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Once I Was Your Slave, But Now I Am Your Leader!
In Avatar, a man from an industrial society joins a low-tech tribal culture and becomes its leader. But the reverse happens too: Somebody from a disadvantaged group becomes a leader of the supposed masters. And here's how they do it. More »The Case For Aliens Who Are Truly Alien
In James Cameron's Avatar, we're introduced to an alien race that we immediately take to: the almost-human Na'vi. But sympathizing with slightly-different people is easy. Here are few examples of sci-fi giving us truly "alien" aliens. More »The Decade That Superhero Movies Beat Video-Game Movies
Ten years ago, superhero films and video-game films were both minor genres. You had your Batman Forever and your Mortal Kombat, but not much else. Both genres blew up in the 2000s, but superhero films won much bigger. For now. More »Why Bryan Singer's Return To The X-Men Is A Bad Idea
The news that director Bryan Singer is going to return to the X-Men movie franchise with prequel X-Men: First Class has been greeted with excitement across the industry. So why're we convinced it's the wrong move for everyone involved? More »When Will White People Stop Making Movies Like "Avatar"?
Critics have called alien epic Avatar a version of Dances With Wolves because it's about a white guy going native and becoming a great leader. But Avatar is just the latest scifi rehash of an old white guilt fantasy. Spoilers... More »Why Do Westerners Fetishize Japan's Futuristic Weirdness?
Since the late 1970s, a key idea in Western science fiction has been that Japan represents the future. Japan's "weird" culture is a figure for an incomprehensible tomorrow. But commentator Lisa Katayama says this idea reveals common misconceptions about Japan. More »Why Fake-Looking CG Space Battles Are Beautiful
Television used to be full of space skirmishes... that looked kind of bogus. And yet, they're totally beautiful and make our inner children giggle with excitement. Here's why we love the faux space battles. More »Does CGI Ruin Movies?
Today's big budget movies have the technology to create worlds and characters unlike anything we've ever seen before... but is that really a good thing? What if CGI just distracts from all the important things about moviemaking? More »How Marvel Learned To Stop Worrying About 9/11 And Love Slaughter
Give Me A Biotech Apocalypse That I Can Believe In
Reclaiming Your Humanity Means Killing A Whole Lot Of People
Six Things I'm Thankful For In Science Fiction
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 »New Moon, Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Celibacy
The New York Times Columnist Who's Helping To Ruin The Future
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 »Why Great Horror is Heartbreaking
Terminator Salvation Deleted Scene: Is This What The Fuss Was All About? [Maybe NSFW]
You might remember last spring, McG talked up Moon Bloodgood's topless scene in Terminator Salvation, which the studio suits wanted him to remove from the film. And now that scene is out... and it's pretty boring. Oh, possibly NSFW. More »Scare Fail!
A horror movie that fails to make you scared is worse than bad. There's something embarrassing about watching it, akin to the feeling of having to turn down the advances of a well-meaning but unsexy friend. More »Research Reveals That Apocalyptic Stories Changed Dramatically 20 Years Ago
Most major religions, going back thousands of years, tell stories about the End of the World. And post-apocalyptic fiction is perennially popular. So why, in the last twenty years, has the apocalypse ceased to matter? More »Syfy's Americanization of Being Human Is Just Wrong
Syfy Channel got its mitts on the amazingly dark and witty BBC series Being Human. And the network plans to subject this clever series to an Americanized reboot. We. Are. Not. Happy. More »