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No matter how hard you struggle, these phrases worm their way into your consciousness. No matter how much you deny it, you let them back out. Here's a list of ten phrases too good to not repeat. More »
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Sesame Street has been there for three generations of children at this point. Everyone reading this has cherished memories of their favorite characters or segments. They seemed entirely organic. But psychologists (along with other creators) shaped every last one of them Find out about the child psychology of the street. More »
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Creepy children who can see the future are a mainstay of movies and television — and a surprising number of them are artistically gifted. Put a crayon or magic marker in the hands of a little prophet, and he/she will draw you a deathly masterpiece every time. More »
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Sookie, Buffy, Clark — these are all well-known main characters whose series ran long after their store of audience goodwill ran out. A lot of series' main characters end up being hated by the very audience they attracted in the first place. Of course, some portion of the audience will hate anything that's done with a main character, but there are ways to keep that hatred from spreading beyond the nitpickers. Here are ten ways that TV writers can stop the hate before it starts. More »
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The Banach-Tarski Dupla-Shrinker recently made an appearance on an episode of Futurama. Using it, Bender got to make two, slightly smaller, copies of himself. The smaller Benders are why they added the 'shrinker' part of the name. The actual Banach-Tarski theorem allows an object to spawn a perfect copy of itself, at its exact size, just by being chopped into bits. More »
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There are a few storylines that you see in movies over and over again. This is generally not a bad thing; they work. But even if every movie that took up these tried-and-true plots were perfect, repetition can get, well, repetitive. With just a little tweak, however, they could be fantastically interesting tales. More »
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Who's ready to explore the dark seedy underworld of George Lucas' Coruscant? New details about the mysterious, live-action Star Wars TV show have surfaced, comparing it to the The Godfather. Which means two things: alien gangsters and space hookers! More »
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No matter how hard you struggle, these phrases worm their way into your consciousness. No matter how much you deny it, you let them back out. Here's a list of ten phrases too good to not repeat. More »
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Remember that Mortal Kombat short film that brought the hideous Reptile to life (via a disorder that caused him to grow scales and inside-out eyes)? That film spawn a nine-part webseries, starring Jeri Ryan. Watch the first clip now. More »
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People already find inventive ways to off each other in life and in fiction. The addition of aliens, rocket packs, and transporters only offers them more variety. See the ten most evil murder plots ever to come to fruition. More »
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These days, two major scifi moneymakers are zombies and aliens. In books, TV shows, and movies, zombies are clawing at people's faces and aliens are perpetually jumping out of the shadows. Both types of movies have found popularity before, and now they're big again. But why? More »
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There are always couples who don't get along. Usually they're fighting about money or who has the most annoying friends. Add clones, robots, and the occasional intergalactic war, and suddenly that couple really has something to fight about. More »
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No matter how hard you struggle, these phrases worm their way into your consciousness. No matter how much you deny it, you let them back out. Here's a list of ten phrases too good to not repeat. More »
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The new Green Hornet movie is a goofy superhero send-up. But the franchise has a serious past. Dig into some Hornet history and learn how its heroes went from radio and comics to TV, and finally to Seth Rogen. More »
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Doctor Who has taken America by storm — and, amazingly enough, hasn't gotten an American remake. (Unless you count that 1996 TV movie.) What other British shows could find an appreciative audience across the pond? More »
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In movies humans fight off alien occupation forces, explode alien ships, and mind-control aliens with the power of love. How on earth can we think that would happen? More »
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Despite what you may have heard, it doesn't make water go down the drain one direction or the other. But it does have an effect: The Coriolis Effect can turn ships off course and change the weather. More »
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The Fall television season is beginning. Both networks and fans will anxiously scan Nielsen ratings to see which shows will survive. But how do these ratings work? And could we develop a system that measures how we really watch TV? More »
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This brilliant public service announcement, promoting the fresh storage of food, teases what the future would be like if we consumed dinosaur meat, by putting giant packages of raw dino filets in the local freezer. Tonight, we dine on dino! More »
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Want to see how Fry and the Planet Express gang make it back to Earth? The first 90 seconds of the new season (part of which we showed you before) are out, including space battles and bad hair! [AceShowbiz] More »
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You know, His Jossness doesn't need the money, but anyone who can — in a mere two minutes — demolish Stephen Baldwin and exalt Whedon's penchant for making TV with attractive, ball-busting women earns our love. More »
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All your friends are obsessed with Lost, now that the show is its final month. It can be hard to keep up, especially if you've only seen a few episodes. But fear not: Here's our guide to faking Lost expertise. More »
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Starring Judson Scott — better known as the dude who stood next to Khan in Star Trek II — this gem from 1982 feels ahead of its time, out of its mind, and disco fabulous. More »
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Chuck and Sarah are finally together, romancing their way across Europe. But is the spy life the life they truly want, or is it time for them to leave it all behind for love? Not if evil can help it. More »
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Two freshman TV shows are showing severe danger signs. ABC shortened FlashForward's first season by one episode, as the drama named three new showrunners. Meanwhile, Caprica's third episode got just 1.13 million viewers, less than Swamp Loggers. More »
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Here's an exclusive clip from The Survivors, the remake of Britain's most apocalyptic 1970s series that launches on BBC America this Saturday at 8. It may be the bleakest, most misanthropic view of life after an apocalypse. Spoilers ahead... More »
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Archer, the new spy parody from Adam Reed of Adult Swim's Sealab 2021 and Frisky Dingo, debuted last night on FX. How does Reed's raunchy riff on the espionage genre stack up against his previous animated endeavors? More »
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A new Australian study reports that every hour spent sitting in front your television significantly ramps up your risk of cardiovascular problems later in life. More »
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Bad news: NBC's apocalyptic series Day One, which was already downgraded from an ongoing series to a miniseries, has apparently been downgraded again — to a two-hour movie. More »
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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 »
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It's the week where children hope for bearded intruders bearing sacks, and millions also a week where television gets a bit... lazy. Don't say you weren't warned. Luckily, there's new Doctor Who to make everything better. More »
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With some shows off for the holidays already, this week's televisual focus falls to two lost girls: Syfy's reimagination of Lewis Carroll's Alice, and the two-hour return of Joss Whedon's Dollhouse. Viva the gogglebox! More »
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Battlestar Galactica, The Prisoner, Knight Rider, V — all these classic (and not so classic) shows have received 21st century updates. So it's really high time that the cheesiest, strangest, most metaphysical space opera of them all returned: Space: 1999! More »
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Pixar animator and BURN-E director Angus MacLane's most famous works may be computer-generated, but in his spare time he works in the more physical medium of plastic bricks, rendering his favorite characters in Lego. More »
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The second season of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles comes out on DVD and BluRay Sept. 22... just in time for a new season not to start. Sigh. As the next best thing, we have a new deleted scene, below. More »
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New clips from Supernatural season five show what a huge mess the Winchester brothers have to clean up — there are angel bits in people's hair, and the biggest monster hunt of their lives afoot. But first? The blame game. More »
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While most shows' pilots air as their first episode, some shows get a do-over to make creative changes, improve production, or appease the network. We look at some of the pilots that didn't make it and how the shows changed. More »
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British time-travel show Doctor Who's taking us back to one of the Doctor's favorite historical eras, judging from some new set pics — and we'll be meeting one of history's greatest legends — and one of Doctor Who's worst villains. More »
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Midnight, Mass, the amazing Vertigo comic about a husband-and-wife team of monster hunters who recruit a new asssistant, is finally getting the adaptation it deserves: as a TV series for NBC. Please let it live up to the comic's brilliance. More »
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