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Lost episode of Carl Sagan's Cosmos takes us to the Meat Planet

Cyriaque Lamar — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:55:00 PST

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Fans of Carl Sagan's cherished 1980 astronomy miniseries Cosmos rejoice! A lost fourteenth episode — about the awe-inspiring Meat Planet — has been found after decades of neglect. In this rediscovered footage, such geological features as the gristly mantle and Mount Sustenance are given their documentary due. Additionally, there is a website that explains the planet's most succulent features, such as its weather: More »

A time-lapse of Tokyo, set to the score of Blade Runner

Cyriaque Lamar — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:05:00 PDT

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The futuristic Los Angeles of Blade Runner won't exist for another eight years, so photographer Samuel Cockedey shot present-day Tokyo oodles of times and set the resulting time-lapse footage to Vangelis. You can see many more of Cockedey's striking videos at his Vimeo page. More »

The ultimate 1980s scifi and fantasy movie mixtape

Cyriaque Lamar — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 11:15:10 PST

Science fiction and fantasy films of the 1980s were filled with a ton of memorable, iconic, and patently ridiculous music. Here are 30+ of the decade's finest (and most painful) movie tunes for your listening pleasure. More »

The entire movie Blade Runner as a hallucinatory video collage

Cyriaque Lamar — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:30:07 PDT

François Vautier took every frame of Blade Runner, laid them out as one giant image, and allowed a virtual camera to pan over it. The result? "Blade Runner revisited," a spectacle that will leave you dreaming of electric sheep. More »

The Composers That Make Space Adventures Epic

Gary Susman — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:30:00 PDT

Space is silent and vast, but we can't feel the awe and terror of epic space battles without great music. Here's our list of the ten composers without whom science fiction would feel as empty as the void. (With samples.) More »

Massive Attack Makes Blade Runner Melt Down

Graeme McMillan — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:30:00 PDT

Mixing 1980s SF dystopia with electronica, this year's Meltdown Festival in the UK will include a couple of performances that may be of interest to fans of Philip K. Dick, Ridley Scott or DJ-friendly orchestras. The annual festival, this year curated by Massive Attack, coffee-table favorites and creators of the House theme music. Plus the festival will give fans even a special one-off IMAX screening of Blade Runner: The Final Cut along with a hipper, younger version of the soundtrack. More »