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more about #thexfiles ZaxxonQ.com: Is it just me or are all of these kinda "meh"? :-\ more » Daveinva: I agree with the herd-- the Knight Rider and MacGyver ones are the only ones that really work (points for the True Blood one, although it'd have worke... more » felixbrinker: @geekgrrl: that's not just an x, but the X mulder used to tape onto his window to arrange a meeting with the mysterious informant named "X" in season ... more » joetato: #8 Heroes is BRILLIANT! I want to start hula-hooping my way into fighting crime now! ;-P #2 Lost made me want to put on my brakes (Stop sign), and ... more » mekki: Some these really work (Flashforward) and some of these don't (X-Files). They should have gone with the outline of the space ship from the "I want to ... more » geekgrrl: there is such a thing as too much minimalism. Knight Rider and MacGyver are the only truly clever ones. seriously, just an "X" for the X-Files? not... more » Arken: The BSG one totally missed the mark. It should have been the cylon 'eye'. For Lost, I would have done the outline of a palm tree. The Dharma thing loo... more » Annalee Newitz: Some of these are too plain, but the Knight Rider cover is sheer genius. more » You Cannot Untoast: These just aren't as good as the other ones. I just feel disappointed. more » Kitradu: I like these, but they're awfully simple and obvious...in the vein of "I could do that!" and someone argues, "well, you didn't" and we devolve into th... more » jbq: I don't know. This minimalist hipster flash-like stuff is really not my thing, apparently. That Olly Moss-stuff was pretty wicked, but this stuff was ... more » Counterglow: Just a shout-out to an old high school librarian who's probably dead now. His last name was Johnson. We called him "Wimpy" because of a slight resem... more » hwilam: Anne McCaffery's Pern books create an entire catalogue of teaching ballads to remind humanity of the tasks necessary when the red star comes near. more » Grey_Area: Dan Simmons used the diary bit in Hyperion with the girl who was ageing backwards. That always creeped me out. "See you later alligator." "In a while... more » Dr Emilio Lizardo: Buckaroo Banzai: write it on your palm, lick your palm, slap your mentor on the forehead so he gets a copy too. more » RoboBagins: Gundam is only an acronym in alternative universe of Gundam Seed. In fact, I'm not sure of where it comes from in classic Universal Century (UC). In... more » techgoddess: Only .002 cents per byte: OH GOD TVTROPES Thanks io9, for making me fail this semester!!! XD more » goldfarb: the 'Method of loci' is, and always will be, the coolest way to remember things... more » Belabras: I thought of another one, but I forgot it. more » Pope John Peeps II: Man, GOATS is just about the worst, most horrible, most self-indulgent webcomic ever. I can't believe you linked to it. #2012 more » -
#graphicdesign
Graphic Designers Reinvent Science Fiction Television
Graphic designers are facing off as they re-envision pop culture. Something Awful turned some of our favorite video games into graphic book covers. Olly Moss did the same with more games. Now another artist has turned to television for inspiration. More » -
#triviagasm
How To Jog Your Memory, The Science Fiction Hero Way
The busier you get, the more stuff you forget, and navigating that mental clutter can be worse than steering through an asteroid field. Luckily, lots of intrepid galactic heroes have faced faulty memories, and created some handy techniques for remembering. More » -
#triviagasm
Seven Ways the World Could End in 2012
So, the world probably won't end in 2012, but that's the date for plenty of imagined apocalypses. We look at the various ways the world ends (or at least radically changes) when the Mayan Long Count Calendar runs out.
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#comicswecrave
Robot Detectives Battle Superhero Bastards For Your Comics Dollars
Hope you've been saving up your pennies for this week's comic haul: There's an impressive amount of new releases that you'll want to take home and cherish for at least the next seven days. Yes, these are Comics We Crave.
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#rant
V Is Not Doomed, And You Should Still Watch
It's hard to have faith in ABC's remake of alien-Trojan-horse show V. Paradoxically for a show about aliens who inspire unquestioning love and loyalty, it's been questioned constantly. But there's still hope, and you should still tune in tonight. More » -
#dreamsequences
Why Does Science Fiction Love Dream Sequences?
Why do we step inside the dreams of science-fiction heroes so often? We're already in the future, or on an alien world, so why take an extra leap into the world of the unreal? Here are some theories.
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#morningspoilers
More Asgardian Heroes for Thor? Apocalyptic Images from BSG: The Plan, And More of Summer Glau in Dollhouse!
Casting slides reveal more of Thor's divine helpers. Witness more Colonial destruction from BSG: The Plan. More pictures show Summer Glau inside the Dollhouse, and Smallville's Justice Society gets three new members. Plus 2012, Inception, Supernatural, Eclipse, and Doctor Parnassus. More » -
#whattowatch
Is Stargate Going BSG? Judge For Yourself Friday
This week Stargate Universe shoves campy space comedy in the back seat for an ultra-violent premiere. But will you remain a loyal Gater? Sarah Palin becomes president on Supernatural, and Brian Austin Green makes his shirtless Smallville cameo. More » -
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#triviagasm
The Man-Eating Ladies of Science Fiction
We're still a week away from watching Megan Fox snack on schoolboys in Jennifer's Body. In the meantime, we're serving up a list of the other women in science fiction who hunger for human flesh. More » -
#xfiles
X-Files Next For Reboot Treatment?
Gillian Anderson has been talking about appearing in a third X-Files movie, but does that mean that we should expect more of I Want To Believe's Scully/Mulder love story? Possibly not, if a particular rumor turns out to be true. More » -
#top10
Dirt-Cheap Aliens Who Still Look Awesome
Just because science fiction has a low budget, doesn't mean its alien creatures need to look silly or ho-hum. Here are 10 low-budget alien spectaculars that blew our minds. More » -
#hbo
Is HBO the Next Destination for Science Fiction?
With some networks offering mixed signals about their futures with science fiction, we may increasingly rely on cable for compelling television about the future. Fortunately, HBO is stepping up, developing two new science fiction series with X-Files alum Frank Spotnitz. More » -
#triviagasm
Virtual Resurrection: The Dead Who Went To Cyber-Heaven
Is there life after death? Maybe, if you're wired. After all, death is just a failure of storage media. Science fiction is full of people who've died in meatspace, only to live on in cyberspace. Here's our inventory of cyber-Heaven. More » -
#v
Angel And X-Files Alum Takes Charge Of ABC's V Remake
Good news for V fans: former Angel showrunner Jeffrey Bell has signed on as showrunner for the highly anticipated remake of the alien drama on ABC. So stop worrying that this is just Scott Peter's 4400 with a new skin. More » -
#doctorwho
X-Files Star Joins Doctor Who. The Fanfic Almost Writes Itself!
The ever-reliable British tabloids are reporting that X-Files diva Gillian Anderson is set to join the cast of Doctor Who in 2010... playing a character I really thought was gone for good. Possibly true spoilers... More » -
#thinkingoutloud
Why Does Scifi TV Get A Seven Year Itch?
I had a thought while avoiding this week's three-hour series finale of medical drama er; why don't science fiction shows last fifteen seasons? Does all SF TV (Doctor Who aside) have a seven year limit?
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#alientrespass
Alien Trespass: The Ultimate 1950s Nostalgia Trip
The X-Files helped revolutionize science fiction back in the 1990s. Now X-Files producer R.W. Goodwin is going back to the original source material - 1950s flying-saucer flicks - for his new movie Alien Trespass. More » -
#actors
Actors Who Get Fandom
The best part of falling for a show is discovering that the actors in it are just as shamelessly fannish as you are. Lo and behold, there are a lot more actor geeks than you think! More » -
#thexfiles
X-Files (and Everyone Else), Embrace Your SF Cred
In a bid to avoid being pigeonholed as a nerd icon, David Duchovny claimed he never thought The X-Files was science fiction — then blamed The Dark Knight for The X-Files 2's lackluster gross.
