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    Chip Overclock: I'm reading yet another book about John Boyd, the U.S. air force officer who, among many other amazing accomplishments any one of which would have bee... more »
    Chip Overclock: Ghod, I miss FARSCAPE. It wasn't a television show. It was frelling Grand Opera on a galactic scale. more »
    gods-n-clods: For how hinky the B5 CG was, there were moments of awesome scale with incomparably-designed ships. The White Stars (the whole Minbari fleet), Vorlons,... more »
    I_Like_TDs: One of the most stunning moments to me ever is when the Odyssey goes through the Wormhole and during retreat is savaged by a Dominion suicide run. Sud... more »
    aspasticninja: its too bad we can't expect SGU to give us any big battles any time soon more »
    Jeb_Hoge: The Freespace 2 computer game also had some rather awesome massive space battles, both in cutscenes and in the gameplay itself. I was flying one missi... more »
    mordicai: So sweet. The sad irony is that real space battle would probably look even "faker." & way less interesting. Just vast empy spaces, fully black... more »
    MrFlake: Y'know I had fairly noble intentions for this weekend. I was going to tidy the flat, do some painting maybe finish off a book or two. I now realise ... more »
    PVIII: Fake? Those were clearly all real! But no, in all seriousness, as a kid, and now as an adult, I still really love those cheesy CGI battles. I remember... more »
    AmishJohn: How about video game battles that aren't cutscenes? Although dramatized and prettied up (I never came out of jump in formation), it is the game en... more »
    HalOfBorg: You want space battles? Big fleets? Spacebattles.com more »
    Jesse Astle: In many ways its just as much a difference in philosophy as in technology. Many of these space battles of the 90's were about grand battles against bi... more »
    Roklimber: I never really liked the way the ships looked in B5. They truly looked too artificial, partly because there was a specular reflection quality to the t... more »
    Shell_Krackerश्रमण: The best space battle of all time is in Babylon 5's "Shattered Dreams" - best Babylon 5 episode ever. Its such a turning point in the series - when e... more »
    dermot: I remember reading about the pilot of Babylon 5. The FX were done on Amiga 2000s, using Lightwave. The machines didn't have enough juice to render the... more »
  • #rant

    Why Fake-Looking CG Space Battles Are Beautiful

    Television used to be full of space skirmishes... that looked kind of bogus. And yet, they're totally beautiful and make our inner children giggle with excitement. Here's why we love the faux space battles. More »
  • #spaceporn

    Felicia Day Assures Us the Milky Way Isn't Doomed

    In an unholy blending of space porn and Felicia Day, the Spitzer Science Center has released a funny and informative PSA on colliding galaxies. In this mock behind-the-scenes video, Day explains to an explosions-loving filmmaker why we shouldn't fear Andromeda. More »
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  • #exclusive

    A Sexy Lady With Two Navels Shows Dylan Hunt Her Agonizer

    Long before Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda made it to the screen, the Star Trek creator made a show about Dylan Hunt, the man from the past. Here's an exclusive clip from Genesis II, which is finally appearing on DVD on Tuesday. More »
  • #spaceporn

    Andromeda Surrounded By The Remains Of The Dwarf Galaxies It's Killed

    Our neighboring Andromeda Galaxy may look benign, but it's really a massive cannibal, sitting surrounded by the undigested remnants of the galaxies it's eaten. European scientists have mapped the galaxy anew, and found stars that came from elsewhere. More »
  • #mysteryinspace

    Did We Find An Extragalactic Planet Five Years Ago?

    Has science finally caught up to the suspected discovery of a planet outside of our own galaxy from five years ago? Gravitational microlensing may explain the mysteries behind a 2004 sighting of something unusual in our neighbor galaxy of Andromeda. More »
  • #riverworld

    "Riverworld" Adaptation Braces for Sea of Angry Readers

    A faithful adaptation of Philip José Farmer's Riverworld novels would be nigh impossible, but the Syfy Channel's upcoming Riverworld miniseries plans to veer off into such uncharted waters that readers may not recognize it. More »
  • #spaceporn

    Andromeda's Lovely Shimmer, Plus A Lunar Makeover

    Astrophotographer Tyler Allred took this amazing new image of the Andromeda Galaxy, which just appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune. Today's new space porn also includes Jupiter's shrinking spot, digitally-restored moon pics, and an exoplanet. More »