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more about #michaelcrichton more comments → Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: The photo is dated as June 1960. Too late to be from an episode of Tightrope since the series ended in May of 1960 and did not have a second season. ... more » 4ndreVV: And let's not forget Gene Autry's 1935 sf cowboy serial set at the Radio Ranch, The Phantom Empire. There are at least 2 episodes available at Youtube. more » Ron Hogan: Holding your sports coat wide open with your non-shooting hand? Now that's a technique I've never seen before. more » SSJ: Hmmm. Looks like a Twilight Zone episode to me. more » PrestonHector: Pretending cancer doesn't exist isn't as easy as pretending global warming doesn't exist. more » W10002: Maybe it's me, but I also find it ironic that ER will be ending this season too. Anyways, I was also surprised at the sudden news of his passing today... more » ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.: I shall see you in Valhalla with the rest of the thirteen. Good night, and enjoy the mead. more » bonniegrrl: That truly is sad. He's one of the few authors out there that made sci-fi digestable for mainstream airport paperback readers. He will be missed. more » sandchigger: Michael "Global Warming is a conspiracy!" Crichton's dead? Meh. I'm not moved to tears, sorry. I enjoyed Jurassic Park when it came out (I was in my e... more » cunning001: I'm never (rarely) happy to hear of anyone's death and this is certainly no exception. I have to admit though I found much of his science fiction to ... more » RAHfanboy: I thought we didn't like Crichton. more » amygdala: Sad news. I've read most of his novels, and always enjoyed his hard SF approach to popular fiction. Also note that Michael Crichton directed a number ... more » Islandkiwi: Sigh...I remember being in high school and staying up until 4am trying to finish those books before falling asleep. Loved Jurassic Park, Rising Sun, C... more » Meredith Woerner: Congo is one of the best movies in the history of the world mainly because of "Amy good, good, good Gorilla" and because it brought us Tim Curry as He... more » Alexis: I admit, I've never been a big fan, but I consider him a standard in the genre. It's sad and unexpected. more » -
#retrofuturism
Before Westworld, Another Robot Gunslinger Walked the Cyber Streets of Laredo
From the recently-posted Life magazine archives comes photographic evidence of a pistol-packing robot that predated Michael Crichton’s Westworld and Yul Brynner’s Gunslinger by some 13 years. We've got more pictures after the jump. More » -
#andromedastrainreview
New "Andromeda" Strains Credulity
I had high hopes for the new Andromeda Strain miniseries, which airs tonight and tomorrow night on A&E. After all, the trailers looked pretty jazzy, and it was produced by both Ridley and Tony Scott — so there was double Scott power. And there were some great alien-virus-attack moments, along with some nice bits of scientific detective work that stayed pretty true to the book. Unfortunately, overall, the new version of Strain left me saying, "Wow, it's like a Sci Fi Channel original movie, only with an A-list cast." Spoilers ahead. More » -
