek, so he's teaming up with producer David Seltzer, the original Omen scribe, to make a disaster film with Universal that involves an earthquake. (Although it will not be a remake of the 1974 disaster classic of the same title.) With Abrams behind this I expect the disaster to have some mysterious scientific basis that will blow you away. Let's just hope it's not spores. [Hollywood Reporter]
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star trek online
First Look At The New Star Trek MMO World
Federation space stations guarded by expansive sensors snake across the Alpha Quadrant. Cryptic Studios have released screen shots that give future gamers a look into the brand new Star Trek Online universe. From the looks of things the Federation is a force to be reckoned with. Click through to see a gallery of the final frontier including a shadowy glimpse of a CG Andorian. More » -
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Star Trek Aliens To Be Much Easier This Time Around
We ran into John Cho at the Harold And Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay unicorn booth at Comic-Con. After chatting about how much fun his new Harold and Kumar flick looks, we eked a few Star Trek details out of the new Hikaru Sulu. Cho confirmed that he wrote a letter to the original George Takei and that they met up to talk about Sulu, but wouldn't go into any details at all about his representation of the character. We asked if the skirts were shorter? No comment. Are the ladies greener? No comment. But then Cho laughed and said, "They're easier." Success! Set a course for hot easy aliens. -
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First Hints About Star Trek's Warp, Space-Battle Effects
While J.J. Abrams' Star Trek movie isn't showing any footage at Comic-Con, someone over at Ain't It Cool News claims to have seen a couple of space scenes from the movie, including special effects in progress. The scenes, as described, give a hint as to how the Enterprise bridge will look, but also how the warp effect will come across. Plus there are some hints about the movie's overall plot. Consider this a single Saturday morning spoiler. More » -
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Spock Till You Drop, With New Star Trek Posters
Here's our first look at Zachary Quinto as Spock, from J.J. Abrams' new Star Trek sequel/prequel/reboot-apalooza. This is one of four posters that will be available at Comic-Con next weekend, representing the only official Star Trek presence at the event. The posters, which premiered in the new Entertainment Weekly, also include Chris Pine's Kirk, Zoe Saldana's Uhura and Eric Bana's villain Nero. Click through to see all four. More » -
fringe
You Won't Need A Mad Science Degree To Follow J.J. Abrams' Fringe
Fringe, J.J. Abrams' new mad science-intrigue show, will be much less confusing and backstory-laden than Lost or Alias, his other genre shows. Abrams recently watched an old episode of Alias and found it "impenetrable," he told television critics. "I was so confused." But Fringe will be an "experiment": a show that makes sense to casual viewers. More »
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time travel
Terminator And Star Trek Are The Yin And Yang Of Time Travel
Star Trek and Terminator often feature the same time-travel story: someone journeys back in time from the future. The only difference is, in Trek, our heroes are usually arriving from a shining paradise, while the Terminator franchise always shows people fleeing the shattered ruins of Earth. Whether they come from a dystopia or a utopia determines how our heroes view the past they arrive at. And, of course, both Terminator and Star Trek have big tentpole movies coming out next summer. Spoilers and speculation ahead.
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Cloverfield 2 On Hold Until JJ Can Think Of New Gimmick
Where's that sequel to New York monster movie Cloverfield already? It's on the far back burner, says director Matt Reeves: "We're still kind of toying with what it's going to be and whether or not we're going to find something that will be as exciting for us to make and, hopefully, for an audience to watch. So we'll see. It's really in the baby, baby stages. And right now it's definitely on hold until we come up with what that would be." He wouldn't say whether or not this story was going to be a prequel but did mention that would relate to the original. I'm just glad they're taking their time and trying to do it right, unlike many studios that churn out sequels too soon — Marvel I'm lookin' at you. [Sci-Fi]
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the saturn awards
Saturn Awards Crown Cloverfield Best Scifi Film
The 34th Annual Saturn Awards honored J.J. Abram's New York monster movie Cloverfield with best scifi picture, and his TV show Lost also won in the television category. The only award I question is Will Smith's best actor award for I Am Legend — it should have gone to Bumblebee for portraying so much emotion without saying a word through most of Transformers. View the rest of the winners at the Saturn Awards page.
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free stuff on the internet
Awesome Free Stuff On The Internet
In The Garden Of Iden, Kage Baker's fantastic novel about time-traveling cyborgs who work for the 24th century Company, is available as a free download. Five-year-old Mendoza is about to be tortured to death as a Jew in the Spanish Inquisition, when she's rescued by the Company and turned into a time-traveling operative — but her first assignment is to the 16th century, uncomfortably close to her own time. It's available in PDF, HTML, or Mobi formats. Meanwhile, the new New Yorker has George Saunders' bizarre pitch for a version of Heroes where people only think they have superpowers. (Although I didn't like the ending.) And the pilot for J.J. Abrams' Fringe is available for viewing on Surf The Channel, and shows no signs of being taken down. [Beam Me Up and New Yorker and Surf The Channel ]
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star trek
Spock Has A Sweet New Ride In Star Trek Movie
Some new details about the starships in the new Star Trek movie have come out — and they answer a major nagging question about the movie's over-arching plot. It seems as though we'll be getting to see a variety of types of ships, including one you might not have expected. Details (and spoilers) ahead.
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fringe
Watch J.J. Abrams' Mad Scientist At Work
Watching the first trailer for J.J. Abrams' new show Fringe, something clicked for me. The show really isn't an X-Files-esque show about FBI agents delving into weird conspiracies. Instead, it's really a show about a mad scientist — who happens to hang around with FBI agents. All the funnest parts of the clip involve electrodes and weird substances. Spoilers and a gallery, below the fold. More »
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fringe
New Details About J.J. Abrams' Weird FBI Show
Here's the first glimpse of the filming for Fringe, J.J. Abrams' new FBI-investigates-weird-shit show. Yes, it's just a row of Boston police cars, but this picture was taken in Toronto (by Flickr user Asianz.) Another batch of reviews of the Fringe pilot script have emerged online — and apparently it's not really an X-Files clone. It's closer, in tone and style, to Heroes. Spoilers ahead. More »
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fox
Fox Will Be Home Of Paranoia And Virtual Unreality Next Spring
Fox has picked up J.J. Abrams' X-Files-esque show Fringe and Joss Whedon's amnesiac-puppets-in-dystopia show Dollhouse for January 2009. And now Fox is taking more of an interest in Ron Moore's new astronauts-in-virtual-reality-show Virtuality, based on the reports that Peter Berg (Hancock, Dune) may direct the pilot and produce the show. Click through for more details on Virtuality and Fringe. More »
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