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The Slowest, Stretchiest Countdowns In Science Fiction History

When life and death for everyone hangs on a ten-second countdown, those ten seconds can feel endless because of your adrenaline rush and your super-focused attention. Or maybe those seconds actually are endless. (Like this awesome moment from Time Chasers via MST3K — thanks t3knomanser!) Science fiction TV shows (and some movies) have a long and honorable tradition of cheating on final countdowns, where seconds last ridiculously long. It's like ten, nine, eight and a half, eight and a quarter.... Here are some of the most unreal countdowns from science fiction. More »

10:47 AM on Thu Apr 24 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
6,980 views, 54 comments

Latest by zenpoet: @CMG: I did not think that I would live to see that day that someone could possible headbang whilst playing bass or cello. Thank you for allowing me to die tomorrow. more »

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Scifi That's Actually Funny -- On Purpose

Audiences have been laughing at science fiction since it was conceived, but usually for all the wrong reasons. It wasn't until television became popular that producers decided to get in on the joke and start making comedies about science fiction — and those early shows gave birth to everything from films like The Three Stooges in Orbit to countless episodes of 3rd Rock From The Sun. There have been a lot of comedy scifi misses, but check our list of hits after the jump. More »

11:35 AM on Mon Dec 24 2007
By Kevin Kelly
824 views, 4 comments

Latest by shazammy: @BaneTX: Red Dwarf is on the list! @jdkcubed: I thought about that one, but I always considered Time Bandits to be more fantasy/supernatural than sci fi. Although... there is a spaceship in the climactic battle with Evil. Hmmm. more »