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Scifi And Kung-Fu: The Ultimate Team-Up

Science fiction and martial arts totally belong together. After all, they both involve a deep introspection and awestruck contemplation of our place in the universe. Oh, and nothing improves a story about robots and aliens more than people kicking each other in the head. Yet, shockingly enough, scifi and kung-fu only really found each other pretty recently. What took so long? We investigate — with our fists of blood. More »

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Knight Rider Series To Have More Special Effects, And Maybe A Dog Detective

Proving that, despite what a lot of you thought, NBC's series pick up of the new Knight Rider series is more than just a cheap April Fool's hoax — Like we would be that cruel, come on — former Las Vegas showrunner Gary Scott Thompson has been named as the new series' executive producer and showrunner. While he may not have the pedigree of, say, Battlestar Galactica's Ron Moore, one look at Thompson's resume should tell you exactly why he's perfect for this particular job. More »

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Timecop Kicks You In The Head With Science

An evil hench-yuppie gets his arm frozen in liquid nitrogen and then shattered in this awesome fight scene from Timecop, the greatest martial arts time-travel movie ever. Few movies combine martial arts and wacky science as well as Timecop does, and we can never get enough of the super-frozen flesh-shattering sound effect. Timecop also has the coolest method of time travel ever, involving a flame-belching rocket-train that runs into a wall as fast as it can. Click through for a clip of Jean-Claude Van Damme ramming the fourth dimension. More »

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How to Travel Through Time in Nine Easy Steps

Everyone wants a personal time travel device, but with so many different devices to choose from, how do you make a well-informed decision? Everyone knows about Doc Brown's Delorean, the Doctor's TARDIS, and H.G. Wells' contrapulation, but what about some of the other time time travel gizmos? We walk you through the nine best ones, and explain how each one can take you back to that painful high school moment. More »

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The Best and Worst Time Travel TV Shows

The first time travel tale to ever appear on television was in 1959 on The Twilight Zone, and since then there have been scads of time-tripping adventures available to viewers, some good and some bad. Here's a list of some of the best and worst chronoscopic escapades that television has to offer. More »