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Chances are, if you've seen a science fiction movie recently and been stunned to hear actual science mentioned, you have a scientific advisor to thank. A small cadre of science experts have started lending their expertise to movies like Thor, 2012, Tron Legacy and the upcoming Doctor Strange. Here's their story, via Popular Mechanics' David Kushner. More »
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The history of genre movies is littered with massive, lavish failures — movies that took hundreds of millions of dollars and tossed the money down a sinkhole. But some of the movies that everybody "knows" were box office disasters actually did really well, when you look at the numbers. More »
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Even if Daft Punk's score to Tron Legacy didn't melt your butter, it's hard not to appreciate their track "Derezzed" being played by five groaning and wheezing floppy drives (mp3 here). This is incontrovertible evidence that in order for Tron 3 to succeed, the film must scale back its special effects such that it resembles a two-hour game of E.T. for Atari. More »
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Our love for science fiction and fantasy knows no boundaries — so it's only fitting that we cover our walls with it. Some of the coolest fan art in the universe has been painted or stenciled on walls in public spaces, as well as bedrooms. More »
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Halloween is coming up this weekend, and you still don't have a costume. Luckily, the store-bought costume industry is here for you! This year's weirdest, wrongest and sexiest ready-made Halloween costumes include Sucker Punch, various superheroes... and an inflatable Star Wars costume that you just have to see for yourself. Plus a large number of "steampunk" costumes that will make you cry. More »
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Holy Female Spider Jerusalem! There was some seriously creative cosplay at New York Comic Con this year. We combed the convention floor, looking for the best of the best, and here it is. Seriously, FEMALE SPIDER JERUSALEM. More »
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Have you ever wanted to Tron's famous lightcycle race recreated with duct tape? If so, then the internet is here for you, thanks to this creative/weird new ad for Duck Tape. More »
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Science fiction and fantasy are full of weird games, from Quiddich to Pyramid. There are games of death. There are games of skill. But most of all, there are games that you'd have to be nuts to try and duplicate in real life. More »
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes proved that a motion-capture performance can capture audiences' attention. And a mocap character doesn't need to be a lovable blue cat person to win people over. More »
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Watch the brand new footage from Disney's Tron: Uprising television series, which follows Beck (voiced by Elijah Wood), the program who leads the uprising on The Grid. The whole thing takes place right before the film Tron: Legacy. More »
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Play this trailer for Shark Night 3-D on top volume. At about 0:57, put your ear next to your PC speaker for about a minute. Congratulations! You are now deaf in one ear! (Note: Don't really do that.) More »
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Some of you may choose to tipple this holiday weekend. Rather than playing your patented "drink whenever Hudson speaks in Aliens" game for the umpteenth time, why not give one of the following science fiction themed drinking games a whirl? More »
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Did you know German Biologist Ernst Haeckel influenced the cold world of Tron: Legacy, inspiring realistic life inside the code? A few artists from the film have shared the behind-the-scenes secrets from the Tron: Legacy set. Check out our gallery. More »
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This fall's television offerings include Grimm, a fantasy take on the police procedural in which a homicide detective must protect humanity from fairytale evil. And Terry Pratchett has a new procedural on the way, set in his Discworld universe. More »
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I am completely in love with this shirt, which the designer points out combines the powers of two great icons of the 1980s. Thankfully, Voltron and Tron will never meet CLUeless, which would combine the powers of CGI Jeff Bridges and late 1990s Alicia Silverstone. More »
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We've previously featured parodies of globe-trotting Tintin covers, and here are 12 more of his never-was escapades. Watch as Hergé's boy adventurer, his faithful dog Snowy, and Captain Haddock battle the Teen Titans and enter the Grid.

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This here is a 1982 demo reel from Information International, Inc. (or Triple-I), the computer designers who animated Tron — in this montage, you can see plenty of clips from Michael Crichton's kooky plastic surgery flick Looker. More »
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Software developer JT Nimoy has an amazing collection of images from Tron Legacy on his site, where he explains all the math, physics, and old-school computer geekery that he put into making Flynn's digital world. More »
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We previously saw the leaked featurette Tron: The Next Day, a short film that elaborated on the story between Tron and Tron Legacy. Now a new teaser has hit the web. What are Flynn's nemeses cooking up? More »
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People have been building the house of the future for decades, but that's not deterring the Australian design firm LAVA. They're building a futuristic dwelling over a mall in Beijing, and it looks like Willy Wonka's psilocybin bender. More »
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Tron: The Next Day (Flynn Lives Revealed) is a 10-minute short that fills in the backstory between the first and second films. It recently appeared on YouTube and contains unused footage from Tron Legacy. More »
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In between the original Tron and Disney's recent Tron: Legacy is the animated series TRON: Uprising, which explains what happened under the dark reign of Clu. Watch the new trailer now... and find out who could be the next Tron. More »
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Tron Legacy wasn't the box office juggernaut that Disney hoped it would be, but a sequel's nonetheless being bandied about. New details about the Tron Legacy DVD teaser indicate where Tron 3's headed. Spoilers! More »
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Now that the buzz from Tron Legacy has come and gone, what lingers is a lot of unanswered questions. Like why did it rain inside a computer? Let's hope the rumored "soon-to-be-greenlit" Tron sequel will answer any remaining queries. More »
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Say what you will about the plot of Tron Legacy, the visual effects were slick, sleek and sexy as hell. Digital Domain has compiled a super-spoilery short video detailing every little trick and computer generated image. More »
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Daft Punk's never been content to stay with one robotic bodysuit for too long, and here's a visual history of their cyber-sartorial choices. You can see a massive version of this chart here. [Agent Raybans via Laughing Squid] More »
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This was a year of hard lessons. Movie attendance and ticket sales fell. Television shows struggled and died. Book publishers faced an electronic future. And through it all, some great works of the imagination thrived. What did 2010 teach us? More »
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This year's best movies played with genres in ways that changed their audiences' perceptions. Video-game movies, action movies, heist movies and superhero movies — they all had dazzling reinventions. Here are the 10 best and worst SF/fantasy movies of 2010. More »
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Andrew Garfield reveals how old Peter Parker will be in the Spider-Man reboot. Plus Matt Smith and Karen Gillan talk Doctor Who, new Captain America concept art, Fringe casting news, and a Source Code trailer. Merry Spoilermas, everyone! More »
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We've all heard of The Star Wars Holiday Special, but have you ever seen The Tron Holiday Special? Jefferson Starship was in this too! Funny or Die has dug up scenes from this lost classic. Will RAM save Cyber-Christmas? More »
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If you want an accessory that broadcasts your Tron fandom to the world - and just looks damn cool - check out this tutorial on making a Tron bag with electroluminescent wire. Some soldering required! [via LadyAda] More »
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Now that Tron Legacy is in theaters, let's take a look at the many hidden references that pepper the film. The film's screenwriters were also willing to give us hints about where to find Easter eggs. Spoilers way on! More »
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The only things we'll be thinking about this weekend are light cycles, Quorra's glowing latex outfit, and bio-digital jazz, man. Want to know more about the Tron: Legacy back story, special effects, and what the filmmakers told us? Start here. More »
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Back in 1982, Tron zapped us into a whole new world of storytelling. You can still feel the love, and excitement, on every frame of that movie. So it's sad that Tron Legacy turns those thrills into snoozes. Spoilers ahead. More »
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One of the unsung villains of Tron: Legacy is bad guy Clu's lackey Jarvis (played by True Blood's James Frain). In our exclusive interview, we go behind the glass visor and explore minion life, complete with murder and housework. More »
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Still wrestling with your holiday gift list? Well, everyone loves a t-shirt! So we've rounded up the geekiest, silliest, sexiest, stylish nerdware (and threw in a few sweaters for good measure) to make your gift-giving a bit easier. More »
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The draw of Tron Legacy may be its flashy computer world, but the filmmakers also imbued it with religious and philosophical themes. Stars Olivia Wilde and Jeff Bridges filled us in on the metaphysics girding the Grid. More »
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1983 saw the release of the South Korean film Computer Nuclear Warship Bombing Operation, which was later distributed internationally as Savior of the Earth. The cartoon was a slapdash Tron clone, complete with disc wars and a Pac-Man cameo. More »
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This week's television rules! There's the long-awaited Robot Chicken Star Wars special. Henry Rollins wants to know if you have the "warrior gene." Big Bang Theory does the JLA! Plus live(ish) comedy from Ricky Gervais, Jeff Bridges...and Monty Python. More »
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