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more about #wars more comments → 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: 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 » TrueCrime: Good to see Ex Machina is back this week. more » OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear: This may sound like a weird question, but how can a future be alternate? 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 » -
#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 » -
#comicswecrave
Beasts, Giant Secrets And Alternate Futures Await
Ignore your familiar superheroes this week; the Comics We Crave are all about unfamiliar faces (or unfamiliar takes on familiar faces), the stories we never saw on television and even an alternate history of the 21st Century. Who could resist?
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#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 » -
#quoteoftheday
Get Ready For the New Wave Of Ambivalent Space War Novels
"One of the most obvious ways that science fiction novels tend to reflect the mores of their age is in their depiction of war. -
#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. -
#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 » -
