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    tiredfairy: I wish Farscape was on this, though I know we're looking more at careers rather than just one creation...but I think Farscape made BSG possible and fr... more »
    twDarkflame: Bah, Some great guys there, but my favorate will always be Rockne S. O'Bannon. Farscape 4 seasons and miniseries wrapup was for me the definitely sci-... more »
    Makoto: Chris Nolan... another Dark Night fan, seriously this movie is not so great and you can hardly consider Batman beeing SF. Too bad it's only the past d... more »
    Cookie: I think the New Yorker best describes the improvement of the new Star Wars trilogy with the release of "Revenge of the Sith." "The general opinion of... more »
    LegacyCrono: NOO!! I can't see Douglas Adams anywhere on this graph!! How's that possible?! more »
    RaginKaGin21: why is there no Neil Blomkamp? Also I am saddened that JJ Abrams overall is higher than Peter Jackson...How does that happen? more »
    Limeade: I cringed at the graph for Joss. Poor fellow. Dollhouse just didn't pan out as well as it could have. :( But hey, at least his Cumulative score st... more »
    MugiMugi: Well my favorite writer for now ( for TV shows at least :P ) is Steven Moffat and for those who don't know he's mostly just been doing guest work to D... more »
    icedrake523: James Cameron sucks. He hasn't done anything good since T2. more »
    mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta: I was a little disappointed to see that Alfonso CuarĂ³n isn't on this list. He really on has one science fiction flick to his credit ( though he also ... more »
    Illogic: That last sentence is what hell looks like for movie lovers. more »
    dnwilliams: Comics are a storytelling medium, games aren't. That's why games are 'harder' to adapt to film, there's nothing but visuals, and if there is a story t... more »
    Bill-Lee: The only thing I remember about Doom is the Rock's best line: "I'm not supposed to die!" more »
    Jesse Astle: I bored so many people to death telling them how bad Catwoman was. I was so pissed off I payed to see that ass crap movie. Seriously though, how can y... more »
    hiteklolife: I would actually like to see some P&PRPG movies rather than videogame & comic movies. Games like Shadowrun, Rifts, Call of Cthulhu, (or CthulhuTech), ... more »
    brett108: Does this post seem overly defensive of video game movies? And there actually appears to be a paragraph in here that would insinuate that the Resident... more »
    sicboi: And so it must be said that the biggest loser here overall is: original sci-fi movies... more »
    Prosthetics: Perhaps this decade is the best for those because people can't think of their own ideas anymore, so they have to steal ideas that already exist. more »
    Koztah: Ridley Scott? Directing Monopoly? I'll say this: it better be about a guy in a top hat with a huge mustache riding around in a giant thimble and buyi... more »
    GeneJacket: Bear with me, this will be a little long. Here's the biggest problem, and the one that hurt comic book movies for far too long: The medium is still ... more »
  • #chartporn

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  • #decadeinreview

    The Decade That Superhero Movies Beat Video-Game Movies

    Ten years ago, superhero films and video-game films were both minor genres. You had your Batman Forever and your Mortal Kombat, but not much else. Both genres blew up in the 2000s, but superhero films won much bigger. For now. More »
  • #exclusive

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  • #triviagasm

    32 Heroes Who Must Play A Deadly Game — Or Die!

    Everybody loves playing games — except when you're forced to by aliens, or your futuristic prison warden, or superpowerful beings. This Friday, Gerard Butler's forced to play and/or die in Gamer. But here are 32 other deadly-game stories, with clips. More »
  • #videogamemovies

    10 Video-Game Movies You'll See Before Halo

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  • #bookofeli

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  • #sgu

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    The cast of the brand new SGU promises eager fans at Comic Con that the new series isn't all darkness and despair, and debuted this new trailer filled with bras, kisses, RDA, and Star Wars jokes just to prove it. More »
  • #avatar

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    Avatar, James Cameron's long-awaited visit to an alien 3-D world, got its first exposure today at San Diego Comic Con. We watched around 25 minutes of dragon-riding, monster fighting and alien first contact, including Zoe Saldana's sexy alien. Spoilers below... More »
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    Tron Footage Took Us To The Next Level

    We finally saw some new footage from Tron Legacy, the new Tron movie. And it was totally worth waiting a year for: Kinetic, delirious and full of light-cycle brilliance. Spoilery descriptions below. More »
  • #exclusive

    Flashing Fairies And Moblins: The Legend Of Neil Is Back

    It's been too long since we've had an update about our autoerotic asphyxiation-happy hero Neil, and his journey inside The Legend of Zelda. But Monday the 27th, Neil is back and we've got an exclusive look inside the new series. More »
  • #exclusive

    Control Gerard Butler's Killing Spree From Your Futon

    An exclusive shot from Gerard Butler's new action movie Gamer reveals how the berzerker's stay-at-home puppet master controls his every function. Time to step it up, Gerard and skinny user boy — zero kills is just pathetic. More »
  • #gaming

    Post-Apocalyptic Settings for Games Are Cool Urban Wastelands

    WorldWorks Games has a set of tabletop gaming sets that would make the perfect setting for a mutant raid on a gas station, or for an I Am Legend scenario. More »
  • #io9backgrounder

    Wolverine 101

    His movie opens tomorrow, but how much do you really know about the X-Man known as Wolverine? Do you know about his powers? His deaths? His kids? We tell you everything you need to know. More »
  • #conceptart

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  • #io9backgrounder

    Dragon Ball 101

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  • #exclusive

    Kristin Kreuk Talks Chun-Li's Moves, Legs And Sequels

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  • #uclickforiphone

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  • #championsonline

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  • #startrekonline

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  • #wargames

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