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#periodictable

Scifi Periodic Table Has All The Right Elements

Kris Straub's Periodic Table of Scifi slaps all your favorite shows and films onto one handy chart. This table also includes some cheeky abbreviations and formulas. Can you guess what movie 3Et + 8Rv + Los + Xo stands for? More »

03/16/10

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By Cyriaque Lamar

#questortapes

Tim Minear Producing An Android Journey Of Self-Discovery? Yes Please!

Ron Howard and Brian Grazer are developing a new TV show based on Gene Roddenberry's scrapped android-angst show The Questor Tapes. Bland, preachy and insipid, Questor doesn't seem like a good template... unless it's true Tim Minear is on board. More »

01/21/10

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By Charlie Jane Anders

#triviagasm

Does Lost Have The Biggest Ensemble Cast Of All Time?

When Lost returns next month, you'll be seeing lots of familiar faces turning up... including a few you might have forgotten. But does Lost have the biggest cast of recurring characters of any science-fiction show? The answer might surprise you. More »

01/12/10

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By Charlie Jane Anders

#cinematography

8 Mesmerizing Sci-Fi Flavored Tracking Shots

In science fiction cinema and TV, creators need to draw audiences into their world seamlessly. One way to do this is the tracking shot, an immersive one-take journey through a scene. Here are 8 of the best. More »

12/25/09

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By Stephen Goldmeier

#triviagasm

How To Jog Your Memory, The Science Fiction Hero Way

The busier you get, the more stuff you forget, and navigating that mental clutter can be worse than steering through an asteroid field. Luckily, lots of intrepid galactic heroes have faced faulty memories, and created some handy techniques for remembering. More »

12/07/09

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By Charlie Jane Anders

#rant

V Is Not Doomed, And You Should Still Watch

It's hard to have faith in ABC's remake of alien-Trojan-horse show V. Paradoxically for a show about aliens who inspire unquestioning love and loyalty, it's been questioned constantly. But there's still hope, and you should still tune in tonight. More »

11/03/09

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By Charlie Jane Anders

#dreamsequences

Why Does Science Fiction Love Dream Sequences?

Why do we step inside the dreams of science-fiction heroes so often? We're already in the future, or on an alien world, so why take an extra leap into the world of the unreal? Here are some theories. More »

10/27/09

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By Charlie Jane Anders

#xfiles

David Duchovny Wants Another X-Files Film By 2012

Fox Mulder is ready for the coming apocalypse in 2012 — in fact he's so excited, he thinks the occasion deserves another X-Files movies. But really, we need another X-Files to banish the stink of the last one. More »

10/21/09

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By Meredith Woerner

#rant

Why Can't We Let Go Of Our Past?

Looking through a copy of the comic catalog Previews recently, I realized how many canceled TV shows have been spun off into ongoing comic series: Buffy, Farscape, Jericho, even Galactica 1980... Why can't we say goodbye to things we love? More »

08/23/09

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By Graeme McMillan

#xfiles

X-Files Next For Reboot Treatment?

Gillian Anderson has been talking about appearing in a third X-Files movie, but does that mean that we should expect more of I Want To Believe's Scully/Mulder love story? Possibly not, if a particular rumor turns out to be true. More »

08/22/09

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By Graeme McMillan

#top10

Dirt-Cheap Aliens Who Still Look Awesome

Just because science fiction has a low budget, doesn't mean its alien creatures need to look silly or ho-hum. Here are 10 low-budget alien spectaculars that blew our minds. More »

08/20/09

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By Charlie Jane Anders

#triviagasm

It Came From Beneath the Ice To Destroy the World!

Monsters and supervillains come from a lot of places, but a perennial favorite is the frozen depths. Defrosted Big Bads have been rampaging through books and movies for almost a century, and here are fifteen of the freezingest. More »

08/17/09

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By Annalee Newitz

#triviagasm

Science Fiction's Scariest Priests and Preachers

Thirst's vampiric priest is hardly the first man of the cloth to fall prey to his darkest urges. We found plenty of soul-stealing, blood-sucking, eye-gouging, and just plain creepifying priests and preachers who haunt the churches of scifi and horror. More »

07/31/09

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By Lauren Davis

#recyclingscifi

Syfy's New Flagships Recycle Old Favorites

Syfy is back, now with "Y"s, vying even harder for your attention. But the network's name isn't the only thing that has been re-purposed; its new staple shows seem oddly familiar. Why is Syfy so unapologetically recycling old television? More »

07/12/09

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By Sarah Hope Williams

#triviagasm

20 Best (And 20 Worst) Pets In Science Fiction

When humans finally conquer space, we'll still want to keep other creatures as pets. Some science-fiction pets are among our favorite characters, but others, you just want to flush out the airlock. Here's our list of the best and worst. More »

06/24/09

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By Alexis

#triviagasm

Virtual Resurrection: The Dead Who Went To Cyber-Heaven

Is there life after death? Maybe, if you're wired. After all, death is just a failure of storage media. Science fiction is full of people who've died in meatspace, only to live on in cyberspace. Here's our inventory of cyber-Heaven. More »

06/07/09

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By Charlie Jane Anders

#v

Angel And X-Files Alum Takes Charge Of ABC's V Remake

Good news for V fans: former Angel showrunner Jeffrey Bell has signed on as showrunner for the highly anticipated remake of the alien drama on ABC. So stop worrying that this is just Scott Peter's 4400 with a new skin. More »

06/05/09

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By Meredith Woerner

#doctorwho

X-Files Star Joins Doctor Who. The Fanfic Almost Writes Itself!

04/23/09

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#alientrespass

Alien Trespass: The Ultimate 1950s Nostalgia Trip

The X-Files helped revolutionize science fiction back in the 1990s. Now X-Files producer R.W. Goodwin is going back to the original source material - 1950s flying-saucer flicks - for his new movie Alien Trespass. More »

03/03/09

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By Charlie Jane Anders

#fringelovetriangle