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Bad Movie Physics: A Report Card
Space epics almost always play fast and loose with science, treating the laws of physics like suggestions. Sound in space, unprotected bodies splatting in vacuum, and alien planets that all look just like Calabasas. But some movies dismember Newton and Einstein with way more gusto than others. We rated 18 movies based on how many laws of physics they mangled, and here's our report card. More »
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Monsters, Browncoats Invade This Week's Comic Stories
Okay, so this week's comics don't have Sarah Michelle Gellar doing the [SPOILER] with a hot young [SPOILER], but that doesn't mean Joss Whedon fans need to be sad. In fact, it's time for River Tam fans to rejoice. Plus, the decline and fall of Frankenstein's Monster is something, right...? Yeah, I know. You'd rather have Buffster in the buff. But take a look at tomorrow's haul anyway. You just may be surprised. More »
9:00 AM on Tue Mar 11 2008
By Graeme McMillan
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movies vs. television
Why is science fiction so much hotter at the movies than on television? People have wondered for a while. Recently, the universally panned Jumper and the blah I Am Legend and Cloverfield have hit big. But the well-received Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles is on the brink of cancellation. We explain this strange phenomenon, after the jump.
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5 Reasons Scifi Does Better In Movies Than In TV
Why is science fiction so much hotter at the movies than on television? People have wondered for a while. Recently, the universally panned Jumper and the blah I Am Legend and Cloverfield have hit big. But the well-received Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles is on the brink of cancellation. We explain this strange phenomenon, after the jump.
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Could You Be a Shipper? Take Our Quiz
In the science fiction world, "Shipper" stands for for "relationshipper," and it means anybody who is completely obsessed with one particular couple on their favorite show. Usually, but not always, it's a non-romantic pairing that the Shipper wishes would get hot and sexy. We all have a little shipper in us, but some romanticism can easily slide into dangerous, capital-S Shipper territory. Take our quiz to find out how much of a Shipper you really are — if you dare! More »
high tech lairs
If you're an evil genius or a superhero with things to hide, then you've probably thought about investing some serious dough in a secret lair. But with real estate prices being what they are these days, and the pesky need to kill the architects for hidden bases after they finish, you might want to get one of these classic lairs. Either that, or copycat away and make yours bigger and better. Check out the top five secret lairs in this edition of "evil mastermind cribs."
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Top Five High-Tech Lairs of Evil Masterminds (OK, a Few Good Masterminds Too)
If you're an evil genius or a superhero with things to hide, then you've probably thought about investing some serious dough in a secret lair. But with real estate prices being what they are these days, and the pesky need to kill the architects for hidden bases after they finish, you might want to get one of these classic lairs. Either that, or copycat away and make yours bigger and better. Check out the top five secret lairs in this edition of "evil mastermind cribs."
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friday fun
Genocidal Aliens Have A Pure Artistic Vision
If only Spielberg's War Of The Worlds movie had looked as cool as this painted concept art, we'd still be rewatching it. The concept art is often grander and bigger than what ends up on the screen — even for movies we love — because of real-world constraints. Click through for a gallery of the greatest concept art from Serenity, Hitchhiker's Guide and Alien vs. Predator, mostly because it's Friday. More »
summer glau
Summer Glau got all tarted up and de-Terminatrixed for the premiere of Fox's upcoming Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, and we hardly recognized her. We'll be talking to Summer on Sunday, so if you have anything you really want to know, tell us!
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Does This Woman Look Like She Could Rip Your Head Off?
Summer Glau got all tarted up and de-Terminatrixed for the premiere of Fox's upcoming Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, and we hardly recognized her. We'll be talking to Summer on Sunday, so if you have anything you really want to know, tell us!
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firefly
A Robbery Goes Right -- We Have the First Four Pages of Upcoming Firefly Comic
Beloved scifi-Western series Firefly has been off the air for five years, and it's been more than two years since the spinoff feature film Serenity hit the screens. Now all you junkies who miss Joss Whedon's show about misfits and rebels in space can get your fix at the local comic book shoppe. A three-issue series called Serenity: Better Days comes out in March, and after the jump we have a look at the first four pages. We're looking forward to this one. More »
Slusho! Promo Is Piss-Poor Copy Of Real Japanese Ads
The Japanese Slusho! commercial (to promote January's Cloverfield) is boring compared to Serenity's classic Fruity Oaty Bars ad, says John Brownlee at SciFi Scanner. Not only that, but you can find a zillion real ads on Japanese TV that are more surreal and wacky than the Slusho! ad. Honestly, isn't everybody already sick of the Slusho! viral marketing already? [SciFi Scanner]
The Japanese Slusho! commercial (to promote January's Cloverfield) is boring compared to Serenity's classic Fruity Oaty Bars ad, says John Brownlee at SciFi Scanner. Not only that, but you can find a zillion real ads on Japanese TV that are more surreal and wacky than the Slusho! ad. Honestly, isn't everybody already sick of the Slusho! viral marketing already? [SciFi Scanner]
firefly in your stocking
It's a Bloody Spaceboat Christmas With Firefly Swag
What better way to say "Happy Holidays" than a spaceship coated with gore and corpses? This X-mas tree ornament of the spaceship Serenity "in disguise" as a gore-tastic Reaver ship is probably the worst of the weird pieces of swag you can buy this season in honor of Joss Whedon's space western Firefly. If you've been holding onto your hard-earned dollars and hoping for some cool Firefly merchandise to come out, keep it in your pants unless you're a really big fan of lame lunchboxes and macabre Christmas ornaments. Check out the lunchboxes after the jump. More »
Nathan Fillion Spills His Guts
Mourn Firefly all over again by reading Nathan Fillion's thoughts on playing Captain Mal Reynolds. He talks about Mal's character, including his rancher past and his sense of justice, in this excerpt from the new essay collection Finding Serenity. [USA Today]
movies
Top 10 Movies You'll (Probably) Never See
This new list of the 10 best unfilmed science fiction films includes a lot of sequels. Designer Simon Kitson would like to see followups to the original Star Wars trilogy, Serenity and Aliens. But he wishes the Wachowski sibs had made a Matrix prequel instead of the two sequels. Like most people, Kitson thinks George Lucas' obsession with filling in the backstory has ruined Star Wars:Star Wars should have moved forwards. New stories, new characters and a new lease of life.More »
serenity
Will A Serenity Sequel Happen While Nathan Fillion Is Still Juicy?
We'd all given up hope for Serenity 2 ever coming out. But maybe we despaired too soon? Alan Tudyk claims the "special edition" DVD of the first Firefly movie has done so well that Universal is considering a sequel. More »
serenity
Must See: Serenity
Must-see movies are futuristic classics that shouldn't be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That's why we've rated them 1-5 on the patented "crunchy goodness" scale.Title: Serenity
Date: 2005
Vitals: Based on Joss Whedon's critically-acclaimed TV series Firefly, Serenity focuses on a band of interstellar renegades trying to make a (less than honest) buck while fleeing authorities and protecting some human cargo whose fate is intertwined with a massive government cover-up. A cult hit, Serenity is also known for borrowing themes and imagery from Westerns, making it one of the only space cowboy flicks. More »
