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more about #childrenofmen bookwench: I know they use the Hollywood Operating System for copyright reasons, but it still makes me twitch when I see it. more » J-a-z: I'm pretty sure anyone from 25 years ago looking at what's on my Mac screen right now would probably have their brain melt and fall out of their head.... more » phoenix: Ugh. Of all of these, I think I liked number 7 and 8 the most. The rest are really REALLY busy, which doesn't necessarily mean they're not valid, it j... more » tamahome: User interfaces of the present in movies are ridiculous enough. more » TemporalSword: He probably spends dozens and dozens of hours on each one for all of 2 seconds of screen time. That would seem frustrating to me. more » Mathmos: These don't look futuristic, just like current GUIs designed by graphics designers. more » tetracycloide: if there's one thing i've learned from star wars it's that the user interfaces of the future never look the way we think they're going to look. (and ... more » Golem100: I watched all three LotR movies (extended versions) back to back one Saturday. Started at Noon, finished around Midnight. I don't recommend it. more » Zidel333: No love for BBC's adaptation of Gormenghast? I thought it was excellent. The casting alone was superb: Stephen Fry, Christopher Lee, Zoë Wannamaker. ... more » myturn21: I just hate it when people consider Coppola's overwrought & badly (BADLY!!!) acted vers of Dracula a good movie! I think everyone's been hypnotized by... more » jk: I only saw "Fellowship" and I have to say that I didn't really care for it. I thought that it failed to capture an essential "Tolkien-ness" which pre... more » AdoraBelle: At the risk of being devoured alive, I must say that I fucking hated the LOTR movies. I'm a huge fan of the books and have been for as long as I can r... more » Tyrunn: I thought Burgess hated A Clockwork Orange? As great a film as it is, removing the final chapter and resolution drastically alters the tone and meani... more » Sunshineyness: *Cough* Richard Matheson's Somewhere in Time (originally titled "Bid Time Return"). There's some changes but it's still just as beautiful of a story o... more » RexMaximus: Going out on a limb here, but I HATE The Lord of the Rings books. I found them painfully slow and incredibly boring and I quit a quarter-way through T... more » Annalee Newitz: I still think Bram Stoker's Dracula is a great adaptation. It's the only movie ever made of the book that includes the American character - and the on... more » Mary Ratliff: They're fantasy, but Howls' Moving Castle and The Neverending Story are both movies that while they changed a lot of the plots, they stayed true to th... more » mondojohnson: I am going to go out on a limb here; I know this may incur some wrath. But I'm going to put in a good word for Richard Linklater's adaptation of "A S... more » TheTheTheTheWhat: Clockwork Orange? No no no no no no no no no. No. NO. It took the same plot, characters, and events and raped them with a giant plaster cock. The b... more » tamahome: I don't even know what some of these pictures are from. Does Sin City and Watchmen count? more » -
#conceptart
The Designer Who Creates the User Interfaces of the Future
Designer Mark Coleran designs user interfaces for high-tech and near-future movies, those computer-based visuals that flash briefly across your screen. But the information designs he's created are often more detailed than you might think. More » -
#top10
12 Movie Adaptations That Did The Books Justice
Whether or not you loved The Road, most people seemed to feel it captured Cormac McCarthy's novel. Sadly, most adaptations do violence to the original books, but not all. Here are 12 SF/fantasy adaptations that did right by the books. More » -
#akira
Akira Lives!
Forget what you've previously heard: The live-action movie version of Akira is still happening and, if nothing else, it's probably going to have a great script. More » -
#triviagasm
20 Best (And 20 Worst) Pets In Science Fiction
When humans finally conquer space, we'll still want to keep other creatures as pets. Some science-fiction pets are among our favorite characters, but others, you just want to flush out the airlock. Here's our list of the best and worst. More » -
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#afterburn
Solar Flare Divides World Into Pirates and Art Collectors
A giant solar flare hits the Earth and decimates the entire Eastern hemisphere, killing millions of people and mutating others into hideous creatures. Would you run for the hills or start trying to save the world's greatest art treasures? Most people would probably be busy building a seriously badass underground bunker rather than thinking about the fate of the Mona Lisa while avoiding mutants and marauding pirates, but the heroes of the new comic book miniseries Afterburn coming next month from Red 5 Comics. Preview panels after the jump. More »
