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nathan crowley

Nathan Crowley, Design Superhero

Why he rules: In one of his earliest credited gigs, Crowley was the main set designer for the first episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, where he helped create the distinctive look of the Promenade, Ops, Quark's bar and other key locations. He also designed the sets for Mystery Men — and the current exhibit of superhero costumes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute, where he's used mirrors and clever staging to give a feeling of superhero costumes emerging out of nowhere. But he's probably best known for being production designer on Batman Begins, creating the new Batmobile, the Tumbler. He bought toy models of a Lamborghini and a Hummer, cut them apart and combined them, then stuck the cockpit from a P-38 Lightning on. The hodge-podge looked awful — but it was a start. It took several radical revisions to wind up with the Tumbler that rocked the screen in Begins. More »

4:30 PM on Tue Jun 10 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
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life on mars

BBC's "Life On Mars" Gets "Boston Legal" Treatment

Here's a first look at the American remake of the the BBC's time bending police drama, Life On Mars, which just got picked up by ABC for the fall season. Yes, it's kind of cheesy, especially the moment where the music suddenly gets fun-kay. But is it just a cheesy trailer — or a trailer for a cheesy show? On the plus side, Colm Meaney gives a great "employee orientation." The pilot episode was penned by Ally McBeal creator David E Kelley. Click through for more details. More »

8:40 AM on Wed May 14 2008
By Meredith Woerner
4,848 views, 54 comments

Latest by Little Time Bomb: Ugh this trailer made me hate a little. The British version was so good and this just looks like crap. If it doesn't have the manc lion and the ford cortina we might as well just call it a more »

master strategists

The Greatest Space Strategists In Military History

Everybody always gives props to space captains: they're the ones sitting in the chair and commanding a spaceship going head-to-head with their bumpy-headed counterpart on the enemy ship. But one starship doesn't always win a space battle. Sometimes it's the general (or the admiral) sitting in an even bigger chair, who figures out where to send all the dozens, or thousands, of starships into battle like chess pieces. They're the tacticians and the master strategists, and we celebrate them below. More »

4:54 PM on Thu May 8 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
11,558 views, 102 comments

Latest by n/a: @bassiiabc: From my readings (through "At All Costs" in case there's another one out) Harringtong has always been a great fleet tactician, but there's been no evidence of her strategic ability. She has done brilliant things with the forces she's commanded, more »