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more about #star bookwench: A float filled with conspirators dressed like teddy bears, concealing: a catapult loaded with flaming naphtha! The naphtha goes up, and whoosh! Giant ... more » Hamslicer: The Millennium Falcon balloon, but only secured with a rotating pivot fore and aft for real barrel role action! Just think of all the little Death St... more » astrogirl: If you really want to sci-fi it up, how about a giant Tripod lumbering down the street? A firetruck of firemen setting fire to copies of Twilight. An ... more » Andrew Liptak: Or they should just invite the entirety of the east coast 501st Legion to the parade, along with the balloon... more » RandomFrequentFlierDent-Hogswatch!: Suggestion for the SG:U float - RDA can make sporadic, brief appearance along the parade route. Staying for only a few minutes to get off a few wisecr... more » OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear: Why not reenact this? more » Julius Seizure - Canuck: How about a freak electrical storm zaps LIFE into the balloons? What am I saying, at best the Superman balloon would dry-hump Rockefeller Center and... more » TotalFanGirl: How about a a Twilight balloon? It could be Edward. With his shirt off. And he should sparkle!! Ohh, shiny.... (put down the gun, I'm kidding!) more » Bill-Lee: What? No giant Summer Glau balloon? more » twophrasebark: It would be interesting to see a BSG DVD movie that takes you back to that period. It was dumb of Ron Moore and David Eick to push off the idea of mor... more » Don't Make Me Ang Lee. You wouldn't like me when I'm Ang Lee.: Maybe Vader was one of the first hybrids? more » Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: Guys. Isn't it pretty common knowledge that Darth's whole look was samurai inspired? more » NerD: Blattella: I think the only winner in this article is the cat. more » tetracycloide: i belive the more apt comparison would be a few clips from star wars played along side a montage of lense flares from star trek. if no one has spliced... more » Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: Well to be fair, Pike didn't know Kirk's father. And it was Spock who destroyed the ship. And he was raised by his mother and step father. And he a... more » geesejuggler: I heckle all during Star Trek, whispering to my sister: "He stole that from Whedon. He stole that from Star Wars-He stole that from Terminator!" So th... more » Dr Emilio Lizardo: What's. With. The. Tags? Is. It. A. Shatner. Homage? Or do you say Homaage? more » Belabras: Ah, keyboard cat. I love those. more » AngryEddy: I don't exactly possess the skills to put together a respectable villain outfit, which ideally resemble the trenchcoat Ben Stiller wore in Mystery Men... more » Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: I accuse the real life superheroes of supporting an Evil Organization (Large Corporation-Type) that oppresses the little guy! Their website was obviou... more » -
#stealthisorganizationalpitch
How To Make Macy's Thanksgiving Parade More Scifi-Friendly
If Thanksgiving is about one thing, it's not turkey, family or even giving thanks. It's about watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and complaining about the floats, balloons and special guests. Here's what we'd rather see instead. More » -
#battlestargalactica
Ancient Cylon Warrior Almost Looked Like Darth Vader
Battlestar Galactica's effects genius Gary Hutzel and model-maker Pierre Drolet had to create some ancient Cylon remains for the Galactica crew to dig up. So they reached into Japanese Samurai designs... and his first efforts looked quite like Darth Vader. More » -
#startrekwars
Star Trek Vs. Star Wars, A Video Comparison
A fatherless tyke leaves the farm for a space adventure? Nope, never heard of that before. See just how alarmingly similar Kirk and Luke really are. Plus Spider-Man versus Piano Cat. The winner? You. More » -
#thisisadisaster
This Is A Pandemic?!?
Anyone here running a fever or a cough? How about just needlessly panicking? It's a Disaster!!!! More » -
#review
Countdown Offers Much More Than A Prelude To Trek Movie
The final issue of Star Trek: Countdown was released this week, completing the prologue to this summer's Star Trek movie. If you skipped the series, then you missed a lot... including some old friends. Spoilers!
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#startrek
Captain Kirk Is Officially Man Of Tomorrow
While superbowl audiences are wondering just why that young guy is pretending to be William Shatner, Star Trek's new Captain Kirk Chris Pine is preparing to be named "Male Star of Tomorrow" by expo ShoWest. More » -
#tvthisweek
Clips From The Series Finale Of Stargate Atlantis
Television comes back after its long holiday nap, with the final Stargate Atlantis. We've got clips from the series finale to say goodbye Sheppard, Ronon, and sweet McKay... we'll miss you most of all. -
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#starwarstheforceunleashed
Darth Vader Slays The Wookiees In Force Unleashed Concept Art
A new behind-the-scenes book on the Force Unleashed video game is out today, and its pages are bursting with fantastic Star Wars concept art. The book, written by video-game writers W. Haden Blackman and Brett Rector, tells the story from the first concept still to the finished game. It also explains their original pitch to George Lucas (under the name The True Jedi Trials), the technology behind the video game and the saddest pictures of a half-naked Vader you've ever seen. Click through a gallery of new Star Wars art, including the sad state of the planet Kashyyyk after Vader finishes kicking Wookiee butt. More » -
#spaceporn
Stars Gone Wild!: Supernova Caught on Tape
Researchers at Princeton University got one hell of a treat this past January when a star exploded in the galaxy NGC2770. It's a 100 million light years from Earth, but it marks the first time astronomers have gotten the chance to watch a star explode 'live' from start to finish (well the explosion happened 100 million years ago, but you know what we mean). Witnessing the event caused the lead author to utter the best quote we've ever seen from an astronomer. More »
