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meteor

James Bond Fails To Stop New York From Getting Atomized

Long before there was Armageddon or Deep Impact, or even the fear of our own falling spy satellites, there was Meteor. Sean Connery goes into full science mode as he tries to stop a huge meteor named Orpheus from crashing into the Earth. The good news: he's partially successful. The bad news: Oops, sorry about that Hong Kong and New York. The opening scene, where astronauts watch the cosmic ballet of a comet striking an asteroid just before it obliterates them and their ship, is worth the price of admission alone. More »

2:30 PM on Mon Feb 18 2008
By Kevin Kelly
1,789 views, 12 comments

Latest by picardia: @Pouncer: I tried to watch this last year too, and it was too bad even for the kitch fun, at least after about 10 minutes. Natalie Wood = least convincing Russian ever. more »

in the shadow of the moon

Go Back To Where We Once Feared To Tread

The documentary In The Shadow Of The Moon comes out on DVD in a month, and is well worth picking up. Today we take moon landings for granted, but it's been 35 years since Gene Cernan was the last man on the moon (note for you trivia nuts), and we haven't come close to going back. In the intervening years, we've forgotten just what it took for our country to land people safely on the moon, and bring them back home.
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3:32 PM on Thu Feb 14 2008
By Kevin Kelly
922 views, 12 comments

Latest by regis: I just saw this at this year's boston SF marathon and it was *outstanding* more »

recommendation

Fire A Retro Rocket Into Your Living Room

If you want to snaz up your rumpus room with a retro-pop science fiction look, your options have been limited to old posters from The Day The Earth Stood Still or glow-in-the-dark stickers. But now you can have install actual vintage-looking rockets, from Cool Rockets. They obsess over details in their rocket designs, making sure they capture that old-school feeling of Tom Swift gee whizzery. More »

3:00 PM on Wed Feb 13 2008
By Kevin Kelly
873 views, 4 comments