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more about #closeencountersofthethirdkind more comments → phoenix: Hah! That Devil's Tower picture was today's APOD! I already saved it to my wallpaper rotation, it really is a gorgeous photo. I wish I lived somewhe... more » Chip Overclock: A few years ago I was at Devil's Tower on a motorcycle trip. My buddy and I hiked all round it. I was so disillusioned to realize there was no place w... more » ♠ Final ♠: I never understood why my father retired out to Walsenburg, CO until I went out there one summer night and then looked up. It really is that beautifu... more » Dr.Quatermass Sc.D: Purveyor of Truth, Disseminator of Lies: These space porn installments are confusing me and my sexuality. I can't get anything done without thinking about stars now. www.dutchwest.tv/videos... more » Belabras: As no one else has done it yet... This means something! more » RoboBagins: I've never seen the milky way with my own eyes. Sure, I've gazed out into a clear and beautiful sky full of stars, but never the milky way. Just clo... more » Roklimber: The milky way from most places I lived just looked very sour. more » Meirelle: That's kind of awesome. The milky way from my back yard is just kind of a blurry cloud. :( more » Alessar: Where is Klaus Badelt?? Equilibrium, The Time Machine, Pirates of the Carribean WITH Hans Zimmer, Ultraviolet, Poseidon, many others! more » NotChoinski: No love for Éric Serra, of the Fifth Element? more » Convair 990A: I've got to throw a vote in for Stu Phillips. C'mon, the man did Battlestar Galactica and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. That's got to count for som... more » Erinaceus: I'm aware that I will probably get a lotta flack for this, but... ... ... I kinda like the syrupy goo that is Titanic's music. Also, Jerry Goldsmith's... more » Squirminator2k: The omission of Murray Gold, who's responsible for the marvelous score in the revived Doctor Who, is quite disappointing. more » Liz Weinbloom: There was a time - approximately February 2005 - when I would have found this list very, very useful. Therefore, I shall annotate it for pops orchest... more » Sanriostar: Ummm... Akira Ifukube? He created the G-man's roar for cryin' out loud! If you can look past Horner and Vangelis' non-SF stuff, then surely he passes ... more » -
#spaceporn
The Milky Way Glows Over the Devil's Tower
It's no wonder the aliens in Close Encounters of the Third Kind chose the Devil's Tower National Monument as the place to make first contact with humanity. The sky above offers a clear and startling vision of the cosmos. More » -
#triviagasm
The Composers That Make Space Adventures Epic
Space is silent and vast, but we can't feel the awe and terror of epic space battles without great music. Here's our list of the ten composers without whom science fiction would feel as empty as the void. (With samples.) More » -
#nationalfilmregistry
Spielberg Gets Locked Into Underground Vault
Two films that Steven Spielberg had a hand in, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Back to the Future, were both selected alongside 23 other films to be shelved forever in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry. They'll get locked up inside a hermetically sealed vault, and preserved in mason jars with really tight steel lids, to keep the freshness in. What other scifi films were deemed by the government to be worthy of preservation forever? More »
