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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: I'm starting to feel like that "South Park" episode -- not the recent one making fun of this, but an old one. The one where the SP kids get lost in ... more »
    korybing: Okay, my interest in this movie has shot up roughly 500 times knowing that Wayne Barlowe was one of the creature designers I...I have a bit of a prob... more »
    NorwoodIsMyHero: Word on the street is that we've seen all the CGI in the trailers. The rest is just claymation. But from everything my sources say this film will ta... more »
    salthegeek: The 5 five things that sold me on this: 1. James Cameron: even when it's not his best it's still interesting. 2. The 3D: I saw the Avatar day prev... more »
    Dr.Quatermass Sc.D: Purveyor of Truth, Disseminator of Lies: And the herd slowly begins backpedaling... more »
    Deckard: I bought tickets for the 7pm show on the 18th. Hopefully the acting and storyline don't suck. I'm excited. more »
    Nathan Obbards: Even if the movie sucks, it looks like it will be visually stunning. more »
    Ruthless, If you let me: The concepts of crossing F1 racers with cetacean lines that were "too wild" to make the final cut would be very interesting to see. more »
    Belabras: No idea if the movie will be good, but I love great concept art, and it's got it in spades. more »
    TemporalSword: I had a thought (scary, I know): I think Phantom Menace scarred us all. The level of hype for that movie was too much, and no movie could have lived ... more »
    Kaiser-Machead: Though I have my doubts about the movie in total, I love the designs, especially the creature aspect. The mechs in this flick make the APU's of The Ma... more »
    goldfarb: can't say I liked the black hole visualized as a flat plane...I'm no astrophysicist but I'm pretty sure they're spherical... more »
    NotChoinski: Interesting how the Romulan Ships are evolving away from sleek, green birdlike forms to giant, overcomplicated spiny ships (Nemesis, this movie). And ... more »
    tetracycloide: a grittier and dirtier version of the bridge would not have made sense given that the enterprise was a totally brand new ship. more »
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    5 Designers Reveal Secrets Of James Cameron's Avatar

    James Cameron's Avatar required many technical miracles, including next-gen 3-D cameras and motion-capture, but it also needed years of sketching and brainstorming from a platoon of concept-artists and designers. We talked to five designers, and learned Avatar's secret design history. More »
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    The Enterprise Versus A Black Hole In New Star Trek Concept Art

    The Romulan mining ship Narada hurtles into a black hole as the valiant U.S.S. Enterprise speeds away at maximum warp, in this new Star Trek concept art from artist James Clyne. He posted tons of amazing art — including a different Starship bridge — and our favorites are below. More »
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    The Transformer Attack You Never Got To See

    An aircraft carrier morphs into a massive robot and goes on the attack, in this gorgeous piece of Transformers concept art by Tim Flattery. We already showed you some of James Clyne's amazing Transformers concept art a while back, but Flattery's images of giant robots striding through water eruptions and jets of flame convey an incredible sense of scale. They're like a giant robot rock-concert lightshow for your brain. More »
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    10 Hollywood Designers To Watch Out For

    Science fiction is all about creating strange and incredible worlds, whether they're the future of Earth or a far-off planet. And the key to the most breathtaking science fictional worlds always starts with the work of production designers and concept artists who create brilliant and freaktastic worlds, like James Clyne's concept art for Transformers, above. Or Warren Manser's original art for Stanley Kubrick's version of A.I.: Artificial Intelligence, below the fold. Here's our roundup of the 10 designers whose work is exciting us the most right now — and whose forthcoming projects you should watch out for. More »
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    James Clyne's Sweeping Vistas

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    Forget The Earth, Let's Terraform The Moon!

    Artist James Clyne, who already wowed us with what turned out to be a racer lost in Antarctica, also has a gorgeous vision of what it would be like if we started modifying and hacking the moon into a place to live and do business. But what's up with that giant ball in the middle of downtown? City-to-city low-gravity volleyball? Find out the answer, along with details of http://www.jamesclyne.com/artist's vision, after the jump. More »
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    An Ice-Bound Research Station on Another Planet

    The multi-spiked item in the artwork above may be some sort of high-tech craft touching down for directions, or it could be a very advanced research station set up over a crevasse in Antarctica. Probably outfitted with scads of sensors, heated seats, and a fancy beverage dispenser as well. More »