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A Weirdly Mesmerizing Gallery of Bad Spock Drawings

A person known as Caveman Robot is the curator of a blog called "Bad Spock Drawings," which boasts the fittingly ungrammatical subtitle "Artist Are Asked to Make a Bad Spock Drawing!" And yes, the drawings submitted by "artist" are quite bad. For some reason, Spock seems to be at his worst when strumming an instrument, though there are also an inordinate number of pictures where Spock's face seems covered in boogers or pimples. You won't be able to look away from this collection, especially when there are such clearly-stated criteria for submitting your own drawing. More »

8:20 AM on Fri Apr 25 2008
By Annalee Newitz
2,157 views, 10 comments

Latest by samuelk: @ManchuCandidate: What does Spock have to do with an Alannah Myles song? Well, I guess he does have an instrument. . . and also a weird harp thing. more »

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Going Halfsies With the Best SciFi Half Breeds

Human-alien hybrids are everywhere in scifi. Whether they come from interplanetary love or mutant genes quietly sneaking into our DNA, we're all about hooking up the Human factor with anything else out there. Just ask Captain Kirk, who tried to dock with every alien woman he encountered. Check out our list below of some of the best science fiction halfsies. Hybrid vigor! More »

3:30 PM on Mon Apr 21 2008
By Kevin Kelly
3,747 views, 47 comments

morning spoilers

New Battlestar Clips, Plus Rampaging Hulk Art!

We learn a bit more about the newly revealed Cylons — and what other Cylons think of them — in these two new clips from Battlestar Galactica season four, which turned up online yesterday. We also have new Hulk concept art, spoilers for Joss Whedon's X-Men... and what the Star Trek movie is about. More »

6:00 AM on Fri Feb 29 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
6,652 views, 13 comments

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J.J. Abrams Says Trek Will Avoid Greenscreen Fakeness

J.J. Abrams and his Star Trek team answered canned questions in a "live" online chat today. They had to stop taking questions once they'd received over 600 queries, including hard-hitting investigative questions like "Do you like Phasers?" But they also let slip a few cool tidbits about the movie. More »

4:37 PM on Fri Jan 25 2008
By Kevin Kelly
8,213 views, 17 comments

morning spoilers

Secrets Of Star Trek, Torchwood And Sarah Connor

Even though we're dreading the new Star Trek movie, we can't resist plunging our hands into the qagh bowl of spoilers. That's because we're total fiends for any and all spoilers, and we start every day with a binge. We also spoil Michael Gondry's new scifi film and unveil a scandalous new Torchwood picture, after the jump. More »

6:00 AM on Mon Jan 7 2008
By charliejane
3,287 views, 19 comments

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The Savior in Science Fiction Films

There have been a recent rash of websites posting about the Christ-like similarities that some of the major figures in science fiction films exhibit. Everyone from Paul Atreides in Dune, to Neo in The Matrix, to Spock in Star Trek, and even Doctor Who seem to have the same messianic properties, but is it case of science fiction aping the biblical story of Christ, or simply authors using a tried and true plot device? More »

7:49 PM on Mon Nov 12 2007
By Kevin Kelly
234 views, Comment