• more about #thanksgiving
    SeeingI: Don't forget the oh-so-awkward sitdown between Vader & the Rebels on Cloud City, and the not-at-all-appetizing Meat Loaf dinner served in "Rocky Horror." more »
    SeeingI: Any chance for a list of what movies these clips are from? more »
    Scorpi: I would like to also submit Old Boy - Octopus. Yeah, you know what I'm talking about. OB is the best movie I can't recommend to any living person. ED... more »
    José Leitão: Why is Frank from Hellraiser in the beginning of this clip? That scene doesn't have anything to do with food or eating. I'm curious. more »
    robmillernow: What about "Earth 2"? Evidently, that show's tagline WAS "This time, WE are the aliens." [www.mooncross.net] more »
    Bill-Lee: One of the problems is that a lot of contemporary film and television writers seem compelled to make up for the racist notion of the "barbaric savage"... more »
    Rtrain: Whats in the cabbage when its being cut? Around 2:28. more »
    Anekanta - Go Play!: The problem is that this type of story is the classic cautionary tale--warning us that we're really not nearly as enlightened or socially evolved as w... more »
    Alasdair Wilkins: Just as an addendum to my post, because I suppose I didn't make this point clearly enough... I wouldn't argue for a story that's all about peaceful c... more »
    capnrob: I'm pretty sure it's because peaceful coexistence is *pretty damn dull* in a story. The only - seriously, the *only* - peaceful coexistence story I ca... more »
    Lassus: Because we're not evolved enough yet to actually contemplate an existence without idiotic, debilitating conflict. And, sadly, I doubt any of us will ... more »
    Anekanta - Go Play!: Was I the only one who, on first seeing that initial image at the top of the story, thought the guy on the beach was the Burger King mascot? more »
    mondojohnson: Jeff Goldblum, a.k.a. "BrundleFly", in Cronenberg's THE FLY.... (vomit acid, slurp up the mess) more »
    Shai_Hulud: One of my best friends bought me this for Xmas a number of years back. It's the best movie anyone has ever given me. more »
    Vulcan Has No Moon: The Twilight Zone episode called "The Invaders". [www.imdb.com] Or "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?" [www.veoh.com] Or "Third from the Sun"... more »
    Jeb_Hoge: There was the egg lunch in Napolean Dynamite. That one set my wife retching in the movie theater. more »
    Dirk Anger: Really? then what about Alien? they're so friendly they even mate with us as soon as they get a chance more »
    honeybee111: Why have they never made a film of "The Sparrow"? more »
    Spaceknight: anyone else hate that scene in Minority Report when Tom Cruise blindly raids the fridge? (I had to rack my brain for the second worst cause Poltergeis... more »
    cadrina: And tell me one example in real life where a group of people relocating to an area that is already populated that didn't end up with at very least a g... more »
  • #rant

    Where Are All The Space Pilgrims?

    As the U.S. celebrates Thanksgiving and we all prepare to watch Avatar, yet another movie where we invade the aliens, it's worth asking: why aren't there any movies or TV shows where humans come in peace and try to coexist? More »
  • #givingthanks

    Best Diet Aid Ever: Science Fiction's Grossest Food Moments

    If you're worried about overeating today, and need a good appetite suppressant, check out our video compilation of the scariest food moments from science fiction. Behold, the nastiest stuff that scifi has ever cooked up, or regurgitated back out. More »
  • #thanksgiving

    Pass the Drama: Disastrous Feasts From Science Fiction Classics

    As you're sitting down with your family for Thanksgiving dinner and trying not to say anything to piss off your uncle, just be grateful there are no vengeful ghosts or evil aliens crashing the party. Allow us to demonstrate. 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 »
  • #triviagasm

    Tasty Foods That Would Rather Eat You for Dinner

    Thursday is Thanksgiving in the US, a time when families gather around the table and chow down on tasty treats. But, when it comes to being eaten, some foods are less agreeable than others; some would rather eat you. More »
  • #stealthesepitches

    Five TV Thanksgiving Specials We'll Sadly Never See

    This Thursday, America shuts down to celebrate Thanksgiving, a day of either remembrance of the hardships endured (and survived) by the Pilgrims when they first came to the country (Admittedly, the native Americans may have helped more than a little bit there), or of getting a day off of work. As a non-American, I learned about Thanksgiving through the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and that special episode of Buffy, which is why I'm extra sad that none of today's SF television shows seem to want to make the effort to give us the holiday special that we deserve. So sad, in fact, that I'm willing to give them ideas as to how to make it up to us next year. Gobble it up, TV people. More »